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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-04

SAN FRANCISCO.-Col. Alexander
$. Williams of the marine corps. who
shook court martial out of a cock
tail shaker in San Diego ana his sue
ceasful accuser, Brigadier General
Smedley Butler, will be thrown in
close contact here. General Butler ar
rived Wednesday to take temporary
command of the Pacific department of
the corps and Colonel Williams ar
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-04
ODD BITS OF NEWS
(By Dispatch A, 2. Wire)

NEW YORK.-Fellow workers have
been urging Jean Weiner, book
binding machine attendant, to bob her
halr for several months. She insisted
In adhering to the old fashioned way.
Wednesday she was seriously injured
when her long hair became entangled
in the machine and her head was
drawn into the apparatus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Scientist Takes
Baby Daughter on
African Expedition

New York. Aug. 11-(P)-Scientists
who follow their exacting professions
to the far corners Of the earth nave
varied and sometimes strange equip
ment. but seldom do they consider q
baby girl an absolutely necessary
part of their encourage.
William H. Hoover, assistant 70 the
director Of the Astro-P Physical de-
partment of the Smithsonian 1nst1tu-
ton sailed today for two year stay
on Central African mountain,
where he will establish an observa-
tory for measuring the suns heat and
it's variations. And with him was his
10 months daughter, Bettina, IN
charge of her aunt.
'I find her more interesting tnan
M career" said the young scientist,
whose wife died during another ex-
petition shortly after Bettina was
born. 'Tf could not have her with
me I would not have gone"
In preparation for her African So
iourn the baby was inoculated against
tropic diseases. .-,--
The observatory. which had an
initial foundation Of $4,000, is to be
built atop Mount Brukkaros, more
than 500 miles inland, and within a
few miles of a Hottentot reservation.
This spot was selected because the
air is remarkably clear and rain falls
only during two months Of the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Says Can Doctor
Diamonds with
$4,000 Worth Radium

New York, Aug. 11.-P)-All you
need to turn a 800 yellow diamond
into what appears to be $500 blue
diamond is some $4,000 worth OF
radium, according to DR.. c. Everett
Field, director of the Radium 1nsti-
tute Of New York. DR.. Field made
public today the results Of several
years experiments.
Whether or not the blue stones
would stay blue or shift back to the
cheap" color later, DR.. Field did not
pretend to know.
mo one knows yet" he said. be
cause our experiments have not last
ed long enough"
AS to the illegal uses to which
such a practice might be put, Or.
Field expressed indifference.
at can be used dishonesty Oh
course" he admitted, but that Is no
concern of any scientist. SOMEBODY
could buy a yellow stone and turn II
irto one of the precious blue-whltes
and sell it that way The trick would
not be discovered for years, perhaps
never" :.
Not only can yellow diamonds be
changed TO blue, he said, but any
off-color stone can have its races
lifted into similarity to those OF
more valuable class by the radium
operation. But radium, it seemed,
has perfect discrimination and VIII
have nothing to do with paste stones
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Justice Determined
To Probe Charges
Gambling at Saratoga

Ballston Spa, N. r, Aug. LIP
Three men in jail for contempt
and the authorities ordered to pro-
duce eight other unwilling Witness
es Is the situation today in the Sara
toga gambling Investigation. -.
II want 1t distinctly understood
that I meant just what I said when
remarked that this Investigation
was going to be thorough" said Su-
preme Court Justice Christopher j.
Hefferman, before whom, as special
commissioner, by appointment Of the
governor, are being heard charges OF
gambling at Saratoga Springs and
neglect Of duty against District At
Arthur G. Wilmot and DR.. Arthur j.
Leonard. city commissioner of pub
lie safety. ,1. s,.,.
The three men in jail were incar-
cerated when they refused to answer
questions at yesterdays hearing.
They are Almeron F. White, said to
be one of the owners Of Fennell and
White, an alleged gambling house
named in the charges Of Peter A.
Finley, which brought about the In
quiry;, James C. Fennell, said to be
Whites partner and Mathew e.
Byrne, said to be the proprietor of
an alleged gambling house at
Woodlawn avenue. Each Of them
refused to divulge the name Of the
owner Of the property he occupies
when ordered to do so by Justice
Heffernan on the ground Of possible
Standardization. ,..-.
Eight witnesses have failed to an
swer subpoenas and have been ord
cred brought into the courtroom. A
ninth, Mayor Clarence H. Knapp OF
Saratoga Springs, arrived late yes
terday afternoon, accompanied by a
deputy sheriff. He apologized to
Justice Heffernan, saying he did not
understand he was wanted mined
lately,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
To Use Chemicals
In Lieu Flowers In
Making Perfumes

New York, Aug. 11.-P1-The
chemists laboratory has duplicated
nature successfully, this time in the
realm of scents, and the chemical
formulate Of odors much different
than those usually associated with
chemistry will be told the Golden Ju-
bilee meeting Of the American Chem
istry Society meeting here Septm-
br 6.
Research in perfumes head an i'm
posing array Of subjects which will
include efforts to prolong life by the
biological chemist, work in the dye
industry, rubber production, petro-
leum research and hundreds Of other
fields.
The largest number of, foreign
chemists ever to visit America will be
included in the three or four thou
sand attendants at the convention,
among them being, some Of Europe's
foremost research authorities.
Prince P. Ginori Cont of italy.
Irene du Pont, Gabriel Bertrad, pro-
fessor of biological chemistry at the
University of Paris: Camille Matig-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Chemist Is Big
Factor in Peace of
World. View Teeple

Williamstown, Mass, Aug. 11.-(Pl
The chemist was pictured as the
great peacemaker at the Institute of
Politics today.
MANY wars in the past" said DR..
John Temple. treasurer of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, have been
waged for the possession Of land, and
the land was commonly wanted be-
cause it produced certain raw mate
rails that seemed absolutely neces-
sary.
THE role Of the chemist comes in
his insistence that specific raw mate
rails are less and less necessary to
supply the worlds needs, and so each
year he reduces the cause of friction
among nations"
DR.. c. L. Parsons. secretary Of the
Chemical Society, expressed the opin-
ion that the time would come when
chemistry would be the controlling
factor in the life of nations.
I'm the future" he said. ut will
be the nation which most thoroughly
utilizes it's chemical personnel that
will control the worlds affairs, rather
than the one that has the greatest re-
sources of the present raw materials
within it's borders"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Premier POincare
Is "WhOle Show" as
French SOlOns Quit

Paris, Aug. 11.-(P)-After having
decided the fate Of seven premiers and
eight finance ministers in the course
of a year, parliament adjourned to-
night with Premier Poincare 1.-The cock
of the walk"
The adjournment will continue prob
ably until the middle Of October and
leaves the question of the inter-allied
debts to examination by specially APP
pointed subcommittee of the cham
ber's finance and foreign affairs COM
mittee during the two months recess.
M. Dariac, chairman of the cham
bers financial subcommittee studying
the debts, has been promised by Pre-
mier Poincare the complete documents
of the Washington and London debt
accords, as we'll as all details regard
ing the original circumstances of the
contracting of those engagements.
Premier Poincare reading the decree
Of closure in the chamber this evening
replied THAT is secret Of the future
when a deputy from the Left asked
when parliament would be reassem-
bled. He was equally non-committal
regarding a rumor that he had made
an incognito visit to Alsace-Lorraine
in order to combat an autonomous
movement there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Party Prospectors
Win Way Through
Perils of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Man. Aug. 11-(P1-
Battling their way through flaming
forests and harrassed night and day
by fear that rival party would
beat them to their objective, a small
band Of Manitoba prospectors has
won its way through to rich stakings
and a possible fortune. This story
has been brought out of the North
by j. Burton O'Sullivan, who, with
A. j. Demers and George and Frank
McClatchy, has arrived in Winnipeg.
The objective of the prospectors is
described as a fine outcropping of
gold and antimony on an island in
Oxford Lake, $50 miles northeast of
The Pas. A large party of Minnea-
polls men, headed by "Jim" Morrison
of Manitoba, had got away to fly
ing start on the O'Sullivan party by
catching boat for Norway House.
Despite the handicap of three days,
O'Sullivan and his friends travelled by
rail and gas car and finally plunged
into the forest to make their way
across the IT'S miles to Oxford Lake.
There were long delays on the trail.
Then the party was overtaken by a
fierce forest fire which ate its way
through the spruce trees almost With
the rapidity of lightning. At one
point the four men were cut off ona
rocky point and for six hours they
had to lay fat on their faces on the
rock. with the fire leaping between
them and the mainland and the tur-
bulent waters of a river flowing at
their backs.
When the fire subsidized they start
ed travelling ankle deep in burnt
spruce, and at last reached Oxford
Lake to find that the Minneapolis
men had not arrived and that the
prize was theirs. Claims were quick
ly staled. A sample of the antimony
taken is said to have assayed over so
Fer cent pure metal while the gold
assay ran around 81 a ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Helen Payson Goes
To Third Round in
Portland Tennis PLAY

Portland, Me-, Aug. 11-P)-Helen
Payson, golfer, shower her versatility
today when she fought her way to
the third round when the women's
tennis singles started at the Portland
Country club. Miss Payson defeated
Mrs. K. Speedman, 81, 6-3, and came
back in the second round to conquer
Sally Shonk. rs, Ga.
Alexander meron, Westport,
Mass, 1925 champion, lost his chance
to win two consecutive legs on the
Payson cup when he was eliminated
by Abbott Gotthall, left handed star
from Boston University, 60, GA.
Perhaps the most stirring battle ever
waged on the country club courts
was between Perry Rockafellow, of
New York, and S. H. Snidre, of Hart
ford, Conn, the former winning 6-1,
1916. The latter set was the long
est ever played in tourney here.
Along with Rockafellow and Gott-
hall, Victor Herkesheimer, Lowell,
Mass, entered the semi finals, dis
posing Of A. w. Merriam, of Farm
tngton, Conn.,, In the quarter finals,
GO. S-6. One more quarter final en-
gagement is to be played, w. P.
Whitehouse and ]. Sass fighting 1t
out tomorrow for the right to meet
Gotthall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Detective, Robber
Killed in Series
New York Crimes

New York, Aug. 11.-(P)-Sudden
death took its toll today from both
the law and the outlaw.
A detective was killed in police
headquarters by prisoner who took
advantage of courtesy to seize the
officers own gun and shoot him
down.
A robber was fatally wounded by
a detective he had shot, perhaps NOR
tally, after wounding a storekeeper.
A gang of robbers, believed to have
been led by the notorious Bum Rog-
ers, crossed the city line and escaped
with $4,000 in cash from the Hew-
lett Woodmere National Bank, at
Woodmere. L. I. This crime, however.
was unmarked by bloodshed.
The first shooting occurred few
minutes after Detective John NJ.
Singer had brought Gene Pierce, a
giant negro, from Hammonton, n. j..
where he had been arrested in con-
nection with an automobile theft. 1t
was hot and Singer took off his coat.
The prisoner asked if he might get
a drink of water.
Help yourself" Singer told him
and motioned to water cooler.
Pierce moved toward the corner
and then suddenly turned to snatch
Singers revolver, exposed by the re-
moval of his coat, from its holster.
He fired five times. Only one bullet
took effect but that severed the Jugu-
lar vein. In a moment the room
where the detective lay gasping ms
last breath was filled with armed
men. but the prisoner had fed He
was CAPTURED several hours later and
axactIv nine hours after the shooting
he was indicted for murder ana trlal
set for August g. The patrolman
who made the capture was promoted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Borah in Caustic
Comment on Letter
Georges Clemenceau

Boise, Ida, Aug. 11.-(P)-Senator
William E. Borah of Idaho, chairman
OF the foreign affairs committee, had
prepared statement in response to
inquiries regarding his opinion of the
open letter from Georges Clemenceau,
wartime premier of France, to Presi-
dent Coolidge. The letter issued Sum
day in Paris contained an appeal not
to treat the settlement of the debt
as commercial matter. Clemenceau
declared the proposed Berenger-Mel-
Ion debt agreement to be impossible of
fulfillment and that it threatened the
independence Of France
In his statement Senator Borah
said: "Clemenceau's letter is so cru
ely misleading as in his reference to
the sale and independence of France,
and so deliberately unjust as in his
statement about waiting for America
and our separate peace treaty, and yet
so pathetic in manifest love Of his
country, that I prefer not to comment
at length. He is one we rather can
afford to ignore and whose malicious
1nsinuations We can afford to pass by.
If they have anything to say of a peo-
pie whom they once hailed as their I'M
selfish deliverers, they at least should
speak the language of truth and gra-
ciousness. To state that We are try
ing to undermine the independence of
france or that somebody wants to buy
France, approaches the absurd. .
If they want to cancel their debts
let them include all debts and all rep
arations and show that benefit of the
cancellation will go to humanity and
to betterment Of the masses of Eu-
rope and not to the benefit of the i'm
perialistic schemes which are now
crushing the life out of people who
were in no sense responsible for the
war.
This constant charge Of injustice
and usury on the part of the United
States is simply not only unfounded
in fact, but dishonest in purpose
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Plan Examination
For Candidates to
Enter West Point

United States Senator Frederick
Hale will hold a preliminary COM
petitive examination on Saturday,
October. %. 1926. for the selection Of
candidate to fill vacancy at the
y. s. Military Academy at West
Point, for entrance in 1927.
1t has always been Senator Hale's
custom to select his apointees to both
the Military and Naval Academies
through competitive examination
held for his under the auspices of the
u. S. Civil Service Commission, and
such an examination will be held on
the above date in the cities of Port
land, Bangor, Augusta and Lewiston.
The candidates receiving the high
est ranks in this examination will be
appointed Principal and Alternates
to take the regular entrance exami-
nation to the Military Academy or
submit educational certificates from
High School or College which may
be accepted by the Academic Board
in lieu of the regular mental exami-
nation.
Candidates to be eligible for ad-
mission to the Military Academy
must be citizens of the United States
and must be not less than II years
OF age nor more than % years Of
age; not less than five feet and four
inches In height, and must be unmar-
rled. Candidates appointed from
Maine must be legal residents of the
state.
Candidates must also sumbit salts
factory certificates of physical ex-
animation.
Those wishing to take the above
examination should notify Senator
Hale, III Senate ONCE Building,
Washington. D. c., stating in what
city they wish to take the examina-
ton, and such notification should
reach him not later than October 10,
1926, in order that their names may
be submitted to the Civil Service
Commission. Full information re-
garding the subjects to be covered by
the examination will then be fur
nished by Senator Hale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
COMING EVENTS

Aug. 12-waldo Pomona Grange neld
day at South Montville.
Aug. 13-23-Salyation Army camp
meeting at Old Orchard.
Aug. 14-32-Empire Grove campmeet-
ing and Institute Methodist Episco-
pal church, East Poland.
Aug. 14-2S-Annual cruise OF Poreiand
Naval Reserve forces to Gardners
Aug. i4-Kennebec County Camps and
Auxiliaries to be. guests Of General
George 3. Mcclellan Camp, s. Of v.
at field day, South Windsor.
Aug. 15-New England Assn. Ola Or
Aug. 15-old Home day. Durham Con-
Aug. i6-ls-New England Grange Lee
turers' Conference, Orono.
Aug. 16-20-Annual State conference
Aug. 16-21-school Of Methods at
Aug. 1S-Bangor Historical socisty's
annual midsummer field day at East
Aug. 2o-yo-7sth annual campmesting
Aug. 24-2S~Maine Pathological field
meetings as follows: Aug. "a. at
Highmoor Farm; Aug. % at Henry
Wentworth's orchard at Skowhsgan:
Aug. 26 at Lyman K. Lees orchard
at Dover-FoXcroft.
Aug. 24-26-Annual field meetings of
Maine Bee Keepers Assn. at Ban
gor and Caribou.
Aug. 24-25-Mechanic Falls Comrnuni-
ty Carnival. ,.-s
Aug. 2S-Summer meeting Of Maine
Jersey Breeders Associations at
farm Of DR.. Owen Smith. Sebago
Aug. so-Hearing at Eustis before
Franklin county commissioners on
proposed highway through Eustis
to the Canadian border.
Aug. 3o-Sept; 3-Inter-denominat ional
Religious Institute at First Baptist
church. Rockland.
Sept. Annual meeting of Maine
Press Association at Houlton.
Sept. 6-Labor day.
Sept. Estate election.
Sept 15-17-State w. C. T. u. con-
vention, Presque Isle.
Sept. 21-24-Fall convention Of Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs at
kennebunkport.
Oct. 4-6-Fali conclave Of ssth Rotary
District at Poland Spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
Chimpanzee Also
In Wilds New Jersey

Newark, n. J., Aug. 11.-(P)-The
Jungle instinct for freedom of two
tropical animals. chimpanzee and
leopard, were pitted against human
wits in the woods and hills of New
Jersey today.
The chimpanzee, dissatisfied with its
lot as the pet" of Leon Sholder OF
Elizabeth, yesterday emulated the ex-
ample of the leopard which escaped
last Thursday and disappeared, leav'
ing altogether too many traces Tor
any of them to be reliable.
The Simian broke its leash and fired
a barrage of ripe tomatoes at some
hardy children who attempted its cap
ture. 1t bit it's owner and a police
man and threw the town into an up
roar. In its final exit from Elizabeth
the animal carried with him the great
er part Of window sash which had
been the futile barrier separating him
from the cellar of a house and the
open spaces.
Meanwhile three parties have been
beating the woods for the leopard. AS
far as is known. the beast has not
eaten since its escape from oliver w.
Holton's zoo. near Middletown, six
days ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
StereOscope Comes
Back To Usefulness

Dayton, o.. Aug. 11.-P)-The
stereoscope, that parlor thriller of the
nineties, has come back strong, and
in a field where it may save lives.
The stereoscope has Joined the U. s.
Army Air Service.
There are times in war when the
topography Of tract of land is as
important to an army as the layout
of fields and buildings, and ordinary
photographs do not show topography
well. Now the aerial photographer
takes one shot and then second a
hundred feet or so farther on. When
he lands, the two photographs are
placed in a powerful and specially
built stereoscope that makes little
hills stand up until they almost poke
the gazer in the eye.
Gullies and ravines, indistinguish-
able in an ordinary photograph, yawn
ominously when viewed under the
stereoscope.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
GARDINER MERCHANTS ARE ALI! rz
READY FOR SHOPPER HORDES IN
THREE BIG DOLLAR DAYS NOW ON

I quality shoes marked down for this
| occasion.
AT 8 o'clock this morning hundreds
| OF dollars worth of the highest grade
standard merchandise will go on sale
| at the F. S. Smith & Co. store at
| prices special for these three big
| days. Just as an opener a $12.50
pongee dress for 81. $5.9s radium and
rayon petticoats for 81, and so on
| through a list of a hundred or more
| items; many standard articles re-
failing daily for Use or over. for 81
the remainder OF this week.
One quarter off on the price OF
| suits, including blue serges and odd
| trousers; straw hats, half price;
hose, regular Csc value, 10 for 81;
extraordinary bargains in shirts
golf hose, union suits, slip-on sweat
ers, neckties and other mems fur
nishings
The Excel electric cooker roasts,
bakes. fries and boils, it prepares an
entiree meal at the same time. These
| $40 cookers with complete equipment
including cord will be the feature at
the Gardiner Office Of the Central
Maine Power Co. during Dollar Days
at $4.95. Many other electrical spec
ials, also a 20 percent discount on all
portable lamps during Dollar Days.
| Canter's supreme values for Dol
lar Days include specials on under
wear, children's clothing, and a
grand clearance Of coats and dresses
Mems and boys overalls at special
low prices. Pillow cases, S for 81:
table oil cloth. yards for 81; sheets
| 72x90, for only 75c; mems balbrig-
gan shirts and many other clothing
values.
| A special aluminium assortment
round roasters, double boilers, pre-
serving kettles, pudding pan sets
covered sauce pans, regular SIPS and
$1.50 value, special Dollar Day price
SIC. Twenty percent discount on oil
| stoves and ovens; 10 percent dis
count on stoves and ranges Ton OF
coal free with each Estate Heatrols
during Dollar Days
NJ. S. Ludwig's entire stock oil
American and imported watches, al
kinds of jewelry, silverware, cut
glass, fancy china, dinner ware, and
kitchen supplies, all Of highest quail
ity, to be sold at unheard of prices
Wonderful values will be found al
this store. for this Is also going out
of business SALE
The Corner Boot store has com.
bined their annual mid summer sale
with Gardeners Greatest Dollar
Days. These items prove their state
ment, 2 pairs Of 81 value boys
khaki pants for 81: 2 pairs mems
union suits for 81; II pairs mems
hose for 81; pairs ladies' hose fol-
81; ladies' shoes, latest style s.
value for s2.65; mems whipcord
pants, 81 value for $159 Many
other items in this store for Dol
lar Days.