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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Stillman '9S Grad,
Gives Harvard
Two Valuable Sites

Cambridge. Mass, May 16.-tP)-
Adding another gift to the long Sc
ries which has marked him as one
of Haryard's greatest benefactors, Z:
Cbauncey Stillman, Harvard 9S, OF
New York, has presented 1ne
yersity with two Yaluaple sites
land in the center of Its tefritors'
n was announced tonight.
The sites are those of ST. Paui
Catholic church and of the st. Paul
rectory on Holyoke street. Ihese
buildings were RACED year ago anu
the sites were purchased by rear
estate corporation which planned 10
erect 12-story hotel. The proJece
aroused considerable opposition al
Harvard as the hotel would nave
been placed in the center OF tue us
trict between the group OF college
buildings in Harvard yard and the
rro,1p along the Charles River
Among those who felt this objection
most strongly was Mr.. Stillman.
Shortly before this purchase, MT
StilIman performed a similar serV-
ice to the university when he ac-
ouired Beck Hall, historic Harvard
dormitory. which was threatenea
with destruction to make way Tor
a motion picture theatre. His other
Gifts include the endowment OF the
chair of poetry known as tne
Charles Eliot Norton Professorsnlp
and numerous rare books and paint
ings to the Widener Library ana
Fogg Art Museum.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Federation Head
Raps Opponents
Of Organized Labor

st. Paul. Mimi, May 16.-(PI-In
their economic organizations lies the
hope of the wage earnerS in the
future, William f. Green, president
of the American Federation Of Labor,
declared in an address today at a
mass meeting caused by the Min
nesota Federation of Labor.
Representatives of organized labor
and the Catholic church attended the
meeting, which was called to cele-
brate the 37th anniversary of the is
encyclical letter, labor and capital,
and to assist the trade unions in fur
thering their educational work.
AT present, Mr.. Green said, appar-
entity referring to the British situa-
ton, 1.-The thoughts and attentions OF
the people throughout the world are
conferred upon the problems of labor
and the relationship between labor
and capital"
Recent events" he added. 'have
stimulated and intensified this inter-
est in Industrial questions and indus
trial relationships"
The federation head asserted that
even now, in an enlightened period
of industrial development, there are
found some Employers and some large
corporations who deny their workers
the right to enjoy collective bargain
ing or to organize for mutual help
fulness and that it was this sort of
policy that creates class warfare,
class antagonism and social unrest"
To those who oppose the organiza-
ton of the workers, Mr.. Green re-
ferred to Pope Leo's letter, in which.
he said, the cause of organized labor
was presented with such "unanswer-
able logic as to confound its enemies
and opponents"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Nome People Peeved

A feeling of resentmen against
Amundsen was expressed by many
people Of Nome over the failure Of
the explorer to bring the Norge to
Nome after sending a message TO
Ralph Lomen, Norwegian vice con-
sui. to arrange to have one hundred
men ready to help pull the airship
to the ground by ropes. This mes
sage assured the populace that Nome
would be Amundsen's landing place
and the chamber of commerce went
to considerable expense placing a
cable and four anchors on the Nome
landing field. A triumphal arch was
erected on the main street and
streamers and banners lined the
street while all buildings and homes
were decorated. Some persons sug-
gested that the decorations be sub
stituted by crepe.
The public was deeply chagrined.
including Amundsen's Norwegian
friends.
These friends, which had been
made on previous explorations into
the Arctic, recalled Amundsen's
Wainwright in 1922, on his first
Polar expedition. Point Wainwright
is one hundred miles southeast OF
Point Barrow, on the Arctic coast.
This undertaking failed when
Amundsen's .airplane, piloted by On
dahl, was damaged in take-on from
the Ice. The Norge landed at Teller
II hours after having left Kings
May, Spitzbergen, on Tuesday. The
air voyage took the dirigihle across
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
FARM HAND ADMITS
GUILT IN Staying MAN
IN FILLING STATION

Portland, Me-, May 17.-P)-The
murder of Alfred s. Cook in a filing
station at the South Portland end
Of vaughan's Bridge, September IL.
1924, was solved early this morning
with the arrest and confession of
the alleged slayer and the detention
of an alleged accomplice, County
Attorney Ralph NJ. ingalls, an
nounced.
Herbert Frank WiIlette of 43 Han
over street, this city, - year old
farm hand, declared according to
County Attorney Ingalls,, he fired a
bullet into Cooks side in an attempt
at robbery. which netted SALTS. He
is charged with murder.
William H. Gratz of X. +. D. num-
Der q, South Portland, a 33 year old
farmer, is said to have been impli-
Gated by Willette as the one who
inspired the robbery, and who en-
gagged In a struggle with the filling
station employee while the fatal shot
was fired. He is charged with be-
ing an accessory before the fact in
the crime. which is as serious a
charge as murder in this state.
The men were arrested by Police
Lieutenant Henry T. Fortune and
Sergeant William f. Long, who have
carried on an intense under-coyer
investigation for the past month, at
the direction of the county attorney.
They were locked up at headquar-
ters, and will be held without bail.
Mr.. ingalls, Is considering the advis-
ability Of calling a special session of
the grand jury to consider the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Dartmouth Gets
Gift of Million
For a New Library

Hanover, n. H, May 16.-tH}-A
81, 600, 900 gift fgrom an anonymous
friend of Dartmouth College to be
used to construct a new library. was
announced today by President Hop
kins.
Plans are being rushed SO the
foundation work of the new building,
which is Dartmouth's greatest single
need. may be begun early this sum-
mer. Work on the superstructure
will be started next spring, and. &C
cording to present plans, the library
will be completed by the fall OF 1877:
The building, which will be or
brick and in the form Of letter ii,
will occupy a large plot of ground
facing the college green. The archi-
lecture will be of Colonial Georgian,
harmonizing with old Dartmouth
Row.
A Joint trustee and faculty COM
mittee has been working for months
on an interior plan which would Of
fer all thatA would be useful as an
aid in the liberal education of stu
dents rathan than one which would
serve merely as storage warehouse
for books. The building will shelve
about $4,000 volumes and will seat
a thousand students. about half OF
the student body.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Democratic Group
Ask Dry Referendum
In New York State

Washington. May 16-(P)-Charg-
ing New York Republicans with
carrying water on one shoulder and
liquor on the other. 81 Democratic
members of the house from that
state in a letter made public today
urged Governor Smith to approve the
bill providing for prohibition ref
erendum at the next election. Rep
resentative Jacobstein was the only
Democratic member of the state del
egation who did not sign the COM
munication.
There is involved in the referen-
dunn no delegation or legislative
power" the letter said. "The legis-
lature may or may not accept the
verdict of the people. 1t is probable
that a narrow, liberal and bigoted
majority such as you have had so
often to contend with would still
thdart the will of the people and. en-
trenched behind the gerrymander of
our state constitution, still do the
will Of the felons who led the Anti
Saloon League in our state"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Chancellor of Exche-
quer Sees Need of
New or Re-adjusted
Taxation to Meet Ex-
pense
With Exception of Miners,
Strikers Generally Returning
to Work - London Evening
Papers Will Issue Full Size
Tonight, Morning Papers
Tuesday-Prospects Good for
Settlement in Coal Fields

London. May 16.-(P-The last en-
bers of the general strike are dying
down. and with the exception of the
miners, who are likely to remain out
until a satisfactory agreement is
reached. the country is rapidly resum-
ing normal conditions and the people
and the government are beginning to
count the cost. .
No final estimate is yet possible,
but the general impression in gov
ernmental circles Is that the loss will
be less than the cost of the coal strike
in 1921, which is generally thought to
have been in the neighborhood of 2O0,-
100000 pounds sterling.
Winston Churchill. chancellor of the
exchequer, in his recent budget state
ment announced that in the event of
such labor movement it would be nee
essary to revise his budget proposals,
Continued on Page 8, Col. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17

New York, May 16.-(P)-The
Daussane treaty was pronounced "a
purposeless and humilating surrend-
er to a red-handed. faithless mill
tary depotism" by Henry Morgan
thau in a letter to Senators Borah
and Swanson. made public today.
The former U. S. ambassador to
Turkey stated that his opinions were
the result Of his observations in a
recent trip around the world, and he
supported his contentious by recall
ing the Smyrna atrocity and other
acts which he said had stamped
Mustapha Renal Pasha. as lone of
the most brutal monsters Of all
ages"
America, the greatest Christian
nation in the world" the letter said.
cannot, without discrediting her
faith and without stultifying herself,
strikes hands in friendship with a
government which has murdered or
expelled four million Christians"
Mr.. Morganthau pointed out that
Turkey had seized the revenues
which were to be devoted to the ex-
ternal debt, and had reserved the
right to abrogate any treaties.
What is the use" he asked. "of
making any treaty with a govern
ment which has no respect for the
sancity of international agreements,
which claims the right to abrogate
unilaterally and existing treaty.
Discussing the financial side OF
Turkey with the suggestion that
Turkey must put her finances in the
hands of her creditors before further
loans could be realized, Mr.. Morgan
thau laid the greatest stress on his
argument upon the. human side.
He quoted as follows an interview
which previously was published In
the Red Cross Magazine in 1918:
IF four hundred millions or
Christians, in full control of all the
governments of Europe and America,
are going to again condone these Of
lenses of the Turkish government
the driving of women into the har-
ems, the debauchery of innocent
girls: the sale of many of them at
eighty cents each; the numbering OF
hundreds of thousands: the des-
truction of thousands of cities.
towns, hamlets; the wilful execution
of this whole devilish scheme to an
initiate the Armenian and Greek
Christians in Turkey-tnen I res
pectfully ask: What does Christian
ity stand for?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Rescue 3 Fishermen
From Crippled Craft

Scituate, Mass, May 16.-[PI-The
local coastguard crew today rescued
three men on the Provincetown fishing
boat Annie T. Mack which was drifting
helpless before a strong northeast gale
off the harbor here. The boat, 10
footer loaded with fish, sprang a leak
soon after engine trouble developed
ON a trip across Massachusetts Bay
from Provincetown to Boston
Her distress signals were sighted
from shore. oastguardsmen put off
in the power surf boat and towed the
disabled craft here. where her cargo.
intended for the Boston market. will
be sold tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Cost Of British General Strike
About Two Hundred Million Pounds
P|TTSF|ELD, Me-, MAN
KILLS SELF IN LEAP
IN FRONT OF TRAIN

Boston. May 1e-P-A man who
leaped to death in front of an Ev-
erett Tunnel train in the Union
Street station here last night was
identified today as William White Of
Pittsf1eld, Maine. Identification was
made through the hat which he wore.
White had come to Boston to visit
his wife, who recently. underwent an
operation in the Deaconess Hospital
here.
The motorman in charge Of the
train said White was talking with a
man near the edge of the platform
when he suddenly whirled and leap
ed into the train pit. He threw the
emergency brakes, but the forward
trucks of the car passed over the
body. Train and platform guards
extricated the man and he was taken
to the Haymarket Relief hospital.
The body was later removed to the
Northern Mortuary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Ice Cut Gas Bag

Over Point Barrow, on the Arctic
Coast, $50 miles northwest Of here. ice
formed on the whirling propellors of
the ship and then broke off, cutting
the big gas bag. Loss Of hydrogen
gas made the Norge extremely heavy.
A fair wind aided 1t on the voyage
from Barrow to Teller.
The crew Of IS arrived at Teller
very tired but in excellent physical
condition.
Preparatory to landing an anchor
was dropped from the Norge and
Sergeant Ettoret Arduino. assistant
mechanician. descended and supervis-
ed the landing. A strong wind blew
while the airship was being lowered
and T. A. Peterson, manager Of the
Teller Lighterage Company, grabbed
the bow line of the ship and headed
it into the wind.
After motion pictures were taken
of the successful trans-Polar flying
craft, 1t was debated In 80 minutes.
A perfect landing was made on the
frozen bay of GRAVITY Harbor at Tel
Ter. The work Of dismantling the
Norge was being done under the d.
rection Of Colonel Umberto Mobile, an
Italian, first pilot. the designer and
constructor of the ship. 1t is to be
preserved for reconstruction.
Captain Amundsen and Visiting are
the only two men In the world to
have visited both the north and south
poles, Visiting having accompanied
Amundsen when he discovered the
South Pole. At Nome, Amundsen de-
slared that wireless station should
be erected at Teller. as 1t is the only
real harbor in this section. The
Snake River. seven miles west of
here, affords Nome its only harbor.
Lieutenant Qmdahl. who Is to re-
turn to Teller in the launch Pippin
with Captain A. Peterson. master Of
the little water craft that brought
Amundsen and three Of his party to
Nome today. said that the engines of
the Norge were in god condition and
worked perfectly. The other three
airmen are to remain in Nome.
Colonel Mobile was very proud Of
the ship he piloted, as 1t performed its
feat nobly.
Amundsen said that he knew the
position OF the Norge at all times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
OFFER REWARD 5000
FOR ARREST SLAYER
n. HAMPSHIRE FARMER

Atkinson. N. H, May 1s.-GP-A
reward of 5000 for information lead
ing to the arrest of the murderer of
Louis Jacobowitz. Atkinson farmer,
was authorized by the board of
selectmen at special meeting here
tonight. Jacobowitz. his skulr crush
edfl was found lying in the embers
of a bonfire In a cornfield on his farm
last Thursday.
Rockingham county officers have
been looking for Frank owens. a
farm hand employed by Jacobowitz,
with whom he was last seen alive.
The hunt was extended today to
farms and camps in Hampstead,
Salem, Derry and Exeter, but the of
ficers found no trace OF the man.
They planned to use police dogs in
the search tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17

Warsaw, May 16.-(P)-Warsaw
has settled down to it's accustomed
calm under the control Of Marshal
Pilsudski, with Radaj as acting
president and a ministry functioning
under Professor Bartel, until the
national assembly meets some time
during the present week to elect a
president.
The former president, NJ. Wojcie-
chowski, has been given a passport
and permitted time to retire to the
presidential summer residence at
Spala. Some of the ministers Of his
former cabinet are still under guard
at Wilanow, but the minister of
railways has been permitted his lib
erty.
Among the members of the ousted
government, who are in the custody
of Pilsudski, are NJ. Zdziechowski,
Senator Smulski General Malcze-
wski and Generals Rovadvowri. An
ders, Zogorski, Kessler and ZuZyn-
ski.
The victorious troops of the invad-
ing army have been busy today re-
pairing the damage and restoring a
semblance of order. but in other
ways Warsaw appears to be conduct
ing its activities in a normal way.
The damage from the street fighting
was not as heavy as at first suppos-
ed; the most dilapidated building is
the war office, there having been
fierce exchanges between the oppos-
ing forces both within this building
and around it. The public offices are
open as usual and the street cars
have been operating.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Over Million Young
Folks Will Attend
5000 Summer Camps

New York. May 16-(Pj-More than
100000 young people are expected to
attend the 5000 summer camps in
this country this season, H. w. Glib
son, of Boston. president Of the Ma
tional Camp directors association.
announced today.
Mr. Gibson said that interest IN this
Phase OF recreation was increasing
constantly, the number of boys at
lending 7. NJ. c. A. camps alone hav-
ing quadrupled in ten years. These
lamps accommodated 1913. 1873 boys
Mst year. while the Boy Scout en-
eampments numbered 259.702 attend
ants Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls
1ntriouted many thousands more
, while private camps took care of q
urge number of others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Policeman and
Negro Both Shot
In Running Fight

Boston, May 16-(P)-Patrolman
Jacob Grosberg and James Blunt. a
negro, Of Brookline were wounded
when they engaged in running gun
fight through the Back Bay district
bordering on the Fenway, late today.
Both received bullet wounds In the
arms and were taken to the City
Hospital, where Blunt was arrested
for assault with intent to kill. Both
will recover.
Blunt opened fire on Grosberg as
the officer entered an Aston Street
areaway to investigate sounds of a
fight in a lodging house. The negro's
first shot struck the officers left arm
and as he spun around under the inn
pact Of the bullet, Blunt slipped into
the street.
Drawing a revolver Grosberg gave
chase in a mandeered taxicab and
as Blunt opened fire again at the en-
trance to the Fenway the officer sent
a bullet into each of the negro s
shoulders. Grosberg loaded his
wounded prisoner into the cab ana
left for the hospital before the ar
rival of a wagonload of reserves,
summoned by panic-ctricken resi-
dents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
W rsaw Awaits
Will of Pilsudski
AndNew Election
FORECASTS RANCE
FROM May 29 TO JULY
IS FOR END CONGRESS

Washington. May 16.-(P)-The
usual pre-adjournment legislative
jam is piling up in congress.
Estimates as to the date on which
the session will end range from May
20 to July Is, with ultimate selec-
ton depending entirely on how
many pieces of legislation still in the
congressional mill are to be enacted.
With the adjournment question
still hanging in air. the House will
resume during this week its work on
farm relief bills-the Haugen, Cur
tis-Aswell and Tincher measures. on
Tuesday the House will debate the
highly controverted point of the
major crop equalization to run over
Thursday and Friday, making it pos
sible to reach a vote by the week
The Senate will resume conSidera-
ton of the migratory bird reserva-
ton bill which has been under attack
on the ground that it would dis
criminate in favor of wealthy
hunters.
The Senate commerce committee
Will meet tomorrow to decide wheth-
er it has power to advise" the ship
five president type mail liners out of
Seattle to the Dollar interests for
$4,500,000 and reopen negotiations
for disposal of the ships.
If the Senate grants the request
of Senator Jones, Republican, WASH
ington, it will reconsider the Nc
Fadden banking bill which it passed
last week. Senator Jones contended
that the branch bank section as
amended by the Senate banking
committee did not cover the situa-
ton. His motion to reconsider will
be voted upon tomorrow.
The house commerce committee will
resume on Tuesday it's consideration
of coal legislation which house lead
ers have placed on the calendar for
action this season. After commit
tee consideration of more than two
score coal measures, Chairman Par
ker, Republican, New York, is draft
ing a bill similar to the Copeland
measure reported favorably by the
Senate commerce committee and in
line with recommendations made be-
fore the House committee by Secre-
tary Hoover.
The French debt settlement will be
taken up Wednesday by the House
Ways and Means committee under
present plans. in accordance with
the administration program for &C
ton this session.
Other business may be brought be-
fore the Senate during the week by
Senator Dill, Republican. Washing
ton. who is pressing for action in his.
radio bill, and Senators Stanfield.
Oregon, and Smoot, Utah, Republic
cans, who are urging the Senate 10
conclude it's consideration of the re-
tirement. bill for federal civil service
employees
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Poincare Assails
Attitude of Frances
Former War Allies

Siyy-Sur- Meuse. France, May 10
P)-In a bitter attack on the atti-
tude Of Frances former allies toward
the question of debt settlement. Ray
mond Poincare. former president of
France, denounced today the spirit
Of low national selfishness" prevail
ing since the war.
Speaking at the inauguration OF
the soldiers memorial in this village,
the former premier recalled how he
had reviewed American troops there
shortly after the armistice.
Those officers and soldiers who
marched past me would have been
greatly surprised" he said, ''if they
had been told that a few months lat
er the treaty negotiated and signed
at Versailles would not have been
ratified by the United States. and
that seven years later 1t would be
not vanquished Germany but
France who would have to bear the
greater part of the cost of tho war;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Nome Folks Angered over
Failure Amundsen to make
Promised Landing There

Nome Alaska, May 16-(AP) Lieutenant Hjalmar Riser
Larsen Norwegian second pilot said today that thin ice and
water found at the North Pole but land dis
covered in the Arctic wastes by the Ellsworth
petition which arrived at Teller Alaska Thursday night in
the dirgbe Norge from Kings Bay Spzbergen Teller rs
miles northwest of Nome The big airship in the air
about II hours Considerable time spent at the North
Pole making observations the Norge having descended to
within 600 feet of the ce and altitude of 1000 feet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
Lincoln Escort
Born in Maine, Dies
At "a, in Brooklyn

New York, May 16.-(P-John VIII
lis, 81, Civil War veteran and member
of Lincolns escort at Gettysburg,
died at the home Of his daughter in
Brooklyn today. Mr.. Willis was born
in Maine and served through the war
with the Fifth Maine Volunteers. AT
the close of the. war he moved to
Brooklyn, where he was for many
years connected with the Brooklyn
navy yard. His widow and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. John V. Waring. survive him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-17
"a Drunken Drivers
Convicted in Mass.

Boston, May 16.-tPl-Ten persons
were killed in automobile accidents
in Massachusetts last week. Regis
tar of Motor Vehicles Goodwin re-
ported today. This was three more
than in the previous week and nine
less than in the same period last
year.
For operating while under the In
f,uence of liauor, 81 persons were
convicted. 90 more than i'm the week
before. Of this number IL were
committed to Jail.