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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

The killing of hundreds of
grackles, possibly by poisoned corn,
reported at Concord. N. H., follows
closely on the finding at Birch Point,
near Wiscasset, last week of scores
of dead grackles. The most likely
explanation here was that the feath-
cred creatures, which many call
blackbirds. had been eating buds on
newly sprayed apple trees and were
poisoned by lead arsenate solution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Tucson, Aria dead rattlesnake
may prove as dangerous as a live
one, Walter Fenton, Michigan boy,
discovered when curiosity led him to
place finger in the mouth of a rat
tier he had killed the previous day.
The jaws closed and spread poison
in the boys hand. Prompt first aid
treatment saved his life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Although they have practiced as
attorneys in Federal as we'll as state
courts for years, William r. Pattan-
gall of Augusta, John G. Clifford Of
Lewiston, and William F. Merrill of
Skowhegan, appeared before Judge
John A. Peters in the United States
District Court at Portland, Wednes-
day, in the same manner as novices
asking for admission as practition-
ers. This is because of a new rule
requiring conformance with almost
extinct regulations. The trio were
admitted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

John J. Sullivan Of Auburn an
nounces that he will put on a Maine
State Pageant of Progress at the
Lewiston Armory Oct. 1915. that
will be the biggest exhibition and en-
tertainment of its kind ever held In
New England. There will be two
weddings, one negro wedding, sew
eral contests and big time vaudeville.
Each of the counties in the State
will be represented, and one of the
events of Statewide interest will be
a Cinderella contest open to unmar-
ried women between the ages of 16
and Is, to determine the possessor
of the most perfect foot. All en-
trants must be residents of Maine.
There will also be Queen of the
Pines" contest also open only to
Maine women. the most beautiful of
whom Will be suitably crowned and
awarded a costly prize.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Competitive events will feature the
annual rodeo of the Cumberland
County Council. Boy Scouts of AM
erica, plans for which are nearly
completed. The affair will be held,
as usual, in the Portland Exposition
Building, and the date of this in
teresting event, which is red letter
day for the scouts, has been set for
Friday evening, May Z. George H.
Vinall of Deering High School, will
be the chief judge of the competitive
events.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Daniel w. Cony Of Augusta, chair
man of the Democratic State COM
mittee, was in Houlton on Wednes-
Office of James G. Madigan, the cam
didacy of Sheriff Howe was heartily
endorsed. The candidacy of Frank
A. Peabody for the office of con-
gresham from the fourth district on
the Democratic ticket was also en-
dorsed. Members of the state COM
mittee from Pressure Isle, Fort Fair
field, Caribou and Mars Hill were
present at the meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16
State Senator Frederick w. Hinck-

State Senator Frederick w. Hinck-
ley Of South Portland, who has a
controlling interest in the Bath Iron
Works, was in conference Wednes-
day with two parties who are inter-
ested In the property and are con-
sidering 1t as an available location
for industry. The conferences were
held in Portland. He also made a
brief visit to Bath for the purpose
Of checking up certain details as to
possibilities of the plant along diff
ferent lines. No definite statement
as to the purposes to which the
plant would be put II sold to pros
pective purchasers was made We'd
nesday night by Senator Hinckley.
He. expressed a belief that within a
short time disposal would be made
of the property thus establishing a
substantial industry with a good
sized pay roll for Bath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Mosbach, Baden-Quite few here
are smacking their lips when they
think of Grover Bergdolls acquittal
of seduction. Right after the verdict
he ordered a bottle of wine for every
policeman and court official.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

London-It Is a deep secret as to
whether the only unmarried woman
NJ. P.-Miss Ellen Wilkinson, is to be
invited to the bachelor members
dinner a week hence. One of the
toasts will be 1.-THE Prince of Bachel-
ors."-the Prince of Wales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Louisville.-Publicity may be all
good and well. but Eddie Staten,
local pugilist, probably has his
doubts. Publication of his picture
on sports pages led to his arrest by
detectives Of Indianapolis who had
been seeking him six months. He
was wanted by Muncie, Ind, author
tiles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Fort Monmouth, n. General
Pershing is the speediest army car
rier pigeon here. He winged 1S9
miles from Washington in five hours,
20 minutes, beating eleven rivals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Hollywood. Fla.-Refusal to give
the name and address of bootleg
ger from whom he purchased hooch
may cause r. ]. Taylor. IS, to spend
80 days in Jail, according to Num-
cipal Judge Malcolm Porter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

New York-Irving Berlin thinks the
jazz age is passing and the people
now want ballads with bit of feel
ing and sentiment. He has written
his view from London, where he is
hOnevmOOninp
Evening star., 1926-05-17

which is directly dependent on rain
| fall, and finally upland and plain. Man
now can live anywhere he has to or
wants to, but the fact Of the matter is
he is still to a noticeable extent a
water animal and is happiest near
water and often in water.
1t is probable that many more thou
sands of persons rose little earlier
today because of what yesterday
brought and took occasion before
breaking their fast to wander out, to
see, to smell and to be refreshed. City
dwellers or suburbanites with patches
Of green around them. all rejoiced for
the farmer and all rejoiced for them
selves. There is something healing
and refreshing I'm the breaking Of any
protracted drought. Too dry weather
withers nerves as it does grass blades.
Not only is Mother Earth most en-.
joyable after shower bath; she is
delightful to many during the process.
The feel of rain on face and hands,
the very sound of it's falling, brings
exhilaration to right.minded persons.
And another thing: where once rainy
day garments and umbrellas reached
the very ultimate in hideous. pail
like drabness, now costumes for sloppy
weather are becoming the gayest Of
the gay, a pleasure to own, a delight
to wear.
Evening star., 1926-05-17
The Constitution Is Conserved.

Washington youngsters can point
| with pride as well as view with In
terest when the u. S. S. Constitution.
rebuilt and re-equipped as adequately
as when she sailed the seven seas,
comes to the National Capital. For
the public school children Of this COM
munity have passed the three.thou-
sa and-dollar mark in their contributions
to the national fund Of half a million
dollars which is being raised for that
patriotic and praiseworthy purpose.
Gifts from private schools, higher in
stitutions Of learning and other sources
as yet untabulated will undoubtedly
raise this total to a higher mark.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
through whose good Offices the local
school officials were persuaded to sus-
pend with propriety a rule OF long
standing prohibiting solicitation of
funds among pupils, has issued a state
ment expressing qualification over
Washington standing in the national
campaign. Similar qualification is ex.
pressed by Rear Admiral Philip An
drews, L. S. N, commandant Of the
Charleston Navy Yard, where the his
toric ship is now tied up, who is serv-
ing as chairman of the national execu-
tive committee.
The assured success of this rehabili-
tation campaign makes it practically
certain that never again will Old
Ironsides be permitted to approach
as nearly to complete decadence as it
has in the immediate past. and that
the children and grandchildren OF this
months contributors can take their
youngsters over and between her
decks recalling to them meanwhile
her glorious and unique history.
Evening star., 1926-05-17

no land was observed by the Amund-
sen party, though the height at which
| the ship flew would give, in fair
weather. a view fifty miles wide on
| each side of the course.
| Reports of temperature at the Pole
Of persons in the fairer parts of the
| world In the first place most of the
| temperature reports have been read
from a centigrade-10O step-ther-
mometer, while most of us understand
only the Fahrenheit scale. Prof.
Celsius, inventor of the centigrade
system, divided the interval between
the two fixed points Of freezing and
boiling into leo parts. calling the
freezing point zero" and the boiling
point 100. Fahrenheit in his sys-
tenn divided the interval between the
freezing and boiling points into $50
equal parts and marked the freezing
point 50 degrees and the boiling point
212 degrees. The best that one has
got from the reports about North
Pole temperature is that when
Amundsen passed the Pole the tenn
perature was several degrees above
zero" and it is inferred that that was
according to the Fahrenheit scale. That
there should be open water at the
Pole with an air temperature OF "sev-
eral degrees above zero" and there
fore a good many degrees below
freezing. according TO Fahrenheit,
seems remarkable.
The world is congratulating Byrd
and Bennett on their brilliant dash to
the Pole and back to Spitzbergen. and
the world is applauding Amundsen,
Ellsworth, Mobile and their compan-
ions on the successful conclusion OF
one of the wonder voyages of man.
Evening star., 1926-05-17

''1s Uncle Joe right or are the STYLES
changing? In biblical times and
before. and for long time after, the
ripe judgment of the elders was
sought as a. jewel OF great price by
the younger men who stood In the
forefront OF battle" Perhaps the for
mer Speaker "is wise beyond his
time" continues this paper; "a gen
Grafton is no longer a generation. Ten
years, five years even, puts those Of
us who lag behind the procession ever
so little completely out Of tt
That times have changed since the
active days of this esteemed Ameri-
can is conceded. AS Speaker, Uncle
the intelligent autoCracy in which no
believed. He saw that his day must
pass and he passed with it, gallant.
unaltered speaks the Worcester
Telegram. "No Car can now long
endure in American politics." he
lieves the Akron Beacon Journal.
which further states, THE people
have fashion, upon occasion, of over
turning states and slate makers. and
upsetting the best made plans of those
who would govern in their name"
AS to the rise and fall of Cannon
ism" the Cincinnati Times-Star OBJ
serves, Mr.. cannon attempted TO
make the unwieldy wieldy. and finally
the unwieldy rose in insurrection and
demanded their right to be unwieldy,"
although, the Cincinnati paper notes,
there has been something of a return,
under Mr.. Longworth's gavel. TO the
Speakers autocracy." However, Can
nonism or no Cannonism, according
to the Omaha World Herald, Uncle
Joe's Temperance in the halls of
Congress would be the signal for an
ovation which few. if any, statesmen
in American history could have COM
manded."
Evening star., 1926-05-17
Cheering News From France.

No more hope-inspiring news has
come in long time from Paris than
announcement that the BRAND govern
ment has resolved to stake its exist
ance on ratification by the French par
lament of the Berenger debt settle
ment with the United States. 1t is a
display of craftsmanship and tirmness
that ought to have salutary effect
upon a parliament and a people with
whom evasion Of vital decisions has
become more or less of a habit.
1t is much more important TO France
than it is TO the United States that the
debt settlement should be promptly
ratified by the debtor nation. To hold
back in the hope of easier terms would
be a fatal mistake, for it is not within
the range of probabilities that any
easier terms would be Forthcoming.
Members of Congress and the people
of this country think the American
Debt Funding Commission was exceed
ingly generous to France, but the peo-
pie as a whole undoubtedly are will
ing to acquiesce in that generosity.
Back of this Willingness are two inn
peling motives. One is very sincere,
though somewhat bruised and bat
tered. friendship for the French peo-
pie. The other is a desire to get the
matter settled and out of the way,
lust as man is anxious to get rid
of a boil or any other irritating afflic-
ton. The people of this country want
TO be good friends with the people of
France and they feel that their friend
ship. which reached its high point dur
ing the World War. has been put un-
der a severe strain on both sides Of
the Atlantic by the war debt.
1t probably is true that the terms
of the settlement are not popular in
France. They are not exactly popular
in this country. In fact, there is
bound to be considerable opposition
in Congress when the agreement
comes up for ratification. But if in
the meantime the agreement has been
ratified by the French parliament the
ground will have been largely cut from
under whatever opposition there is in
the American Congress. If the French
narliament should hold back and show
a disposition to repudiate the French
negotiators, the settlement would have
hard shedding on Capitol Hill. The
feeling would be that generosity had
been wasted and that America might
as we'll be hard boiled in fact as to
endure that reputation.
Should the French parliament prove
recalcitrant, and the BRAND ministry
fall as result thereof, friends OF
France would be apprehensive of the
consequences. French finances already
are skirting close to the brink.
Evening star., 1926-05-17
Rain.

Washington yesterday and the night
before enjoyed its first rain, with
the exception of one thunder
storm, in good many weeks.
There is no doubt that Washingto-
mans had appreciated highly the
bright and changeless weather which
had, day after day, come their way.
Nevertheless, in spite of the disap-
pointment yesterday on the day of rest
to golfers, tennis enthusiasts, base ball
fans, picnickers, motorists and even
churchgoers, 1t is doubtful If today
any one regrets the downpour.
Mankind, the best scientific minds
tell us, is remotely descended from an
animal life that first appeared in quiet
coastal waters. The stages Of its hab'
itat included successfully primeval
oozes marshland. beaches. the forest
Evening star., 1926-05-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

of the American Revolution and the
National Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. Van Wrinkles ambition is to
make the Washington policeWomen' s
system a model for the whole United
States.
Maj. Gen. Charles Mex. Saltzman.
chief signal officer Of the United States
Army. has appealed to the radio in
dustry of the country to realize its
ever-growing importance in the
, scheme of national defense ashore,
afioat and aloft. He hopes radio
manufacturers will succeed in turning
out sets that can be fitted into the bag
of a packmule, stand the jolting of an
Army covered wagon, and function in
| rain, sleet or wind. Gen. SaltZman
| believes there are vast undeveloped
| possibilities in short-wave transmits
| sion. A few days ago he received a
message from an American officer in
Manila. 1t went half way around the
world by relays in three minutes. The
| set that projected the message used
| less power, Saltzman says, than is
| consumed in toaSting a mans break
| fast bread.
| Senator Oscar w. Underwood. Dem
| ocrat, of Alabama, has cleared for
action against the confirmation of
| President Coolidges nominee for an
| Alabama United States attorneyship.
The object Of Underwoods attack is
Aubrey Boyles, just named for a sec.
ond term. The Senator has served
notice on Senator Cummins, chairman
| of the judiciary committee. that no
| parliamentary recourse will be left
unused to prevent Boyles' confirma
ton. Underwood states that SERIOUS
charges" have been brought forward
against the United States attorney in
| Alabama, and that confirmation will
be fought as long as necessary, in
order that the Senate may be made
| fully acquainted with Boyles' unfit
ness" Mr.. Underwood intends asking
| for Introduction. in open session OF
the Senate, of a. Department of Justice
report in which facts alleged to be
highly unfavorable to Boyles are dis
| closed.
| X X X X
| An unofficial delegation, represent
| ing American organized labor, is pre-
pairing to go to Russia. 1t will be
| headed by p. J. Noonan, a vice presi
dent of the Federation of Labor and
| international president of the Brother
| hood Of Electrical Workers. Others
| invited to make the trip include Timo
thy Shea. president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
| gineers; E. J. Manion of the Order OF
| Railroad Telegraphers, Timothy Hea
| ly, international president of the
| Union of Firemen and Oilers: William
H. Johnston, president of the Inter
| national Association of Machinists: w
Jett Lauck, statistician, and Frank P
/
wiser of the delegation. A. J. Coyle OF
| Cleveland, a brotherhood editor, Is un
derstood to be the leading spirit in
organizing the proposed expedition
William Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, at the 1926
Atlantic City convention, stubbornly
! opposed the proposal to send a labor
| commission of inquiry to Russia.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-05-17
Urges Acceptance
OF Retirement Bill

To the Editor of The Star:
1t seems to the writer that it
would be a matter of good sense, as
well as good taste. if those who are
interested in the passage of the re-
tirement law would cease from their
carping at and bitter criticism of the
Congress. 1t is to Congress and the
President that we must look for the
relief sought, and it is mighty poor
policy to be swapping at the hand
that helps us-also vinegar catches
no flies.
1t is true the $1,000 bill is not all
that was hoped for. but it will be,
great help. and it is my understand
ing that those who speak for the re-
tired clerks have agreed to accept it.
and the powers that be have agreed
to enact it, or virtually so.
This large retirement fund which
has accumulated in the Treasury, and
which will doubtless continue to grow
under the new law, is not "our own
money" in the sense understood by
these writer's, but is a fund held in
trust by the Government. not for the
clerks as body, but for each one
as an individual. Those of us who
are now on the retired roll con-
tributed mighty little to this vast
fund of millions.
MILTON F. ADKINS.
Evening star., 1926-05-17
The Arctic News.

In the Arctic narratives of Byrd,
Amundsen and Fredrik Ramm, the
newspaper man. who made the trip
on the Norge, the world is getting a
good deal of information about the
Pole region and a vast amount of de-
tail concerning the Arctic voyages.
The statement of Lieut.. Riser Larsen,
second pilot of the Norge, that the
Pole was covered with thin ice and
areas of open water, is interesting
to a great number of persons. Most
of them would not have been sur
prised by a statement that the Pole
is covered with ice of incalculable
thickness. Astronomers have reported
perpetual ice caps, though of varying
size, on the poles of Mars and the
North Pole of the earth might be
supposed to be ice-incrusted to a re-
markable depth by the freezing tenn
perature and SHOWS for millions of
wears. Thin ice and open water at
the Pole show that currents of water
warmer than the air are passing
which have prevented the north end
of the earth from adding to its ice
coat wear by year and century after
century.
Open water at the Pole will change
the belief long held by many that
there is land at or near the Pole.
Soundings of the sea there would in.
dicate whether there is land near the
Pole in the direction of Europe, Asia
or America. The probability is that
the depth is near the normal depth
of midocean, but the answer to that
question will be given by a future
adventurer The thought of some
persons has been that a low CONT
nent on which snow has fallen and
frozen for uncountable centuries
might not be distinguished from
frozen sea by men flying above it
The second pilot of the Norge says
that at the Pole the ship came to
within GOO feet of the earth surface
and that the Norge then rose agair
TO an altitude of 1000 feet" At 60C
feet and with good glasses a clear
view Of the surface must have beer
had. On the trip from Spitzbergen tc
the Pole no land was seen by Byrd
Bennett and Amundsen. and on the
trip from the Pole TO Point Barrow
Evening star., 1926-05-17
.'Pudden joke Is
Of HonOred Age
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star:
Your "pudden" joke on page a of
Nav IL "Star" reminds me that when
I was a boy this joke was standard
"grace before pudding whenever pud.
ding appeared at table. (And-"Oh!
Roy''-what puddingsO
This was our version:
Host to assembled guestseDoes
anv gen'elman say "pudden"P
Quiet Voice somewhere down the
line-Sir! No gentleman says ''pud'
den."
ton. and mother or the family in
chorus answered 1t.
This Joke sounds like It came from
one of Charles Dickens stories, es.
pecially "Pickwick Papers" a book
which every young man should read
to cultivate a decent sense of wit. Too
much of our wit in this generation is
vulgar, although I must say what
hear now is less in quantity than
what heard 80 years ago, but that
may be due partly to respect for age
and the company keep, for do not
admire O dirty tongue.
-. ". "a. AILEM