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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Former Sec. Fall
Ill with Pneumonia
In Ell PasO, Tex, Home

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 27.-{Pl-Albert
b. Fall, former secretary OF the fnte-
Irior, who recently was acquitted In
Washington with Edward l.. Doheny
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the government in connection wSth
California naval oil land leases, was
seriously Ill at his home here tonight
with pneumonia.
A bulletin issued at 5 p N. by Qr.
H. r. Sanford said Mr.. FAN was rest
ing easy"
Although the former secretary's Ill
ness was described as serious, his ply
stefan said that unless complications
develop recovery was expected.
The illness was attributed in part to
the strain of the prolonged trial at
Washington. Mr.. Fall was stricken
on his arrival here Sunday.
He had planned to remain in Ell Paso
and at his ranch near Three Rivers,
n. NJ, for a rest before returning to
Washington to stand trial with Harry
Sinclair on charges growing out of the
leasing of the Teapot Dome oil re-
serve in Wyoming. This trial Is set
for February 2.
The following statement was issued
by DR.. Safford
CAS- result Of my examination OF
Mr.. Fall find that he has pneumonia
of the lower LOBE of the right lung.
His temperature is not high, his pulse
is good and the outlook for his recov-
cry is good if no complications or fur
Their extension of the pneumonia oc-
ours. At his age, e5. pneumonia some
times mild in its onset develops into
a severe case within a short time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Comedian Chaplin
Not to Seek Divorce
Word of His Attorney

Los Angeles, Calf. Dec. 27.--(P)-
lIloyd Wright. attorney for Charles
Spencer Chaplin, declared here today
the film comedian had no intention of
seeking a divorce from his estranged
wife, the former Lita Grey, in Mex
lean courts, as intimated in a report
from Nogales. AriZ.
There's nothing to it,, Wright
said. Il never heard of, Chaplin be-
ing in communication with Hermo-
sillo, Sonora, attorney, until read 1t
in the paper today"
Wright indicated that his client was
awaiting some action on the part of
Mrs. Chaplin, who announced recent
ly that she would sue the comedian
for divorce.
Mrs. Chaplin likewise had not
heard of any Mexican angle to the
domestic rift, she said, and even if
her husband did contemplate some
such action it would not alter her
plan in the least, she added.
Chaplin married Miss Grey, who
was his leading lady in motion pic
lures, at Empalme, Sonora, more
than two years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Millionaire Page
Dies in Oklahoma
Victim of Influenza

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 27-(P)-Charles
Page, 65, millionaire oil magnate and
philanthropist, died at his home in
Sand Springs, near Here, at o'clock
this afternoon. He had been i'll Of
influenza for about two weeks.
Making a fortune in oil after COM
ing to Oklahoma in 1902, Mr.. Page
branched out into other enterprises
and became known as the industrial
king" of the state.
He founded Sand Springs and de-
voted much of his time and money to
building there an industrial cu,nmun-
ity. He constructed the sand Springs
Railroad and other public utilities
and built a S2,000,000 cotton mill
among other industrial plants. A few
weeks ago he announced plans for es-
tablishing a s1,000,0o0 steel plant in
Sand Springs.
In 1909 Mr.. Page founded the Sand
Springs Home for orphans.
One of the largest and best equip
ped hospitals in the state is another
monument to the memory of the phil
anthropist.
In order to obtain an adequate wa
ter supply for his city. he construct
ed a dam at cost of S1.500,000.
He was born at Stevens Point,
Wis, June 2, 1861.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Favorable Comment
On A. P. Forecast of
Industrial Leaders

New York, Dec. 2.-(P)-The
symposium of forecasts for 1927 by
industrial leaders distributed by the
Associated Press today held the at
tention of financial and commercial
centers.
Published prominently in all
morning papers, it was the subject
of such wide comment in Wall
Street that several financial editors
described it among the outstanding
features of the day.
Sentiment was influenced favor
ably by the optimistic utterances OF
leaders of all lines of industry" said
the Telegram. 49, all agreed
that only the unforeseen, would
check the pace of trade"
"The note of conservative bullish-
ness sounded by industrial and IL
nancial leaders as gathered by The
Associated Press" remarked the
Eagle, "served to reassure holders OF
stocks" and the Evening Post in
terpreted the general sentiment as
"rather guardedly optimistic, Yet
confident that 1927 will measure up
well by comparison with the year
drawing to a close"
1.-THE statements collected by
The Associated Press" declared the
Sun, attracted attention In the
street. Depression next year appar-
emily would come as real surprise
to the majority of men in business
and finance"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Sheriff Resigns
Because Could Not
Enforce Liquor Law

Chicago. Dec. 27-(H)-lnablllty 10
enforce dry laws was assigned as
the reason for resignation today by
Sheriff Peter Hoffman. Republican
of Cook county (Chicago), who
served 80 days in Jail recently for
contempt of court because undue
liberties were enjoyed by two
wealthy bootleggers while in jail.
Hoffman. recently acquitted by a
jury on charges of conspiracy with
these bootleggers. Frank Lake and
Terry Druggan. to defeat justice. was
holding over on account of the de.lth
after election of P. j. Carr Demo-
crat, and his tenure would have cx-'
pired with the holding of a speciai
election, possibly next June
Hoffman's four year term as sher-
if was marked by turbulence, in
GLIDING several attempted Jail
escapes, the explosion of bombs by
prisoners and the removal of several
Jail employees. Much of the troubles
he experienced involved vic'~ tors of
the Volstead act, and his letter of
resignation was a 200 word attack
on that statute.
A county board chose as HOffman's
successor, Charles E. Graydon. a
Republican leader allied with Robert
f. Grove, states attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Recalls Low Zero
Marks of As Years
Ago in the Provinces

Winnipeg, Dec. 27-tH1-AleX Cal
der of Winnipeg, who came to west
ern Canada in the early seventies,
saws the recent cold spell which
brought some talk of record low
readings, was mild Chinook com :
pared to the northern blasts of so
years ago.
"Why, back in seventy nine," he
recalls, 1.-THE thermometer sank to 40
below zero regularly and often re-
manned at that level for several
days"
Calder, who settled in Manitoba
before Winnipeg was even town,
cannot understand why people COM
plain when the temperature drops to
a mere 25 below" He boasts that
he belongs to a generation that did
not ride in heated streetcarS and
regarded sub-Zero weather as in
MIGRATING and healthy. 1t was not
until the temperature dropped TO
40 below that his friends felt EMIT
led to say it was getting rather
chilly"
Although Calder came to Canada
from the British Isles in sailboat
SIS years ago, only once has he COM
planned of the cold. That was when
he was living in London, Ontario,
and drove into Sarnia with both ears
frozen. The temperature on that oc-
casion was SO degrees below zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Seek Service on
. Amb. Houghton in
False Arrest Suit

New York, Dec. 27.-R)-By
terms of an order filed before SUI
preme Court Justice Gavegan substi-
tute service of summons was au-
thorized against Alanson B. Hough-
ton, ambassador to the Court of st.
James, in a $4,000 false arrest suit
brought by Mrs. Dorothy A. Mason.
Mrs. Mason alleged in an affidavit
that she was falsely accused of hav-
ing robbed Mr.. Houghton of an heir
loom pin and $1,000. She further
complained that she had been unable
to procure service on Ambassador
Houghton because he has ''evaded
service"
Service was attempted, Mrs. Ma
son said, when she went with a de-
putty sheriff to the West 4Sth Street
Pier when the liner Leviathan dock
ed recently with the ambassador on
board. Mr.. Houghton, she said. was
"surreptitiously landed so that SER
vice could not be made"
Charles Blandy. attorney for Mrs.
Mason, declined to discuss the case
and would not describe his client.@
1--WE haven't made any pleading"
he said, "and there is no complaint
and no answer yet. 1t is not even a
law suit until the complaint has been
served. Today's action was merely
a motion for service. AS an attor-
ney. I do not feel that / am at lib
erty to give out any of the facts,
because there may not he any facts.
A case like this may be settled out
Of court. one can never tell"
He said he had instructed Mrs.
Mason not to discuss the matter with
newspapermen.
The New York Evening Post iden-
titles Mrs. Mason as the wife OF Ed
mund T. Mason, "a millionaire"
"When Ambassador Houghton ar
rived on the Leviathan a few days
ago" that paper says. "He was met
by q special police squad and under
its escort quickly made his way
through the crowds on the dock. 1t
was learned today that an attempt
to serve him at the time of landing
with the summons was thus frus-
trated."
In a telephone conversation to-
night from his home in Corning, n.
Y, Mr.. Houghton said he knew MOTH
ing about the suit and did not know
Mrs. Mason.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
| MAKE BEGINNING
| On 100000 Rail
| Line OF Sen. GOULD

Washburn,, Me-, Dec. 27-(P)-
Construction started early today on
the Quebec Extension Railway
this village to Lake Frontier. just
over the boundary line between
Maine and Quebec at Township IL,
range II, connecting at that point
with the Quebec Central Railway.
A crew of nearly 100 men under
the direction of Judson c. Briggs of
Caribou went into the woods two
miles from this village where a set
Of camps had been constructed and
with axes and saws began clearing
the right Of way.
There were no exercises to mark
the beginning of this S5,000,0O0 rail-
road which will take over two years
to build and the construction OF
which was started only four days
before the certificate granted in 1915
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission would have expired.
The beginning of work on the
railroad has been delayed by the
inability of United States Senator
Arthur r. Gould of Pressure Isle.
promoter of the enterprise, and the
international Paper Company. when
owns the greater part of the tim
berlands through which the road
will run, to reach an agreement as
to stumpage and water-power rights
An agreement, however, was reach
ed on Christmas day and while Sen
ator Gould states that the conces-
sions made by President A. r. Grau-
stein of the international company
we're not entirely satisfactory to him
they warranted going ahead with
the construction of the road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Whereabouts Prince
Carol of Rumania
Is Still a Mystery

Paris, Dec. 27-(P)-While the Ru-
manian legation in Paris took occa-
sion today to deny that Prince Carol,
erstwhile heir to the Rumanian
throne, had left Paris, circles ac-
quainted with the princes comings
and goings at Neuilly. his home just
outside the capital, do not place
much faith In the statement There
fore, Carols whereabouts seemed to
be still mystery tonight-a mys-
terry heightened by the absence Of
news from Bucharest.
When 1t first became known on
Christmas Eve that the prince was
absent from his establishment at
Neuilly, where he has made his
home since he renowned his right
to succeed his father, the conclusion
was Immediately drawn that he was
on the way to Bucharest to reclaim
his prerogatives as crown prince.
Among the persistent reports is
one that the prince is in Riviera. al
though there is no definite informal
ton from that region that he has
actually been seen. His Neuilly
home, at any rate, appears to be
empty except for the servants who
insist that The master Is away, al
though they refuse to- give even the
slightest indication of his where
abouts or when he Is expected to re-
turn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Ask New Trial for
McDermott Convicted
OF Staying Don Mellett

Canton, Ohio. Dec. 27.--fP)-Counsel
for Patrick Eugene McDermott in fl
ing a motion today for a new trial con-
tended he was convicted last week of
the murder of Don r. Mellett. the cru
sading publisher, because of passion
and prejudice aroused by false, ma
licious and infiammatory publication
in newspapers
Absence of Judge f. ". Diehl from
court prevented immediate considera-
ton of the motion.
McDermott's attorney contended thai
the jury in returning verdict within
80 minutes did not properly weigh
the evidence but was prompted by pas.
sion and prejudice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
CUT PRICE OF MILK
ONE Cent A QUART
IN BOSTON DELIVERY

Boston, Dec. 27.-(R-A mid-win-
ter reduction of one cent a quart II,
the price of milk delivered in Bos-
ton was announced tonight by the
New England Milk Producers As
ISOLATION. The reduction becomes
effective Immediately and the retail
ers of the city will pass the cut along
to the consumer.
Making clear that the reduction
was not planned as Christmas
present to the consumer, the asso-
citation issued statement attribut-
ing it's action to a cut recently made
by chain store system in cOnjunc-
ton with certain cooperative cream
cries in Vermont. The present re-
duction, it was declared, will result
in a loss to New England dairy
farmers Of S25O,00O a month.
milk has been short on the Bos-
ton market for some time and prob
ably will continue short" the state
ment said. 1T was because of the
short supply that the association in
creased the price a half cent in the
middle of November. The increase
in price encouraged the farmers to
feed grain more literally and thus
increase the supply of milk. This
increased price was just beginning
to show in a return of the supply
to normal when this decrease, twice
as large as the increase, was forced
on the dairy farmers of New Eng
land.
1.-The enforced and unwarranted
decrease is especially discouraging to
the dairy farmers coming so soon
after the agricultural marketing con-
ference called by the New England
Council. The dairy farmers looked
forward to substantial sterilization
of market conditions as result or
this conference. 1t is severe blow
to them to have loss of quarter
of a million dollars a month forced
on them by the refusal of chain
stores and Of the cooperative cream
cries which supply them to base
their price on supply and demand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28

New York, Dec. 27.-tPl-The old
fine New Years resolution is this
YEAR. so far as New York is concern
Or as out of date as the moustache
cup.
A canvas of citizens in public and
prbate life failed to reveal to The
Associated Press anyone who is go
ing to take the pledge" next Satur-
day.
Moreover, some say they never
have made a New Years resolution,
and probably never will.
Flappers and "revolutionists," in
deed, go bit further and through
one spokesman today announced that
what the country needed was not
less sin, but bigger and better sins,
and more of Them
Not even John S. Sumner, whose
Official position is head of the Society
for the Prevention of Vice. has no.
ticed any high resolving trend this
year.
THE only place" he said, I've en-
countered any New Years resolutions
is occasionally in a cartoon. Not that
/ oppose good resolutions; I'm not
taking any. | had not given the mat
Continued on Page 3-Col. 81 q,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Held for Killing Wife
And s Children, Says
Killed 4 Others in 1923

Farwell, Tex, Dec. 27.-P1-George
J. Hassell, who killed his wife and
eight step children and buried their
bodies on his farm near here several
weeks ago, confessed tonight to the
Staying of a woman and three chill
dren in California three years ago.
He refused to give the names Of
the California victims, however, or
to state where the killings took place,
police said.
Hassell was arrested following the
finding last Friday of the bodies OF
his wife and her eight children. He
attempted suicide by stabbing him.
self in the chest, but is recovering
from his wounds.
1T was a good job and no one will
ever know, Hassell declared in re-
gard to the alleged California STAY
ings.
Letters found at his home indicate
he worked for the Southern PACING
Railway in California. He also work.
ed for the Associated Pipe Line Com
pany at Fresno, Calf. Later he join
ed the merchant marine corps as a
cook on the west coast.
Alter this experience he went 10
Oklahoma and then moved to his
farm near Farwell year and a half
ago, after having married his broth
ers widow. The brother was killed
on farm in Oklahoma while work
Ing in a field with Hassell, who re-
ported that mule kicked the broth
er to death.
In statement to the police Has
sell related that his wife and seven
OF the children were slain with an
axe on December s. The Oldest boy,
aged Il, who was away from home
when the others were killed, was shot
10 death two days later.
When the youth came home, ne
was told by Hassell that the other
members of the family had gone to
oklahoma. The stepfather induced
the boy to play cards and when the
latter fell asleep shot him. The body
was carried to the shallow dugout
Ten feet from the kitchen door ana
placed beside the others.
Hassell was removed from the hos
pltal to Jail cell today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
s DEATHS, BIG LOSS
PROPERTY IN FLOOD
AREAS OF five STATES

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 27.-P)-
Six deaths and property damage
into the hundreds Of thousands were
estimated tonight from flood waters
that, spread over lowlands In Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Arkansas. Missis-
sippi and Alabama. The flood began
to recede in most of the inundated
area but the crest of the food was
In sight at other points.
Forecasts of further rains in the
flooded area, however, caused appre-
hension and additional safeguards to
protect life and property were taken
The heaviest property damage and
most widespread was through east
ern Kentucky and Tennessee in the
valley of the Cumberland river and
through portions of Tennessee
where small streams became raging
torrents and spread out over the
lowlands.
More than 1000 people in Nash.
vile were routed from their homes
when the Cumberland inundated 81
DlOChS VI luC Nllys 1lC W CdluSl OQ'
reau there forecast a stage of 5.
to 53 feet before the flood reaches
it's crest. The Cumberland will
probably continue to rise until
Wednesday or Thursday and is high.
err tonight than at any time since
1882.
Tennessee bore the brunt Of the
food, many small streams spreading
out over lowlands covering high.
ways. The Tennessee river has be-
gun falling near the headwaters.
Eastern Kentucky experienced S
second flood within a week as a re-
! suit of heavy rains Friday night ant
Saturday, but the waters had begun
-; receding tonight.
| In Mississippi, the Tombigbee wa'
| expected to reach its crest tonight
| Scores of people at Columbus, most
| ~ negroes, who were marooned b.
| the Tombigbee's rise, had been res
! cued tonight.
! Smaller streams in Mississippi
| were reported falling.
| More than a thousand miners wer,
! thrown out of work in Alabam;
| when the Warrior river flooded thu
| mines in Walker county. The Bank
| head highway between Jasper ant
| Birmingham was made unsafe by thu
| Warrior flood and loss of live stool
! in the valley was reported heavy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28

Washington, Dec. 27-[P)-Stepsr TO
maintain the BIuefields neutral zone
established under American naval
control last October by agreement Of
the Nicaraguan conservative and
Liberal military chiefs, were reported
today by Rear Admiral Julian Latf-
mer. Advices, however, were lack
ing as to developments at Puerto Ca
bezas, where marines and blue
jackets were landed last week to
protect American lives and property.
Announcement by President Diaz
at Managua that his government
would regard the entire east coast OF
Nicaragua as neutral territory and
withdrew its forces, which suffered
Continued on Page 3NCol. %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Definite News
Is Still Lacking
From Nicaragua
Believes Cows and
Horses Should Have
Whiskey in Medicine

Washington, Dec. 27-(AP)-
An attempt to apply prohibition
to horses and cows is seen by
Representative GaIIivan, Demo-
crat, Massachusetts,, one Of the
outstanding vets, in omission
from recent department Of agri-
culture publications for a recipe
prescribing whiskey, milk and
eggs for certain animal ailments.
"This asinine effort to censor
the moral Of our horses and cows
is surely tho ultimate in prohibit
ton enforcement attained by the
influence Of professional dry or.
ganizations,' he said today. I'VE
know that the board Of temper
ance prohibition and public
morals and Wayne B. Wheeler,
while personally profi.ing from
employment from the Cause have
always proclaimed that the pro.
hibition amendment was to inn
prove the morals Of men and so
It must be that the deletion Of the
whiskey, milk and eggs from the
medicine Of horses and cows
must be to improve the morals Of
the cow"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Death of Descendant
Portland Settler

Portland, Me-, Dec. 27.-James A.
Bracket, direct descendant of George
Cleeve. one of the first two settlers of
Portland, died suddenly today at Farm
ington, N. H. Word of his death was
received by relatives here. He had
been In i'll health for some time and
went to New Hampshire about two
weeks ago.
Mr.. Bracket was born 81 years ago
on Peaks Island, which came into the
Bracket family through George Cleeve
in 1859. For many years he was in
charge of Greenwood Garden. a well
known summer resort at the island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Resolutions for
New Year Passe
In Gotham 'I'owr,
Protests Newspaper
Mergers in Maine as
Not Good for People

Brunswick, Dec. IA plea for
a stronger minority party in this
state was made by President
Kenneth c. M. Stills in speaking
before the Brunswick Rotary
club at it's meeting today. He
said that the public life of the
state needed to be turned up a
erea: deal. That too many of the
newspapers of the state are under
the same control and that an OPP
position paper would be a good
thing for Maine. We must not
trust the legislature to bring
about reforms, but we should re-
form ourselves without new laws.
Speaking of local conditions
President Stills advocated having
the town do more Cor the bays by
providing Fairgrounds, an ath-
letic field and community house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Northern New England = Increas-
ing cloudiness with rising tempera-
ture Tuesday followed by rain or
snow Tuesday night and Wednes-
day; colder Wednesday afternoon OF
night.
Southern New acknowledgements
ing cloudiness followed by rain
Tuesday and possibly Wednesday;
not much change in temperature.
Eastern New York-Rain Tuesday
and Tuesday night; Wednesday fair.
slightly colder.