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unbroken line of descent to the
present observance from the holiday
when English apprentices went a.
mothering, though the modern fes-
tival is perhaps the most, conscious
and deliberate effort nation ever
made to honor motherhood.
The observance of the second Sun
day in May as Mothers day has now
become firmly established in this
country. The object of the setting
aside of this day is to honor the
memories of mothers who have
gone, to brighten the lives of those
who remain, and to foster among
men, women, and children the love
of their homes and their parents.
The day is observed by showing
some Kindness to mother, by services
IN churches of every creed, and by
celebrations of other organizations.
Mothers day just received wide
spread recognition about 1910, when
1t was observed by number of cities
in the United States. On May 10.
1913, resolution passed both
houses Of Congress, commencing the
observance of the day by Congress
and the executive departments of
the government. In the same year.
Nebraska made it state flag day in
honor OF the patriotism of Nebras-
ka's homes. In 1914, Congress all
thorized the President of the United
States to designate by annual
proclamation the second Sunday in
May as Mothers day, and to displav
the American flag on government
buildings and private homes. The
hrst national proclamation setting
aside this day was issued by Presi-
dent Wilson on May 8, 1914.
Since its inception, the celebration
OF this day has spread beyond the
fondest expectations of its founder.
People IN search of ways and means
or expressing their love for their
mother have made use of various ex-
listing services. At first the obser-
vance consisted very largely of the
wearing of white carnations as being
symbolic of the purity, beauty, fl
deity and peace of mother love.
Some sections of the country have
taken to the wearing Of red carna-
lions, and in others the wearing of
dlHlOSI any mower Is COnSlQeroQ NJ
ting observance of the occasion In
some cities friendless mothers in
hospitals and other institutions are
adopted for the day by business
men.
AS time went on, the observance
of the day took different forms. The
sending of flowers to mother came
into vogue. Still later the sending
of candy to mother developed to a
considerable extent. Then came
greeting cards and now she is re-
memberd by the sending of tele-
grams. One telegraph company has
even printed leafet of suggested
messages appropriate for the occa-
sion, and has provided special
blanks for the conveying of Mothers
day messages.
OF many a self-made man we know,
There can be little doubt;
In some respects he'd be improved
he oiU contract OIlt
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PRIMARY CANDIDATES.
Complete List of Those Who will Be
Voted for in June.

Complete List of Those Who will Be
Voted for in June.
Following is a complete list of
candidates for State, national and
county office, who will be voted for
in Hancock county at the primaries
on Monday, June Fl:
REPUBLICANS.
For Governor
Ralph o. Brewster ......... Portland
Arthur L. Thayer ............ Bangor
For State Auditor
Edwin ]. Morrill, 80. South Portland
For Representative to Congress
'0'''' - For state senator co
]. Sherman Douglas ....... Lamoine
Homer H. Dunbar ..:.::..:..... Orland
For Judge of Probate
Bertrand e. Clark 49,. Bar Harbor
For Clerk of Courts
Timothy F. Mahoney Ellsworth
For Sheriff
John II. MaCOmber ELLSWORTH
For County Treasurer
Boyd A. Blaisdell .......... Franklin
Walter j. Clark Jr. ...... EllsWorth
Harriet X. Giles .......:... Ellsworth
For County Commissioner
Milton S. Arey .......... Bar HarbCr
For Register of Deeds
George B. Hadlock . Cranberry Isles
For County Attorney
William b. Blaisdel ....... Sullivan
For Representatives
Glass 1
George e. Snowman Deer Isle
Glass 2
Arthur w. Patterson :...... Castine
Glass
George s. Foster ...... -. Ellsworth
Harris L. Mclean 49,. Bar Harbor
Glass
George r. Fuller :. Southwest Harbor
C. Carroll Blaisdell ........ Franklin
Milton 3. Jordan Winter Harpor
DEMOCRATS
For Governor
Ernest L. Mclean .......... Augusta
For State Auditor
Bradford G. Redonnett -. WiscasSet
For Representative to Congress
Edward Chase .........:.... Barring
For Judge of Probate
No nomination
For State Senator's Co
A: Russell Mace ...........; ~, aurora aurora,
For Clerk of Courts
Joseph w. Small ......... Mt. Desert
For County Treasurer
Frank ]. Dunleavy ........ Ellsworth
For Register OF Deeds
A'o" = For sheriG
c. Edgar Hale ............:. Sorrento
For County Commissioner
l.. Elrie Holmes ...... Mount Desert
For Representatives
Glass 1
No nomination
Glass 2
No nomination
Class 3
Lewis Hodgkins .......... Ellsworth |
Glass 4
Ralph w. Wakefield 49,. Bar Harbor
Glass 5
William ]. Tower Southwest Harbor |
Glass
Chandler l.. Noyes Gouldsporo |
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Lawrence Macdonald has re-
turned from Isle au Haul for a few
days.
Mrs. Stinson, who was called to
Stonington by the serious illness Of
her sister, Mrs. John Eaton, has re-
turned home.
Forrest Gross cut his thumb to
the bone on Saturday, while sharp
ening a butcher knife.
Doris Eaton of Little Deer Isle Is
with her sister, Mrs. Wyman Has
kell.
A dance held at Union hall Satur-
day evening was greatly enjoyed.
Music was furnished by Miss Doro-
thy Webb and Chadbourne Knowl-
ton.
The scallop boats are again at
their moorings. The season ended
Thursday.
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Franklin.

Maynard Butler is taking down
his barn, and will build a combined
stable and garage.
Melvin Bragdon, who came here
with the remains of his wife for
burial in the family lot at East
brook, was accompanied by his three
children and his father-in-law, Mr..
Bartlett, of Blanchard. They were
guests of Mr.. Bragdon's sister, Mrs.
Harvey Bunker.
Friday night, May Z, the senior
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Extremes in Stature

In the Royal College of Surgeons In
London there is the skeleton of the
Irish giant Charles Byrne, who died
In 1883. His height was Z feet "a
Inches. The skeleton OF the Sicilian
dwarf Caroline ,Crachami, is 1873
inches. The average height of the Eu-
ropean is estimated to be feet 10
inches.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-05-05

Lady: "Now that you have had
good dinner, are you equal to the
task of saving some wood?"
Tramp: Madam, equal is not
the proper word. l am superior to
it.''-Stray Stories.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-05-05
West SuIry.

Mrs. r. T. Carlisle and little son
are visiting in East Surry
Ira Conary and S. o. Saunders,
who have been i'll long time, are
out.
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'My dear, | think I shall spend
the night at my sister's,' came his
wife's voice over the telephone. do
you care?"
mot at ALL" he replied, heartily.
"Then l had better take the first
train home" she decided.-London
Tid-Bits.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
MINORITY OPPOSES
RAIL MERGER PLAN
Detroit and Ironton's Application
Tail Wagging Dog Proposition,
Stockholders Say.

BY the Associated Press.
The proposal to merge the Detroit
and Ironton and the Detroit. Toledo
and Ironton Railroad, controlled by
Henry Ford, was characterized by
minority stockholders of the latter
road in a brief filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission today as
'tail-wag gging-the-dog" proposition.
"The shalowness of the pretense." "
the brief asserted, 'iS shown by the
form of the application, under which
an eminently properous road, owning
approximately 460 miles of railroad.
is to be delivered over, lock, stock
and barrel to an 11-mile railroad hav
ing at the present time capital stock
Of only 81 100000 and owning none
of the necessary equipment for
operation
The Detroit and Ironton's applica-
ton to merge was further described
as an attempted carrying into prac-
tice of the proclaimed statement
of the majority stockholders that In
the conduct Of American railroads the
first requirement was to get rid of
"unproductive stockholders.
Were 1t not for the "earnestness
of the highly reputable counsel who
has presented the applicants case. y
the brief concluded, so bold an at
tempt to conflscate property rights of
citizens and so arrogant an attempt
to exercise the power of eminent do
main by an individual would not be
worthy of serious discussion
Evening star., 1926-05-03
SCIENTISTS MEASURE
BLOOD FLOWS SPEED
Radium Is Injected Into Left Arm
and It's Emanations Meas
ured at Right.

ATLANTIC CITY. May 3.-~F'or the
first time the rate Of the flow Of blood
in the body has been accurately meas
ured the method being an ingenious
use of radium injected into the body
at one point and it's emanations regis
tered at another. This important sci
entific advance was reported here this
morning before the American Society
Of Clinical Investigation by DIR. Her
mann Blumgart and DR.. Somna Weiss
OF the Thorndyke Memorial Labora-
tory, Boston City Hospital.
The device viii be invaluable in
giving doctors an accurate conception
Of the condition Of the circulation, es-
pecially in heart disease, say physi-
clans, who praised the work. 1t will
make it possible, without taking sam.
ples of blood from the body or dis.
turbing the patient in any way, to
determine the efficacy of the treat
ment, they say.
In describing the new method, DR.
Blumgart said that an injection of the
active deposit Of radium was made in
the left arm and the emanations de-
tected by an electroscope upon arrival
in the right arm, after q transit
through the heart and lungs. The
average speed of the normal person
was found to range from 10 to % sec.
onds, whereas in disease it has been
recorded as slow as from As to so
seconds.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
EXPORTS OF DISTRICT
DROPPED DURING 1925
New York Heads States With Gain
of $4,000 o.OOo-virginia
Declines $1.500,000.

A slight decline in exports of mer
chandise from the District OF Columbia
in 1925 is shown in statistics made
public today by the Commerce De
partment. Shipments out of the Dis
trict in 1924 aggregated $55o. .0QS iu
value. against $52S.639 in 1925.
The chief item of export was house
hold and personal effects, amounting
in 1925 to S169.106. Paper and printed
matter came second with valuations
Of $96.120. while apples, the only
other commodity recorded. were ship
ped abroad T. the amount of $17,330
New York displaced Texas in the
race for leadership in the foreign ex
port field last year, her shipments
jumping nearly s79. 900, 900 in value to
$s10,416o54. while the Southwestern
State gained sci 800 900 to reach
total of s75s.665 .052. Exports from
Virginia were $14s.745,61S. a drop OF
500. 900. Maryland exports were
$S4 S09 S11.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
SAFE-BLOWERS GET
$4,000 JEWELRY
Investment Building Office
Robbed by Experts Ap-
parentIy in Daylight.

From $4,000 to 100000 in jewelry
and $11 in cash were stolen from
the establishment of James c. Lynn,
315 Investment Building. by yeggmen
who blasted the safe, it was discov-
cred this morning when the place was
opened for business.
The safe blowers, who apparently
were professionals, mutfled the sound
of the explosion with pieces of an
expensive rug that had been cut from
the floor.
The blast not only tore the door
from the safe. but also wrecked fur
niture. Police believe the robbery
was committed yesterday. as the Of
fees in the building. which is at Fiji
teenth and K streets, generally are
deserted on Sunday. and daylight also
would have allowed the yeggs to en-
ter the place without attracting atten-
ton and facilitated their operations.
Lift Operators Near.
The explosion went unnoticed by
elevator operators. who are on duty
"a hours a day, Just a few doors from
Lynn's Office.
The thieves left behind a pinchbar,
sledgehammer and blacksmith s
punch that had been used to damage
the spindle of the safe as well as
the wire used in applying the nitro
glycerin.
The place Of business was closed
Saturday afternoon at 1870 o'clock.
At o'clock that night. however, an
employe was there to put away arti-
cles of jewelry, and the safe. not a
very large one, was intact at that
time.
Girl Discovers Robbery.
Miss Dorothy Walther. secretary
to the jeweIer, first to appear there
this morning, found the lock had been
forced off the door by jimmy. She
notified her employer, and police were
summoned.
Detective Sandberg. who went to
the scene with Inspector Pratt, exam
ined the safe for fingerprints. but
the safe crackers, believed profess
sionals. apparently wore gloves, and
the examination proved futile.
Mr.. Lynn said his stock was COW
cred by insurance. Numerous artl-
cles Of silverware in the room had
not been disturbed.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
MANY SUBSCRIBING
| TO WAR MEMORIAL
High Officials and Plain Citi-
zens Unite in Aiding Cam
paign for Temple.

The widespread interest which the
TO District of Columbia World War
veterans has aroused In the National
Capital is demonstrated in the di-
versity of subscriptions being received
daily by John Poole, treasurer OF
Memorial Commission.
Statesmen, soldiers, educators,
church dignitaries and Just plain,
patriotic citizens are joining hands
and doing their bit" in bringing to
a. successful elimination the cam
paign for $4,000 with which to erect
the impressive and servfceable temple
in Potomac Park.
Some of Subscribers.
Among the more recent contributors
to the cause. for example. are Repre-.
sentative Ogden l.. Mills of New York
himself a World War veteran; Dean
G. G. F. Bratenahl of the Washington
Cathedral: Brig. Gen. Charles w.
Hobbs, U. S. A, retired who was
wounded in the Civil and Spanish
Wars: Superintendent of Schools
Frank w. Rallou, David j. Hill and
Alexander Britton-
Mr.. Mills, as a member of the New
to enlist in the United States Army
and served with the rank of captain
until the close of the war.
ID. G. Employees Sharing.
Employees of the District Building
are showing continued interest in the
drive, and an additional donation of
$685. has been received by Treasurer
Poole from this municipal source.
Woman subscribers are materially
aiding in furthering the campaign
Recent feminine contributors include
Elizabeth May Cammack. Catherine
Rothrock. Miss Rosa Eberly and the
Misses McPhersm.
All checks for the memorial should
be. made payable to John Poole
treasurer, ID. G.. Memorial Commits
sion, Federal National
Bank.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
CARLSTROM HEADS
CHICAGO INQUIRY
State Attorney General to
Conduct Grand Jury Hear
lngs of Gang Murders.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 3.-Directlon ~
the special grand jury investigating
the Chicago gang and beer warfare.
which has counted % siayings in two
and haif years, has been undertaken
by Attorney General Oscar Carl
strom at the request Of States Attor
ney Grove.
THE inquiry will embrace all the
conditions and circumstances which
led To these crimes and will be sufii
ciently broad to get at the root of the
responsibility" said the attorney
general after a conference with MI
Grove. "Mr. Grove and / will work
in cooperation"
The first witnesses before the grand
jury, scheduled to be impaneled 10
day. will be Coroner Oscar Wolff and
Harry Eugene Kelly, president Of the
Union League Club. The latter asked
for special grand jury with spe
cial prosecutor, free from all political
influence.
Coroner Wolf is a political eneIn,
of the States attorney, and has criti
ciZed the latter's handling OF the in
vestigation OF the Staying of William
attorney, and two companions. He
maintained that he was not notified
of the crime until several hours aftei
its commission. A third witness u
be called is Charles Swoboda. chief ot
police Of Cicero, the West Side suburb
in which the McSwiggin party wa
trapped by machine gun gangsters
He is to be questioned thoroughly, Il
IS stated. concerning lawlessneSs Ia
the village. Civil authorities con
tinued their raids into gangland III
search Of Clews TO the slayers OF Me
Swiggin, James Doherty, beer runner,
and Thomas Duffy, ward politician
Reports were current that three men
sought for questioning in the case
were making overtures through
friends 70 surrender to Federal au-
thorities.
The three are William TX Kiondike
O'Donnell and his brother Myles, SUI
vivors of the Doherty-O'Don beer
running band, and one of their satel
lites, James Fur" Sammons. At
least one of the O'Donnells was be
lieyed to have been in the automobile
in which McSwiggin and his compan-
ions were slain nearly week ago.
Friends said the three were convinced
they were marked for death by the
same band of machine guns.
No trace has been found Of Al
Brown, Cicero crime leader, known a.
Tony "Scarface' Caponi, named By
the police as the principal in the
death plot. Raids in Cicero. however.
yielded a huge cache of alcohol in a
place owned by Caponi. Another
swoop by police on a Cicero hotel re
suited in the seizure of three loaded
rifles and the arrest of three men and
a young woman.
Police have obtained Il statement
from an unnamed witness that Caponi
was seen with a machine gun the
night of the Staying. In an earlier
raid on premises of which he is the
reputed owner q large assortment of
weapons and ammunition was seized
Evening star., 1926-05-03
ALUMINIUM TRADE
INQUIRY RESUMED
Attorneys Fight on Admis-
sibiIity of Firms Letters
as Evidence.


PITTSBURGH, May 3.-The Fed
eral Trade Commission investigation
of the Aluminium Co. of America,
adjourned on February 10, last. was
resumed here today before Maj. w.
w. Sheppard, the examiner. with the
submission OF additional documentary
evidence.
The hearing resolved itself into a
series of objections by counsel for the
company. Time and again. George B.
Gordon. one of the company's at
torneys. halted Richard p. Whitley,
commission counsel. with objections
to placing certain company letters in
the record. In each instance the
examiner admitted the evidence. with
the understanding that. later on II
would be connected up with charges
of monopolistic practices against the
company.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
WALLACE PORTRAIT WINS
APPROVAL OF WIDOW

Mrs. Coolidge accompanied Mrs.
Henry c. Wallace and Miss Ruth Wal
lace to the Department Of Agriculture
this morning to see the portrait of the
late Secretary, Mr.. Henry e. Wallace,
which has just been hung in the pri-
vate Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, Mr.. Jardine.
Mrs. Wallace, widow of the late
Secretary, and Miss Wallace are
guests at the White House until Fri
day, going from Union Station to the
mansion in one OF the Presidents cars
Immediately on their arrival here Sat
urday.
The portrait, said by those who
knew Secretary Wallace personally
to be an excellent one, Is the work of
Wilbur A. Reaser of Yonkers, ~. Y.
The funeral of Secretary Wallace took
place in the east room of the White
House. after which the body was sent
10 pes Moines for. burial
Evening star., 1926-05-03
THOMPSON EVADES
PRISON BY DEATH
Contractor, Convicted With
Forbes, Dies as Petition
for Probation Ponds.

BY the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, May 3-John ".
Thompson, wealthy contractor, con-
yicted with Col. Charles r. Forbes of
conspiracy to defraud the Government
through the Veterans Bureau, died
here TODAY at an early hour of heart
trouble.
Mr.. Thompson, who was about TO
wears old. had been i'll for many
months. Recently, after all appeals
| from his sentence had been denied by
the courts, he was examined by ply
sicians of the Veterans Bureau, who
pronounced him in no condition to be
gin serving his sentence at Leaven-
worth.
Col. Forbes is now in the penitenti-
airy.
Petition Still Pending.
CHICAGO, May P).-A petition
for probation for John w. Thompson
wealthy st. Louis contractor who died
| today, has been pending in Federal
| District Court here since an appeal tC
the Supreme Court Of the United
| States recently failed.
| The next step in the process was due
next Monday. J. Elliott Byrne, assist
ant United States district attorney
having instructions from Fedora
| Judge Carpenter to file brief then.
Sentenced to Two Years.
Col. Charles r. Forbes. former head
of the United States Veterans Blu
reau. convicted with Thompson, re
Gently began serving his sentence ir
the Federal penitentiary at Leaven
worth, Kan. They We're sentenced tc
| serve two years each and fined $40 ,00(
each. They were charged with con
| spiracy to defraud the Government
| through the letting of hospital con
| tracts.
| The Government recently started ac
| ton against the surety company
which made bond for Col. Thompson
to collect the $4,000 fine. That matter
also is pending.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
MISSING HEAD FOUND.
ecial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Nd, May 3.--The
missing head OF Charles w. Moore
whose body was found on a Potomac
River island near Harpers Ferry De-
cember 9. 1924, was discovered yester.
day near where the body lay. 1t is
believed to have been placed there by
persons interested in throwing the
police off the scent Of Moore's sup
posed murderers.
Harry Cummins, a. Harpers Ferry
taxi driver, is out on $4,000 bail in
connection with the case and the po
lice are still searching for Charles
Chewing, who disappeared simulta
neously with Moore. The find Of the
head was reported by Timothy Green
Walt. truck gardner,
Evening star., 1926-05-03

SENATE PROGRAM.

Federal Judge English Of Illinois
filed his answer in the Senate TO
the impeachment charges brought
against him by the House. The
date for the trial will be fixed later.
The Senate resumed considera-
ton of the public buildings bill,
with a vote in prospect.
The commerce committe held a
meeting on Shipping Board mat
ters.
The Indian affairs committee
took up the Bratton bill relating
to oil and gas royalties.
The judiciary committee held it's
weekly executive meeting to pass
on current business.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
BOULDER DAM PLAN
OPPOSED BY MADDEN
Appropriations Committee Head
Says Government Has No
Business in Venture.
Ry the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Chairman Madden of the House
appropriations committee today an
nounced his opposition to proposed
government construction of the $125,
900, 900 Boulder Canyon Dam project
on the Colorado River.
He announced that he would soon
address the House urging that the
project be privately financed SO that
it might be paid for out of its power
resources, water being furnished for
reclamation free.
In making the announcement,
Chairman Madden declared that the
Governments experience In the Muscle
Shoals project convinced him that
1t had no business In such under
takings and that il it attempted to
build the Boulder Canyon Dam, that
project would never pay for itself,
Evening star., 1926-05-03
ID. DRIVING DRUNK, HELD.

A decided increase in the number OF
arrests for driving automobiles while
intoxicated is shown in police reports
for. the week end. II such arrests
having been made during the As hours
ended at S o'clock this morning.
Arrests for drunkenness during the
two day period totaled 100 and there
we're 63 arrests for sale, possession
and transportation of intoxicants
Seizures included 743 quarts of
whisky. 800 gallons of wine, small
qunatity Of beer and three automo
bileS
Evening star., 1926-05-03
Mrs. Pickett Wins Sale Appeal.

Mrs. Sallie V. II. Pickett won her
Sc in the District Court of Appeals
today, when Chief Justice Martin af-
firrned the action of the District Su-
pren,e Court, which gave her u decree
against Maud II. Gates and Eugenia
n. Gordy for specific performance of
a contract to convey certain real es-
ate to her and setting aside a convey
ence from Mrs. Gates TO Mrs. Gordy.
Evening star., 1926-05-03
BUSES USED IN STRIKE.
Aid Curtailed Street Car Service in
Akron-No Disorder Reported.

AKRON, Ohio. May 3 Delivery
available bus here was pressed into
service by the Northern Ohio Power
Co. today to supplement the SO per cent
street car service maintained despite
the strike of union car men, which
began Saturday night.
Nonunion men operated the cars.
and although strikers had pickets at
car barns there was no disorder.