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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-31
HILLS Cove,

Leslie White has finished his
course at the Maine School of Com
merce in Auburn. and is at home.
Bernard Nickerson is spending his
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs George Nickerson.
Maud Ellen White spent few
days last week with friends in Bar
Harbor
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Robbins of
South Gardiner are visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. Lee Hanscomb and Evans
Hanscomb visited in Ellsworth re-
Gently
Mrs Oscar Leland pleasantly en-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-31
DEMAND FOR KARNAK
LM0ST INCREDIBLE

has fully restored them to their
normal healthy condition; they
have regained their weight and
strength and feel like their old
selves again.
Still others, who seemed fairly
we'll, yet who suffered with indiges-
ton, constipation, sluggish liver
and sour, gassy stomach; as we'll
as those who complained of wax
ing up dull and tired-eyes heavy
head aching and dizzy-tongue
coated-bad taste and offensive
breath. state that they have been
entirely relieved of these distress
ing symptoms and restored to
health and happiness through the
use of Karnak.
Karnak is unquestionably the
greatest medicine of all times.
1t is fast coming into universal
use and recognized by authori-
ties as the greatest boon to suf-
fering humanity the world has
ever known.
Over 100000 bottles of Karnak
sold in four states in ten months.
Na!mak is sold in Ellsworth e
cius iveiy by A!eNander's Pharmacy; a.
by lealInE druEG!StS in every town.
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Hall Quarry,
Mrs. Francis Chalmers has move
, IJapcot

Mrs Francis Chalmers has moved
TO ManSet.
Schools closed Thursday. The
rinary school had an interesting
program in The afternoon The gram
mar school gave a program in the
evening, followed by dancing. Pro
cfesis S17.70.
Doris Grant arrived Saturday to
apand the Easter vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Grant.
Their other daughter, Carolyn. after
her vacation at home left Saturday
for Machias normal school.
Work will begin at Booth Bros
quarry tomorrow. All are pleased,
after long idleness.
Carlo Ninti left to-day to enter a
ahildran's hospital for the second
tie He is an Italian boy, five
vanrs cf age, crippled by infantile
paralysis
#aren 90. Betty"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-31

Rev. Louise Edwards is visiting il
Bangor.
Mrs. Ethel kief spent the week
end in Sorrento with her parents
Lewis Spratt and wife.
Joe Tracy spent last week in Ban
gor with his aunt, Mrs. Amasa
Getchell
Mrs Helen Tracy has gone to AL
bany, n. Y, to visit hen sister, Mrs.
Myra Edwards.
v Mrs Evie Jellison returned home
Saturday from Boothbay Harbor
where she has been visiting her son
Arthur.
March 30. G.
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tertained a party of friends Saturday
evening.
Arthur Gilman has been in New
York the past week.
Mrs. Leslie Judd and two children
returned to New York Saturday.
Stanley Hanscomb has returned
from South Brewer, where he has
spent the past few months.
March 90 H..
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cal world and to Bluehill can hardl.
be Over-eStimated
March 20 S.

North Franklin.
Mrs. Susie Giles is home, after be-
ing away several weeks.
H. M. Jellison has begun work in
his garage.
H. A. Murch was at home from
Sullivan over the weekend.
C. J. Murch and son Charles are
at their home here during Easter va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs Erland Haslam were
Sundcy guests of Mrs. Haslam's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Cousins.
William Mahan is visiting his fam
lily at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. N.
r. Caller.
Austin Williams went to South
Gouldsboro and brought back load
of fish last wee, his lirst load OF the
season.
March 20. L.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

the American novel published dur
ing the year which shall best present
the wholesome atmosphere Of Amer
lean life and the highest standards Of
manners and manhood"
From such a standpoint of limited
standards. he said the Nobel prizes
are not to be compared with the
Pulitzer prizes, and consequently, he
indicated. are less objectiona BILE.
Retains Such Sentiments.
But the sentiments he embodied in
his letter OF refusal to the Pulitzer
committee hold good for prizes of all
kinds, limited or not though they may
be as to terms of award. the writer
declared.
1T is the same in any line OF en-
deavor," he stated, with a pound Of
his walking stick on the carpet.
Prizes, of course, are intended to
serve as incentives to do better. But
| seriously question whether they ac-
complish what they are intended, to
do. 1t seems to me they are apt to
absorb the attention Of those aspiring
for them. The person who is not
affected by them is to be sincerely
congratulated"
Il would like to congratulate him,
myself" he added, as he arose to re-
tire to his improvised den" in the
hotel room above.
And, please, don't tell any one
where l am he pleaded, as he en-.
tered the elevator. I'm trying to
write a book"
Evening star., 1926-11-21
GERMAN BAND BACK
WITH new PROGRAM
New York Hears Tuba, Tenor and
Clarinet Again for First
Time Since War.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 20.-The
little German band" is back.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Gratis may have time to fight and
make up before they go within four
walls TO nominate their presidential
candidate.
Here is a suggestion that comes
from Ohio, though probably not from
Gov. Donahey-Smith for President
and Donahey for Vice President in
1928, a wet and a dry. Catholic and
a Protestant. both on the same
ticket Ohio Democrats tried a wet
and dry ticket at last elections, and
the dry won for governor. while the
wet candidate for Senator lost The
Republicans in Pennsylvania. on the
other hand, successfully elected 2
candidate for governor who had been
approved by the Anti-Saloon League
and Senator who is wringing wet.
1t Is estimated that there are more
than 100000 blind people in the
world
According TO a scientist, 300 silk.
worms produce one pound of silk
Evening star., 1926-11-21

| Mr.. McAdoo? Western States went
| Democratic in 1912. when RooseFeit
split the Republican party wide OPEN
| and in 1915 when Wilson won on he
kent us out of war" But i'm 1920 and
| 1924 the West has gone solidly he.
publican. In the recent torlal
| elections, such Democratic gains as
| have been made, have been made IN
| the East rather than the West. Ari-
| IONA and Oklahoma in the Southwest
and Missouri in the Mddlewest are
| the only Democratic senatorial VIC
| tories in those sections. while New
| York. Massachusetts, Maryland ana
Kentucky in the East all chalked up
| victories for Democrats. In Missouri.
| il was the wet Republican vote IN st.
| Louis that was largely responsible
| for the election of Harry HaWes'
! Democrat.
\ revival Of the McAdoo Smith
contest in 1923 would be just ike
! ha ndtng the Republicans the presi-
| Dental election. 1t Is what the
| Democrats wish above all things 70
avoid But to date there seems no
way out Of the difficulty. me an
notlncement by Mr.. Meredith that
McAdoo is to he the candldate OF
! tho Western and Southern Demo-
era TIC UfVS 1tllS vi iNCPu'''>N'A >
with a pleasing sound. They see
Republicans defeats in senatorial
elections this year forgotten in the
interest aroused over the mural party
row of the Democrats.
If the drys rally solidly to McAdoo
and the vets stand by Smith there
seems little proba bility that either
can he nominated in 1928. Another
deadlock. such as that in Madison
Square Garden, looms up under
those conditions. Who is to be the
compromise candidate? Donahey
Ritchie, Reed. perhaps Meredith him
self? Meredith, however. halls from
strongly Republican State, Iowa.
and probably could not carry 1T.
Hope to Win Farmers.
Meredith and McAdoo are relying
on the tlisgruntlement of the Western
farmers with the Coolidge administra-
ton to carry the West for McAdoo
But the Democrats have given no
evidence of being able to aid the
farmer along the lines the farmers
ask Indeed they caused the defeat
of the McNary Haugen bill in the
| last session of Congress, when they
might have given the votes to put 1t
through. If McAdoo stands for the
McNary- Haugen bill. how will he
stand with Democrats In Congress
who voted against it? Meredith has
| a plan of his own, somewhat SINH
lar to the McNary Haugen plan. but
that is disliked. too. by some of the
Democrats of the East.
Prominent Democrats here are de-
| nouncing both Smith and McAdoo, in
| sistine they should get out of the
race: that they are merely seeking to
make use of the Democratic party for
| their own personal political advantage.
1t is time. these Democrats say. that
| individuals cease attempting to make
the Democratic party a vehicle for
| their own gains. But their denuncia-
tion so far has produced no results.
| 1t seems almost Inevitable that the
next Democratic national convention
will be the scene of a battle as bitter,
if not more SO, than was the conven-
ton Of 1924.
| Democrats said yesterday they were
glad that the McAdoo boom had been
dragged into the open at this time
and not later. Their hope is that
with year and half to go before
the national convention. the Demo
Evening star., 1926-11-21
SINCLAIR LEWIS REVIEWS ATTACK
ON WRITING BOOKS FOR PRIZES
Author Qualities Criticism of
Nobel Award, Saying II
Is More Liberal.
His Refusal of 1925 Pulitzer
$1,000 Offer Created Wide
spread Stir.

Sinclair Lewis. founder Of the "Wn
Don't Accept Prizes Club" Of which
George Bernard Shaw almost beca me
a member. declared in an interview
yesterday that, be 1t Pulitzer OF
Nobel. all such prizes, from his point
of view. are to be seriously ques-
toned
please understand that 1 am not
criticiZing these priZes-only ques.
tioning them.' the tall, angular red
dish haired novelist who last MAY
refused the Pulitzer award of $1,000
for his "Arrowsmith." emphasized as
he drew his interviewer to a chair
in the lobby of the hotel where he is
now writing his latest book.
IF any writer can remain un-
affected by the award of any prize or
the comforting Of any honor upon
him, then he Is to be congratulated
explained the man who made Amer
ica s main streets famous.
Il do not wish to be construed as
criticizing the Nobel awards he
went on. I'm the first place, the
The same Lesis, because of the inter
national scope of the Nobel award,
and the fact that it is less limited in
the terms of award"
Sees Some Confusion.
1t was the limiting of the terms
of award" that led Mr.. Lewis to de-
cline the 1925 Pulitzer prize, he re-
minded his interviewer. At that
time, in a Litter to the contest com
mittee, he stated his opinion that all
prizes and honors tend to set up
arbitrary literary standards by which
"compulsion is put upon writer's to
become safe, polite. Obedient and
sterile" He named the Pulitzer
prizes, the American Academy Of
Arts and Letters and the National
Institute OF Arts and Letters as
agencies cramping literary style, and
90 that amateur boards of cen
sorship were to be deplored like "the
,rtI>tions of earnest literary
ladies'"
The particularly Objectionable fea-
ture of the Pulitzer terms OF award,
he pointed out, was the stipulation
that the prize shall be given FOR
Evening star., 1926-11-21
WIDOW GETS 70
YEARS AS Slayer
Sentenced Pronounced on
Mrs. Fannie SopeT One
HOUR After Verdict.
By the Aesocjated Preas.

By the Associated Press.
ELIZABETHTOWN, n. Y, Novem-
ber 20.--Mrs. Fannie Soper today was
sentenced to not less than 20 years
in Auburn prison for the murder of
her husband, Henry Soper. Boquet
deputy sheriff, in May. 1925. The trial
was the result Of an appeal from a
previous sentence Of death pronounced
last year.
Mrs. Soper's answer to the States
charge that she shot her husband as
he slept on a couch in their farm
house was that strange man had
come to their door, pushed his way
into the house. shot Soper and fled
in an automobile.
Jury Out Six Hours.
tice John Crapser within an hour after
the jury had returned a verdict of
guilty Of murder. second degree. The
jury deliberated about six hours.
After sentence was pronounced Mrs
Soper declared, II am innocent"
Throughout both trials she refused
to be startled from an almost un-
natural calm either by developments
Of the case or sharp questioning on
the stand.
At both trials she contended she
was preparing dinner while her hus
band slept on a couch. She said a
strange man drove up in an auto
mobile. asked if her husband was
home, pushed past her and went into
the kitc.ren where Soper slept. She
went into the living room from where
she heard a shot and saw the stranger
hurry out of the house.
Bullet Wound In Head.
Going to the kitchen. she said, she
found her husband dead on the couch
with a bullet wound in his head.
The State produced a number of
witnesses who testified they were
near the scene of the shooting at the
time. but that they had seen no
strange person or car near the Soper
home.
Pistol experts produced by the
State testified that markings on the
bullets found in the body indicated
that they had been fired from re-
volver taken from coat which Mrs
Soper held in her hands as a State
trooper entered the house shortly
after the shooting.
Evening star., 1926-11-21
FRANC HITS new HIGH
AND THEN PLUNGES
Goes to 26.37 to Dollar. Then Drops
to 1890 On Rumors of
Sterilization at 30.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, November 20. French
money took a double somersault today.
The franc reached it's highest point
since mid-July in the early hours Of
trading on the Bourse. and then on
rumOrs that the government had de-
cided to stabilize it at the rate Of lat
to the pound or 80 to the dollar. it
underwent sensational reaction.
dropping from 26.37 to the dollar to
293G.
These sharp fluctuations are attrib-
uted not only to the rumor that stahil
izatio would be set at 80 to the dol
lar. but also to a natural reaction
from weeks OF feverish advance in
French exchange.
Accompanying lumorS that the gov
ernment had induced the big banks to
help in bringing the franc down to
it's present real value. sound stocks,
which had lost from S to 10 points in
the past 10 days. partially recovered
this afternoon.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Out of the East Eide. where the
Germans congregate around Avenue
A. Sixth and Seventh streets, have
wandered three stolid gray-moustach-
ed minstrels.
Little black caps on their heads and
clad In the old. loose, Hopping trou.
sers and baggy coats, they have
moved westward on New York.
And crowds below Fourteenth
street going to work this morning
heard for the first time since the war
the old familiar strains of the "Vienna
Night" as only tuba. a tenor and O
Teuton clarinet can produce them.
The repertoire" however, has
changed greatly with the years.
Evening star., 1926-11-21
ENTRY OF McADOO
INTO 1928 CONTEST
LIGHTLY RECEIVED

Continued from First PageD
Evening star., 1926-11-21
HEAD HUNTERS FRIENDLY.
Missionary. However. Avoids
Them if Thew Are on Warpath.

LONDON, November 90 GP)--
Formosa' 120.00 head hunters have
not caused Rev. Thomas Barclay to
lose any sleep in all his SO years as a
missionary on the island, and he has
gone back 20 his work after six
months leave in England
DR.. Barclay has often spent nights
in the head hunters villages. and
always found them quite friendly
But. the minister explained. he alway:
made his visits when the head hunter:
were not on the war path.
The head hunters inhabit the noun
tainous interior of Formosa. The Jap
aneso. masters of the island since the
war with China. keep them carefully
cut off from the 4,000,000 other in
ha bitants. The Japanese have at
times used live wires as barriers in
some places. the minister said.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Continued from First Page)
For Gov. Donahey is a dry and a Pro.
testant Of Scotch-Irish descent.
Just one section of the country has
history consistently Democratic-the
South 1t has produced a solid block
OF electoral votes for the Democratic
nominees with regularity for years.
The South must make up it's min,
whether II wishes to try to win the
North and East with Smith. or the
West with McAdoo. 1t is almost =
foregone conclusion. unless there he q
political upheavel in the next wear
and a half. that McAdoo can carry
no Northern or Eastern States If he
he nominated. So weak is the Dem
ocratic party in the West today that
II Is almost equally true he will
carry none of the Western States
which TO leaves TO the Democrats in
the event of his nomination, the solid
South. plus some of the Southwestern
States. but perhaps with the loss of
border States like Kentucky Mary
land and Tennessee. This is so far
short of the necessary number of
electoral votes as to assure the vic
tory of a Republican candidate.
West Dry Republican.
II is true that the West is dry but
it is also Republican. more strongly
Republican probably than ii is dry. It
is just as true that all signs point to a
dry Republican nominee for President
IN 1928 OF what avail TO the Demo
Gratis. as Democrats. 10 nominate a
drv candidate and hope to carry the
West with him? Such a nomination.
naturally would be very acceptable to
the dry forces. the Anti-Sa loon
League. the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union and others. But after
both parties have nominated drys,
these forces are at perfect liberty to
support the candidate they prefer, and
many Democrats are visualiZing their
support going to the Republican nom
fnee in such States as Ohio. Indiana
illinois, New York and others which
have large electoral votes.
With Smith for a candidate. the
Democrats would have a better chance
in the East and the North. His wet.
ness would help him in New England
and in the Empire State, in Maryland.
in Illinois, in Missouri He is reck-
oned a progressive, and has prosfes-
sfNe record as governor, and should
60 as we'll 81 the West as McAdoo.
perhaps better. For Smith has the
advantage Of many victories behind
him. The 1924 convention was a Nc
Adoo defeat. and to that extent was
n Smith victory. though Smith of
course did not win the nomination.
Bryan Beaten in West.
The late William Jennings Bryan
Was the dryest of the dry. He was
80 progressive. in spite of his funda-
Snentalism. that his party was never
ouite sure what cause he would
espouse next. He ran three times on
the Democratic ticket for President.
He failed to carry the West. II he
could not win in the West. what
ehancl say Democratic leaders. has
Evening star., 1926-11-21
ACID THROWER CONVICTED
Woman Faces 8 to IL Years on
Manslaughter Charge.

PHILADELPHIA, November 90
A0.--Mrs Sadie YankelovitZ. charged
with killing a man by throwing acid
in his face. was today convicted oe
ma nslaughter. She will be sentenced
next Friday. The penalty is s to L"
years.
LOUIS Kramer. the victim. boarded
AZ the woman's home after he had
separated from his wife. Mrs
Yank elovitz in her defense claimed
that the acid fell from a shelf, in Il
struggle between herself and Kramer
while she was defending her 15-year
old daughter against the advances OF
Kramer.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Weighs 72-lO0 carats or 8 points
less than three-fourths Of q carat.
This sparkling, beautiful and bril-
liant gem of frey color at such a
low price assures an unusual value.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

No longer. according to Valentine
Gehm. the shrili clarinet.st. do thav
play "Oh. Where. Oh, Where Has My
Little Dog Gomez" Augustine arj
Hi Lee, Hi Lo.''
I'VE got to be more w to date"
agreed Gustaf Uhr and John Schuck.
tuba and tenor, respectively. Now
it's I'm Sitting on the Top OF the
World" II Love My. Baby" and
Valencia"
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Garden parties at Buckingham
Palace are decreasing. In 1924 there
were three, last year two and one
this season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-04
CLINTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Simonson were
in Burnham on Saturday night,
where they attended a dance at the
town hall.
The regular meeting of Billings
Woman's Relief Corps will be held
at the hall on Wednesday afternoon.
The president, Mrs. Jennie York,
asks all members to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Brown and
family and Mr.. Browns father, Per-
ry Brown, of the Benton road were
callers in town, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Witham AMI
family motored to Augusta on Sun
day.
Miss Esther Holt, a member of
the High school faculty in Dexter,
was a weekend guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Holt OF
the Burnham road.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Leavitt
and son, Gerald, of Augusta, were
callers in town Sunday at the home
of his sister. Mrs. Perley Stanley OF
Baker street.
The following girls and boys of the
High schoo, basketball teams have
received the letter "C": Henrietta
Simonson, Carla Weymouth, Laura
Willett, Hilda Nelson. Freda Dixon,
Dorothy Dixon, Mrs. Thelma Slim
son, Warren Gerald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-04
MADISON

The warm weather of Sunday caus-
ed a rise of two feet in the kennebec
river at this point Sunday night.
Owing to the absence of Rev. e. L.
Wall at conference no preaching SER
vices were held at the Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday. In the
evening there was a motion picture
service with six reels on the life OF
Abraham. At this service also a
telegram was read from Mr.. Wall
stating that he had returned to Madi-
son for another year by the Maine
Conference at Rockland.
Sewell r. Jones left town Monday
morning for his old home in Lodi,
Cal. Mr.. Jones returned to the West
after a two years stay with relatives
in this vicinity.
Miss Charlotte Frazier Of the Maine
W. C. T. U. will speak in the Madi-
son Free Baptist church on the even
ing Of May II under the auspices of
the Madison organization. Miss Fraz-
ier's subject will be "Arnericanism.
The pulpit of the Free Baptist
church was filled Sunday morning
and evening by Rev. Mark Shibles of
Colby college. There was q special
service for young people at o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
w. r. Hardy left town Monday af-
ternoon for Boston, where he has Sc
cured work at his trade of carpenter.
George Markham, who has been
passing the winter in Florida, 10 the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-04

Herbert Melcher of Portland were
business callers in town Monday.
Mrs. Annie Williams is passing a
few days with friends in Skowhegan.
Miss Marguerite Craig of Show
hogan was week end guest of Mrs.
Charles Dorian on Newhall street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Loubier and
children of Waterville, Mrs. Lila
Leach and son Irving and Charles
Loubfer' of this town motored to
Augusta.
Miss Antoinette Dostie has re-
turned to her studies at Mount
Merici after passing the week end
at her home.
Miss Hope Holt Is confined to the
house with the grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stevens, who
have been i'll with the grippe are
gaining.
r. o. Files went to Boston, Sun
day, on business.
Miss Grace Melrose Is able to be
out again after being confined to the
house with the grippe.
An alarm was rung in Monday
afternoon from Box "a for a fire in
a dump heap on Water street. The
fire department quickly responded
and the blaze was put out with
chemicals.
F. ]. Smith Of Cambridge. Mass,
was In town, Monday, on business.
Ernest Morrow returned from
Camden Saturday where he has been
employed.
Napoleon st. Peter went to Ban
gor Monday on business.
Mrs. Thomas Henderson Is seri-
Of OIL
with pneumonia.
Arthur Clark of Oakland passed
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Fletcher.
Abbott Nelson isnnable to assume
his duties at his drug store heing