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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

Mrs. Annie Perry of this city was
called to Waterville Thursday evening
by the illness of her granddaughter,
Jeanette Hebert.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

Miss Doris Buckley has returned to
her home on State street after sub
hitting to an operation at the Angus
ia General Hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

The Bible Glass of the Church of
the Open Door will be conducted by
Mr.. Greenwood at West Crescent
street this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

Motor Cop--You were doing 40
ma am.
Young -Forty-oh. was L?
Well you were doing as much your
self--So there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01
"DOING THE THINGS THAT ONE IS NOT PAID
TO D0"-S SPEAKERS DEFINITION OF SERVICE"
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. st. Clair OF South
China were calling on friends Thurs
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Knowles of
Belgrade were business visitors in this
city Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

DR.. Warren B. Sanborn is reported
to be quite Ill at his home on West
ern avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01

J. Alton Bates, who has been a pa
tent at the Augusta General Hospital.
has so far recovered as to be able to
return to his home in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01
WHTTEFIELD

Mrs. H. E. Palmer was entertained
Tuesday. at the home of Mrs. w. J.
Guild, Kingsbury street, Gardiner,
Mrs. Willard Stilphen and son,
Harry OF Lynn are enjoying a visit
at the Mathews homestead with her
brother. David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jason sEdgerly are
enjoying visit at their home in Au-
gusta.
Frank Robbins of Hallowell was a
recent guest OF his parents at the
Films.
harry Mcdonald has employment
at the Center.
Elwood Heath has his home light :
ed oy electricity.
MIS- Esteila Richardson, who has
peen visiting relatives in this vi
cinlty has returned to her home in
Fairfield.
carlton Gilbert and sister. Mrs
georgia Savage of Gardiner, were re-
cent VISITORS at Mr.. Gilbert's old
nome. Fairview farm.
me JeWett dahlia gardens are a
beautiful sight; as many as II visit
day. III one
NORTH-Everyone Is sorry IN
near that our new teacher is poinf,
10 leave US Mr.. Studley has ac-
Gepted much better position in New
hampshire. Mr.. Arata Of Halloween
is TO take over this school
Inc work on the State road is
progressing very nicely J. P. Clark
IS constructing this road.
b. r. Fowles has completed his
work at Whitefield and is now at
home. at
Herbert Hanson and Bert Johnson
are having extra good luck at duck
hunting.
Chester Boynton. who has been
crltlcaiiy i'll at the Gardiner General
Hospital, is reported to be improv-
ing.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Emery and
daughter, Miss Lulu Emery of An
Durn, were Sunday visitors of Mrs.
Frances Gray.
Percy Cunningham and Miss Mad =
cline Douglass attended Waldo fair.
Saturday.
Mrs. Frances Gray is suffering with
a bad cold.
Albert Jewett, of Southport, is at
home at the present writing,
Mr. Whittemore, of South Jeffer-
son, will preach at the Union church
on Sunday evening, at 80 p. m.
October B. Sunday school will be
at 1890 a m. They are hoping for
a large attendance to both morning
and evening services
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-01
LOCAL NOTICE

LOCAL NOTICE
Baked bean supper with cold meat
at G. A. Z. Hall, saturday night
from, < to p. NJ. oct II
Gold prize dance. North Augusta
Grange Hall tonight. Octl
Evening star., 1926-10-03

On the beach Snaeckgaedsbaden Sweden Since this
charming the Island of Gotland in the Baltic
by American vacatonsts several has
to be more and more frequented by them.
wood&
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
d. S. OPENS FIGHT
ON POISON LIQUOR

Y8Continued from Page y
another year, will not be spent for
purposes of deceit and falsehood,
rfor1 the creation of the very evil
.dence- on which to convict Offend
ers against the prohibition laws.
an4But they cling tenaciously to a
sorrfer piece of legislative villiany,
namely, that which contributes to
the death Of an untold number Of
Americans annually through the
drinking of Illegal beverages made
'of alcohol into which has been put
a poisonous denaturant, by order
of the government The anti-Ba-
loon league is particularly fearful
that this nurderous feature of en-
foBeement methods will be aban-
d6nedj
"Mr. Wayne Wheeler has classed
those who lose their lives through
drinking such poisoned concoctions
las guilty of deliberate suicide
The same, it will be recalled, was
said of those who dared to go on
board the Lusitania after the insol-
ent warning of the central pow
erS.H
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
Fasteners Hold
Scrimmage Practice
d For Frisco Clash

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 80 (AP)
-Scrimmage appeared ON today's
practice program of the eastern
football team which meets an all
star western eleven in the annual
East West. Charity game here New
Years day-a benefit for the Shriq-
ers' crippled children's hospital.
nisTAe eastern squad worked out
for two hours and at it's conclusion
iiiiNaYy BilP' Ingram, head coach,
expressed the belief that the team
from the sunrise side of the Rock
les was one of the strongest as
sembled ilH years. tHelsaidntlie boys
Were full of business" and out to
retrieve, honors i1ost last year at
the hands of the westernerS.
While the visiting team kept up
IA aQheayy training schedule, the
western delegation began tapering
off ON their practice sessions and
Coach Orin e. iHollingberry called
1T a day after an hour and half's
work.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
Game Warden To Issue Magazine On 4 o..
Wild Life Carrying Cover Design !
Drawn By Mesa High School Girl


PHOENIX, Dec, 1.-THE first
issue OF Arizona Wild Life, a new
state. monthly. publieatioa~deEeted
to the conservation of the wild life
and game in the state, will appear
in January, it was announced re-
Gently by d. E. Pettis, state game
warden, under whose direction the
magazine will be published free of
charge to citizens upon request.
To secure cover for the maga-
zine, a contest was held among the
art students of Phoenix Union and
Mesa Union High schools. The
best cover design was submitted
by Miss Edith Louise Harper, 1874
North Robson street, Mesa, for
which she will receive a prize of
$40, The design submitted by Miss
Harper will be used as the standard
cover of the magazine each month.
The cover design is a descriptive
drawing of the wild life in the
state. The central picture shows
a buck deer while the panel sur
rounding it shows a mountain
sleeps head with two beaver on
each side. Then there is a crane,
q quail and rabbit and the bot
tom pictures are of two polecats on
the outer edges with two coyotes
in the center.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
MOTHER RUSHES
TO AID OF BOY IN
PHOENIX COURT

PHOENIX, Dec. 80 (AP)-The
mother Of boy charged with first
degree murder came to his defense
in the Maricopa county superior
court today after a hurried trip
from California. The boy, Law
renee. Moss, dubbed the boy ban
dit" is on trial in connection with
the fatal shooting last month Of
w. ]. Perry, storekeeper, whom he
was attempting to- rob.
Moss defense is insanity. Mrs.
Ella hammers, his mother, who
marrier again after the death of
the boys father, recited details of
her past lift to save the boy whom
she termed her "odd acting SON."
She declared that young Moss
never had shown indications of
being normal since his birth. He
did not talk, she said, until he was
four years old, and had reached
only the third grade when he was
IA years old, at which time he was
committed to the state industrial
school at Fort Grant. 1t was soon
after he had completed his third
term in the school that he attempt
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
NC. A. A. Votes
To Quit American
Olympic Forces

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 (AP)--The
National College Athletic associa-
tion's, annual convention voted late
today to withdraw from member
ship, in the American Olympic asso-
citation as a result of opposition to
the control exercised by the ANA
teur Athletic Union in prepara-
tons for this country's participa-
ton in the 1928 Olympics.
The action of the n C. A. A,
marking the climax of it's twenty
first annual conference, was taken
by, Unanimous vote after the dele
gates had listened to an attack
by their president, Brigadier Gen
,eral Palmer E. Pierce, of the alleg-
ed unfair tactics of the A A. u, in
gaining control of the Olympic as
ISOLATION.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
Catalina Channel
Swin Start Is Set
sreds Back To Morning

+" Los ANGELES, Dec. 80 (AP)--
The flock Of swimmers which will
put off from Santa Catalina island,
January Is in an attempt to swim
from the mainland, Will start at Al
the channel separating the island
a. M, instead of 4 pm, Oscar Rel
chow, in charge of arrangements,
announced today. @
With more than a hundred en-
tries in and others arriving every
day,gl Reichow pointed out that
scores, were boNnd to collapse aft
er,the first few hours, necessitat-
ing picking them up in the dark
mess If the start was made in the
Hlate afternoon.
}nTf1e entry list is expected to
exGeed 150.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

Crimson Tide
Still Practices
Behind Guards

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 80 (AP)
Two field generals Of football
drilled their teams in widely diff
ferent fashion here today for the
Rose Bowl clash New Years day
between the University of Alaba-
ma and Stanford university, rep
resenting respectively the depart
ment of the east and west which
will decide the country's mythical
championship.
Coach Wallace Wade, two time
winner of the right to carry the
flag of the east at the annual
Tournament of Roses football clas-
sic, drove his men through hard
scri1nmage in the Arroyo gridiron,
while Pop" Warmer, coaching the
Red Shirts from Palo Alto, took
his western champions to Eagle
Rock for a mild but snappy signal
drill
The Cardinals, with Hank Mill
age spouting signals, scampered
about Occidental college field in
their silk pants for a time and then
engaged in Warmers systematic
setting up exercises. Eli Post got
the most action in the backfield
generals position, however, and it
was expected he would direct the
opening skirmish against the
Crimson Tide. Walker, Shipkey,
Poulson, Harris, Swan, Robesky,
McCreery, Hyland, Hoffman and
Bogue likely will finish out the
Red squad which takes the brunt
of the battle. r ~
"Biff" Hoffman, reversing artist
and pass HEAVIER is throwing the
ball lower and faster, sports crit
les say, than he did during the
regular playing aseason;" eliminating
uch of the lob. Hoffman also is
kicking faster and farther and fills
the triple threat bill almost to per-
fection. ~ a>'ts
Deepest secrecy surrounded the
work of the Tide. Sherlock"
Holmes took the field again today
and expected to play the pivot sta
ton Saturday.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

CASH IS KING HE
TELLS FUCAzY
AND ALL0THERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 CAP)--The
most attractive offer for a display
OF his talent in the ring will de-
eide the promotion of his first title
bout, Gene Tunney said today.
After a conference with Humbert
Fugazy, the heavyweight champion
said that Fuga2y had made him q
very liberal offer"
II have had Fugazys very lib
eral offer under consideration for
some time" Tunney added, explain
ing that the promoter met him to
renew it as the champion was about
to leave for st. Louis on the first
leg of vaudeville tour that will
keep him away from New York un-
til March,
"Fugazy's offer was the first con-
crete one / have had" the title
holder continued. "He knows as
we'll as l that l am after the best
offer. There was nothing said in
our talk about an opponent. That
will be matter for the promoter
to decide, and, of course, / don't
care who the man selected to meet
me shall be. All want is that he
be the best man."
The champion continued, how
ever, l will frankly admit that /
look for other promoters to make
me offers in week or two. There
are two leading promoters in the
East but there are other promoters
elsewhere and some of them may
approach me.
'The proposed bout in any event
will be in the summer, an open air
affair."
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
May Reduce Bag Limit
On Migratory Birds

PHOENIX, Dec. 30.-The United
States Biological survey has re-
quested D. E. Pettis, state game
warden, to supply the survey with
information concerning the rela-
tive abundance of migratory wild
fowl during the present season as
compared with other years, and
also whether hunters would ap-
prove a reduction in the bag linn
it's. Mr.. Pettis believes Arizona
hunters are the best source of in
formation upon these subjects and
he has requested that hunters, as
wen as all others interested write
to him and give their opinions for
the benefits of the biological sur
vcy.
Those who can help to supply
the information requested should
address their letters to Estate
Game Warden, State Capitol, Phoe-
nix" The letter from E. w. Mel
son, chief of the bureau Of biolo-
gical survey follows:
'The biological survey is anxi-
GUS to obtain the latest available
information concerning the rela-
tive abundance of migratory wild
fowl during the present season as
compared with other years. |
shall greatly appreciate it If you
will advise me promptly whether,
in your opinion, the numbers Of
wild ducks and geese in your
state have increased or decreased
during the present hunting season
over previous years, indicating the
approximate percentage of such
increase or decrease. Please ad-
wise also what in your opinion,
would be the reaction among the
sportsmen Of your state to a re-
duction il the federal daily bag
limit on wild ducks from say, 25
to 10, and on wild geese from 8 to
6, or any other reduction in the
bag limits.
Your prompt reply to this letter
will be greatly appreciated. We
are requesting all state game de-
parrlGents tc supply similar infor-
nation
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
BASEBALL MEN
DRAW LINES FOR
FIXING BATTLE

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. so (AP)
Definite decision regarding the
nature Of action to be taken to
clear the names Of Joe Wood, Ty
Cobb and iris Speaker of stigma
in connection with the present
baseball scandal is expected 4 to be
taken following conferences start
ing here tomorrow between the
principals in the case lit was indi-
Gated tonight.
/ Wood, Cobb and James o.; Nun
fin; Cobb's attorney, meeting here
to map out plans for the fight,
will be joined tomorrow by Speak
er and William Boyd, the eX-
Cleveland pilots attorney.
Murfin tonight said announce
ment regarding contemplated pro-
cedure would await conclusion of
the conferences with Speaker and
Boyd.
Asked if plans for instituting
damage action against persons re-
sponsible for the fixed game"
charges were discussed today, Muir
fin said he was not privileged to
say at this time,
None of the conferees would
comment regarding the departure
from here today of Frank Nayin,
president of the Detroit club, for
e. conference in Chicago with Com
missioner LandiS. M9
The trip, however, caused con-
siderable discussion in baseball
circles where it was interpreted; as
forecasting the drawing up of lines
between the groups at odds in the
case, preliminary to an expected
court battle. ~
al Meantime, Fred %. :, West, former
ball park attendant here, who was
alleged to have handled the bets
on the game in question and who
declared yesterday the money was
not placed ON the game but instead
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
Dempsey Wants
FitzSnnlllOllS To
Promote Battle

CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (AP)-To as
sist him in his campaign for re-
capture of ring laurels, Jack Demp-
sey sent. today for Floyd Fitzsim-
mons, Benton Harbor promoter. He
left for Los Angeles to talk over
plans for a heavyweight match next
summer
Before leaving. Fitzsimmons had
a talk with Pete Reilly, manager
of Jack Delaney, light heavyweight
champion. Reilly assured Fitzsim.
mons he would be more eager to
match Delaney with Dempsey than
he would with Tunney, because. he
said, Of Dempsey's great popular
ity.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
GERMAN SOCIAL
STATUS CLEARS,
ENVOY POINTS

; WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 (AP)-
, Winning back a place in the sun
for Germany on the social map of
Washington is one of the many
problems which nowadays besets
every German ambassador and his
wife.
, The late DR.. Otto Wiedfeldt, Ger
many's first ambassador after the
, conclusion of peace, frankly adj
mitted that to him had been as
. signed the role of "ice-breaker" po-
: litieally and socially, and in the
t. latter part he found the going par
: ticulsmy rough at times.
/. Grace and Tact Win
: Bus the present ambassador, Ba-
ron Ago Won Nathan and his wife
. ind Washington society cleared of
: much of the wartime and postwar
, debris, and what remains is rapid
. y giving way before the social
. graces and tactful procedure of
what is called "the new German
embassy crowd"
The. Maltzans have scored deci-
. sively in the manner in which they
f. have won a place in the capitals
. social> life. The Baroness, who
.. comes from a well known West
: phalian industrialist family, is nc
: stranger to diplomatic social life
Z and although a comparative new
: confer to Washington, she has
! quickly taken her place among the
official hostesses of the Capital.
Baron Won Nathan has proven
. himself good mixer by his demo-
T. cratic. manner and his extended
experience in the German foreign
ssorvice He is fond of riding, ten
mis- and golf and begins his official
tday early in order to be able to
. spend his afternoons outdoors. He
,is a member of the Chevy Chase
and Congressional country clubs.
Wiedfeldt Business Man
That the Baron also continues to
enjoy the complete confidence OF
his home government was demon
, strated when DR.. Stresemann, the
,German foreign minister, defended
him in the Reichstag against et-
stacks because the Baron displayed
the German colors on the embassy
building here. last Armistice day
Dr.. Niedfeldt was not service
imam" and it required considerable
persuasion on the part of the Ger.
man foreign office to induce hin
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
old BLACK SOX
SAYS HE KNOWS
OF 20 CROOKS

CHICAGO, Dec. 80 (AP)---Charles
(Swede) Risberg, former shortstop
for The Chicago White Sex tonight
was invited by Kenesaw NJ. Lands,
bars cbaN commissioner, to come to
Chicago and formally place before
him the information Risberg has
Been quoted / in newspaper inter
views as saying he can give and
'ther6by connect with baseball scan
dal a score of major league players
never before mentioned in connec-
tiCn with crookedness.
- Risberg's compensation and ex-
pehses were guaranteed in a tele-
ar2mi Commissioner Lands sent to
him tonight at Rochester, MINI.
''The earlier the better" was the
lands reply to Risberg's "chal-
lenge~ to the commissioner" print
ehin today's newspapers. Lands
and the big bosses of baseball don't
,want TO know the facts" the news
papers said. Risberg, who was
Gusted from organized baseball in
1920 along with the other BLACK
Sox' of the Chicago team of 1919.
'a7Thiso is a challenge to the COM
missioner, let's see what he'll do
about it.
The following telegram repre-
SCENTS what the commissioner did:
Papers print statement purpoiting
TO come from you to the effect that
you can give information that will
implicate twenty big leaguers who
never before have been mentioned
'ffi" connection with crookedness'
Assuming that you made that state
ment, I earnestly request to come
here with the facts. Fair comreu
.gation for your time and expenses
guaranteed Wire collect when
YOU may be expected, the earlier
the better.
(Signed) Kenesaw M. Lands. ;"
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
,ernlaTl Countess
Adopts Shot Put

BERLIN, Dec. 80 (AP)-The
ranks of German sportswomen
have received a distinguished re-
cruit in the person of Countess
Irene Won Einsiedel, whose grand
father was Prince Bismarck, the
renowned Iron Chancellor.
Countess Won Einsiedel, who is
in her thirties, has always led an
active outdoor life, but not until
recently has she got down to train
ing for competitions. She is spe-
cializing in the shot-put, and her
showing in this field event was SC
good at a recent trial that the Ger
man Sports Club awarded her it's
silver sports medal.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
Chicago Bow And
Arrow Expert In
Arizona For Lions

TUCSON, Dec. 30 (AP)-Stanley
Graham of Chicago, noted hunter
whose use of the bow and arrow in
chase of big game has made him
internationally famous, has again
entered the Arizona hills accom-
panied by Billy Chester, mountain
guide and lion hunter, and pack
OF we'll trained dogs, seeking
mountain lions.
Graham and Chester left no word
in the city regarding their exact
destination, but it was understood
they were to go to the lower Rim
cons in search of mountain lion.
Graham, under Chester's guidance,
managed to obtain several good
hides with his bow and arrows on
previous hunt in Arizona.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

Safford-Contract let for 7-mile
Graham Road project, to cost
$95,000. Production of citrus fruit
from Salt River valley estimated
at 250 carloads grape fruit, and
$50 carloads of oranges, this in ad-
dition to local consumption.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

promoter of the Reid-Cashion cat
tie company, of Seligman, former
ly one of the largest cattle. COM
panies in the state.
The company is considering the
grazing of 10000 sheep on the
ranch early this spring. #
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

ed to hold up the Perry store.
Final arguments in the case will
be given tomorrow morning, and it
is expected to be in the hands of
the jury by noon.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

Tucson. Helmet Peak Mining &
Milling Company sinking vertical
shaft from 150 10 $50 leve! at its
Olive Camp property.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

4 hand operated machine with
which heavy embroidering can be
done at home is an English inven-
ton.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31
:. A. Reid Heads
Firm Which Buys
Big Apache Ranch

ST. JOHNS, Dec. 30.-The Long
III. ranch, comprising $4,000 acres
of patented land in Apache county,
has been acquired by the f. A.
Reid development company and
will be restocked next spring.
The development company, which
acquired the land, the water and
ranch rights and the buildings
from the 1ucker-Church livestock
company, is directed by F. A. Reid,
Phoenix resident and president of
the Salt River Valley Water Users
association. Reid was the chief
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

was wagered on a horse race, be-
came uncommunicative.t4 He de-
clined to discuss the conflict be-
tween his statement and his testi-
mony he was quoted as having Civ
en- before Commissioner Landis re-
garding the wagerS.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-31

L. r: She scTeameu TOT NeIp
when I kissed her, so I gave her
another helping.-Witt.
to exchange his post as directing
head of the Krupp corporation for
the job of initiating the resumption
of diplomatic relations with the
United States in Washington. He
referred good naturedly to his So
cial isolation in the capital, and
did not weary of comforting his
immediate staff whose members
not infrequently found themselves
confronted by chilly aloofness i'll
their social rounds.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-05
DAN SUTHERLAND
 INTRODUCES BILL
 CHANGE MINELAW
WOULD PROHIBIT ONE PERSON LOCATING MORE THAN TWO
 PLACER CLAIMS MONTH

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5 (P)- Delegate Sutherland introduced a bill in Congress to amend the mining laws of Alaska. The bill would pro- hibit one person from locating more than two placer mining claims in any one month in the same recording dis trict; also requiring a person locat- ing mining claim for another to carry written power of attorney.
 Another Sutherland bill would ex- tend the time for completion of the Alaska Anthracite railroad main line and Saltwater and Canyon Creek branches another year
 Another Sutherland bill would ex- to Annette Island, and the Secretary tend the United States mineral laws of Interior would be authorized to tax the net income of any operating com pany on the island one per cent for the benezt of the Metlakatla people.