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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25
firm at ga. Prime commercial pa
per was quoted at 4 Ia to IL.

firm at ga. Prime commercial pa
per was quoted at IA to IL.
Interest in the foreign exchange
market centered largely in announce
ment that the French government
had decided to stabilize its currency
at price around ISIS to the Ameri-
can dollar. Francs were quoted just
above $3.50.
With its customary vitality i'm
paired by the holiday lull in buying
interest, the bond market drifted aim
lessly.
French obligations made no res
ponse to the announcement that the
government had taken Acontrol of
the exchange situation and would
peg the franc around the cent level.
Some of the French bonds sold frac-
tionally lower but the Belgian issues
were firm. The most noticeable feat
ure of the foreign group was the buy
ing of Mexican obligations, apparent
Nv in anticipation of the next debt
payments due the first Of the year.
The governments IS, assented, rose
more than 2 points.
Seaboard Air Line, Great Northern
and Baltimore and Ohio bonds were
among the few railroad issues to
move ahead. Profit taking caused
moderate recessions in CRANKY Min
ing Is and Dominion Iron and Steel
5s.
Total sales were sS.567,00o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25
READFIELD

DEPOT-Herman Adams Of Bel
grade, was at the home of his son,
Ruel Adams, few days.
Mrs. George Pike Of Winthrop, was
an over night visitor of her daughter,
Mrs. Emma Gordon, and while here
attended the Community Club Of
which she is q member.
Mrs. Frances Jones of Lewiston,
while at her mothers, Mrs. Mary
Adele, atten<ed the Community Club
at Mrs Wyman's, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Pinkham
and son, Merle, were Sunday visitors
of Mrs. Pirkham's parents In Vas
salboro.
Mrs. Fred Packard and daughter,
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sales give the buyer or seller the right
to call the cotton at any time and
thus fix the price on which final set
Element is to be made. Spinners US
ually buy on call at a fixed price or
premium over some future month,
with the option of calling the cotton
themselves.
All sales made on call are generally
protected by hedges in the future
market. These hedges are sold in the
name of the buyer on the day of the
sale, and remain in force until taken
out by the person having the option
to do so.
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ROOMS AND BOARD

Mrs. Charles Bickford, made a bust
ness trip to Augusta, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Barrows of
Augusta, were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mrs. Barrow's mother, Mrs.
Mary Gordon.
Mrs. Mary Adele has been sick
with a severe cold.
There will be a chicken dinner at
the church for the children, Mon
day noon, given by the Ladies' Aid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25
Egg Yield Boosted
By Small Amount of Wine

Paris, Dec. 27-(P)-Wine as q
stimulant to the laying capacity
of hens, is recommended by M. Jou-
bert, professor of Agriculture at
Fontainebleau, who has carried out
experiments over a period Of six
months.
M. Joubert found that six hens
whose daily food was augmented by
small amount of wine produced 1863
more eggs in the six months period
than did six other hens OF the same
breed and age who lived on strictly
prohibition fare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25
Chicago Produce Market
Chicago, Dec. "a

Chicago, Dec. 24.-(Pl.
Large deliveries of wheat today,
week ahead of the time limit for fill
ing December contracts, tended to
make wheat prices average lower. The
wheat market as whole hnlshed II
regular at &C net decline to &c adj
vance. corn unchanged to &c off. oats
&c down to sc up, and provisions show
ing a rise of 25 to .35c.
bearish factor was an estimate
from a British trade authority that
the Argentine exportable surplus of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25
Bradstreet's Report

New York, Dec. i24.-(P)-Brad-
streets tomorrow will say:
Holiday lines, taken as whole,
seem to have moved at about the same
pace as a year ago, but retail buying
was irregularly distributed, with some
centers reporting the best trade ever
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Solicitors, canvassers, Agents 8!

not make $387.50
monthly in 1927? Start the New Year
right! Introducing latest style 1927
insured Hosiery. Must wear or re-
placed. No experience or capital need
ed. Just show samples. Take or
ders; we deliver and collect. Pay you
daily. Miller, Ohio. sold S851.71 in
SO days; Schmidt made S70.S6 first
week. Sworn proof furnished. Spare
time satisfactory. We furnish sam
pies. Mac-O-Chee Co., A 1862, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
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New York Money Market

New York, Dec. "a.
Foreign exchanges steady.
ret Rritain. demand s4.S4 1916.
cables ass sis; so day bills on banks
4.Se 1915. ~, .,.s q aea
Italy. demand 449i, cables 4.oof
Belgium, demand 1880.
Germany, demand 2Ss4'
IIoliand. demand 1895.
Norway, demand $3.50.
Sweden, demand 26.72.
denmark, demand 26:63s.,
Switzerland, demand 1854.
Snain. demand 1926.
Greece. demand 1.25.
Poland, demand 11.75.
Czecho- Slovakia, demand ESQ
Jugo-Slavia, demand 1:763.
Austria, demand 14.123.
Rumania, demand $50.
Argentina, demand 4l4Ss.
Brazil, demand 1.Sla.
TOKYO. demand 4S.Sia.
Shanghai, demand 59.3ta..
MnntreaI. demand 1882 3-le.
Portugal, demand BIZ. %,
Atch. Gen. As .-...''''-'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

B. & o. Con. AIS .............
Cent. Lea. SIS 1
lint. Mer. Mar. 6s .............
Penna. Gen. AIS ...............
Reading As
Sou. Pac. Con. As ..............
Union Pac. As .................
u. S. Steel ref. So ............ l
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II. s. Bonds Closing

New York. Dec. 24.-(P1-U. 8. gov
eminent bonds closing:
Liberty SIS. 1Oo.ol.
First As, 1927.
Second 4as, 1O0.2s.
Third AIS. 101.12.
Fourth Ais, 1881:
II. S. Treasury 3as, i0S.Z4.
n s. Treasury As, 1923.
II. S. Treasury 4as, 10920.
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FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities

RELIABLE MANIC invest $500 or
$500 in a good farm; for particulars
Tel Hallowell BASIN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

IN THE LONG RUN, classified ads
will put more into your pocket than
they take out.
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COLLECTORS NOTICE OF SALE

Unpaid taxes on land situated in
the Town of Litchfield in the Coun-
ty of Kennebec, for the year 1926.
The following list of taxes on real
estate of nonresident owners in the
Town of Litchfield for the year 1926,
committed to me for collection for said
town, on the fifth day of May, 1926,
remains unpaid; and
Notice is hereby given that If said
taxes, interest and charges are not
previously paid, so much of the real
estate taxed as is sufficient to pay
the amount due therefor, including in
terest and charges, will be sold at pub
lie auction at Town House in said
town, (the same being the place where
the last preceding annual town meet
ing of said town was held) on the
first Monday Of February, 1927, at 3
o'clock A. M.
Names Of Descrip- Tax on Real
Owners ton of Real Estate
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EMPLOYMENT

statesmen WANTED-Earn from
SIS to $500 a week--many earn more
sell film advertising to SO lines of
business. Join our group of highly
paid acknowledged opportunity
for real producers. If interested in
earning big money, write Monarch
Films. Inc. Waterloo, Iowa.
$4,000 A YEARS. easy with our high
grade proposition. Pearl made $3.50
one month; Albers SAT one day. SUI
perior sales plan; exclusive territory;
automobile free. Write quick. Am
erican Products Company, 1923 Mon
mouth, Cincinnati, o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

IF YOU THINK-In terms of $4,000
next year write me now. Strong line
for retail stores. Nationally adver-
tised. Established concern. Best sea-
son now starting. Liberal weekly adj
vance to producer. Continental Co.,
2010 Euclid, Cleveland, O., Dept. $40.
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MERCHANDISE
Articles For Sale

Articles For Sale ST
CHRISTMAS TREES-Delivered any
day in Augusta or Hallowell. No. 1
cooking or eating apples. Tel. 1412-W.
HOUND - White Cochin Bantams,
White Wyandotte yearling hens; q
seated pung, sleighs. 2 light driving
poles, second hand collars and har-
nesses, Ford ton and one-half ton
trucks. Peacock. Readfield, Me.
auto windows, etc. Weed tire chains
installed and repaired Drive in. The
Metalcraft & Speciality Co., IS Cony
St., Augusta. Tel. 366-W.
THE CLASSIFIED columns are
more helpful than you imagine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

CLASSIFIED ABS carry buying and
selling messages of vital Importance
to those who want much for little.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

Arthur Burnham. Burnham
farm. N, road; E, Geo.
Fenno and Metcalf, heirs
Small: N. road, $500
Henry Frost. Buker Place, 7.2O
Guy Flagg. N, T. r. Harvey &
Son & l.. P. Morton; E,
road & Morton; s, Powers
place; w, Fred Weeks, $500
Fred Hartman. N, F. A. Edg-
comb farm: E, Robert Bel
yea; S. road; w, Pond road, 1900
Chas. S. Holt. N, Maxwell &
Tozier: e, road; S. road;
w, John Tucker, 14.40
Frank Pratt, part of Richardson
farm, 240
vaughn Sylvester: N, road; E.
Geo. Fenno & Metcalf
heirs of; S, Hodgkins &
D. r. Small: w. road, 1900
COTTAGES
Mrs, Richard Cobb, Pleasant
Pond, Maddox farm, $3.50
Henry Frost. N, pond: E, ABB
bolt; s. A. & K. r. r.; w,
Huntoon, zo4u
L. P. Huntoon N, land Henry
Frost; E, land A. & K.
r. r.; S, road and land
A. & X. r. R.; W, Mon
mouth town line and road, 5000
Lillian LaPlain. Pleasant Pond,
X on Welch farm, YOU
Dec. "a, 1926.
Collector for Town of Litchfield, Me.
r. r. p. No. II.
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Auto Accessories

ElRGATNS ON TIRES-We have
MAJ cur prices right for quick sales
| Tor example, 32x4, $685.. Harry
Il Jose, Observation-Disclosures, 81
|cony St
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EMPLOYMENT
Help Wanted-Female

GIRL-For general homework. Family
OF two in country. +. S. Moore, box
Is, Vienna.
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TO JUDGE classified opportunities
by the size of classified ads is to mis-
Judge them woefully
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0TtudtToHS WdHteu-F enaIe 90
PRACTICAL NURSING Care of
young children or general work by
hour desired. Tel. 1172-M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

dealers. Capital
nm Motor Co.. OPP. depot. Augusta.
ETnSNOBILE AGENCY-Used cars
|mught. sold or exchanged: also warm
ENage We service all cars. Augusta
Motor Co.. opp City hall. Tel. 423.
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You Value Money Save IT. If You Appreciate -ere
MERCHANDISE
Articles For Sale

REMNANTS lb. bundle, either
Bingham, percale or outing flannel,
to yd. lengths, 1898 postpaid; sat-
isfaction guaranteed Gordon REM
nant Co.. Dexter, Maine.
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EMPLOYMENT
Solicitors, canva.sers, AGENTS

BANKRUPT-And rummage sales.
Make $50 daily. We start you, fur
nishing everything. Wholesalers.
Desk 12S, 500 Division. Chicago.
county, 100 store route. No selling.
Just distribute and collect. Expert
ence unnecessary. Should net salary
$40 weekly. Write Ankrum, MA. care
Kennebec Journal,
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UNPA RALLELED OPPORTUNI-
TIES are continually fitting through
the classified columns.
GOOD MORNING!" AS soon as
you read this line, turn to the CLASH
fed section.
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AUTOMOBILES

NutUnhODIIe NyETlCI6S y
ETFX-The new coach, delivered for
TGI Hudson-EsseX Sales Co., 292
e.... c. AuPuS1a
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Collector for Town of Litchfield, Me.
r. r. p. No. IL.
dec25sat3t
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Wanted-To Buy IS
PEELED SPRUCE-Fir and poplar
pulpwood for immediate shipment or
next fall or winter delivery. Frank E
Mace, 81 Winthrop St.. Augusta.
STAVE AND HEADING BOLTS
Several hundred cords, delivered
Readfeld Corner mill. Pine, fir,
spruce, Eastwood beech, birch and
white maple. Farmers Machine Bar
rel Co., Readfield, Maine.
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Total sales were sS.567,oOo.
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SKATING - Equipment, snowshoes,
skis, toboggans, hockey sticks and
pucks, warm wooden sweaters, coats,
gloves. Winter helps of many sorts
at Fifield's. opp. depot. Augusta
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Household Goods
Musical instruments

PIANO-s700 player piano. used less
than three months, perfect condition.
Sale price 1915. c. A. Drawn Piano
Co. Depot So Gardiner
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Wanted-Reai Estate

HOUSES of $500 each. Have
| quick disposal for same. Capital
| Realty Co. Tel. 1405-W.
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\ Specials at the Stores

CHIMNEE SWEEP-Or Imp. Guaran-
teed to take SCOT out of chimneys and
fues. Make stoves and furnaces
draw better and reduce fire risks. NAL
COIN & Dyer Co, Augusta.
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r. I. RED-Breeding cockerels, win
ners at Lewiston. Freeport and Port
land. Bred for utility and exhibition.
c. I. Davis, Waterville, Me.
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LIVE STOCK
DOGS, Cats. Pets

ucBdH. Lei. Alu6HS 1891.
RABBIT HOUND-A good starter and
and all-day runner. Price $40. Ed
ward E. Howard, r. 81 Winthrop.
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VICTROLA-Victor console model
new, SIS. Forest Smith. the Pian
Tuner, upstairs opp. Adams, Augusta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
RAIL LABOR BILL
VOTE POSTPONED
Vigorous Opposition in House
Causes Delay in BalIotIng
Until Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

, BY the Associated Press.
Vigorous opposition prevented ar
expected vote on the Watson.Parker
| railroad labor bill in the House today
deferring final action. on the measure
until tomorrow.
The bill, described as a peace
agi cement between operators and EN-
ployes to establish voluntary adjust
ment machinery in labor disputes in
place of the Railroad Labor Board
vas tossed about in a stormy debate
but emerged ready for a final vote
carrying only two minor amendments
Of the more than twoscore proposed
during the tumultuous session.
The amendments adopted, both in
troduced by Chairman Parker of the
commerce committee. in charge Of the
measure, provided that powers of the
Interstate Commerce Conn l<airn un}
be altered in any way, and that a
section appropriation 5000 COS for *
penses Of the proposed board Of media
ton be changed 20 read, su~n Suns
as may be necessary"
Cries of vote" vote" during de
bate forced many members to appeal
0 the chair TO order. ass the 3l6
cussed proposed amendments, most of
which were not allowed 10 DE brouGi.
before the House for action on tn
ground that they were not pertinent
to various sections of the bill under
rules of the House.
The proposed Hoch amendment, de
signed to guarantee" rate-makinT
powers of the Interstate Commer e.
Commission, was the first important
move to fall before such a ruling, The
decision coming after nearly two
hours discussion Of parliamentary
procedure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Brig. Gen. H. L. Abbot, Oldest Officer
Of Regular Army, Reaches Age OF "a

cd at the first battle Of Bull Run.
where he received a brevet Of cap
tain for gallantry in action. He took
part in the Peninsular campaign, the
expedition Of Gen. Banks to the Gulf.
and saw service in the final opera
lions around Richmond, during the
investment Of which he commanded
the siege artillery. In 1863-1S64 he
was engaged In fortifying Washing.
ton. and commanded a brigade in the
defense Of the Capital City.
During the Civil War Gen. Abbot
received Ave brevets for gallantry in
action. attaining the grade Of a gen.
eral officer at the age of SO years.
After the close Of the Civil War
he was In charge Of the construction
Of the defenses Of Fort Schuyler,
New York. He was detailed to OBJ
serve the eclipse Of the sun from
Mount Etna In 1870. and was twice
sent on public missions to Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
PLANETARY MOTIONS REVEALED
BY DELICATE ETHER MEASURE
Sun and Solar System Are Travelling $50 Miles
Second Toward Constellation Draco,
Noted Scientist Declares.

| Prof Miller stated, over 100000 read
| ings of the instrument were made
This required" he said, that ]
should walk, in the dark, in small
circle for total distance Of 100 miles
While making the readings"
The general motion of the earth and
the rest of the solar system
Prof. Miller finds, is in god agreement
with measurements made by astrono-
mers Of the motion and is toward a
point in the sky having the right as.
cension, the celestial equivalent of
longitude of 262 degrees and decli-
nation which corresponds to latitude.
Of 6S degrees north. Other determine
tons of the motion and its direction
have been made by measurements of
the motions of the stars ir the SIX"
and Of the star clusters. These three
determinations of the abso.Ute no
lion Of the system said DR.. Miller.
are all in the same general direction
and lie within a circle having a radius
Of 26 degrees. The assumed velocity
of 100 miles per second is about seven
times the velocity Of the earth In its
orbit and it is of a reasonable magni-
tude."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

The sun, and the solar system
with it, is moving through space
with a speed of more than 1870 miles
a second, toward a point in the IA
rection of the contellation DracO. the
Dragon, which partly encircles the
North Pole. This is one of the con
q usions reached from recent expert
nents by Prof. Dayton c. Miller of
ne Case School of Applied Science.
n Cleveland, and made public by him
here through Science Service and the
National Research Council
The experiments of Prof. Miller
nave been made at the Mount Will
ION Observatory in California since
March, 1921, and involve the use of
4 delicate instrument cal ed the in
terferometer and invented by one OF
Prof. Miller's predecessors, DR.. A. A.
Nicholson, now professor of physics
ut the University of Chicago. When
he experiment was first performed
by Prof. Nicholson, in 1887, an ef-
'ort was made to detect the motion
of the earth through the ether, which
is supposed to perVade all space, and
o be the medium through which light
and similar forms of radiation are
transmitted. However. though the
detect the expected motion. only a
negligible drift was found, and one
Of the ultimate results o the effort
10 explain this anomaly WIS the Elm
stein theory of relatively
In 1905 Prof. Miller AID tie late
Prof Edward w. Morle, VINO col
Elaborated III the original So --t expert
ments, repeated them o.. Hill 800
feet high near Cleveland and found a
slight effect, but nothing further was
done until 1921, when the present
series was started at Mount Wilson,
more than a mile above sea level.
This has resulted in what Is inter
preted as a marked drift of the ether
and the explanation offered has been
that under conditions such as those in
Cleveland and at sea level the ether
tends to be dragged along, but on a
mountain top there is nothing to OBJ
struct it, and so 1t drifts by.
The general direction and amount
Of the drift have been determined by
Prof. Miller by comparing measure
ments made at different times of the
day and year. In the series of expert
ments which he conducted last year,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

In % States women now are eligibl.
to serve on juries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
RULER Of |NDORE
AGED BY SCANDAL
Defiance Vanishes-Loses
Throne Through Trying to
Win Back Mautch Girl.
By Gable to The Star and New York World.

By Gable to The Star and New York World
BOMBAY, February 27.-The Ma
harajah Of Indore has lost his throne
through his vain attempt last year t.
win back his recalcitrant favori:e, the
dancing ei"l Numtaz Begun.
TIE scandal caused by the murder
of the N"hamnedan merchant. Bawla
in B0mhav bV officials of Indore who
were at+orontiHC to steal the RUNAWAY
girl from his protection proved +oo
much Cor The powerful. defiant ruler,
and news ~eached Bombay this q toy
noon that he Mahara iah had ahdicat
ed at 5 o'clock yesterday in favor of
his 17-ye"r-old son, Prince Yeshwan
Trao Holl-qr.
The eviStinc cabinet of Tndore. bv
order Of the vicerov Of India is carry.
ing on the administration OF the state
but actually the administration de
wolves or The British accent and the
governor "f Central India
The ahaication caused great sur
prise since it was generally under
stood th9t the Mahara 'ah ORIGINALLY
was Willin" t. face the commission of
inquiry Which had been set up by the
Vicer0V. after long onnoSition TO chal-
Ien"trG the COMPLETE sovereignty of
the M4ha~aiah had been overcome in
the British government. The viceroy
g2:e til" Naha~aiah the option Of &c.
cepting III" inquiry or abdirating. It
is now F"own that the Mahara iah
was unable to make up his mind and
POSTPONED his decision until the last
moment
In the last monu,. since the Brit
ish government in seated the convic-
ton of his aides had not satisfied the
demands "f justice the Naharajah
has become an old man, according to
those who have seen him. The de
flance with which he asserted his SOW
ereignty has vanished. 1t is under
stood he hopes co find refuge in Eng
land. The you hG prince had intended
20 attend an English university, but
his passage % England was Cancelled
recently, and it is probable now that
affairs of sttte will keep him here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

Brig. Gen. Henry l.. Abbot, a re-
tired engineer officer. now a resident
Of Cambridge. Mass, Is the oldest
graduate Of the United States Mill
tary Academy. and the oldest officer
of the Regular Army. He was born
in Massachusetts 81 years ago, was
graduated from the Military Academy
in 1854, and was retired in his 64th
year In August. 1895. after Al years
continuous service.
According to q statement issued by
the War Department, Gen. Abbot was
connected with surveys for trans.
continental railroads from 1857 to
1861. and also Investigated methods
to protect the alluvial region of the
Mississippi from damage by floods
He wrote book on the latter subject,
which is still regarded as q standard.
Gen. Abbot had a distinguished rec
ord in the Civil War. He was wound.