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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
Announce Names
Speakers Entered
In HallOWell Contest

Announcement was made today by
Dr. Herbert c. Libby, head of the
Colby department of public speak
ing, of the names of those under
graduates who have been chosen to
take part in the annual Hallowell
Prize Speaking Contest. This event
will be held sometime within three
weeks, probably about the first of
May. Special prizes aggregating one
hundred dollars, the gift of F'loren-
titus Merrill Hallowell, of the class
of 1871 are awarded each year to
the four best speakers among the
students electing Public Speaking 6,
an advanced class under the direc-
ton of DR.. Libby.
1t is intended this year if possible
to have Judge Hallowell, donor OF
the fund from which the prizes are
this is possible it will be the first
time for several years that the donor
of the prizes has been able to attend
The following men have been
chosen to compete: Franklin P. Ad.
ans, rs, of Liberty: Charles E. Cal
laghan, '2S, of South Brewer; Cecil
E. Foote, '2S, of Holyoke, Mass.
Clarence E. Hale, 'I6, of Washburn;
Arthur B. Levine, '2S, of Watervlle;
Charles p. Nelson. rs. of Augusta
John S. Parker, '2S, of Winterport;
Lawrence A. Peakes, rs, of West
Newton, Mass; Raymond Sullivan
II, of Hinckley; and Lindsay c.
Varnum, '26, of Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
Waterville Man Gets
Suspended Sentence
Stealing Fur Coat

Noel Bourque of Front street en-
tered pleas of guilty when he was
arraigned in the Waterville munich
pal court yesterday morning on
charges of stealing a fur coat val
ued at $40 from Nellie +. Wood of
Oakland and of driving an automo-
bile owned by William Getchell of
Oakland without his permission. On
the latter charge Bourque was sent
enced to serve 60 days in Jail, which
was suspended on payments of the
costs of S6.79. The other case against
the defendant was placed on file on
the payment of costs of S679
keep the peace for a year and he
agreed to make restitution to the
parties from whom he had stolen.
Bourque, while attending a dance
in the Grange hall in Oakland, last
Saturday night, took the coat from
a dressing room, more for a lark,
he said. than for any other reason.
When he was going down the stairs
he decided to return the coat but
he noticed two men following him
so he ran out onto Church street
and appropriated Mr.. Getchell's au-
tomobile. When he had driven into
Waterville as far as Cool street the
car became mired ana the young
man abandoned it. taking the coat
to his home. Sunday morning
Bourque repented and the coat was
turned over to the local police. who
also took care of the automobile.
Bourque had as his counsel F. Har-
old Dubord.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
COLBY NOTES

The Third Quarter Colby Alumnus
will make its appearance within a
short time. probably sometime dur
ing the first week of May. The con-
tents of this issue will be extremely
interesting to both the Alumni and
under graduates as items of great
Importance to both will appear at
that time. DR.. Herbert c. Libby,
editor of the Alumnus, yesterday an
nounced the contents of the coming
issue as follows: Some Remin-
iscenses," by the late William Smith
Knowlton, Lift. D., "a: Education.
Then and Now" by Clarence f. Mel
eny, LII. D, rs; 1.-THE Week End
commencement Plan," by Percy A.
Williams, B. A. '97; New Academic
Standards" by Frederick Morgan
Padelford Phi. D., 90; "a Trip
Abroad" by Robbie Gale Frye, B. A,
80; IAN Editors View of the Col
leges," by Harland r. Ratcliff; 3. A..
Louise Helen Coburn, Lift. B., IT:
The April Meeting of the Board of
Trustees" by Edwin c. Whittemore,
D, D.. '79; Some Colby Gatherings, y
by Alumni Club secretaries; THE
Alumni Fellowship Fund" by Jennie
N. Smith. B. A, 81: THE Next
Commencement" by the Commence
ment Committee; I'm Memoriam" by
the Editor; Retiring Allowances for
Colby Professors" by FRANKLIN w.
Johnson, LII. D.. 81; college and
Success" by Nathaniel Butler, LII.
D, rs; Among the Graduates" by
Herbert c. Yibby. Lift. D.. '02.
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Fire Department
Answers 3 Calls

Members of the Waterville Fire
department responded to three
alarms yesterday but none of the
blazes caused any damage. The first
call was at sos o'clock in the morn
ing from box 81 at the Water street
hose house. A small fire had broken
out in the wood shed of house on
Pine street which was easily put out
with one stream of water and the
men from the Central station made
a needless run. Shortly after this,
at $50 O'Clock a chimney fire in the
house at ~ Pleasant street required
the use of two chemicals. The last
of the trilogy was at 1875 o'clock
for chimney in the house at q
Western avenue, where one chemical
was used.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
National Defense
Subject of Fine
Talk Before Lions

Ray Swift was the speaker at the
regular meeting of the Waterville
Lions club at the Elmwo"d hotel last
evening and in an interesting man
ner he discussed the personnel of
the national defense at the present
time Whether pacifist or militarist,
every man should at all times show a
keen interest in national defense,
Mr.. Swift said, as the security of the
home to a large degree depends on
it aud as it is the cause of a vast eX-
penditure by the government each
year.
The present system of defense. Mr..
Swift explained, is the outgrowth Of
the National Defense act passed by
congress in 1920. AS the act came
the defense was planned on a large
scale but since then there have been
number of notifications. The act
provided for a regular army, ma
tional guard and reserve officers
corps. The speaker said that original
plans were for a gradual expansion
of the national guard to strength
of 100000 men. This maximum was
later reduced to 100000 and in real
ity the number has never been lar
ger than $4,000. Since the war the
sress and Mr.. Swift said it embod-
led General Pershing's idea of a citi-
Zens' arg The present strength Of
the regular army is about $4,000
men and $4,000 officers, distributed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
Engagement of
Popular Waterville
Couple Announced

At meeting of the Board of
Deacons and a few other officials of
the First Baptist church last even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil M. Daggett, announcement was
made of the engagement of Miss
Vera NJ. Rice, director of Religious
Education at Coburn Classical Insti-
tute to- Rev. Leopold III. r. Hass,
pastor of the church.
The announcement followed a
business session of the board and
was made through cards which were
distributed with the refreshments.
Miss Rice came to Coburn last
September to open the new depart
ment of Religious Education after
receiving her M. A. degree from Col
umbia University last June. She
has had wide experience as State
Director of Young Peoples work for
the Baptists of Minnesota and for
the two years she was director OF
the Young Peoples department of
the Baptist Temple in Brooklyn, N
Y. Her home is in Park Rapids
Minn.,. but her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard II. Rice have been spending
the winter at Long Beach, Califor-
MIA.
Mr.. Hass was installed as pastor
of the church last May. He received
his degree of Master of the Science
of Theology from the. Theological
school at Harvard in 1923. He is
chaplain of the George n. Bourque
post of the American Legion and is
president of the Waterville Lions
club. His home is in Manchester
Iowa, where his mother. Mrs. A. NJ
Lusk, resides.
No definite plans have as yet beer
made for the wedding. Earlier in
the evening announcement was
made in Coburn. where Miss Rice is
in charge. Miss Clara P. Merrill. dean
of the girls, Miss Ruth Abbott. sec
rotary, Mrs. Cook, matron. Louise
Murray, president of the girl re-
serves, Frank Murray, president OF
the Y. NJ. G.. A. and James Lowell
Jr.. We're invited into the studio OF
Miss Eva Knowlton in the music
| building.
Pink ribbons led to roses. to which
were tied envelopes on which were
| inscribed the guests names. In then
We're found announcing the engage
ment. The happy couple was ther
brought in to receive the congratula.
lions of all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
Present Plaque
To Junior High for
Health Seal Work

An appropriate plaque won by the
students of the Waterville Junior
nigh school for the zeal with which
they sold Health stamps during the
christmas season last year was pre-
scented the school at general assem-.
bly, Yesterday morning by Miss Alb
bic Buck of Augusta, supervisor of
the Child Health Educational Serv-
Ice of Maine. The students SOLD
more of the stamps than did those
In any other school in the city. The
plaque was accepted by Neal Mer-
rill, the principal of the school, who
SAID few words on behalf of the
students.
Miss Buck spoke at some length
on health matters and she stressed
the Importance of tuberculosis which
she thought was durable. Every
one has the disease to some extent
she said, and whether or not il
proves serious depends largely upon
ones vitality. Miss Buck also gave
her hearers some sound rules for the
preservation of health.
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BATTERY BLAST
Continued from PAGE One)

juries are Gustave Overnon john
son.. chief electricians mate, Groton,
Conn; Bernard Leslie Sloggett, tor
pedoman first class, New London,
Conn; and Basil S. Morris, fireman
third class, Asheville, n. C.
The twelve men had just finished
their breakfast when the explosion
occurred in the battery compart-
ment. They were hurled with trc-
mendous force against the steel ov-
erhead deck and bulkheads and
showered with pieces of metal which
flew through the compartment with
shrapnel-like velocity. Every man
received broken bones.
The compartment was filled with
hydrogen gas and the rescue work.
ers were forced to don gas masks
before they could remove the VIC
Tins of the blast.
AS soon as the men were removed
from the wrecked compartment 1t
was sealed to prevent the fire caused
by the explosion from spreading and
to check the gases from penetrating
other sections of the ship. 1t re-
manned sealed tonight as naval Of
ficials at the base feared another
explosion if the matches were opened.
The dock at which the submarine is
moored was guarded and no one was
permitted to go near the vessel.
The other 2S men of the crew who
were in different parts of the ship
when the explosion occurred appear
ed to have suffered only slightly
from the conclusion. and the seep-
age of gas and smoke which reached
them. The four commanding Off
GERS of the $40 were all ashore at
the time of the explosion having
breakfast.
Officers at the base tonight point
ed out that those batteries not de-
stroyed by the explosion were still
generating hydrogen gas and that
when the matches of the battery
compartment are opened this gas
coming into contact with the oxygen
might again ignite spontaneously
and cause a second explosion.
The board of inquiry, appointed
by Captain Z. j. King, commandallt
OF the base. to investigate into the
cause of the. accident, was in session
late tonight. All social activities at
the state have been ordered can
celled by Captain King.
The commandant sent personal
kilograms to Mrs. Anna Cook, ad-
vising her of the death of her son,
and to Mrs. Vera B. Mccormack, ad-
vlsing her of the death Of her hus-
band. He expressed the official re.
grets of the navy for the tragedy.
The battery room was located
abaft the torpedo room and forward
the control room directly beneath
the coming tower of the ship. 1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
Train Changes
Affect Waterville

Waterville people who have oc-
casion to use the trains of the Maine
Central railroad will learn with
much pleasure changes of schedule
which go into effect next Monday
morning, April 26. The Pine Tree
Limited which. since it was started
several months ago has left Water
Vile at $40 A. NJ. will leave instead
at 420 A. NJ.
Two new trains are to be put on;
one to be known as the Portland
Limited and the other as the Bangor
Limited. The Portland Limited will
start from Bangor and it's first stop
will be Waterville. arriving here at
800 A. NJ. The train will run
through to Boston, making very few
stops. The Bangor Limited will
start from Portland and, after stops
at Brunswick, Gardiner and Augusta
will arrive in Waterville at 1927 A.
NJ. From here it will go on to
Bangor.
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YOUTH ADMITS
Continued from PAGE One)

fought desperate battle with CO.
mean, Toothaker said in his state
ment to the police. The actual shoot
ing was accidental, he maintained.
After Comeau's death, Toothaker
said, he and his companions calmly
continued their program. entering
and robbing house in Dorchester
not far from the scene of the MUIR
der.
The patrolman, on the lookout for
stolen automobiles, stopped a car
containing three young men near the
wagon house of police station two
in Dorchester. One of the three
placed a pistol against the officers
body and fired. The car was aban-
doned after the shooting and the
youths mingled with crowd leaving
nearby church and escaped.
Toothaker said that Comeau was
the first to draw a weapon and that
he and his two companions jumped
from the automobile and gagged in
hand-to-hand struggl In the
scuffle, he said pistol in the hands
of one of his companions was dis
charged and Comeau fell.
Toothaker was arrested in Lynn on
Sunday night after house had been
robbsd. Two other youths escaped.
These, the prisoner said. were his
companions of March "a. At their
homes in Boston IT was said that
these young men had not been seen
since Sunday night. Boston and
Dedham police officers were watch
ing Checkerberry Island in the
Charles River where it was reported
that several youths were seen early
today. A canoe owned by Toothallar
was missing from one of the Charles
River canoe houses.
Toothaker told police that the band
of three had robbed many houses in
Boston and. surrounding cities. and
concealed their loot in a camp In
Dedham.
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Off for Sub-Arctic
Continued from PAGE Onel

made today by D. C. Davies. direc-
Tor OF the Field Museum. named the
voyage as the Macmillan Rawson
Suo-Arctic Expedition of the Field
Museum. The brave little schooner
sBowdoin," heroine of three. nre-
vlous Arctic dashes and owned NV
captain Macmillan. will carry the
research party from Wiscasset Me
apout June 19, northward to Sydney
~. D. ana thence to Battle Harbor
ILdpIduor. ana on as far north as the
lsidiiu OF DlSko, above the Arctic
land. VI Hieeh-
All the territory along the timer
airy or the So foot craft win vieId
specimens of geological. geoloeicaI
anthropological and botanical value
10, the museum. now lacking. in ey-
INDUS or Sub Arctic life.
Every member of the party will he
an expert on research for which the
eeepeuitlon Is sponsored The phase
VI Ine research which will delve into
e .n OF early Morse discovery of
"a tle North American continent will
ne pressed in Arctic lands where
Eskimo mythology tells of q hardy
race which visited the northJand
years ago and explored the coast of
North America 800 years before Col
uHipus comparison of findings in
Labrador will be made with Morse
ruins of Greenland, in an effort to
ascertain whether Norsemen NAV
nave penetrated to the North Ameri-
can coaStline.
Inc wide variation of customs of
ESKIMO life make the possibilities
great, museum officials say. for adj
ditlon from Baffin Land to the mus
Gums collection of information and
specimens OF Eskimo life and Gull
ture.
In the wake of the Bowdoin on its
northern voyage will be the "Sachem. I"
yacht just launched by Rowe B. Met
calfe of Providence, r. 7. 1t NAV car
ry few members of the Macmillan
Rawson party.
The Bowdoin will have its own
power plant. will he equipped with
sails and will carry radio equipment
which will enable It to keep in touch
with the civilized world. 1t will carry
no sailors, depending on scientist mem
bers of the party and its own COM
mander to guide it to its goal.
by-product of the 500o-mjle trip
may be the selection of a site In Lab
rador for a scientific station of the
Field Museum. which will continue re-
search for five-year period.
The MacMillan-Rawson expedition
IS one of II contemplated into the Arc
tic regions this season by explorers,
adventurers and scientists of six ma
tions. Only one expedition. however.
besides that announced today aims at
scientific research. Two have explo-
ration as their motive. while seven are
exploiting aircraft as an avenue to
the North Pole.
The trip will he MacMllan's 10th
voyage to the Arctice since the Peary
expedition of 10000 of which he was
a member.
DR.. Walter Koelz of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries may be a
member of the group
The expedition will maintain its
base on shipboard throughout the
5000-mile voyage. making stops wher-
ever the scientists desire.
Rawson's interest in Arctic re-
search is not wholly tmpersonal, for
his son. Kennett Rawson. 10. is a sea-
soned voyager. having been member
last summer of the Macmillan navy
geographic society expedition.
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Worsted in Battle
Continued from Pace One)

of time with cross examination or
their witnesses and finally objections
were raised by members OF the COM
mittee to certain lines of inquiry.
Senator Reed then was cross
questioning Frederick c. Baird, pro-
hibition administrator for the wes-
tern Pennsylvania district. who dis
closed that while now on the federal
payroll of $500 month he still is
drawing his regular salary as traftic
director of the Bessener and Lake
Erie Railroad, subsidiary of the
United States Steel Corporation. Mr..
for the federal prohibition by Judge
Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of the steel corporation. who
had been requested by government
officials to make Recommendations at
the time the prohibition force was
reorganiZed.
Both Baird and Edwin A. Olson.
United States District Attorney at
Chicago, testified to increased eff
cheney in the enforcement of the
Volstead act within their respective
districts, but Mr.. Olson brought an
indictment against the municipal
authorities of Chicago and Cook
county for what he charged to be
their failure to enforce the Illinois
state dry statute.
Baird appeared in the nature of a
"surprise" witness at the request of
Senator Reed. Republican, Pennsylva-
MIA. and was on the stand for two
hours Before he was called the drys
had presented William F. Mcdowell,
one of the ranking bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and other
church leaders, who urged against any
weakening of the Volstead act and
supported Instead the administration
measure to put teeth" into that cell
ebrated statute.
Taking the stand to refute state
ments made by DR.. Samuel Harden
Church, president of Carnegie Insti-
tute, Mr.. Baird had not concluded his
direct statement when the noon re-
cess hour was reached. Explaining
that he wanted time to prepare an ad-
dress on the italian debt. Senator
Reed moved adjournment until tomor-
row, but Chairman Harreld and Sena-
tor Golf, Republican, West Virginia.
outvoted him.
Senator Reed then took his fight to
the Senate floor where a brief but
fiery debate developed. Senator Bruce.
Democrat, Maryland. accused the com
mittee OF discourteous treatment of
Senator Reed and declared he did not
expect any measure of justice from
the committee. constituted as II is
This brought protest from Sena-
tor Walsh, Democrat, Montana, a
member OF the committee. and Senator
Bruce asked why he should have any
confidence in the committee when a
majority had opposed any hearings at
all on the modification bills.
This aroused the ire of Chairman
Harreld,. who arose to point OF per-
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contained two sets of storage bat
teries, each of sixty seperate cells.
The cells were stored under the deck
of the compartment. Each cell was
covered by a thin piece of steel deck
ing. The crews living quarters were
located in this part of the boat.
Two tiers Of pipes lined the walls
on both sides, above and below,
which were the hunks of the men.
The compartment was about so feet
long by 20 feet wide, with concave
walls corresponding to the contour of
the vessel below the superstructure.
Many valves and pipe lines were at
tached to the cupboard bulkheads
and all were torn away by the force
of the explosion.
The craft was being made ready
for sea and throughout the night tie
batteries were being charged 1t was
the opinion. in the absence of an OF
fetal statement, that fumes from the
batteries had filled the main battery
compartment and had seeped into
other compartments where in some
unexplained manner they were ig-
nited. The force of the expanding
gas was terrific and men in the liv-
ing quarters were hurled against the
NSAAAAiSs iO SOliSdooiOil OQlSluG IIlS
craft was such as to rock submarines
which we're at other docks.
The first assistance which reached
the crew of the S-49 was from the
S-3, not many yards away and these
men opened deck hatch and were
instantly enveloped in a cloud OF
hydrogen gas which poured out and
winch had been created by the ex-
plos1on. A fire alarm brought mer
with gas bombs who descended in &C
the main battery compartment and
pulled out the injured men,.
Other members of the crew who
were elsewhere in the craft appeared
to have suffered slightly from the
conclusion and the seepage of gas
| and smoke which reached them. The
blast was followed by fire but as the
matches and doors were immediately
sealed, cutting off the supply of oxy-
gen. the blaze was quickly out.
The S class>of submarines has fig
| ured in many marine mishaps. The
SOL was sunk last fall in collision
| with the steamer City of Rome. of,
BLOCK Island, with a loss of 33 of its
olhcers and crew, three sailors alone
escaping; the S-4S on December Z
| 1871. went on dive off Penfield ~ II
IN Long Island Sound and STAYED
doWn many hours, the predicament
/ oI the builders crew being mace
known when Peter Dunn was re-
leased out of a torpedo tube anl
| came to the surface and signalIed y
| tug. The S-4S was salvaged some
| time later. A number of others OF
| the class also were in lesser mis-.
| maps. This class of submarines was
built at Bridgeport, Conn.
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Soft Corns
Money Back Says All Druggists
If MOone's Emerald Oil
Doesn't Do Away With
All Soreness and Pain
in "a Hours

Get a bottle of Moone's Emerald
Oil with the understanding that if it
does not put an end to all the pain
and soreness and do away with the
corn itself your money will be
promptly returned.
Never mind the cause. how long
you've had it or how many other
preparations YOU have tried. This
powerful penetrating oil is the one
preparation that will make your
painful aching feet so healthy and
free from corn and bunion troubles
that you'll be able to go anywhere and
do anything in absolute feet comfort.
So marvelously powerful is Moone's
Emerald Oil that thousands have
found 1t gives wonderful results in
the treatment of dangerous swollen
or varicose veins. Druggists are SELL
ing lots of it.
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Three Services at
Episcopal Church
PatrOnal Festival

The weekend at st. Marks Epis-
copal church is to be one of the
most significant in the year when
the Patronal Festival of st. Mark
Will be observed.
On Sunday there are to be three
services. the first low celebration
at $50 o'clock A. NJ, at which time
every COMMUNICATE of the church
is earnestly invited to communicate:
the second a high celebration and
sermon at 1916 A. NJ: and the third
choral eensong and sermon at
l.45 P. N.
On Monday evening at 40 there
Will be a social and get together at
The church yestry and every member
OF the parish is asked to attend.