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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Governor Lower
California May Order
Trial in Peteet Deaths

Tijuana, Mex. Feb. 16.-(AP)-Indi-
cations that Governor Rodriguez Of
Lower California may order immediate
trials II indictments are returned
against seven men held In connection
with the quadruple suicide of the Pc
teet family were given today.
1t is expected Judge Urius of the
Federal court will reach a decision to-
morrow on the information presented
against the seven prisoners charging
attacks on Clyde and Audrey Peteet
and responsibility for the suicides
Mayor FREDERICK Palacio of Tijuana
has given saloons l. days in which to
remodel their buildings. The saloons
will be required to erect screens in
front of the doors or provide swinging
doors. He said this would make It I'M
possible for women and minors pass
ing on the street osee inside the sa-
looms.
Earlier. Governor Rodriguez Issued
orders barring women visitors from
saloons Of Tijuana unless accompanied
by men escorts.
Mapor Palacio today warned houses
of concentrated vice that they must
move to a new restricted area about
800 yards from the present limits Of
Tijuana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Survivors French
Fishing Schooner
Landed at Boston Port

Boston, Feb. 1S.-(AP)-Three
men and a cabin boy. all that re-
manned of the French fishing schoon-
err Muguet, were landed here today
by the Shipping Board steamer West
Harcuvar, which rescued them from
their derelict craft 200 miles west
of the Azores islands on February
5. Two other members Of the crew
were lost in a series of gales which
battered and wrecked the schooner.
For IL days Captain Charles LEI
roy and his two seamen manned the
pumps night and day to keep the
hulk of the Muguet afioat. Three
sets of sails had been carried away,
the bowsprit, booms and lifeboat
lost, rails smashed, matches stove in
and the cargo of salt water-logged.
There was plenty of food but it had
to be eaten raw and the survivors
were exhausted when the West Har-
cuvar saw their distress signals and
took them off in lull between gales.
With Captain Leroy were saved
Paul Didailler and Charles Cosson,
seamen, and Ferdinand Tardivet. IL
year old cabin boy. All hail from
Bordeaux. Jules PORTER and WON
Evrard were swept away January
~ w hNh q huSO SOhipCl III ohS oNSk
the deck. Another refugee was the
shippers German police dog Lulul
which today was presented to Cap
tain L. F. McLain of the West Har-
cuvar as a token of gratitude.
The Muguet, a three masted fish,
Ing schooner, sailed from Bordeaux
September % last for st. Pierre, Mi
quelon, with a cargo of 225 tons OF
salt. She put into the Azores in dis
tress after a storm and was held
there while several members of the
crew who had become unruly. were
replaced. On January II. the vessel
resumed her voyage and on the 23rd
ran into the first of a series of ter.
rife storms. On January % these
reached their climax and the Mu-
guet, with two of her crew lost, was
reduced to sinking condition.
Joseph F. c. Lemand, French con-
sui general, took charge of the sur.
vlvors on their arrival here. They
Will be sent to New York and from
there transportation to France will
be provided.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Rule Letters and
Contracts Be Admitted
In Aluminium Case

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. (AP)-
Over the vigorous protest of counsel
for the Aluminium Company of
America, Major w. ". Sheppard,
federal trade commission examiner
in the investigation of alleged mono
polistic practices by the company,
today ruled that some 500 letters and
contracts from the company's files,
be admitted to the record.
The protest came when r. p.
Whitley, commission t orn y.
sought to have George r. Gibbons,
vice president and secretary of the
company, identify the exhibits. w.
w. Smith, company counsel, objected
to admission of the documents, con-
tending they were irrelevant and did
not tend to support claims set forth
in the complaints against the COM
pany. Some of the documents. he
said, contained the names of CUSTOM
ers and trade secrets and he eX-
pressed the opinion that, by issuing
a subpoena for the papers, the COM
mission had exceeded its authority.
Prior to the introduction of the
documentary evidence. the hearing
was devoted to testimony dealing
with directors and officers of affili-
ated companies who are officials of
the Aluminium Company of America
and prices of aluminium ingot from
1920 to 1925.
Whitley said tonight that the
present hearings would continue into
next week, after which there will be
a 80 day recess. The inquiry will be
resumed here April Is, and later
hearings will be held in New York,
Chicago. Cleveland, Detroit, and
other cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Personalities Hold
In Controversy Over
Countess of Cathcart

New YORK. Feb. 16.-(AP)-With
the Countess of Cathart waiting at
Ellis Island for a decision from
Washington over her exclusion and
the Earl of Craven in Canada. where
to which he fed just before a war
rant was issued for his arrest, the
principals in the Cathart case are
engaging in long distance three
cornered exchange Of personalities.
The countess thinks the Earl is
a coward" because he fled to Mon
treal and wouldn't have him back
! il he grovelled" at her feet.
The Earl, glad to be safe from inn
migration authorities, says the
Countess of Cathart "only came over
as O sort Of publicity stunt and they
hit back at me-
Lady Craven who took the Earl
| back after his elopement with the
Countess in 1922, just exclaimed:
THAT woman" ".
The countess counsel. William A..
DeFord appeared before the labor de-
partment board Of review in Wash
ington yesterday and challenged the
legality, common sense and justice
of deporting her because of her ad-
mitted relations with the. Earl on the
ground that they constitute moral
turpitude.
In the Senate yesterday, Senator
Copeland, contrasting the gracious
| reception" of the Earl Of Craven
with the plight of this weak woman"
| asserted every citizen ought to
blush with shame over the action Of
the labor department.
At Ellis Island the Countess said
she thought the Earrs departure for
Canada showed lack of pluck. She
said she had lots of fight" Yet and
| reasserted her statement that she
did not come to this country to see
either the Earl or Lady Craven. She
says.
Lady Craven blamed the Coontess
| for dragging me and all my ideals
| in the dust" Her husband was a
| poor sick soldier" at he time of the
| elopement when he was lured away
| by an older woman. she contended,
with the remark that good play for
| the Countess to see would be 1.-THE
Cradle Snatrhers."
In Montreal, the Earl denied guilt
of moral turpitude and expressed his
| shame of the country in which his
| mother. daughter Of the late Bradley
Martin OF New York, was born. He
plans to sail for Bermuda, joining is
wife there. He will not return to
answer the warrant sworn out
| against him by immigration officials
| who question his right to be in the
| United States.
| Ralph Neale, playwright and fance
OF Countess Cathart. has cabled an
| appeal from London to Secretary
Davis, asking him to reconsider the
| case. He also has asked President
Coolidge to intercede for the Coun-
| tess.
Ten prominent New York women
| plan to visit the Countess today to
express their sympathy for her de-
tention. They also propose to inter-
view Commissioner of Immigration
Curran at Ellis Island and plan to
wire Secretary Davis to grant stay
| in the deporttion proceedings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Captain Amundsen
Plans Trial Flights
Before Alaskan Trip

Portland. Ore, Feb. 16-(AP)-
Captain Road Amundsen plans to
make a preliminary fight in a dirigi-
BILE to Paris, London, Pullam and
Leningrad before starting from
Spitzbergen to Alaska this year, he
revealed here today.
He will begin his second attempt to
fly over the North Pole if the diri-
gible is ready then.
The explorer wished we'll for the
Detroit Arctic expedition headed by
Captain George H. Wilkins but feared
that if this party depended upon the
Actic waste to provide food it would
be disappointed. He said the mem
bers would starve> unless they car
ried their own food-or could live on
newspaper.
He related the experience Of DR..
Nansen's party, which found stray
polar bear in the Attic.
"They shot the bear to keep the
animal from dying of starvation or
inconsistencies" he added. 1.-THE bear
was very lean and poor. What do
you suppose they found in it's stom-
ach? A newspaper blow from Nam
sens ship"
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titles have been interested In

the project. o''e0 Al
Although the personnel has been
almost completed the names of two
or the pilots and a navigator cannot
be announced until they resign from
the United States service. Other nj
lots, however, will be Noel Vein. a
commercial aviator ~ho has flown
10000 miles in Alaska without mis-
nap, and Norman H. Read, a Yale
man, who Joined the royal air forces
at the war and has a record of al
most 5000 hours scout and recon-
naissance flying during the war in
the united States air service.
Other members of the party will
be Lowell Thomas, writer and .pho-
tographer; Harry Ehleb. mining en-
gineer. and L. l.. Jackson, radio ex-
pert formerly of the navy. and a
geologist and meteorologist on the
staff of the American Museum of Ma
tural History. An ornithologist and
botonist are yet to be selected.
The expedition is negotiating for a
steamer to transport its equipment
TO Point Barrow, Alaska, which is to
be the base also of the Wilkins ex-
petition. organized for the same pur-
pose. 1t is expected that there will
be intense sporting rivalry between
| the two expeditions. Lieutenat Wade
said he hoped the steamer would be
ready to leave Seattle on June 8 and
that the expedition would be prepar-
ed to make the first reconnaissance
flight early in June.
A hight to the Pole, as a. minor
purpose of the expedition. Lieuten-
ant Wade said, probably would be
attempted.
IF we find the unknown continent,
| which we feel certain lies to the
| north of Siberia and Alaska" he said,
I'VE shall establish q base there.
From there a round trip flight to the
Pole could be made in three hours,
with flying conditions right. That
| should be very simple matter"
The expedition will be equipped
with five Douglas planes since the
Douglas is an all.American plane.
Each will be equipped with three 22O
horsepower motors. If upon the
scouting trips land is discovered and
a favorable place found to establish
a base. the expedition may go in at
once and spend the winter. If the
situation calls for greater prepare
! ton plans will be made to go in the
| following summer.
Lieutenant Wade plans to make the
expedition self supporting. He has
made experiments of this nature for
the army, flying $50 miles from base
last summer and remaining in the
| woods of Michigan for a month with
a party of eight.
Lieutenant Wade will remain in
New York several days making pre-
parations for the expedition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
READFIELD

EAST-Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Mace
were guests Friday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Bailey, Winthrop Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Gordon were
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Williams, Mt. Vernon.
Miss Dorothy Keirstead was a
guest Saturday Of Mrs. Roy Mace.
Friends of Mrs. Abbie Cleveland
are very sorry to hear she is i'll.
Hazel and Sumner Trask were
weekend guests at the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
b Trask, Sidney.
Elmer Berry Of Winthrop Center
was calling on friends here Sunday.
Maurice Doughty. who has been In
Mt. Vernon for several weeks, has
returned to E. A. Gordon's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Sands have
moved into their new home.
Mrs. Florence Luce Is at the home
Of her son, Linwood Luce.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Mace were
guests Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
l.. Clough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
1000 NEW PLANES
CONTINUED from Page One)


Invites OF the navy, including $1s.eoo,-
600 for the air service. The latter fig
ure is exclusive of the 100000 con-
tract authorization item, although it
includes a like amount to provide
funds to carry out similar authorize
tion in the last act.
The House committee is called to
meet tomorrow and at that time Is ex-
pected to give final approval to the
new aircraft program, which calls for
about $3.50. 100000 less than the amount
recommended by Rear Admiral William
A. Moffett. naval air chief.
The Senate inserted in the bill an APP
preparation for the Lakehurst, N. j.,
air station in it's present status. Adam
donment Of the station was recon-
mended by the House appropriations
committee. but number ,of the naval
committee are in favor Of maintaining
it, and their opinion is expected to have
weight in the joint conference on the
bill.
As drafted, the fve-year program
worked out by the. naval committee
would provide for:
One thousand new airplanes at the
end of the period.
Two dirigibles, each three times the
size of the wrecked Shenandoah.
An appropriation, the amount unde-
termined. for an all-metal dirigible for
which the navy has been negotiating
with the Aircraft Development Corpo-
ration, backed by Ford interests.
The reduction of $150,000.000 in the
Moffett recommendations by the naval
committee was affected by el1minat-
ing funds for a new airplane carrier OF
the Saratoga-Lexington type, reduc-
ton by $50 in the number OF new
planes proposed. and elimination OF
provisions for planes for the eight
scout cruisers authorized by the last
Congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
COMING EVENTS

Feb. 17-Annual meeting Of Augusta
Chapter of American Red Cross.
Growers Convention at Auburn.
Feb. 20-Maine Y. NJ. C. A. volley ball
tournament at Auburn IT.
Feb. 20-21--Battalion officers schools.
103rd Infantry. at Portland. Lewis
ton and Bangor.
Feb 22-Annual meeting of Maine
Society, Sons of American Reyolu-
ton. at Congress Square hotel, Port
Feb. s2-washington'. birthday.
FEB: 2S; ;2s;o College Christian
University of Maine, orono.
Feb 26-Potato day in Maine.
March Municipal election at Bath.
March 1-Waterville municipal cleo
March 1-Lewiston municipal election.
March S-Belfast municipal election.
March S-Pittsfield annual town meet
March l1-1s-.Annual scholastic basket
ball tournament at the University Of
March I7-st. Patriek's day:
March Fourth weekly = Democratic
State convention at Portland, date
to be decided later
March 27-2S-School Of instruction at
Augusta for general officers. field of
ficers, divisional and brigade staff
officers and regimentaI staff officers
of all branches of Maine National
Guard.
March 29-April Farmers week at
University OF Maine.
April 4-Eas ter Sunday.
April Estate Republican Convention,
Portland.
April 17-1s-School of instruction at
Augusta for general officers. field
officers, divisional and brigade stan
officers and regimental staff officers
of all branches of Maine National
Guard.
April 1e-Nineteenth Western Maine
Jubilee of knights of Pythias at
South Portland High school.
April 19-Patriots day.
April 2S-May Maine Methodist Con-
ference. Rocl1land.
May Child Health day in Maine.
May 3O-Twenty-first annual conven-
ton Maine postoffice clerks at Pitts
field.
June 14-15-New England District
Convention of Lions Clubs, Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Nominations Made
;rst tl,I York Meeting
~ Associated Press

". York, Feb. 16-(AP)-The
NO.. ,S.,ing committee Of The AS
n0 a,.,sd Press met here today and
soc'sss ,r.ted to succeed themselves
ren0u allowing Ave directors whose
the l0srpire this year:
terms q Noyes, Washington Star;
Franz Ochs, New York Times;
Adolpn fores. Minneapolis Journal;
p. v .nthony. New Bedford STAN
B. H. Robert Mclean. Philadelphia
bulletin. r,,ttee also nominated as
I mates for director the following:
ea nanI patterson, Baltimore sun;
PAU newart, New York Sun; l: r.
W. Kansas City Star; Will
EirKwogpsan e Waterbury Republican;
Jam y . oliver, Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. .... also nominated two
Ins ,stes to fill the unexpired term
cana,SShy the death OF Victor r
S.rsou. They were: . n.u,
Water waiter A. Strong, chicago Daily
,,.rs. Hilton U. BROWN lnoiahap-
Nc"e
oils News: r,,ry twelve candidates
Ing ynted upon at the next an
wiz ~ meeting in New York, April 20
ns1t E. Adler, Chattanooga Times
n; - az chairman of the nomina-
pres'a aOmmittee, and Ogden NJ. Reed
ting ynrk Heraid-Tribune, acted as
New .arv The other members Of the
sssmmittee present were:
eenl,msrd Flicker, Bridgeport Tele-
su"E L. Miller, Battle Creek En-
sFam, and News; John 8. Cohen
as,Ianta Journal.
n nep s. Baker. Tacoma Daily
i T. O. Hayes, San Jose Mer-
.,,rv. Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Monitor Survivor
Takes Exceptions to
Elizabeth. N. j., Story

portland, Feb. 16.-Ihat Wills Sdh-
,.,a make, Elizabeth, n. j.. octogena-
~, was the last survivor Of the crew
=, the U. S. S. Monitor was fatty de-
,,sd today BY Charles II. Holt of s2S
nv street. Mr.. Holt read the
.nnoupcement of brakes death In the
sn.nars in which the belief that
=. vac the last living member OF the
=. ~ the famous Civil War gunboat
vas expressed. A..
xas aboard the Monitor from '62 10
u.s. and that he was still on decK.
Mr.. Holt, who is Is years old, can
M, remember anyone by the name OF
willis sanford Drake. He is not pre-
n.rsd 10 saw that he is the last sur
wing member of the Monitors crew,
hut ne feels quite certain that the man
In died in New Jersey was not the
last Monitor seaman.
The Portland man enlisted IN the
n,ry at New Yerk, 1852, with speciai
.nnl;cation for a berth aboard what
x.s them jokingly referred to as the
essess box on a raft" He took part In
an ths engagements in which the Mon
INV participated and covered herself
with glory. The most spectacular
fight vas, Of course, with the Merri-
mac. AT the conclusion Of the war IN
1855 Mr.. Holt received his honorable
discharge from the navy.
The local veteran Of the Civil war
and OF lifetime at sea was born In
Albany. n. Y. He was one OF seven
brothers and sisters.
AZ the age Of 11s years he ran
away to ship aboard the clipper ship
NARY Jane, then engaged in the tea
trade, From New York the Mary Jane
went to Hong Kong to obtain a cargo
Of tea and return. Two years later
Charles Holt left the ship in New York
10 enlist.
When the boy Joined the Monitor
that vessel was in command Of Lieut..
Warden. 1t was in the memorable
! battle with the Merrimac that that Of
fcer hurt his eyes while peeking
through peep-he to direct the Mon
itor's fire. He was theO replaced by
Lieut. Files.
Mr.. Holt says that it was practically
impossible for the men to get hurt, as
they were protected by the circular
house Of steel plate. Later, when he
was sailor aboard the battleship
Rearsarge he was slightly hurt in the
engagement with the Alabama Off the
coast Of France when he was struck
BY a flying splinter.
Nj. Holt has never experienced q
sick day In his life. He has worked
hard all his life and does not expect
70 retire for some time to come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Rheumatic
Pains Go
Swollen Joints
Vanish

Twisted, swollen. unsightly joints
are rapidly freed from pain and
brought back to normal with Rheuma.
Lame people walk without aid: sleep
comes to those who have been unable
to lie in bed: hands that were help
less because of terrible rheumatism
are now able to do their share for the
support of the family.
Rheuma. is a wonderful remedy for
rheumatism, govt, neuritis. lumbago
and neuralgia.
1t is wonder-werker; it never fall
ters, never gives up until every vestige
Rheuma acts on stomach, liver, kid
neys and bladder all at once and quick
ly brings long prayed for comfort to
distressed sufferers. Coughlin's Drug
Store and all druggists sell 1t with
guarantee of money back IL IT isn't
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
We Strive to Please

I'VE get some unusual requests
sometimes" said one of the operators
in the Dispatch telephone exchange,
'but one Of the most peculiar came
in last Tuesday morning. A lady
asked us to call a certain number
which she gave at II o'clock prompt
ly, explaining that that was the
time she had to take her medicine
and she was afraid she would forget
it,"
"And did YOU. do as requested?"
she was asked. II certainly did; it
might be that she was alone and
unable to rise and consult a time
piece" Pretty kind old world after
all. But that is certainly some
service for a private exchange
Columbia Dispatch.
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Seven Killed in
Kentucky Mine Blast

Central City, KY, Feb. 16-(AP)
Seven men lost their lives as re-
suit of an explosion late today in the
Nelson Creek Coal Company Mine
six miles north of here. Three Of
them were killed by the blast and
four, including sons of two of the
victims, gave their lives in the res
cue work. The six remaining men,
bers of the rescue squad of ten were
gassed, two of them so seriously
they are not expected to live.
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Mosbach, Baden, Germany, Feb. 16
-(AP)-Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
American wartime draft evader, re-
mains in the Mosbach jail with the
prospects Of his formal trial on i'm
morality becoming stronger. The
Baden attorney general, in charge of
investigating the accusations against
the former Philadelphia, today
characterized them as extremely
serious" but said that since they
come from source hostile to Berg
doll they will be investigated with
the utmost care. In view Of the
present aspects Of the case the at
torney general has ordered Bergdoll
held without bail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
SIDNEY
Isbjster.Swift

wEST-Harold S. Isbister OF
Chelsea. Mass, and Miss Dorothy +.
Swift, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
+, Swift of this place. were married
at the Congregational parsonage IN
Augusta by Rev. Andrew L. NC
Whorter, Saturday afternoon, FeD.
6, The bride was dressed In Whlte
satin with pearl trimmings and wore
A bridal veil. The double ring cere-
mony was used.
The bridal couple were ATTENDED
by the brides parents and MIS-
Mabel Blaisdell. After a short wed,
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Isbister WILL
return to Revere, Mass, and VIII re-
side in their new home at 1863 North
Shore road. Their many friends
wish them a long and happy welded
life. t
Mrs. William Blaisdell and daugh-
ter. Mrs. George Young, and little son
Raymond were visitors one DAY ias'
week of Miss Lena Taylor.
Mrs. c. L. Richardson is visltlnS
relatives .and friends in Augusta.
Freeman Whitlock went to Man .
chester Sunday to visit his sister at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. b. ROD
inson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Smith ana
little son Henry were at the Mills
homestead Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Freeman is visiting her
son, Chester Freeman, QUAKER roao
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HEARINGS AND MEETINGS AT
STATE HoUSE

Feb. Estate House family hold
party.
Feb. 25-Maine Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation holds mid-winter meeting in
Senate chamber.
Feb. 26--Mid-winter meeting of Maine
Federation Of Womens Clubs In
hall Of Representatives.
March 17-18-Annual state conference
Maine D. A. R. in hall of Represent
atiyes..
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DRESDEN
Everett Houdlette

VILLAGE-Everett Houdlett, who
had been very sick for many weeks
and a great sufferer for the past few
weeks, passed away Friday morn
ing. Funeral services were held at
his late home Tuesday at ] o'clock.
He leaves widow, two sons, and a
sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

hundred a year separation allowance.
make?"
Fair Client: Hes making about
three hundred at present, but I'm
sure he could do better if he had to.