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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-13

HARDWOOD-Best dry. hard. sea-
soned under cover: ! cord box. $3.50;
u cord box $3.50: kindling. baskets
81, 16 baskets 81. B. c. Shaw's shed.
Tel 464-W
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
California To Bar
Arizona Cotton Seed

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 20
(AP)-Extension to Arizona of the
pink boil worm quarantine hith-
erto enforced only against Texas,
New Mexico and Louisiana, was
announced today by G. H. Hecke,
state director of agriculture. Hecke
said his action was based on the
recent discovery of pink boil worm
in Arizon cotton. a discovery he
described as presenting an emer-
gency to the cotton industry of the
vest
The quarantine will prohibit i'm
portation into California of cotton
seed from Arizona, since seed is
the most prolific carrier of the
pest.
Cotton lint and linters Will be
admitted only under permit, which
will provide for effective treat
ment.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
VEAL THY YOUTH
ADM| TS KILLING
CHICAGO CHILD.
Feared He Would 'Tattle'
So Pounded Life Out
of Him With Hammer,
Slayer Declares
NAMES IL OTHERS

CHICAGO, Dec. 20 (AP)-Con-
fessed slayer of six year old Walter
Schmith, killed because of fear that
the child would tattle about an at
tempt to force degeneracy upon
him, Harold Joseph Croarkin, 26,
scion of wealthy family, was held
in seclusion by the police tonight.
Although Croarkin was surren-
dered late yesterday by his uncle,
Francis p. Croarkin, attorney and
former member of the Chicago
schoolboard, and almost Immediate
confessed he killed the child
with three blows with a black
smiths hammer, no charge had
been placed against him.
His Second Offense
Jailed once previously for attack
ing a child, Croarkin said that fear
of a penitentiary sentence for a
second offense impelled him to en-
tice the Schmith child to the gar
ret of the Devon Riding Academy
and beat him to death.
From eight to twelve other child
rem, equally divided as to girls and
boys had been his latest victims,
Croarkin. admitted after nearly 20
hours of questioning.
Te told a story of frightened
wanderings from Friday night,
wien he revealed the Staying to
two Catholic priests until he was
surrendered late yesterday.
He was pronounced normal by
psychiarists, despite the state
ment Of his uncle that he always
had been backward 1t was re-
yealed that in school he had aver
aged high marks and that he had
profitably transacted large bust
ness deals in connection with the
wholesale flour business of his
father. Peter P. Croarkin. Mr..
Croarkin is dangerously i'll, but has
been told of his sons crime.
Little Victim Buried
The body of Croarkin's victim
was laid to rest today after a
brief funeral service at the Sch
mith home. The mother, Mrs
Schmith, was on the verge of a
collapse, and Schmith sobbed
throughout the service. Little
Walters casket was borne by six
playmates.
At Croarkin's attorneys today,
he was confronted by c. B. Feeley,
father of little girl Croarkin was
arrested last summer for having
annoyed. Feelee was restrained
with difficulty and shouted that he
would save the county the expense
OF Croarkin if he could get to him
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Husband Kills Self
AS Divorce Nears

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (AP)-
c. Gordon McKim, wealthy oil pro-
motor, ended his life in his home
here Sunday night by swallowing
poison after failing to effect re-
reconciliation with his estranged
wife, a police representative reveal
cd today. McKim called at his
home seeking a reconcilition with
his wife who had started divorce
proceedings. He was playing with
his two children when he was serv-
ed with papers in the case. He
rushed into the kitchen end drain
ed the poison contents of small
phtal. The McKims were married
three years ago.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
HEFL|N INSISTS
DAUCHERTY PAL
WAS MURDERED
Smith Knew Too Much
and Inside Fall-Doheny
Story Would Startle
Nation, He Ayers
PROSECUTION NEAR

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 APP =
Unlimbering another attack on the
Harding administration, Senator
Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, told
the Senate today that Attorney
General Daugherty's friend, Jess
Smith, was murdered because he
knew too much" and that it would
open the eyes of the nation" if the
inside story of the recent Fall-Do-
heny oil conspiracy acquittal here
ever were told
Senator Mellon was pictured by
the Alabaman as receiving funds
collected by Smith from brewers
and bootleggers' in payment of
advances to the Harding campaign
fund. In all, he said, the treasury
secretary advanced So, 5,000.0D0 =, to-
the Republican national committee
and Smith was delegated to get
back $2,oOQ,OO0 OF. it from the trade
and through the agency of the Uni
ted States district attorneys.
Testimony Revealed
To support this statement, the
senator produced excerpts from
testimony given by former District
Attorney Boyles OF southern Ala
bama, in a court proceeding at
Mobile. The court record, he said,
showed that Boyle's testified he
talked with Frank Boykin, a friend
of Smith, about raising the $2,-
600 900. Reading from the record
Heflins said Boyle quoted Boykin as
saying that ''the plan is to have Ii
quor men, the men in the liquor
business and the breweries to con
tribute to this fund" and that
United States attorneys in some
places already had been arranged
with" to do the actual collecting.
All of this testimony, said Sena-
tor Heflin, was read at a secret
meeting of the Senate judiciary
committee last April when Boyles'
nomination for another term as
district attorney was pending.
Boyles himself was present, and
according to the committee record,
he said at one point that he had
not said the things attributed to
him. The district attorney did say,
however, according to Senator Hef-
lin, that he had asked Jess Smith
to help his candidate for United
States marshal.
80 Boyles was to get Jess Smith
to have his man appointed United
States marshal to gather in the
loot on this rotten work"
Continued on Page 81
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Common Law Wife
Wins Compensation

PHOENIX, Dec. 20 (AP}-Al-
though common law marriages are
not recognized by the Arizona law,
the state industrial commission to-
day awarded $6S.25 monthly to a
woman whose common law hus-
band was killed last month while
employed by the Katherine Gold
Mining company on the ground
that their relationship had been
established and acknowledged
while living in Nevada.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Kickin' Dog Around
Starts Gun Battle

PINTSVILLE, KY, Dec. 20 (AP)
A shooting scrape at Carver yes
terday, that is said to have started
when one of the participants step
ped on a dog resulted in five men
being shot, three probably fatal
ly.
Ollie Williams, Addie Jackson,
and Add SaIyer were brought to
g hospital here in a critical CON
dition today. Arlie Cole and Earl
Jackson were the others wounded.
According to Johnny Jackson,
the trouble started when one of
the men accidentally stepped on a
dog lying by stove around which
the men were sitting. He said
the men began shooting at each
other without any of them know
ing who fired the first SHOT or
which one shot the other.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Bill For I0New
. Cruisers Passed
at House Parley

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AP)-
Within less than 48 hours from
the time of it's Introduction, the
Butler bill to authorize an appro-
priation of $1Q5,OOO,OOO for. con-
struction Of ten light cruisers was
approved by the House naval COM
mittee today and was reported to
the House.
The action was taken at an exc
cutive meeting of the committee
which also went on record as ia
voring an immediate appropriation
of funds to start building the three
cruisers of the same type authoriz-
ed in 1924
The committee likewise directed
Chairman Butler to introduce a
resolution requesting early consid-
Grafton by the House of the bill
which Butler introduced after he
and four other committee mem
OCI llobt Willl ColuSiII
Coolidge. He said the measure was
in line with the presidents nation
al defense program.
When Butler introduced his bill
for ten new cruisers, it was indi-
Gated that the other three cruisers
would be passed up. The commit
tee was silent as to it's plans in
this regard but Senator Edwards
of New Jersey, Democrat, on the
senate naval committee, has an
nOunced he will attempt to obtain
funds for this il the House does
not. He proposes to offer an
amendment to the annual naval
appropriation bill when that meas
ure comes before the. senate.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
SOUTH AMERICA
FLIGHT HELD UP
BY HEAVY mud

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec. 20
ZAP Baptized with rain and
christened in mud, the armys five
fight planes were
prevented today by a conspiracy
of weather elements from starting
on their 10000 mile fight.
The planes were designed for
water, air, and dry land but not
for mud and the particular variety
of tenacious gumbo which cover
ed Duncan field here today after
many hours of rain, held the great
ships as though they were rivited
to the ground
The ten pilots, who had expect
ed by tonight to be we'll ON their
way to the south, struggled
throughout the morning with
changing emotions, now hopeful
that they could get away, now GER
tain that their departure would be
uncertain, as rain and fog swiried
internationally about the field.
Finally, after the ships had been
formally christened despite the
precipitation, and after all angles
OF the situation had been consid-
cred, Major H. A. Dargue, flight
commander, announced at l p. m.
that he would not risk the journey
until tomorrow. He set 8 a. m.
Tuesday tentatively as the hour of
departure.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Loeb-Leopold Parallel
Seen In Boys Murder
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: Here's Our Cheerup
: Story for 7 o d y!
: Gas Price Boosted

+ A TWO-CENT increase in !
+ "A retail price of gasoline :
]. within three days lOOmed last !
+ night for WinslOw and adia- !
+ cent sections upon receipt of !
+ news from the Pacific Coast i
+ that California and tributary !
! territory would feel the i'll !
+ crease at once. The present !
+ price of gasoline in Winslow !
+ is 26 cents inclding the state i
\ tax. Filing station owners i
+ were of the general belief i
! that the increase would not y
= amount to more than two i
+ cents and that the new price j.
: would not be effective here i
j for two or three days. J.
j. e. {. Bazell, OF the Bazell J.
+ Motor Company. when advised j.
i OF the coast order last night i.
j. said: 81 am not surprised. 1t J.
+ is about that time of year. We ].
+ won't feel it here, however, +
+ for Il couple OF days." j.
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Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Senate Opens Probe
Of New Bread Trust

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AP)
Recent combinations of large
baking corporations will be brought
under the prying eyes of senate
judiciary subcommittee appoint
ed today to conduct an investiga-
ton. Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Montana, named as chairman, has
called his two co-investigators,
Borah, Idaho, and Deeneen, Illinois,
Republicans, to assemble Wednes-
day.
The investigation is designed to
either confirm or disprove various
reports surrounding the combina-
ton of the Ward, Continental and
General Baking company.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
E1X ira
1880 A. M.
Report Many
HurtInCraSh
At Ash Fork

More than a score of
passengers on Santa Fe
train No. 10, due here at
$50 this morning are be-
lieved to have been injur-
ed when Train No. 2, due
here at sos a. m. crashed
into the rear end while
No. 10 was standing at the
Ashfork station shortly
after two o'clock this
morning, according to
meager advices reaching
Winslow over crippled tel
egraph lines.
A relief train with wrecker, Dr.
Oscar S. Brown and as many other
physicians as could be summoned
hurriedly was hastily made up here
and started for the scene.
Railroad officials here were with
out an authoritative report of the
wreck at a. m. due to crippled
telegraph and telephone lines.
It.Was said at the. chief dispatch7
er's Office here that although "sov-'
eral' were injured that none were
seriously hurt SO far as early re-
ports indicated. A report that the
three rear sleepers of No. 10 bad
been telescoped was denied here.
Officials said their report indicat-
ed some damage but as all are
steel coaches it is highly unlike
ly that they were seriously damag-
ed or their occupants seriously in
jured.
Efforts to reach the station agent
at Ashfork by telephone were to no
avail.
The relief train started from here
shortly before 4 o'clock.
There was nothing in the early
reports to indicate the cause of the
wreck. No. 2, comes out of Los
Angeles while No. 10 which carries
Phoenix Winslow- Gallup sleepers
makes up at Ashfork.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
SOLDIERS UNDER CHARGES

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 20 (AP)-Be-
cause they forcibly kissed four
girls. three privates Of the Seven
teenth Infantry, Fort Crook, near
here, face dishonorable discharge
and imprisonment The kissing
incident occurred at an interurban
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Suspended N.A.T.C.
Students To Return

FLAGSTAFF, Dec. 20 = Word
was received here today that the
six young men who were recently
suspended for campus violations
have all asked forgiveness" and
will be reinstated with the open
ing Of the winter quarter on Jan
uary ;.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
RAIL SERVICE RESUMED

Ell CENTRIC. Cal, Dec. 20 (AP)
Traffic on the San Diego and
San Pedro railroad was reopened
today after a ten day interruption
OF train service following the
storm of December 10.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
Asks Carol
ToDivorce Helen !
And Take Throne

PARIS, Dec. 20 i(AP) King Fer
dinand's prodigal son, Prince Carol
may go back soon to Rumania, to
be given the fatted calf in the
shape of his 'country's throne.
which he renounced last January.
The king, sick III body and tired
of the task of wearing the crown,
wishes to abdicate the throne and
have Carol succeed to his sceptre.
This wish he made known at
recent secret council at Bucharest,
it is learned here, ON high author
ity.
Carol is taking life easy, at Neu-
lilly and has not seized eagerly at
this new invitation to come back.
Instead, it is said that he has laid
down two conditions. These are,
first that King Ferdinand must
acquiesce in Carols divorcing
Princess Helen, and that if possible
she must leave the country before
his return and, second, before he
ascends the throne, the present
government must be ousted and a
democratic ministry" headed by
Professoro Jorga, leader of the op-
position in the chamber and COM
prising the leaders of the new ma
tional-peasant party must be put
in power. :-------,
Carol Isn't Enthused
So far as could be learned to-
night, Prince Carol is still at
Neuilly, apparently in no hurry to
go back to Rumania. From Buch-
Arrest comes word that his principal
partisan, Professor Jorga, had is
sued a statement declaring that he
would oppose Carols return un-
less he resumed family life with
his wife, Princess Helen, and their
son, Michael, the present heir ap-
parent
If Prince Carol wishes to come
DdNN ~ llIo w lie ana son. Pro-
fessor Jorga is reported to have
said in his statement, land de-
cides as an honest man to uphold
the rights of his child. nobody
should try to prevent him. But
if he should attempt to make use
OF the army for some adventure
likely to cause trouble in the coun-
try he would not find greater
adversary in all Rumania than my
self. Nobody has loved him more
than l have"
JOrga Visits Queen
The day befOroe he issued the
statement, Professor Joorga was
received by Queen Marie. The
queen, in any event, has to be !
reckoned with. But if Carol re-
turns, she will leave the throne and
retire into the background for the |
Continued on Page 81
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
WIFE OF CRAZED
DOCTOR MAY Be
MURDER VICTIM

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AP)-A
fruitless search was conducted to-
day by police and relatives for the
body or hiding place Of Mrs. Gladys
w. Houck, wife of a staff physician
at ST. Elizabeth's hospital here
who dropped out of sight last We'd
nesday. The husband, DR.. Knute
Houck, who also disappeared We'd
nesday, was brought back today
from Hornet, n Y, where he was
picked up on street, apparently
suffering from a mental break
down.
Houck, held under guard at Gal
linger hospital, gave police no clew
as to the whereabouts of his wife,
Still in a highly nervous condition,
he told a~disconnected story of how
she had left him. and how he him
self had vanished from his home
the same night.
Admits Beating Her.
Weeping bitterly, Houc1 admit.
ted that he and his wife had had
trouble" and that the night be-
fore she disappeared he had beat
her
Il was dirty and contemplate"
he said. Then / awoke from a
good dream to see her slipping out
of the door"
The 30-year-old physician dis
missed fears that his wife might
have committed suicide. She had
threatened to end her life on sew
eral occasions, he said, but he felt
sure she would never carry out
such a threat.
Expressing confidence that once
he got home again he would find
his wife awaiting him, Houck said
she probably was with friends
somewhere.
Believe She's Slain.
Although baffled in their attempts
to get some line on Mrs. Houck's
movements after her disappear
ance, police generally were OF the
opinion that she was murdered.
This belief was strengthened by
finding of some of the woman's
night clothes in a box of trash on
a back porch of the Houck home,
but it was established late today
that stains on the garments were
not from blood
Relatives of the missing woman
also were insistent in their belief
that she is dead They secuted the
theory that she might have ended
her life or had run away from
home. She would no thave gone
away, they said, leaving behind a
three-year-old son in the house.
Houck won honors at Northwest
err university, studied for a while
under the famous Mayo brothers at
Rochester, Mimi, and was consid-
cred by heads of st. Elizabeth's
hospital as one of the most pro-
missing psychiatrists in the coun-
try.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
BOAT CARRYING
62 MEN SEEKING
WORK CAPS|ZES
Jobless Unfortunates Die
In Frail Crafts Cabin
Like Rats in Trap;
rs in Hospitals
ARRESTED
RULLETIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (APo
Captain John Rohweidcr, OF
Jersey City, who was in charge
OF the launch, "Linseed King"
which sank in the Hudson
river today, causing the loss
OF ut least 30 lives, was ar
rested tonight on ii charge OF
homicide after being question:
ed by detectives and repre-
sentative OF the district at-
tOrney's office.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21
THE WEATHER

Arizona: Tuesday fair west, un-
settled east portion; somewhat
varme,. Wednesday probably fair,
New Mexico: Tuesday unsettled
and warmer; Wednesday mostl,
fair.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (AP)-A
pitiful platoon of the army of i'm
employed set forth across the Hud-
son river today, singing in high
hopes, but evil fortune dogged their
path and the icy waters engulfed
them. OF the 81 who left Man
haitian, 80 were known tonight to
have been drowned seven were re-
ported missing and 25 were under
medical care for submersion.
A hundred or more men, whites
and negroes, out of work, in the
saddest season of the year to be
without funds. answered help
wanted advertisement of the Spen-
teer7kellog aud, Sons. Edgewater..
N. j., plant early today at the
95tth street pier.
A cold wind blew off the ice
checked river and this was no
crowd to have fur coats--men on
whom fortune long since had ceas-
ed to smile, many of them gaunt
fellows who asked only chance
to live and were willing to work
hard for the chance.
Sang and Danced
They were men of spirit, too,
for instead OF covering in corners
from the biting wind they stamp
ed about and sang and danced as
they waited for the launch which
the advertisement had said would
take them across the river.
The launch came, the Licensed
King, frail AZ footer of ten tons
with only ten foot beam. Cap
tain John Rodweider of Jersey City
called to them to climb aboard
Hurry it up, boys" he said,
there's two loads here and I've got
to get back for the second load.
| ought to be over there now"
In they piled, till the little cabin
was filled (like a subway jam, one
Of the survivors said latcr) and
others were standing on the deck.
Off. went the Linseed King, bur
rowing her nose through ice floes,
that made the river like an ,artic
sea, hard fresh water ice, river
men said, down from the upper
Hudson and at that time being for
ced upstream by a flow tide.
Singing still and clapping their
bands to keep them warm wereTthe
men who wanted work, and the
sound of their voices floatetd baeis
10 shore Justify over the ice.
Frail Craft Capsizes
Midstream at last and then sud
denly the Linseed King caroone@
to one side, ground, it is believed
between two huge cakes of ice viii.
hundreds Of tons Of other ice be
hind it.
The frightened passengers serum
bled all to one side in mad ef
fort to right the craft like crazy
pendulum the Linseed King swung :.
back to normal and then listed
o the other side, over, and owe:
Ind over, until water rushed Owe.
Continued on Page y
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
DUSTY LEAGUE GAMES
Four Good Contests Between Fac tory Teams Scheduled For Willow Brook Park Saturday.

The Industrial Baseball league teams will play the second round of the seasons schedule at Willow Brook park next Saturday afternoon with four good games carded on the list. The teams, for the most part, showed many rough spots last Sat urday in the opening games and not being used to the diamonds which were the toughest things in sight, the players were unable to gather themselves together and put up good games of ball.
 This coming Saturday. the teams will be worked out in good shape and will be ready 10 give good denl- onstrations for the fans who will flock to watch them play. The va rious outfits have been working out during the present week, getting the rough places smoothed over and numbers Of changes in the lineups will be seen this week. Most of the teams are lacking in good pitching and this department will be the one on which the managers will all de- vote their time from now on.
 The lineup at the games this Sat- urday is as follows: Stanley Works vs. Union Works, 9 o'clock, Diamond No. 1: $. K. (: l.. ys. R. X E., ? o'clock, Diamond No. ?; P. x F, Cor bin rs. New Britain Machine. 1 o'clock, Diamond No. 1 ; Landers vs. Fafnirs, 1 o'clock, Diamond No. 2.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
CHURCH LEAGUE GAMES
rhree Important Contests Sched- lIled For Tonight At Willow Brook Park,

Three important games are sched- uled in the Inter-Church league for tonight at Willow Brook park. The
 one attracting the most attention is that between he Trinity Methodists and St, Matthew's Lutherans; both of these teams are at present unde- feated and at the top of the league, and tonight's' meeting will decide
 which Of the pair is to remain here.
 Both outfits have played stellar ball so far and a tight battle is cer-
 tainty.
 The South church. which has been
 Spotty In it's play. will meet the
 White army, an organization which
 has not yet won a game but which
 has played fine ball in defeat and been barely nosed out each time. The White army is out to climb from the cellar, while the South church has It's eyes on fifth place as the plum if it wins tonight. The third game will bring together the Center church and Blue army, both
 of which teams have already played .once this week. The Bluebirds have
 shown themselves weak with the
 stick and have lost their three
 games played, but they are strong afeld; their opponents, on the other
 hand, have pounded the ball with abandon but offset this with wretch ed fielding.