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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Speaker Escapes
Embarrassing Vote
In House Decision

Washington, March 22.-(APl-The
three women members of the House di.
vided today on the question whether
members of their sex should sit or
Juries on the District of Columbia su.
preme court.
In tie vote, 81 to 81. Mrs. julius
Kahn of California and Mrs. Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey favored, while
Mrs. Edith Rogers Of Massachusetts
opposed.
How does the speaker voter" came
from the rear of the chamber.
A troubled look spread over Long
worth's face. He fingered a piece OF
paper on which the 57-57 stood out
threateningly while members on the
floor grinned.
Representative Underhili, Republi-
can, Massachusetts,, rescued him from
embarrassment by asking Tor vote
by tellers. This vote was decisive
20 to SO against the bill-and the
speaker was allowed to smile.
In roll call later. however, the bill
was approved. 1873 to 1872, but is. sub
ject to another series of votes.
During debate on the measure Mr..
Underhill said the forcing of jury
service on women would be "sad
commentary on present day chivalry.''
Just because women have equal
property rights" he said, ."they should
not be saddled with this burden"
Representative Blanton, Democrat,
Texas. then offered an amendment to
make such service applicable only to
"fappers."
"Why discriminate against the flap
per?' asked Representative Boylan,
Boylan, Democrat, New York. "They
are an integral part of present day
civilization"
You're entitled to your opinion" re-
Joined the gentleman from Texas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23

cate Gregory tonight, Groehl said he
wanted TO supplement- the affidayit
now In his hands with personal testi-
mony. The existence Of such an at
defense counsel.
Groehl said Gregory had been TAX
en- 70 Wethersfield prison, and picked
chapman from among three prison-
ers as the man who was on a train
night before the murderer and from
whom he borrowed a newspaper.
gregory was last heard from.
Groeni said, last October, when he
was In small town in upper New
Iork state. Since then. Groehl said,
he has been missing,
Groehl declined to say tonight
whether he had definitely decided to
ask new trial for Chapman, but de-
clared the testimony of Gregory
is made 49,
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SEEK WITNESS
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torlous robber and convicted muir
derer is being sought, Frederick j.
Groehl. senior attorney for Chapman.
announced tonight. Nh Groehl said
that the missing man, Charles w.
Gregory, has already made an afti-
davit that Chapman was not in New
Britain. Conn. at the time PATROL
man Sicily was killed.
Mr.. Groehl said that Gregory has
made an affidavit that he rode on the
train with Chapman from Spring
field, Mass, to New York, the night
before the murder.
Gregory is one of three men. Groehl
revealed tonight. whose testimony he
believes strong enough to get a new
trial for Chapman, who is condemned
to die April s
Groehl did not name the other two
witnesses. One, he said. rode with
Chapman from Grand Central sta
ton TO Brooklyn on the subway the
night before the murder. His testi-
mony is said to corroborate that of
Gregory.
The third witness has told Groehl
he was passing within few feet of
the department. store in which Pa
trolman Shelley was slain, and saw
his murderer escape. This witness.
said Groehl, did not offer TO testify
at Chapman's first trial because
domestic complications" would have
ensued had it been known he was in
New Britain at the time.
In broadcasting the appeal to To-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23

Baltimore came here to question Whit
temore and to urge his immediate ex-
tradition. Mr.. Edgett said the prison.
er confessed that he killed the peni-
Tertiary guard while making his es-
cape from prison.
Evidence given to the grand Jury,
upon which the indictments were bas-
ed, dealt with crimes ranging from
Baltimore to Buffalo, N. T., but GEN.
tered chiefly in New York. Much of
the evidence comprised confessions
said by police to have been made by
members Of the gang. of which Whit
temore was the alleged leader.
The indictments charged White
more, his wife. and Anthony Paladino,
"Shuffies" Goldberg, Leon and Jake
Craemer, with the robbery of Albert
v. Gouvis. jeweler. Of Fifth avenue.
last January. Investigation revealed
that the loot. previously fixed at $780,
900. was s150,O00. all in uncut or un-
mounted diamonds.
Whittemore. Palladino and Goldberg
confessed to their share in the rob-
berry, the police said.
Palladino alone was indicted for the
robbery Of Lawrence Ross, jeweler,
May 9.
The Craemer brothers were indicted
for the robbery of Folmer & Prip. jew
elers, in Nassau street. December 10,
when $4,000 worth of jewels were
taken.
Whittemore, Goldberg and Jake
Craemer were indicted for the theft of
$4,000 in gems from Robert M.
Ernsts jewelry store December 2.
Assistant District Attorneys Murphy
and Hastings asserted that the gang
sters admitted eight other robberies,
that at least IL other indictments
would. be found against them. They
said the grand jury would be busy all
week on the evidence before it con-
corning the gang.
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PUBLIC HEARING
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sentation of it's case with the vets
taking the stand first.
Besides approving the program for
the hearings, the committee endorsed
the action of the sub committee in
indefinitely postponing consideration
Of bill by Senator Edwards, Demo-
crat, New Jersey, for repeal of the
Volstead act. This measure was pig
eonholed, 1t was explained, because
it's passage would leave the govern
ment without authority to enforce
the dry constitutional amendment.
The first measure that will be con-
sidered is that by Senator Bruce,
Democrat, Maryland, proposing to
change the eighteenth amendment SO
that those states and communities
which were wet when the dry law
went into effect again would be wet.
but would have to depend upon the
federal government for their limited
supplies of intoxicants.
Then the beer bills and the Edge
measure to remove the restrictions
on prescription whiskey will have
their innings. There are three beer
bills proposing four percent, 2.75 per-
fact" Senator Edwards. Democrat,
New Jersey, is author of the first,
and Senator Edge. Republican, New
Jersey, sponsors the other two.
Wet leaders have no hope that the
committee will report any of the bills
favorably. They asked for hearings.
they explain, so congress can elicit
officially the opinions of enforcement
officers, educators, ministers and 9TH
ers as to how the dry laws should be
amended so as to make their en-
forcement less difficult.
Senator Walsh, Democrat. Mon
tana, who voted against the hearings
based his opposition on the ground
that they were requested merely for
the purpose of spreading wet propa-
ganda.
Prohibition was touched upon
tuoched upon briefly today in the
senate, Senator Bruce interrupting a
debate on the European situation to
say he wanted to bring the senate
back to a consideration Of serious
domestic situation. He then read a
newspaper poll showing 2,727.579
votes against prohibition to 520,49I
in favor of it.
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Seek Safe Deposit
Box with 100000
Loot New York Gang

New York. March 22-(AP)-A
safe deposit box which police believe
holds a part of the 100000 loot of
numerous crimes in four cities al
legged to have been committed by a
gang led by Richard Reese White
more, escaped convict, was sought
today.
Police We're also working on evil
dence found on one of the seven men
under arrest. State officials were I'M
decided today whether they would
permit the extradition of Whittemore
to- Baltimore for trial for Staying a
Maryland penitentiary guard during
his escape last year, or attempt to
convict him and others of the gang
for killing two guards in $4,000
hold-up in Buffalo last October.
An automobile license found on
"Shuffles" Goldberg. one of the band
has led police to suspect. that the
Whittemore 'fnob" was responsible
for the Buffalo hold-up and murders.
The license bore the signature of a
man whose name was on card
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Believe Missing
Girl Can Throw Light
On Merritt Suicide

WATERFOWL. Mass, March 22-(AP)
Police today were seeking the
identity of girl whom they believe
holds the key to the mystery of Els
ton A. Merritt's suicide.
Merritt, %, yesterday shot himself
through the head while telephoning to
girl from gasoline station oper-
ated by his father, during the lat
ters temporary absence.
The father told the authorities his
son had been conversing with girl
when he left the Office. Fifteen
minutes later a man entering the
place, discovered Merritt dead on the
floor, the receiver of the telephone
dangling from its cord on the wall.
Friends of the youth said he had
been keeping company with Gather
inc F. Laffey, 10, of Cambridge.
telephone operator at nearby eX-
change. A cousin of the girl denied,
however, that Miss Laffey had talked
with Merritt, and said the first she
knew of his act was when she re-
turned home from a walk.
The girl said Miss Laffey had not
seen the youth since Christmas time.
Merritt had been employed as a
chauffeur for the firm which owned
the station his father tended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
points to Need of
reaching Local
lI;story in Schools
Kennebec Journal)

.r,acial to henhepec 'ourhall
'Sp Ever Me-, March 22.-Bertram
n.ckard, deputy State commits
If education. speaking on the
s'v ,,.ct .Teaching of Local History
sup ~ schools" at meeting of the
" Club of this city this af-
.oon declared that because of its
.rtance local history has been
i.p mo part of the State course Of
s, and is required to be taught
" i, the public schools of the State.
I'VE believe" continued Mr.. Pack
:, Yhat this is Of supreme i'm
.,tance for two reasons. First, that
intimate knowledge of the place
:, ones birth inculcates a greater
's.ction for that locality and a
-..,er love for his native state. II
.,,refore inspires a feeling of patri-
I la;s,,, and makes for better citizen
o.isI Second, the study of local his
sur &c primarily a study of history
W. its sources. Studying history
.h;s way creates within the, mind
~ ,ho pupil what may be termed
~ historical sense, an instructive
.n;tv to distinguish between what
a ~ ,rne and what is false and to
En- TO throw aside that which does
i ~. appear absolutely reliable and
.assnstworthy, Maine is and always
.as been. a great state especially in
40. aa character of the men and wo-
s ~. II has produced. 1t is only by
study of our early history that we
an understand the underlying prin-
cnIes which have brought about this
result ,t. r.,
mast at Cushnoc and of the little
pp,;ssion of the Church of the AS
.umntion in the immediate neighbour
sood of Cushnoc and Arnold's expe-
alton I'D the Kennebec to Quebec
w. illustrative of the interesting ma
.arial for history study in connection
ri,h the Kennebec. The settlements
along the other rivers are equally In
.aresting. The part that the prov
NEE of Maine played in the French
and Indian Wars, in the war of the
Evolution and in the war of 1872
is14 is all of thrilling interest and
should be familiar to all school chill
dren in the state.
@NIuch of value has been accom-
n,isbed in the schools of the state.
Histories and biographies have been
vritten and pageants have been pre-
sented. The plan of compiling a Sc
,ies of questions concerning the early
history of the locality and of offering
nrlzes for the most successful COM
netitor has been carried out in many
communities. 1t is essentially a COM
munity project in which parents and
teachers and pupils may protitably
cooperate. The work should be done
At once for while the material is
abundant yet it should be preserved
before it is too late"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23

found In a sedan abandoned by the
Buffalo gunner after the hold-up.
Among the murders laid at the
gangs door are those of three for
mer members of the gang-Simon L.
Gilden, whose body was found in
Trinity church yard in December;
Chicago Tommy" Langella, and
Spike" Kenny, who were found dead
in different parts of New Jersey. The
seventh supposed victim is former
Police Captain Henry Helwig, who
disappeared after a band recently
held up two jewelers. on Fifth avenue
and escaped with $150.000 Of unset
diamonds.
Helw1g, then employed as a private
detective, fired on the robbers. who
are believed to have killed him to
prevent recognition by him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Vain Search for
MarbIehead Slasher

Marblehead. Mass. March 22-(AP)
Police continued today their eff
forts to discover the identity of a
"slasher" who attacked an IS year
old high school girl Saturday night.
Miss Beatrice Wright. the victim,
had largely recovered today from the
effects Of the shock she suffered.
The cuts, on the legs and head, are
superficial and not serious. it was
said, at the hospital where she was
treated
Fearing that a maniac might be at
large the police have issued a warn
ing to women to remain off the
streets after dark unless escorted.
Miss Wright. daughter of William E.
Wright, shoe manufacturer, was
passing across dark schoolyard
when attacked. She fought back
and screamed, and the slasher fed.
1t is thought that he might have used
a razor. Miss Wright could not des-
cribe her assailant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day. Capt. George d.
Wilfred Gour has reported from the
Central Brance for readmission.
Delbert Clapper of Lakeport. late
90. H. LIST N. H. Inf, has reported for
readmission.
The regular Wednesday pictures will
be omitted on account of the minstrel
SHOW by the Hallowell musical enter
tainers.
Burroughs have been granted to
William Townsend to Brockton and
David H. Staples to Welchville. e.
Franklin B. Davis, late Co. A, 10th
Conn. Inf. has been granted a dis
charge and will make his. home in
Winsted, Conn.
The membership of the Home Mon
day was GA with 166 absent. There
are 164 sick in the hospital
The funeral OF the late Charles
Kehoe was held In the Home chapel at
1880 Monday, Rev. FIR. Mclaughlin Of
floating. 49,,
Philip z. Conway of Boston, late
Machine Gun Troop 10th U. S. Cav;
John j. Keegan of Providence, late
Co. D, list r. 1. Inf; Ansel E. White
of Jonesboro, late U. s. Provost Gds..
and William E. Wall of Boston. late
Co. D, Bird U. S. Machine Gun Btn..
have been admitted.
James P. Brennan of Lawrence, late
Co. Z, 9th U. S. Inf; James Drugan
of Boston, late Co. l, 9th U. S. Inf;
Sumner Hayden of Roxbury, late u.
S. .Quartermaster's Corps; Thomas J.
Lotus of Lawrence. late Co. E. 9th
Mass. Inf. and Frederick A. Madison
of New Haven, late Machine Gun
Troop 10th U. S. Cav, have reported
for admission.
B. F. Varnum of Augusta was q
business visitor Monday in camp.
The Legion MINISTRIES will holds its
regular rehearsal at o'clock in the
Home Theatre Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Red Horse Sign
Again Swings at
FOrd's Wayside Inn

Sudbury, Mass, March 22-(AP)-
Henry Ford has again come to the
rescue of antiquity. This time it was
the sign which back in the sixties
swung before the Wayside Inn, Mr..
Ford's purchase and hobby.
Half effaced by rain and shine,
the Red Horse Frances on the sign"
Longfellow wrote in his Tales of a
Wayside Inn" The object of the
verses was removed two decades ago
by some mischievous students. but
they left it in their hired sleigh. The
owner of the sleigh tossed it into his
hayloft, and there it has lain ever
since.
Recently Ford told his agent, Will
liam Taylor. to get back the sign. and
today it was restored to it's rightful
place and the red horse pranced anew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Hold 3 Suspects
In S25O,OOO Stamp
Robbery i'm Pawtucket

Blackstone, Mass. March 22-(AP)
Three men were held here today
while police tried to link them with
the recent robbery at the Pawtucket,
K. l.. post office where more than
$250.000 worth Of stamps were stolen.
The men were caught in the act of
robbing the post office in Millville,
early today by Deputy Sheriff j.
Harry Flynn.
Reused from his sleep by Simon
israel, resident near the post office,
who heard the crash of glass as the
three men entered the building, Dep
uty Flynn rushed to the scene with
israel, firing a shot in the air, and
calling to the men to throw up their
hands. Covered by Deputy Flynn,
the men quickly acceded to his re-
quest and were placed under arrest.
burglars tools, wires, explosives and
other implements necessary to blow
the safe were found strewn about the
hoor near the safe. According to
Deputy Flynn. the three men were
about to begin work on the safe
when apprehended.
A 48-calibre revolver of the special
police type was found in the office
near the burglars implements. Other
tools found were a sledge hammer,
two heavy iron bars and an auger bit.
The three men gave the names of
Jack Burke, Frank Martin and Billy
Burke and claimed their residence as
Boston. These names are fictitious,
according to Deputy Flynn.
A letter found on Martin indicated
to police that his name is Frank Fa-
gan, resident of Providence. Deputy
Flynn is Of the opinion that all three
are residents of the Rhode Island city.
The letter was addressed to Friend
joe at Miami, Fla, and led Deputy
Flynn to believe that Martin was con-
nected with the Pawtucket robbery.
The letter told of the arrest of
George" last week and the writer
said he believed the police were going
to bag" him for the Pawtucket Job.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
Couple Die Within
Few Hours Each Other

Memphis, Tenn, March 22-(AP)-
After 81 years of happy married life
together DR.. and Mrs. r. r. James of
Cotton Plant, Ark, died in a Mem
phis hospital yesterday within a few
hours of each other. He was So years
old and she was so.
DR.. James, known as the wealth.
est man in Woodruff county, Ar
kansas, died after a general break
down due largely, his associates de-
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| friends of his parents. was accepted
as part of the permanent town rec
ords.
Newport, r. l., March 22.-,AP(-
Two rival motor. bus lines made an
agreement today to operate jointly be-
tween this city and Fall River and
Providence. They are the New Eng
land ,Transportatioa Company. sub
sidiary of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad. and the Newport
Electric Company, which operates the
Colonial Line. Under, the agreement
the lines will also use the same ter
minals in the three cities.
Boston, March William
NJ. Lovejoy of Watertown, recently i'm
dicted in Cleveland with 100 others
for conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition act, surrendered to the
United States marshal here today. He
pleaded not guilty before L. S. Com
missioner Jenney and was released in
$4,000 for a hearing AnrSf IL. Lovejoy
is manager of a storage warehouse
here from which 1t is alleged alcohol
was shipped to the west.
Washington, March 22.-(AP)-The
rejoinder of Col. Alexander Williams.
marine corps, to the charge of intoxi-
cation laid against him by Brig. Gen.
Smedley D. Butler in San Diego, Cal,
reached the navy department today
and the case was taken up for legal
survey by the judge advocate general
of the navy.
Worcester, Mass, March 22.-(AP)
Chief Justice erthur P. Rugg of the
Massachusetts, supreme court is at a
| tai har 4yz ton fAr 49,
pendix operation. His condition is not
considered serious. The attending
surgeons anticipate that the operation
will be successful
New York. March >22.-(AP)--
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, re-
turned today on the Royal Mail liner
Ohio, from a months cruise of the
West Indies. He was accompanied
by Monsignor r. ]. Haberlin, chan
cellor of the Boston diocese. The
cruise took him through several
wet" West Indian countries, the
only places where he saw any evil
dence of drunkenness was in Porto
Rico, United States possession. The
Latin people, as a whole, he said,
know how to drink in moderation.
Cnle1tl, Italy, March 22.-(AP)-
The trial of the five men accused of
kidnapping and numbering the anti
Fascist deputy, Matteotti in June,
1924, entered it's final phase this af-
ternoon when the Crown prosecutor
began summing up his case. The
prosecutor took the floor after the
defense attorneys had demanded the
inclusion of an additional defense ar
gument of ''extenua ting circum-
stances" in the list of questions to
be answered by the jury.
Cambridge. Mass, March %
(AP)-President Glenn Frank of the
University of Wisconsin in an inter-
view published today in the Harvard
Crimson, compared the present cleo
tive systems of American colleges to
an intellectual cafeteria and urged a
dramatization of learning compar-
able to football
Dedham, Mass, March 22-(AP)--
Stanislaus Kwistowslli of Cambridge
pleaded not guilty. in district court
today of numbering his wife, Frances.
Mrs. Kwistowski was found beaten
to death and her body weighted with
a heavy stone. in a brook in East
Dedham, last Friday. 1t was believed
that she was killed Thursday night.
The court today ordered Kwistowski
held without bail for hearing March
81.
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New YOrk-BOstOn
Air Route Nav l

New Haven, Conn. March 22.-(AP)
Officers of Colonial Air Transport,
mo, announced at dinner given to
commercial and industrial men of the
state here tonight that the New York
to Boston air line would probably open
May 1. This date, it was said, depend
ed on the delivery of planes and the
securing of suitable terminals in Bos-
ton and New York.
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clared, to the fact he realized his wife
was dying from throat trouble.
Until yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. James
were in the same room at the hospital
but they were separated because the
physicians realized the end was near.
Mrs. James died at A. NJ.
DR.. James, told that his wife had
died. declared Il am ready now" He
succumbed at 5.35 p. NJ. =
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breeds bacteria and invites tooth
decay,gum troubles and pyorrhea.
Remove it and you will be
amazed at what you see. Discard
old ways now. Get Pepsodent at
any drug store. Or send for 10
day tube-no charge.
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Wall Street Briefs

New York, Mar. 22.-(AP) - Net
earnings of the Western Electric
Company, nearly all of the common
stock of which is owned by American
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
were $23, 141,74O for 1925, against
$1S,06S,396 the year before. Its prin-
cipal business is supplying equip
ment and materials to the companies
constituting the Bell system. and
started 1926 with s90.S19,000 of I'M
filled orders, al increase of $4,2S3,-
900 over the preceding year. Total
sales billed in 1925 were $297,729, 600.
The company had 21,41S,305 cash on
hand in banks at the close of the
year and owned s10,142,000 in mar
ketable securities.
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Want WhittemOre
CONTINUED from Page one)

return to Baltimore to stand trial for
the murder of a prison guard last year
were before Governor Smith for sig
nature but executive action was de-
ferred at the request of District Attor-
ney Banton. The district attorney
said that he might need Whittemore
in building up his case against the
others.
Assistant States Attorney Edgett Of
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Famous 100000 stars of the
movies use this new method as a
makeup" before going on a
scene. That is why movie smiles
are so gleamingly white. Leading
dentists widely advise it because
1t protects the teeth and gums.