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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
HudsOn-Essex Had
BIG Year in Augusta

Hudson and Essex cars had G
phenomenally successful year In Au-
xusta and Gardiner in 1925. accord
ing to Frank 8. Carpenter. manager
Of the Hudson Essex Sale Co. He
said that practically twice as many
Of them were purchased in 1925 as
In l924-Which had itself been a
record -breaker--and that 1926 will
prove still better.
AT the very opening OF 1925"
he said, both the Hudson and the
Essex six started to sell in large
numbers. The smartness. snappy
performance and wonderful traffic
qualities appealed to everyone, No
other line of cars showed as striking
4 growth. We consider this judg-
ment Of the kennebec Valley area as
4 welcome tribute. and shall be sur
prised If 1926 does not show equally
gratifying results.
1--WE feel this is natural because
the Hudson-EsseX appeal is one of
basic value. Motorists have known
the Hudson super-six and the Essex
SO long that there is little need to
enlarge upon their qualities of per-
Torrance and beauty. The satisfy
ing results which Hudson super-six
and Essex owners obtain are assured
because an exacting system of manu-
facture and inspection has been APP
piled to each unit, and because the
various units have been built into
a single, high-grade standard of
value.
I'm the Hudson factory. ninety
per cent Of the constituent parts
which make up Hudson and Essex
cars are manufactured and finished.
Even such units as axles. clutches
and transmissions are produced by
Hudson's own working force in its
own pldnt-not bought outside and
assembled. That means only one
manufacturing profit"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13

mission of 1903. 1t Is made up OF three
operators and three miners who set
tie disputes at the mines under the
wage contracts. When they cannot
agree they refer disputes to an um'
plre. appointed by the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals at, Philadei-
phia. The present umpire is Charles
+. Neill, of Washington, D. c.
There was much rejoicing In the
camp of the ope. ators and miners
after the agreement was reached.
President Lewis, when he returned
to his quarters found a large bunch
Of American Beauty roses awaiting
him from a friend in honor of his
46th birthday which, he said, he had
almost forgotten.
The day after the delegates ratify
the agreement mines in condition for
operation will resume production OF
coal at once.
. Reports from the coal fields state
that as a rule the Underground work.
ings are in good condition. This was
largely due to the fact that 5000
maintenance men remained on duty
W hCcp SACAiA AACO AAOA1 DIS
water.
A visit to the rooms Of the opera
tors in the Ritz Carlton hotel showed
the coal company representatives to
be in good humor and glad that the
long seige was over. Among those
present were Samuel d. Warmer,
chairma nof the anthracite operators
conference, and William J. Richards,
president of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Corporation,
one of the largest producing COM
panies in the hard coal fields.
Mr.. Warmer in formal state
ment said he was Intensely graft
fled that the strike is at an end"
"Out of the peace and misunder-
standing there has been obtained an
assurance of five years of peace" he
said. During that time. the public
IL guaranteed a regular, dependable
supply of anthracite.
production will be resumed at the
earliest possible date. In a peri
cd of scarcity caused by the loss of
some 35,o0000O tons of production, it
is inevitable that prices soar. So far
as the recognized producers of an
thracite are concerned, since the
oli inc DCSdH lHCy boid tiIC olOShS tiCJ
had at the prices prevailing at the
time Of the strike.
after the production is resumed,
1t is expected they will maintain
normal winter prices for domestic
sizes. It Is also expected tina. the re-
tail trade will maintain normal mar
gins, SO that our customers may not
suffer from profiteering."
AmOnp the n1anv talepranq O.
ceived by President Lewis was one
from William Green. president of the
American Federation of Labor and
former international secretary
treasurer of the United Mine Work.
erS.
Il am exceedingly pleased to learn
Of the settlement of the anthracite
coal strike" Mr.. Green wired. while
have not received the details of
agreement reached. am confident it
represents substantial progress for
the anthracite mine workers and is
reasonably satisfactory to you and
your associates"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Citizens to Seek
Continued from Page one)

zens TO the belief that the existing
nostal law is vicious sectional legis-
lation. and as it stands, holds fortn
special inducements for the estap-
fishing of such business in the CEN
trail states and the removal to that
section of plants which have long
been conducting their business In
other cities.
officials of the w. Fl. Gannett Pub
fishing Company and of the Needle
craft and Vickery & Hill Publishing
Companies, found that in order to
continue in the business which they
had built up here. they would or
necessity be compelled to seek some
alienation of the disadvantages
which they were placed under by
the coming system of tariff on Sec
ond class mail. A great percentage
of the circulation of magazines pub
lished in Augusta is In the third and
fourth zones and the excessive
charges for postage on that plan
made drastic action unavoidable.
Already arrangements have been
made to ship the monthly magazines
for a large territory to Pittsburgh.
Pa, and to re-enter the mails at
the post office at that point. This
plan was to be followed until three
quarters of the entire million a
month circulation of Comfort" the
Gannett publication, was entered at
other points than this city. 1t was
the potentialities that augured a
complete discontinuance of these lu-
crative businesses in this city that
stirred the citizens to action.
Congressman John L. Nelson re-
turned hastily from Washington and
for the past several days has been
in conferences with committees of
citizens. merchants. publishing
house workers and postal employees.
Congressman Nelson will be the
main speaker at the mass meeting
this evening.
The movement started in this city
is finding echoes in other far flung
communities and it is anticipated
that the furore against the existing
postal law will become so insistent
that it will demand attention on the
part of Congress.
| Every citizen of Augusta and vi
entity interested in the continued
prosperity of the community should
| be present tonight at City hall when
the meeting is called to order by
Hon. Charles S. Hichborn. A chair
! man will be elected from the floor.
| also a secretary. and = Congressman
! Nelson will be the speaker. The
! whole meeting will probably occupy
| less than an hour and a half.
! 1t was understood last evening
| that the Gannett and Vickery & Hill
! employees will assemble at Market
square about o'clock and will pa
rade to City hall in a body. All in
| dustries and businesses would be
alike affected by a discontinuance of
the two big local publishing houses
! and a reduction in the personnel at
! the Augusta post office. and many
other orga nizations and groups will
send practically 100 percent repre-
! sensations to the protest meeting.
Employees of the Cushnoc Paper
| Company will be present in force
| and Rotarians, Kiwanians, women of
the BPW and other local civic clubs
will participate in the proceedings at
l City hall this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Chevrolet Dealers Convene at
Sales Headquarters Sills-
Chevrolet Co. of Maine

An enthusiastic sales meeting Of all
Chevrolet dealers from Cumberland,
Oxford. Sagadahoc, Kennebec, York
and Franklin counties in Maine and
Carroll and Knoy counties in New
Hampshire. was held in the sales
headquarters of the Stills Chevrolet
Company of Maine at Portland.
A. E. Frame, manager, wholesale
car sales Of w. c. Stills, Inc, Chew
rolet distributor for New England,
gave an interesting talk on the sales
record of 1925 when more Chevrolets
were sold in New England than ever
beforehand on the improved Chew
rolet, which by all indications will
surpass the records of 1925.
Stereopticon films showing the
quality construction of Chevrolet
from the raw material to the finished
product, together with an interesting
two reel film founded on one of the
most enthusiastic dealers meetings
ever held in Portland.
Burch E. Greene, manager of Stills
Chevrolet COMPANY of Maine, presid-
ed. Among those present were the
following from the Boston General
offices of w. c. Stills, Inc. Chevrolet
Distributor for New England: A. E.
Frame. manager. wholesale car sales;
e. ]. Hodgeman, advertising manager
and F. c. Cushman, wholesale repre-
sentative.
Sales representatives from the fol-
lowing dealers attended: Paris Motor
Mart, South Paris. Maine. Plants
garage, Bath, Me: Sanford Motor Co.,
Sanford. Me-: E. r. & p. L. Walker,
e. Brownfield. Me-: Israelson Motor
Company. Rumford; Thurston Sales
& Service. Conway, n. H.; Sea View
Garage, Rockland, Me-; Cofebrook
Garage & Machine Co.. Colebrook,
N. H.; Goodhue e. Hawkins, Wolfe
boro, N. H.; Israelson Motor Co., Ber-
lin, N. H.; Harry B. Pratt, Kezar
Falls. Me-: McKown's Garage, Booth
bay Harbor. Me-; A. H. Humphreys,
Damariscotta. Me-; Turner & Gill
patrick. Richmond. Me-: G. A. Smith,
West Paris, Me-: Cumberland Garage,
Bridgton, Me-: H. w. Hill & Co, Linz
erick, Me-: A. A. Libby. Newfield.
Me-: e. F. Towne, E. Parsonsfield.
Me-; Creeds Garage, Vinalhaven.
Me-; J. T. Trencer, Camden, Me-: r.
L. Burns, Waldoboro, Me-; Bennett
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Producers Protest
Guild Agreement

West Palm Beach, Fla, Fep. IL
(AP)-Theatrica producing manag-
ers wintering in Palm Beach held a
conference today and vigorously de-
nounced the minimum basic agree,
ment adopted by the Dramatist Guild
of the Authors League of America.
1--WE will never sign it" was the
consensus.
The most Objectionable feature
from the managers viewpoint is the
cause which would give the author
fun censorship in technique of the
production. The producer would not
be permitted to change line or Sit
uation in a play without the authors
consent. The motion picture clause
also was objected to by the producers.
Those in the group were Lee Shu-
bert. Arthur Hammerstein. sam
Harris, Jesse Lasky, John Henry
Mears and Ernest Truck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
New Standard
In Small Cars
Chevrolet Five Passenger Landau

A new standard of small car beauty
has been established by the imprcv-
ed Chevrolet models which were dis
played for the first time at the New
York Automobile show.
Besides the landau. latest of the
Chevrolet products. the closed group
includes a sedan. coach and coupe.
All have bodies by Fisher. The COM
pany also produces roadster and
touring car and two trucks of one
half and one ton capacities.
Despite the many improvements
and refinementS on the Chevrolet
cars. prices of all models were sub
stantially reduced Jan. /.
The complete appointments and
distinctive lines of the landau make
this car the aristocrat of the Chevro-
let closed line. The exterior body
panels. disc wheels and hood are in
the new Arizona gray color. The
body stripes are in gold. The
leather covered rear quarter with its
landau windows and graceful landau
bars adds q final touch to the APP
pearance of the car. The gray of the
interior harmoniZeS with the outside
panel colors. The landau interior
equipment includes dash and dome
lights, roller shades, foot rest, robe
rail- smoking set and door pockets.
The coupe is finished in the Ari-
IONA gray Duco the coach in Bloom
field gray and the sedan in Algerian
blue. The front seat of the sedan has
been given a slightly increased tilt.
This affords greater comfort to the
front seat passengers and increased
leg room to those in the rear seat.
The sedan has a foot rest similar to
that in the landau.
All of the closed cars have the
Wv one-piece ventilating windshield.
automatic windshield wiper. sun
visor. parking lamps and Ternstedt
interior hardware.
The attractive gun metal gray
Duco finish is retained on the two
open models.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
King Boris Lenient
To Thieving NeighbOr

Sofia, Bulgaria. Feb. 12-(AP)-
Intervention by King Boris has saw
ed a poor peasant living near the
royal sumemr palace at Varna from
term of imprisonment The kings
lowly neighbor stole oats from the
royal barn, filling a cart, but he was
soon apprehended by the police. The
case came up today and the king
asked that he be released, saying:
Il cannot permit the prosecution of
my poor neighbor. l am rick and he
is poor: no wonder he wanted to
load his wagon with my oats. He
will live in neighborly relations with
me in the future"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13

Garage, w. Bethel, Me-: Andover Ca
rage, Andover. Me-; Park Garage &
Accessory Store, Westbrook, Me-: f.
C. Reed. Biddeford. Me-; Hall &
Gould, Casco, Me-; Elmer Higgins.
Standish, Me-; V. L. Forth. Bruins
wick. Me-; Gray Garage, Gray, Me-;
Harry E. Thorne. Limington, Me-: j.
E. Hutchins, & Son, Ogunquit, Me-;
Freedom Garage. Freedom. Me-;
Fryeburg Motor Co.. Fryeburg, Me-;
Arling's Garage, Tamworth. n. H;
Gates Garage. Dixfeld. Me-: Chas. d
Hasty & Son, Auburn, Me-; Brad
street Motor Co.. Hallowell. Me-;
Morton Motor Company, Farming
ton, Me-; H. w. Dodge, Gardiner.
Me-; Walton Boat G. Auto Co, VIM
throp, Me-; McIntyres Garage, Weld,
Me-; H. w. True & Co., Phillips, Me:
Enrol Haley, Rangeley. Me-: Putnam
& Hatch. Livermore Falls. Me-; d. H.
Shea, Wilton, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
PORTLAND FINANCIAL EXPERT d
TELLS ROTARIANS METHODS UsEl|
IN INVESTIGATION STATE AFFA|Rs|

, politically, there Is not ons :
10000 in this or any other 49,.
| clearly understands the ecor..,
sition OF his state. The peopls I
not been told forcefully for !.
they have ceased to thinl, -.
about the financial side on ~
When an economic aspect -.
big to be ignored, we turn ~ -.
political party that is in. Az
forget it for a time"
I'VE. the people, are rasr..
for whatever has taken pIacs \.
State. and we are going r.
sponsible for whatever IL ~,
take place in our generation
this generation. are responest,.
the enormous change in the a..
ic policy of this State since II.
We look with new eyes NM.
free spending Of money and Az.
ing for what we cannot raies
by taxation. This is a new 49,
in New England. We are No..
ing and spending to such an ~
that at this date we owe unw..s
$15, 100000 and have obIiestsS I
selves for many millions mo,.
am not questioning the propr,ss.
what we have done or what NJ
doing, | am merely pointing an, !
in less than five years from
what now is a s15.0O0.0 600 ir,sj
bearing debt will be S24. 600 nm ~
ing some rate Of interest. II -
fair to say that our interes. ~
! will be a million dollars a yea, -
pared with $4,000 in 19l5 N
true not all Of this will be CARTE !
the people through taxation IN, \
proximately $19,000,000 viii bes
Now If publicity and ecoDo.
consciousness are what we need :.
can we arrive at it? First We 4.
insist that the State Of Maine y
it's books and make its reports ~
~ in the same manner that a N
ness house Of the same size ~
do. Everyone in the State mn~
instructed in the reasonable and !.
full facts that every voter shs
know.
"An important factor to this ma.
sary end seems to me TO be thral
a nom partisan taxpayers league
meml trship and the direction
which should be drawn from an 3
the State. This league SHOULD !
not as a watchdog of the treas,
nor as a meddling Citizen Firt
as a helpful group making ii y
business to find out the facts and I
derstand them, but this group shpI
have a very clear idea Of what
wants to know and it should be /.
pared to make its wants known
The speaker advocated that 4
publicity should be attained in l
ways, through the newspapers !
through the mails. He said that
his belief a summary of the gens
facts Of the State of Maine, facts
all kinds dealing with receipts !
penditures. miles of roads built
condition of our charities, the cost
the charities. of the police, Of
highways. of interest and goveruns
and many other things should
complied into a short running St.
and this could be printed in Sd
pamphlet for general disribu1
and the same story could be can
in the newspapers.
w. p. Perry, in attendance a.
Rotary meeting for the first i
since a serious illness, was war
greeted by his fellows. D. B. DeE
a new member of the AugV
Rotary club. was introduced /
greeted with cheers. Charles P. XII
man of the committee in charge
the arrangements for Ladies N
stated that the committee would
better able to report at the d
meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Praise for Warships
Which Aided in Air
Flight of Spaniards

Madrid, Feb. 12.-(AP)-Belated
praise has gone to the crews of the
two Spanish warships, Alcedo and Don
Blaz de Leo, which guarded the ocean
lanes over which Commander Franco
and his comrades few on their tourney
from Spain to South America. The
warships supplied the Plus Ultra with
fuel and oil and sent weather reports
and radio bearings to the aviators, thus
contributing much to the venture.
The Spanish government today Off
cially forwarded the thanks of the ma
ton to the officers and crews of the
vessels. Pablo Rada. mechanician of
the Plus Ultra, has been awarded the
gold labor medal, being the first to re-
ceive the decoration as 1t was only
recently created by the Spanish gov
eminent. The honor carries with it a
pension in case Of disability and free
education for his children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Eager Bidders for
Leverhulme Treasures

New York. Feb. 12-(AP)--Rivalry
between American and English bid
ders for the art treasures of the late
Lord Leverhulme has been SO keen
that, although the sale of the collec-
ton has been in progress only since
Tuesday, the returns so far total
more than 100000. Only small
part of the collection has been sold
Art experts said that if the bidding
continues on the present scale the
COLLECTION probably would bring twice
it's previously estimated value of 81
100000. Today's sales amounted to
more than 100000.
One outstanding purchase today
was that Of a Tudor cypress and
hickory marriage chest by the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts for $4,000. Gov
ernor Alvan T. Fuller Of Massachu-
sets bought a pair of William and
Mary chairs for $1,100.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Portland Boy Dies
After COasting Crash

Portland, Me, Feb. 12-(AP)-A
slide down a hill on which coasting
is prohibited cost the life of seven
year old Thomas O'Donnell, who died
tonight seven hours after the acct
dent His sled crashed against the
rear wheel of motor truck. His
skull was fractured. He is the sec
ond child of Thomas J. O'Donnell TO
meet death in a sliding accident, a
nine year old daughter dying under
similar circumstances in 1922. The
driver was not held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
Gen. Pershina to New York

Washington, Feb. 12-(AP)-Gen-
eral Pershing concluded his confer
ences with Secretary Kellogg today
on the Tacna AFRICA situation. and
left for New York to visit his son,
Warren. who he has not seen for
about eight months. He will return
to Washington about Tuesday to
enter Walter Hospital for treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13
AUGUSTA LOCAL

The Augusta firemen paid i
to the home of Max Slosberg
Bridge street, Friday evening at
for small chimney fire, which
extinguished without the use Of
chemical tanks
Evening star., 1926-11-23
LEOPOLD |SL|NKED
W|THPR|SON BREAK
ConvlctS Tried to Free Him
Before Killing Warden,
Attorney Claims.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JOLIET. ILL.,, November 23.-The
rame of Nathan Leopold one Of the
two wealthy thrill slayers" Of little
Bobbie Franks, in Chicago, has been
linked with the escape plan engineered
by six convicts on trial for the killing
of Deputy Warden Klein here last
May.
Leopold pleaded in court yesterday
that penitentiary ethics forbade his
testifying about the activities Of other
oonvfctS, but the men on trial for
their lives were not so reticent. and
later described to their attorney the
efforts they said they had made to re
lease the Chicagoan.
According 20 the story told the at
torney, Leopolds hands actually were
freed from manaCleS. but no key
could be found to his solitary cell, and
the men were forced to fee without
him.
Went to Free Leopold.
Klein was killed in the solitary
house. and the convicts insisted, the
attorney said, that the only reason
they invaded that part of the prison
was to loose the young convict.
Two of them had been students un-
der Leopold, and their version de-
scaibed how two Mexicans fingered
at his cell, in answer to his plea to
he taken along, and We're finally sum
mOned by their leader to give up the
attempt TO free their former in
structor.
Leopold was in solitary confinement
for the theft of sugar, and early in
he investigation Of the break it was
limited that Re might have got him
self sent there for a purpose
Balks at Question.
The deferse has been seeking to link
Leopold with the plot through the two
weeks of trial, and Attorney Lughran
told the court he sought to find out
why Leopold was not indicted with
the other seven convicts, one of them
never recaptured, for the murder of
Klein
When summoned Yesterday. Leo
pold baked at the judges first lead
ing question, and declared that he
could not answer because ''it is con-
t,3lry to the ethics of the prison for
me to answer such q question" In
answer to the States question as to
what he meant by ethics. Leopold
suavely said: 1T is not the regular
thing to do. l have learned. to talk
about prison affairs"
He finally told the court that he
knew nothing whatever of the mat
ter. and was excused, to be hurried
back to Statewide after his first alb
sence from the prison in two years.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
LEGION ACCUSES CHURCH,
Federal Council Backing Pacifism
Carolina Leaders Charge.

CHARLOTTE. n. c., November 23
O).-The Federal Council of Churches
OF Christ in America is backing
pacitist speakers and literature of the
National Council of the Parent-Teach
"rs' Association IS tinged with "red -
the executive completes of the North
Carolina departments of the Ameri-
can Legion and Legion Auxiliary
charge.
They call upon the state Legion
posts to check the spread Of pacifism
and ask that reports be obtained on
speakers suspected of having pacifist
or communistic leanings. Through re-
ports on such speakers and their
itineraries efforts will he made to can
eel their engagements for addresses.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
Three $3.50 Swans
May Be Somebody's
Thanksgiving Meal
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 23.-Some-
body's Thanksgiving birds" may
have cost $3.50 apiece.
Peter Nielsen. superintendent Of
Beverly Cemetery, yesterday. re-
ported that three Of the fat, i'm
ported swans brought from Ger
many, at a cost of $3.50 each, to
swim on the cemetery's artificial
pond, had been stolen,
And it's not the first time,
either" he explained. Last year,
right around Thanksgiving, two of
the birds disappeared.
DO you suppose, now, maybe,
that somebody might be making a
Thanksgiving dinner out of a $3.50
swami"
The police supposed, now, maybe,
that such might be the case.