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Justice
RAPS POLICE
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don't see what right an officer
had to search him. He came here
at the officers request. I don't see
why an officer can search a man
who has come to assist in arresting
the perpetrators Of the crime"
Captain Burlingame today made
a correction in the testimony he
gave on Thursday, when he said
that DIR. Kang Ii, the Government g
star witness, had given VANS New
York address to the local authori-
ties
He changed his story today. and
testified that Ii had merely pointed
out an address on letter found
at the Mission House, addressed to
Ben Sen Wa, for whose murder
Wan is on trial.
He declared Vans address was
verified with the assistance of
officials of the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
The prosecution introduced the
testimony of Y. c. Yang and Lin
Go Wang, witnesses at the first
wan trial, now in China. Their
statements established that the
three men slain at the Mission
House had dined in town and were
last seen by friends on the night
of the murder in the vicinity Of
the Mission House.
Num- rous conferences with
Justice Stafford were held by
counsel in the case, preparatory to
the reading of testimony given by
the late Major Raymond c. Pullman
and Inspector Clifford L. Grant.
Detective Sergeant Edward Kelly
was called to prove the deaths of
these two police officials.
Inspector Grants testimony, con-
siderably abridged, by rule Of the
court, was being read by Assistant
District Attorney George D. Horn
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BARROW FLAYS.
EXECUTIONS
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one of the inducing causes to in
tense hate.
Love affairs furnish a large
class of homicides.
Women kill mainly because the
them. Many men kill for love.
Penalty Doesn't Count
1.-The degree of punishment does
not count in these murders Of emo
ton, where money is not involved
The great mass of murderers is
entirely uninfluenced by capital
punishment"
Mr.. barrow fired a hot shot at
several members of the subcom-
mittee who have announced they
will support capital punishment
when he declared that he did not
think anyone believes in capital
punishment-they just think they
do"
The failure of hanging to prevent
crime was aptly illustrated in Eng
land where men were hanged for
picking pockets, he said.
Great crowds of people attended
these public hangings. and while
the unfortunate wretch was in his
| last throes. other criminals were
picking pockets throughout the
crowd
The hearing was held in the eau
Gus room of the House Office Build
ing before a throng Of several hun
dred people.
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engage in unfair methods /of COM
petition."
The statute Of limitations was
allowed to run against this alleged
offense, and former Attorney Gem
eraI Stone ordered new invcstsgas
ton to learn whether the alleged
antitrust violations had DeGn coz
tinued by the Aluminium Con- pany.
TT has been deemed to be quite
outside the scope Of the resolution
under which the committee acted TO
inquire whether such a vioiaLlo1
has actually occurred or not, that
In to say, whether evidence is avail.
able to establish such violation.
TN view, however. of the doubts
aroused as to the vigor and good
faith Of the Department Of Justice.
1t Is recommended that the Senate
be asked to instruct the comm ittee
to enter upon that inquiry and 10
that end that it direct the commits
sion to transmit to the committee
for its use any evidence in It's pos
session relating to the subject of
violations by the Aluminium Gem
pany of America of the decree
against 1t entered In the District
Court for the Western district OF
Pennsylvania on June q, 1912, .
the Walsh report concluded.
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TROOPS GUARD
SLAYER Of 8

LEXINGTON. KY. Feb. LEX
ington today became an armed
camp as National Guardsmen
poured into the city to enforce
martial law when early tomorrow
Ed. Harris, negro, faces Judge
r. p. Sto1I on plea of guilty to
killing three persons and attacking
woman in the same family.
Six years ago. under similar con-
ditions, mob rushed guards sur
rounding Will Lockett, charged
with attacking and killing a white
girl, and troops shot down and
killed nine and wounded a dozen
Feeling against Harris, who con.
fessed killing Clarence Bryant, a
white farmer, and his two children
and attacking Mrs. Bryant near
here on January 10. is running
high.
Not even a statement to the
public, issued by Mrs. Bryant and
her family, asking that no violence
be used against Harris, has had any
effect.
The troops ordered here include
eight companies of infantry, four
troops of cavalry. two machine gun
companies and one tank company.
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ing, jr., when the noon recess was
reached.
A special objection had been
made by defense counsel on the
ground that neither Pullman's nor
Grants name appeared on the
official list of Government wit
nesses, as required by statute.
This and other testimony OF de-
ceased witnesses is being read into
the record under numerous excep-
tions.
BoHtha J. Laws. former assistant
District Attorney, who conducted the
prosecution at the original Wan
trial, was recalled by the Govern
ment to give, in substance. the
testimony Of Yang and Wang.
On cross-axamination by Attorney
Rudolph Yeatman, Laws admitted
his recollection had been refreshed
by a conversation with Mr.. Horn
ing last Saturday.
He said he had not looked at
the record of the original trial.
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Fire Alarms Cost $51
Each, Not Counting
Phoebe Time

How much does it cost the
District fire department to re-
spond to the average alarm?
This question was being
kicked about police headquarters
today by newspaper men work
ing on the fire-bug story and
the admission by Harold S.
Marsh that he had set rs fires
"just to see the engines run"
Fire Chief George Watson
supplies the information.
The department, he states,
figured the average cost per
fire last year of $51. Three
items 60 to make the cost,
namely, fuel, wear and tear Of
equipment and firemen's time.
This to say nothing of an
average of four pinochle games
per engine house," Chief Watson
AYERS.
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MI TCHELL HAS
Guns READY

Col. william Mitchell vim sing
his swan song of criticism IN Wash
ington today.
For the past three days since his
resignation from the Army was
accepted, Mitchell has been in con
ference with his attorney, Repre-.
sentative Frank Reid. of Illinois
drafting a statement in which the
resignation is declared to be for
the good of the country. in order
that he may continue his fight for
adequate air power
The statement, it Is understood
win contain denunciation Of the
heads or the military establish
ment more sweeping than anything
Mitchell has yet said.
The statement probably VIII be
made public this afternoon follow
ing Mitche1i's receipt of the formal
order making effective his resigna-
ton.
Representative Charles F. Curry
tR.l of California today planned to
introduce a resolution in the House
placing Mitchell on the retired list
of the army as a major general.
Had late developments not oc-
CURED Mitchell could have retired
in the course Of about two years;
Curry said My bill Is designed to
correct the iniustices Of this situa-
ton and to give him a retirement
status with approximately the re-
tired pay he would have received
had he not been forced out of the
army.
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NEW EFFORT TO SETTLE
JUCOSLAV DEBT FAILS

Another effort to settle the $685.
O0O, 900 Jugoslav debt to the United
States failed today.
Commissions representing the
two countries held a joint meeting
and adjourned without reaching an
agreement.
Treasury officials explained this
did not necessarily indicate the
negotiations had failed entirely.
Another meeting will be held later
in the week.
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ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swith & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washing ton, D. G.
for week ending Saturday. January so.
1926. on shipments sold out. ranged from
1880 cents to 1850 cents per pound
and averaged 1890 cents per pound.
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Farmer Runs Afoul
of Law Following
Bible Edict

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan.
31.-Believing that he was
literally following the Bible, in
which he claims it reads that
it is sin to kill sick cattle,
Levi Sollenberger, a farmer
living across the Mason and
Dixon line from here, was forced
by the health authorities to dis
pose of four of his cows that
are said to have tuberculosis.
Sollenberger told the authori-
ties: "The good book says
when an animal is sick, you
should try to cure it." and for
that reason he refused to kill
the cows after a test had been
made of his herd and four of
them were found to be diseased.
His theory did not correspond
with the requirements of the
State law and three appraisers
were named to fix the damages
for the diseased cows.
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ARMS
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wrong. because Father Paul, at
the .dustrial school, let me 20
home after q few months. He
said / was all right. My father
getting out of the, school until |
came home with a note from Faith
er Paul.
''But that was an accident at the
Victoria. I didn't start that fire
It was an accident"
Is Sturdily Built
Marsh is sturdily built, dark
haired, chubby youth, with nothing
much TO distinguish him from other
1S-year-old boys save a dull and
completely detached look-a look
that be doesn't change unless ex-
cited about something. He is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. III. Marsh.
who live at the Victoria. He has
given the police no trouble. Today
he was sent to headquarters and
Eighth precinct station.
Asked If any effort had been made
to have him examined by the police
surgeons, Capt Robert Doyle said
nothing had been done so far as he
knew
Three destructive fires. one OF
which was the indirect cause Of the
death of one man, and all Of which
contributed to the injury OF several
others occurred Sunday.
Taxi Passenger Killed
Samuel W. Yearwood, colored, of
so st. Nicholas ST., New York city,
was killed when the taxi in which
he was riding to the railroad sta
ton to meet his wife, collided with
No. 81 Engine at Third Street and
Florida Avenue Northwest.
The driver of the taxi, Robert
Cap, colored, was injured-and ar
rested as a result of the collision.
James T. y. Clements, of Engine
Company No. 81. also was injured
In the collision.
The others injured were James
Reed, of No. IA Engine Company
whose foot was crushed when he
fell from the engine and under its
wheels; James II. Campbell, of
Truck Company No. z, cut by fall
ing glass; s. J. McAnollen. Truck
Company No. z. and p Francis Nc
Anollen, of the Same company,
overcome by smoke.
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FIREMAN CHOPS BURNED TIMBERS AWAY
When the Victoria Apartment Fourteenth
early Sunday morning. wrecked when
floors lost his life
Marsh 49, held ncendary, said
sibity for the blaze but maintains
routed bed in the flames
threatened destruction of the whole building all
the fought vaanty check
set at $150OO0. The loss covered by insurance
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Wrappings with handles with
which a baby can be carried like a
piece of hand baggage have been
patented.
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Marchioness Is m

LONDON. Feb. 1.-The Marchio,
ness OF Curzon is i'll with influenza
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FOREIGN TRADE GROWS
BILLION DOLLARS IN YEAR

Americas total foreign trade in
creased by more than one billion
dollars in 1925. the Commerce De
partment announced today
Increase In imports was approx
irnately $216, 0OO, 900 greater than
the increase in exports.
Import incfease In 1925 over 1924
was 1913 100000 and export in
crease about $500. 900, 900.
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JOSEPH II. HINES AUTO
STOLEN IN CHEVY CHASE

The police automobile squad to-
day began search for the auto
mobile of Joseph H. Hines, 1927
New Hampshire Ave-, former Rep
resentative from Ohio, which he re-
ported stolen last night while wis.,
ing friends in Chevy Chase, I'D.
The machine was a 1925 model,
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STRIBLINC HONEYMOON
DRIVE COSTS So FINE

GAINESVILLE, Fla, Feb. L.
w. j. Youngl stribbling, heavy
weight titieholder aspirant, today
was reported making good speed
through FLORIDA on his honeymoon
trip.
holds So which the fighter left yes
terday after being arrested FOR
speeding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-06
OBSERVING u HkLF-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY
Ut LIE TELEPHONE WITH VISITING DAYS
Al luCAL central OFFICE E,T&T, co,

be intersected with a network of
telephones. The old general ticket
office in the depot has been fitted
up for an exchange, the walls tinted,
ceilings whitened and floors scrub
bed. A switch board. which looks
little like the front of a cabinet
organ has been put into the office.
This accommodates fifty wires or
one hundred and fifty subscribers.
The Insane Asylum has been fitted
out with some nineteen wires and
the job gives excellent satisfaction.
The Edison Co. wire between
Pierce's and Togus is to be super
ceded by a Bell. Wires are to be
run to the Arsenal, State House.
and Journal office. prominent bus
have been presented to The city au-
thorities in Augusta, Hallowell and
Gardiner, praying for the right to
put up poles within the city limits
on the route indicated. The exhibit
ton wire between Mr.. Walkers Of
flee in the depot and the freight
house affords all persons interested
an opportunity to become personally
acquainted with the method of OPP
Grafton"
June IA, 1SS0-"The telephone wire
connecting the exchange in this city
with Hallowell and Gardiner is being
put in position"
June 81, 1SS0-"We learn by tele-
phone that at a meeting of the trus-
tees of the State Insane Asylum yes
terday afternoon it was decided that
it would be impossible to erect a
suitable building for SIS, 000-the sum
voted to be allowed to be used for
this purpose by the Legislature last
winter"
July S,1SS0-"The telephone wire
has been extended to Gardiner and
in few days we shall be in com
munication with that city. A small
additional fee will be charged for
conversing with out town places,
but the great conveniences will coun-
terbalance that. New telephones are
being put into the stores in this city
almost every day, and our citizens
fully appreciate the advantage of the
invention"
July IS, 1SSO-"The telephone is
daily growing in favor with business
men in this county and it sure is get
ting universal among all live firms.
Wires have been run to the freight
and passenger depot in Gardiner and
to Richmonds paper mill in that city.
Soon a switch board which will ac-
commodate rs subscribers will be put
into an office there, and an exchange
started in that city. Workmen go to
Waterville today to put in private
wire in that place for Mr.. DeRovher
dealer in meat and provisions"
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events in which there was plenty of
close contests. and the winners were
as follows:
Class C-1O0-yd. dash. Woodward
LIST, Bagley End, Burns 3rd. High
jump. Clark list. Woodward End.
Stockton Srd. Broad jump. Woodward
1st. Clark End, Bagley 3rd. The base
ball distance thrown was won by Ra-
cheotis, who threw the ball 1919 feet;
Stockton End and Woodward ard. The
440-yard run, Woodward LIST, Floyd
End, c. Moore Bird. The lodge relay
race for this class was won by a team
from Kennebec Lodge, which defeated
the Rotary Lodge members.
Glass B-75-yd. dash, won by Men
dali. with McArdle and Gilley End and
3rd. The broad jump event in this
class was also won by Mendall, with
Goodchild and Chard in End and ard
positions. The baseball throw in Glass
B was won by Dyer with Gilley and
Chard in End and 3rd places. The
high jump event finished In the follow
ing order: Mendall, Chard and Good
child. The lodge relay race for this
class resulted in victory for Andros-
coggin Lodge over the team from Ken
nebec Lodge. In the 220-yd. dash,
Mendall again won handily. with Dyer
and Thompson In End and 3rd posi-
tons.
Glass A-The Glass A events were
as follows: 50-yd. dash. won by
Hutchinson, Stewart and Rowe being
End and 3rd. The high jump event
was won by Noyes Irving. with Green
In End position and Hutchinson and
French tied for. third. The baseball
throw was won by Rowe, with Loring
and Abbott in End and Srd positions.
The 100-yd. dash was won by Stewart,
with Hutchinson and Irving in End
and 3rd. Hutchinson also won the
broad jump, with Rowe and Winslow
in End and 3rd.
In the forenoon, also. a picked base
ball team from the State camps won a
closely contested game with the Win
throp Center team, the final score be-
ing to 8. Woodward. catching for
the camps played heady game and
was the particular star on the winning
team. Fernald Bagley of Augusta,
pitching for the team, also showed
class. Uncle Jeff" Smith acted as
umpire to everyone's entire satisfac-
ton.
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Engagement of
Augusta Girl and
Portland Young Man

The engagement of Miss Beulah
Glendora Stiles, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Stiles of "a Gage street
and Fred Eugene Gardiner of Port
land was announced on Saturday
evening. Miss Stiles was educated in
the public schools of this city, COM
ing here when young child from
Belisle Bay, n. B., where she was
born. She is at the present time en-
ployed as buyer and clerk at the d.
w. Adams Company store here. She
Is an active member of the Penney
Memorial United Baptist church and
an earnest worker in the church
school and Christian Endeavor So
ciety.
MIR. Gardiner was born in North
Whitefield and is a graduate of South
China High school and Bodd Dental
Institute of New York City. He is
now practicing in the Z. /. Dupont
Dental Laboratories and is a member
of the First Baptist church of Port
land. He is also a member of the
Odd elbow fraternity.
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seriousness about Sunday noon and
where it was feared that he had suf-
fered internal injuries. His companion
was not injured so severely.
A Cadillac touring car. Maine regis
tration No. 107-176, left the road on
the Readfeld- highway
Monday afternoon and dropped into
the brook at the foot of Maranacook
Lake. Though the car was partly sub
merged and rested on one side. the
two occupants escaped with many
bruises.
In addition TO these accidents the
only other incident reported in this
section occurred when Lieut.. Sidney
Frost of the State highway police
while riding on Belgrade road met
Harry c. Mills of Readfield, who fall
ed to turn out. Mr.. Frost turned and
overlook the man, finding sufficient
evidence to warrant taking him into
custody on charge Of driving a mo-
tor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor. 1t is understood
that in the back of the car was found
a gallon of cider, which Mills said he
was taking to man whom he was go
ing to see and who had brought him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-06
GOOD DEMAND FOR
INNARDS OF AUTOS

There is market for used auto
parts. Ed. Ripley Of the Ripley Co.
on Howard street, Augusta, has
proved it. Having been in the useG
auto parts business for a number Of
years and having been steadily sue
cessful, he is able to say that thet e
is a demand for bearings, clutches.
housings and other "innards" CT "A
gas buggy.
But Mr.. Ripley's activities are not
confined to handling the insides of
automobiles. He is a dealer in tires
and storage batteries Having the
only place of the kind in this viciu-
ity, he has the field pretty much TO
himself. More than that, since ne
has been in the business so long. his
used parts department has little fear
of competition for he has built up
clintele that is steadily increasius.
AS a diagnostician of automobile ills,
Mr.. Ripley has built up a reputa6on
up and down the Kennebec that HIS
resulted in his being consulted by
many garage men as to Just whlt
might be the trouble with particu-
lar machine.
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Minor Blazes Call
Fire Department on
Monday Holiday

An alarm at SIS Monday evening
from box 81 at the corner of Water
and Bridge streets called out all
three trucks of the Augusta Fire De-
partnent for a small blaze on the
sign of the John p. Squire Co. store
on upper water street and which was
extinguished by the use of pitcher
of water just as the firemen arrived.
The all out was sounded Immediately.
Two other calls were received on
Monday, one for a chimney fire at
$50 in the morning at the home of
DR.. c. J.. Wakefield, adjoining the
fire station and at which three pony
chemicals were used and the other
at $40 in the evening for small
grass fire on the Lancaster property
on South Chestnut street No damage
was done by either blaze.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-06
CHURCH VACATION
SCHOOL AT penney
MEMORIAL TODAY

Plans are now completed for the
sessions Of the church vacation school
at Penney Memorial church, which
begins this morning at 9:15 o'clock.
The principal of this school is Mrs.
Ralph Herrick. Miss Florence Tolman
will have charge of junior instruction
while Mrs. William R. Wood will su-
pervise the primary division. Mrs.
Alice Sheldon will take charge of the
beginners classes.
In addition to these regular in
structors Mrs. c. T. Penney will
teach class in basketry and Mrs. w.
7. Matthews will teach a class to
make paper flowers. Other instruc-
tors who will aid the new school are
Miss Florence Humphrey, Mrs. Law
renee Miss Dorothy Perkins, Miss
Lucille Hanson and Mrs. Thomas
Brooks.
The program will start promptly at
9:15 each morning with 20 minutes
for " devotional services, scripture,
prayer and singing. A period for the
learning of the best hymns of the
church, a Bible study period. a study
of the books of the Bible and how
TO use the Bible as reference book,
period for Bible stories and mem
ory> work will all be taken up. In
addition to these studies there will
also be periods for studying the mis-
sionary endeavor of the church, bas-
ket work will be taken up, paper
overs will be made, the classes will
learn to make things for the proper
illustration of Bible stories and scrap
books will be made for the use of
children in hospitals.
The course will continue for three
Weeks until July 2S. AS this is the
first school of its kind in Augusta.
considerable interest in the studies
has been aroused and a large atten-
dance is expected
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Injured When Big
Firecracker Explodes
While Held i'm Hands

Urban Rowe of IL 1-2 Gage street
was the victim of peculiar accident
Monday evening from which he re-
ceived painful burns which are not
however expected to have serious re-
suits. He was firing off various kinds
Of fireworks on the river bank near
the Eaton Shoe factory and was
about to light a five inch cracker
when the match went out A girl
who was there with lighted spark
Ter" volunteered to light the cracker
with the sparkler and touched it to
the fuse. The brilliance of the
sparkler made 1t impossible for
young Rowe to see that the cracker
was lighted and 1t went off in his
hand burning his right eye. He was
knocked down by the explosion and
was taken to his home where doc
tor attended him and declared that
an examination that the eye would
probably be all right, although pain
full for a time.