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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06
NAVY'S DEFENSE
Continued from PAGE Onel

mlral j. X. RoWson, retired, forbidding
disclosure of confidential matters"
MI Wilbur will be called to the stand
tomorrow by the defense
Although Admiral Robison's direct
examination, which began Friday aft
ernoon, still was incomplete when the
weekend adjournment came his testl-
mony may be interrupted at any point
Tor the examination of Secretary Will
bur, for Attorney Frank J. Hogan of
the defense has indicated he wished to
question the chief before the next reg
ular cabinet meeting, scheduled for
Tuesday morning
Prospects that the trial might be in
terrupted by the illness of Edward l..
Doheny, the 70-year-old defendant, who
was ordered to bed by his physician
after Saturdays short session. were
dispelled tonight by word from Mr..
Doheny's hotel quarters that he had
rested comfortably over the week end
and would be ready to resume his
place in court Monday morning. He
had been under treat ment for a week
for an infection in his left arm which
Friday had required a minor opera ton.
The navy department was brought
abruptly into the trial Friday when
admission that he had received orders
from Wilbur since his arrival in the
capital in response to the defense
summons. The order was offered in
evidence after Robson had declined
to answer questions concerning the ma
val defense plans in the Pacific at the
time Dohenys Pafi-American Petro-
Ieum & Transport Company was
awarded. a contract in April, 1922, for
a 4,o00 00O-barrel naval oil storage
plant at Pearl Harbor, Wawaii.
This contract also gave the Doheny
interests preferential right" to such
of the Elk Hill, California. oil reserves
as might thereafter be thrown open to
leasing by the secretary of the inte-
rior. In December 1922. the Pan
American Petroleum Company of Cali
fornia was awarded lease on the Elk
Hills reserve, which together with the
Pearl Harbor contract formed the basis
Of the government charges that Fall
and Doheny conspired to defraud the
government in the leasing ,negotio-
tions.
The prosecution. rested it's case last
week.
The third week is expected by coun-
sci for both sides to bring the trial to
it's final phases and all parties are now
agreed that the case will go to the jury
by mid-December.
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Big Icebreaker
Battling Ice in
Ste. Marie River

Saulte Ste Marie, Mich, Dec. 5-lP
The giant icebreaker Sainte Marie,
assisted by tugs and lighters, charg
ed about today with little effect
against the ice formations on the Ste
Marie's River which threaten to i'm
prison for the winter a fleet of lake
vessels bound for Canadian and
United States ports.
A total of I25 vessels with aggre-
gate cargoes valued at more than
$25,000,000 We're still tied up in the
river, the gateway from Lake Huron
into Lake Superior
After working all night and today
the Sainte Marie had succeeded in
freeing three upbound vessels. the
Canadian Pacific liner Assinboia,
loaded with passengers and two
| freighterS.
The work is exceedingly difficult
and slow as ii is necessary for the
Sainte Marie to make a new lane to
each ship and by the time she carves
path wide enough for tugs to OPP
crate in pulling the trapped ships
free, the starting stretch of the lane
freezes over. the Sainte Marie was
frozen in several times, herself, to-
day, and was able to pull herself free
only with difficulty.
The difficulty of the work and the
inaccessibility of some of the ships
led lake engineers today to express
the opinion that the jam may not be
completely broken before spring.
Most of the imprisoned ships are
at considerable distance off shore
and the crews have remained aboard.
The tugs are able to get close enough
to carry supplies and there is no
c fc IN
shortage Of coal, however. and no
prospect of reaching the ships with
any after their meager supplies run
out
Approximately 1000 sailors are
marooned in the ice bound channel.
Officials said there was no immediate
fear for their safety and pointed out
that as last resort they could leave
their ships and make their way
ashore over the ice and then reach
inland settlements. Owners of the
vessels, however believe they can
transport enough food overland to
take care OF the problem of feeding
the men. 1t is necessary to use horse
drawn vehicles TO transport supplies
overland in this sparsely populated
place.
About ESQ miles west of here on
Keweenaw Bay. the steamers City OF
Bangor and Maytham, had aground
off Point Isabelle, We're in danger OF
being battered to pieces. Tie Bangor
is loaded with automobiles and the
Maytham with ore.
There is said to be little hope of
saving either ship. Whether an at
tempt to get them off the reef by
throwing their cargoes overheard
and thus tighten them will be made
was still undecided. Lake engineers,
however. We're of the opinion such
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Zero or Near Zero
Weather in N.England

Boston, Dec. 5-(Pl-New England
was engulfed in a bitter, freezing
wave from the northeast today that
drove down temperatures to the low
est level of the season. In the nor
thern sections the mercury sank far
below the zero mark. Boston, with a
frigid four degrees above zero. ex-
perienced it's coolest December 9Th in
the history of the weather bureau
whose annals extend back 50 years.
Hard on the heels of the peek of the
cold wave came snow that fell stead
lily throughout the day and that was
drifted by the driving northeast wind.
Official early morning readings
showed that the warmest spot on the
mainland where official weather bur-
eau readings are taken was New
Haven, with a temperature of eight
degrees. Block Island registered eight
degrees and Nantucket 16
Mortified. VT. reported an official
IL degrees below zero, and Caribou,
Maine, 10 below. 1t was six degrees
below at Burlington and two below
at Ea3tport, Me. Concord n. H., re-
ported an even zero.
While it has been colder on a few
occasions in early December, in Bos-
ton today's reading of four degrees
has never been approached on De-
cember fifth in the history of the
weather bureau. The nearest ap-
proach was temperature of seven
degrees on December 5, 1886.
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FOSS HALL NOTES

the contest between classes during
Better Health Week." closed FRIDAY
noon and the results were read by
Miss Dorothy Giddings, tie health
league president. The Sophomore
class came out victorious again win
ing the coveted prize of Is points to-
wards the" health league silver cup.
The Freshmen were second. winning
10 points, the Seniors next winning
hive points and trailing in the rear
came the Juniors who fail to gain
any points at all.
! The varsity hockey team was chos-
en- by the Health League president
ana dlfferent class managers Friday
noon. This team is chosen from the
best players of each class and is
team all drive to make. The team is
as follows: Left wing, Mona Heron;
left inside, Leola Clement; center,
Leonora Hall; right inside. Harriet
Kimball; right wing, Grace Stone;
left halfback, Ruth McAvoy. center
halfback, Helen Brigham; right half
back, Barbara Weston; left fullback,
Lura Norcross; right halfback,
Neal.
A meeting Of active members of
the Chi Lamma Theta society was
SstiiSu " oioSi Wy tiiC VI ColoClll, hlSS
Harriet Kimball. Friday noon.
Miss Virginia Wilde of Boston
University was the guest of Miss
Grace Sylvester this week end.
Miss Marion Jacobs passed Friday
and Saturday with relatives in
Skowhegan.
Miss Emily Randall PISSED the
week end at her home in Freeport.
Miss Thelma Snow wa the week
end guest of Miss Elizabeth Bottom
ley at the latter's home in Pittsfield
Miss Dorothy Hannaford passed
the week end at her home in Win
throp.
Miss Prudie Moore passed the week
end in Augusta.
Miss Charlotte Clary passed the
week end at her home in Livermore
Falls.
Miss Charlotte Bennett passed the
week end with relatives in Dexter.
Miss Nella Bucknam passed the
week end at her home in Halloween
Miss Margery Pierce passed the
week end in Freedom.
Miss Marguerite Chase passed the
week end at her home in Augusta.
Miss Helen Smith passed the week
end in Skowhegan.
Miss Marion Sprowl passed the
week end in Oakland.
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dent and notify him that the con-
gress has convened and awaits his
annual message.
While this committee Is journeying
to the White House. new members
with proper credentials will be sworn
in
Inc call of the committee at the
White House is only formality, as
II already has been annouced that
president Coolidge would depart
from the custom used by Wilson and
Harding and once by himself in ap-
pearlng in person to deliver his mes
sage. 1t will be sent to the Capitol
Iuesday by special messenger and
read in both senate and house by
clerks.
Alter the joint committee formally
nouines congress that the message
would be brought up Tuesday both
houses will adjourn tomorrow out of
respect to the memory of the late
Senator Albert B. Cummins Of Iowa
and the late Senator Bert M. Fernald
of Maine.
-Four new members will take the
oath in the senate. They are: Ar
thur X, Gould of Maine, and David
w. stewart of Iowa, Republicans, and
David l. Walsh of Massachusetts,, and
Harry B. Halves of Missouri, Demo
Gratis The new members to be seated
in the house are: Harry L. Engle-
| bright and Richard J. Welch of Cali
fornia: John j. Cochran of Missouri
a2d former Representative Frederick
w. Dallinger of Massachusetts.
After hearing. the presidents mes
sage Tuesday the house will adjourn
out of respect to the memory of for
mer Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon
The senate has no set program at
that time.
Both houses will receive the presi-
dents annual budget message on
Wednesday. AS soon as it has been
received by the house Chairman
Madden of the appropriations COM
| mittee plans to introduce the first OF
the appropriation bills, that for the
treasury and post office departments
Madden hopes to send this measure
to the senate before the week end adj
journment and then call up either
the interior or agriculture department
measures.
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"Sh0rt" Congress
fHop}inuad froro Dane 0nel

Christmas vacation. while many
hours will be consumed by the poll
teal orators.
The burden of the selection OF
those bills to be given preferential
consideration will fall on the Shout
ders of the Republican steerir COM
mittees of the two houses. They will
be required to chose only few
bills to push forws for enactment
First in their minds is the batch OF
annual appropriation bills to provide
funds for the operating expenses OF
the government. Besides these,
agreement alrady has been reached
to take up two measures on definite
dates-the rivers and harbors bill in
the senate on December IA and a bill
proposing salary increases for the
federal Judiciary in the house next
Thursday.
The tentative legislative list also
includes alien property, radio, the
McFadden branch banking bill, the
Lausanne treaty with Turkey and
the treaty to outlaw use of poisonous
gas in warfare.
Farm relief proposals in numerous
forms also are knocking at the doors
of both houses while the Democrat
ic membership is solid in its demand
for a tax reduction bill.
The first day, tomorrow, will be
devoted to the usual formalities OF
the opening session. Both houses
will be opened by prayer Roll calls
then will be taken. In the senate the
names will be called in alphabetical
order while in the house will be tab
bed by states.
A joint committee composed OF the
party leaders of the ,Swo houses will
be appointed to wait}upon the presi-
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Former Elm City
Newspaper Man Now
Located in CAPITAL

Donald II. Fassett, a resident of
inns city, where he attended Colby
College and was representative of
the kennebec Journal, has gone to
washington, D. c., as secretary to
congressman F. w. Dallinger. of
cambridge, Mass. Had he returned
to college this year Mr.. Fassett
would have been a member of the
senior class.
He is the son of Frederick G. Fas-
sett, Sr., of West Medford, Mass.
formerly editor of the Waterville
Morning Sentinel, who is now a
member of the editorial staff of the
Boston Evening Transcript.
Donald Fassett attended Coburn
Classical Institute. being graduated
with the class of 1922 and the follow
ing Fall entered Tufts College, trans
ferring later to Colby, where he is a
member of the PPhi Delta Theta fra :
ternity.
Besides his connection with the
kennebec Journal while in Water.
vile, Mr.. Fassett had at times been
a member of the staff of the Water
vile Sentinel and had been district
representative for various Boston
and Portland newspapers. Since
leaving Waterville he has been con-
nected with commercial journal in
| Boston.
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,..,sraI Of Mrs. Mary I. Cakes

f,neral of Mrs. Mary /. Cakes
inc sa,d from her home on Law
sas h etrset at l P. NJ. yesterday.
renee Pollard Jones ofticiated
sN w. services, assisted by Rev. L.
]. So0 bearers we're Allan Hender-
llT ;nwood Henderson, Harold
81 ,arson all of Fairfield, and
aelI ,as Pand of Dorchester, Mass.
eh easement was in Maplewood GEM
...rr Fairfield.
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Death of Artist
Monet i'm France

Giverny, Department of Europe.
France, Dec. 5.--(P)-Claude Monet,
and dean of French nature depicters,
died at his home here at 800 this
afternoon. His lifelong friend,
Georges Clemenceau, was at his bed
side when the end came.
M. Clemenceau was so overcome
by his loss that he refused to see re-
porters and sought the, seclusion of
ms own bed room to be alone with
his grief. NJ. Monet was one of the
former premier's few intimates and
1t is said of him that he did much
TO uphold Clemenceau's morale dur
ing the more trying periods OF the
world war,
Claude Monet was just past his
s6th year, having been born in Par
is, November ID, 1910. His princi-
PAL works were views of picturesque
places and cathedrals of France.
After serving as a soldier in Africa
until middle age, Monet suffered the
harlships of poverty. He returned
to his painting, having previously
studied under Gleyre, but the critics
scorned his work
he kept on painting his land and
seascapes, missing meals out of sheer
emptiness of pocket and letting, to-
bacco solace his stomach.
Almost 40 years ago, when he was
selling his paintings for what be-
could get. japanese foreign minis
ter, visiting Europe, saw some of
them and looked up Monet He gave
Z the artist a check for 250;O00 yen
approximately S125,000) and told
to deliver paintings until he thought
he had given value for the money.
From that on Monets reputation was
made. His works are scattered
throughout the world. He is particu-
larly noted for his paintings of AIedi-
terranean and Channel scenes the
cathedrals of France, the Thames al
London as well as for his studies of
fovvarc
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Junior High Notes

n, Wednesday, morning the girls
w Iunior 5 division served
@a Ito 10 two of their number.
m's noenu consisted of oranges, roll
Inc .ats milk. bacon, toast and CO.
ea Those taking part in the break
w.. were: Hostesses, Hortense
~, and Marie Hopper; guests,
u y;a Tacoues and Geraldine Cur
AnrA Mattresses, Elaine Houston;
mi" MS Thelma Graves, Ruth Hen
s .0:asson Martha Alexander, and
Satira Haycock.
THE The weekly assembly program was
hid Wednesday morning. A line
mnsical program in every respect.
,mong the numbers rendered We're:
a AMER the Beautiful" by the
,chncl: "A Summer Garden" by the
CHS Glee Club; a splendid talk on
cSsracter building by Mr.. Merrill:
s s OF the Wisp," by Girls' Glee
rnh. and "The Merry Life" by the
school.
4 girls served similar breakfast to
hat Of Junior 3. Those taking part
rpre. Hostesses, Barbara Kinney
md Jacoueline LeClair; guests, Alice
libby and Annie Kurlovich; wait
rpss Adra Jack: cooks, Gertrude
Mcintyre. Camilla Loubier, Alice
kitchen and Florence Mccain.
The program of interclass basket
hall games was continued Friday
afternoon with games between the
teams representing the Middle class
and those of the Senior class. On
Monday afternoon the series will be
concluded with games between the
teams of the Middle and Junior
classes.
Some very interesting work is be-
ing placed in the scrap books which
are being made by each of the for
sign language classes. This work is
being done In addition to the regu-
lar work and helps to stimulate the
interest of the students.
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IN NEW ENGLAND
Continued from Pace Onel

taxi driver died from a heart attack
after losing battle to keep up service
despite the storm; and in Portsmouth,
N H.. man who failed to see an ap-
preaching automobile in the swirling
flakes was struck and killed.
Minor accidents and transportation
delays increased in Boston as the eve
ming wore on and all three railroads
entering the city began to feel the eff
fects of the storm. With a six-inch
blanket of snow beginning to drift in
outlying sections, through trains were
delayed from 20 minutes to several
hours and locals were handicapped by
poor visibility.
The storm showed no signs of -abat-
ing early tonight. but a rising Their
mometer gave indications of a posi-
BILE change to rain or sleet, and wire
companies, unaffected by the snow of
the early evening, prepared for later
trouble. Early tonight the glass had
risen to % at the Blue Hills govern
ment observatory and the wind had
swept up to a 40-mile an hour gait
Reports from scattered northern
New England points indicated that
the storm there had not attained the
severity reached in this vicinity.
Plymouth, on the south shore, was
rapidly being showed in tonight. The
local street car company had lost
track of four cars and others were be-
ing held in town as strong winds piled
UP three and four-feet drifts across
the rails outside. Steam trains were
moving regularly and on the Cape
proper little traffic delay was re-
ported. sen
At 9 O'Clock tonight the local wealth
er bureau placed the center Of the
storm as somewhere off the central
New England coast and advices from
other northeastern stations indicated
that the snowfall would continue
throughout the night and possibly into
tomorrow.
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OK City turned their attention to
keeping open the ferry approaches
ana bridges over which 17O. 900 trucks
move daily carrying food supplies
INTO the city. Late in the afternoon
the snow had reached a depth of
three inches.
Philadelphia reported three inches
OF snow starting at A. NJ. which
later turned into sleet and rain.
franc was reported as normal.
Snow has been falling in Buffalo
since early last night and in some
places Is from II to IA inches deep.
me mercury dropped to 4 above
zero In. Boston, the coolest December
recorded there. A light snow fell
early. In the day and gradually in
creased. threatening a heavy fan he
lore morning. The temperature rose
iate In the day to IL above zero.
snow fell heavily Throughout the
day in New Haven where strong
Wlnds were reported and a tempera
ture OF H. In eastern Pennsylvania
ram and sleet fell with a gradual
drop in temperature.
Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 5--(P)-Winter
descending on western New York
look three lives before nightfall.
kenneth Merch and Melvin Brittep.
OF Smithville, We're killed in a colli-
sion or a trolley with an automobile.
me accident occurred when the
vision of the driver of the automobile
was obstructed by the heavy snow
fall.
George Jones of Buffalo died of
exposure.
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Winter Trolley
Schedule in Effect

The winter trolley schedule be-
tween Watrville and Fairfield will go
into effect today. The first car Will
leave Fairfield on week day mornings
at $50, and they will run every 10
minutes thereafter until 1915 +. M
The first car will leave the end OF the
line at Waterville at A. NJ, and the
last car will leave the waiting room
at 1885 P. NJ
SUNDAYS the first car will leave
Fairfield at $50 A. NJ, running every
20 minutes until $3.50 P. NJ, and the
last ear will leave Fairfield at 10: 10
p M.
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One Man Killed
By Skidding Auto

Newark, N. j.. Dec. 5.--{P(-The
snowstorm which swept the east to-
day left one death in New Jersey,
| caused delay on railroad schedules of
from a half hour to an hour and left
the state under blanket of from
five to seven inches of snow.
Emil Wendler, IS, of Brooklyn, was
killed when his automobile skidded
and overturned between Bounu
Brook and Somerville. A companion
was injured
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n Fortune
from Tea Rooms
The Story of Ida L. Frese
The Story of Ida L. Frese

Kiss IDA L. FRESE found the
1V1 way to fortune by serving extra
dainty foods to women who
demand them.
She instituted in America the special tea
room ideas of food, cooking and SER
vice which have since gained such vast
popularity.
She is founder of the Colonia Tea
Room in New York, also of the two
Vanity Fair Tea Rooms. Today two Of
them are located in buildings which she
owns - buildings built from earnings.
The first Investment was $500, con-
tributed by Miss Frese and by Miss Ada
Mae Luckey, who has been associated
with her ever since. The first "Colonia"
had only five employees.
The Colonia Of today is located in her
own six-story building at 379 Fifth
Avenue, where Commodore Cornelius
Vanderbilt had his home.
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One Man Drowned in
Hampton River N. III.

Hampton, n. H., Dec. 5.-(P)-One
man was believed to have drowned
and two others were injured when
their automobile skidded through the
railing of temporary bridge over
the Hampton River here today and
plunged into Is feet of water. All
three were from New York
Ben Saloshin was thought to have
lost his life after escaping from the
submerged automobile. Coastguards-
men who dragged the river in the
vicinity of the accident were able TO
enter the car but reported they could
find no trace of Saloshin.
Murray Melbourn, the driver, and
Otto Tanner, broke a window in the
automobile and swan to the shore
Melbourn suffered broken wrist re-
ceived when he broke the glass in the
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Monte Carlo Idlers :
Are Now to Be Taxed

Monte Carlo, Dec. 4-[P)-Thous-
ands OF curious Americans who wish
to see the innerworkings of the ca
sino without risking any of their
money on the tables are responsible
for a raise in the 7 admission price
from five to ten francs.
The casino authorities contend that
around-tne world tours. student par
ties, and especially the class of tour
lists who travel third cabin class ana
wish to see everything, are so elur-
tering up tie gaming rooms with
mons gamblers that the raise in prices
was a necessity.
Coincidentally came the announce
ment of the installation of automat tic
checking mchinee. The new machines
check each art-e-a for one franc.
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Death of New
Brakeman in Mass.

Springfield, Mass, Dec, 8 up =
The binding storm which swept
New England today, leaving from
six to eight inches of snow in this
vicinity, is believed to have been the
indirect cause of the death of Frank
H. Wark, 33, of this city. a Boston
& Albany brakeman. and father OF
three small children, who was almost
instantly killed this noon when he
was struck in the head by low
bridge about one and a half miles
west of Chester. He was on top of