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lnOw say that In great number of
instances no Identification has ever
been attempted.
The graves fall into three descrip
tions-those actually identified and
marked by graves stones, those with a
vague inscription, known unto God. I"
bearing a little piece of wood or stone
as marker; those that were merely
mounds.
Some time ago systematic search
was made along the coast to find
whether any of the unidentified bodies
bore a resemblance to Kitchener.
Sufficient evidence was forthcoming
to show that such a body had been
discovered by a fisherman, who had
taken part of the clothing and hung
it in his hut.
Took Coffin to Norway.
With these things in mind L set
out Tor Norway, taking with me the
coffin made by the government for
Kitchener before the first search for
his body Immediately after the ac-
cident.
Upon my arrival l began by making
a prolonged investigation of all GENE
terieS where bodies recovered from
the Sod Ildu DeSIl L Oh
Crajero, Fedje and elsewhere. After
q careful search l at last discovered
the grave to which local statements
and other evidence pointed as that of
Kitchener.
In the quest l received invaluable
assistance from two of the men who
found the body and gave it tempo
rary burial beneath the stones of the
shore, whence it was afterward trans
ferred in a wooden casket to the
cemetery. These men have signed
their names to statements for me.
The grave had neither cross nor
stone to mark 1t.
The substance of the long conversa-
tiOu which 1 held with the men, L.
Johansen and II. Iversen, was that
during the war they had occasionally
found bodies which had been washed
upon the shore of southwestern Nor
way near the villages of Farsund.
Egersund and Hidra. South of Eyer
sund they found the body of a
man lying with his head toward the
sea and his legs up toward the cliffs.
Body Horrible to See.
He was a tall man, terribly bruised
about the head and horrible to look
upon His uniform was much torn
and Johansen, who saved piece of
it, said that it was that of a very
high officer. Johansen also saved a
ribbon, but had thrown them away be-
fore I went to Norway.
Within a few yards Of the spot
where this body was found was found
the remains of a British sailor from
the Hampshire, as is officially ac-
knowledged on the sailors tombstone.
At other points on the coast other
bodies of sailors from the Hampshire
were found.
nm denending upon very clear
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in and out Of the Air Force Associa-
ton, who feel that the Aeronautic
Association did nothing to arouse
public interest in the airplane, while
Mitchell did it all. The congressional
Investigations, the Presidents air
board and the court martial got the
subject from coast to coast in a man.
ner that the Aeranautic Association,
under it's present policy never could
hope to do, they say.
Mitchell Not Campaigning.
Col. Mitchell, it is authoritatively
stated, has not or will not lift a finger
to promote his own candidacy for the
presidency of the National Aeronautic
Association. On July q committee
from the Air Force Association called
on him at Emergency Hospital. where
he underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis, discussed their plans with
him and received a promise that if
elected he would serve.
Since his resignation from the Army
and the subsequent lecture tour, he
and Mrs. Mitchell have settled down
on their colonial estate at Middle
burg, Va, and the fighting airman is
known never to have mentioned the
word "air" In months. For the first
time since he entered the Army he
has been at liberty to spend unlimited
time with his horses and dogs, which
constitute an irrevocably hobby. Fox
hunting and bird sho ting is all that
he asks for.
Shortly after he settled down for a
rest he was approached on the ques-
ton of running for national COM
mander of the American Legion, but
this subject he fatty refused to dis
cuss or consider. He did yield to the
appeal of Vincent B. Costello Post of
the District Legion and said he would
serve as commander of that organiza-
ton if elected.
Seen as National Leader.
The subject of what will happen
if Mitchell gets in the National
Aeronautic Association" has been
buzzing around in aviation cir
cles. There are many who feel
that it will be a boon to the
country, that his following will line
up in the organization and that he
will be the spokesman" on air
power for the masses. Persons ad-
mittedly against him have stated
there is no denying the fact that he
would be the best man in the world
for the job" If he could be controlled
and restrained.
The group that is admittedly
alarmed. however, declared 1t would
be like turning a bull loose in a
china shop. With a large member
ship he could get" those who got"
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SHIP IN BOMB TEST
!. DEFENDS MITCHELL
Alabama Has Big Hole in Side
Made by Indirect Hit and
= Not Reported.
sas
By a staff Correspondent of The Star.

CRISFIELD, Md, August 5.--The
contention of former Col. William
Mitchell that the Nays official report
on the results of aerial bombing tests
In sinking two battleships in Chesa-
peake Bay in 1921 did not give full
credit to the air forces Is partly borne
out by discoveries of a salvage COM
pany now attempting to raise the Ala
bama, one of the bombed battleships.
The Navy reported that the death
blow was dealt the battleship from
direct hit amidships. Engineers of
the Union Shipbuilding Co. of Balti-
more have found, however, that the
actual cause of sinking probably was
a gaping hole in the side below the
engine room under the waterllne,
which was not mentioned by the in
spectors.
This hole was caused. according to
the engineers, by a bomb which drop
ped in the water beside the ship, thus
showing that a direct hit is not neces-
sary.
Raising Is Big Feat.
The raising Of the Alabama from
the shallow waters at the mouth OF
Tangier Sound is considered one OF
the most difficult featS of marine en-
gineering on record. She is deeply
Embedded in sand, although the super
structure is above water. This sand,
in fact, now covers the bombs injury
discovered by divers. 1t evidently
was invisible when the original In
spection was made.
With the first report to the Navy
on hand, the salvaging company went
to work in May, expecting to have
the Alabama in Baltimore by July a.
The discovery of the hole below the
sand line, however, makes it doubtful
whether the task can be completed
before Labor day.
To raise the Alabama it is neces-
sary to dig away the sand, uncover
the hole and then to patch it under
water. Three patches, Is feet wide by
40 feet long. have been prepared to
be lowered into place as soon as the
hole is laid bare. Then the water will
be raised.
Brass Work Stolen.
The superstructure of the Alabama
still is above water, visible for miles
across Tangier Sound. A few hundred
feet away is a jumbled mass of wreck
age jutting out of the water, which
is all that remains of the battleship
Texas, destroyed at the same time.
Before the SalVdSlnS company start
ed work river pirates had made away
with the most valuable part of the
salvage material-several thousand
dollars worth of brass work in the
superstructure.
1.-The Navy Department did Won
derful job in raising the Ssh" said
one Of the engineers, but that was
childs play compared with getting
this wreck off the bottom. The S-51
was a 1,O00-ton ship, while this weighs
about II 900 tons"
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him; he could grind axes month in
and month out and either force the
two defense departments to accept
the unified air force under a depart
ment of national defense-with Army.
Navy and air CO equal-to which the
War and Navy are bitterly opposed,
or wreck all present plans for an
air policy.
There still is another group who,
conceding the election even before
there is tangible evidence of victory,
believed that the whole thing will
flop. Mitchell has seen his day and
he would have to live a great many
years before he could drum up one
half the enthusiasm for him and his
defense plans that existed in stormy
1925 He might scintillate for few
weeks at the head of the organiza-
ton. issue statements and prepare a
charge on Congress, but the people
are sick" of aviation, now that the
two f1ve-year building programs for
the Army and Navy have been ap-
proved, even though no money was
included.
Opponents Not Yet United.
What efforts, if any, have been or
will be taken to block the Philadel-
phia stampede have not come to
light. There has not yet appeared an
association opposed to Mitchell or one
that is backing Mr.. Cabot for third
term, although he is understood to be
through with the tasks No anti
Mitchell, leader has arisen on the
horizon, but it is known if one does
he might be able to muster up a good
sized army, at least in Washington.
The National Aeronautic Associa-
ton. with Col. Mitchell at it's head,
would have to be on good terms with
the War and Navy Departments and
the aircraft trade to function prop.
erly, some air enthusiasts believe
while there appear just as many to
declare that Congress needs the ad.
vice of such an organization, and
Capitol Hill would be the battle
ground. not the departments.
Col. Mitchell at present is vacation
ing in Maine. while Mr.. Cabot is at
his home in Boston! The latter prob.
ably will not return to Washington
again until after the. Philadelphia air
meet and convention.
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government that the remains of
Kitchener are in my possession and
at the disposal of the nation.
The remains can he those vi no
other high officer on the HAMPSHIRE.
l have determined that by el;mina
ton. The only member Of Kitchen
cr'S staff who was not found ami
buried was Mi. Leslie Robertson. II
much Shorter. and smaller man than
the field marshal. kitcbener's tailor
is prepared To vouch for the cloth
on the body as being absolute proof
Of the ide nifty apart from my other
inconteStable evidences.
Copyright 1926. i'll Great Britain by thr
Referee: and in the United States hy the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
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SESQUI HOST TO MILLION
Total Attendance Up to Date An
nounced by Official.

PHILADELPHIA, August tP).-
Attendance at the Sesquicentennial
Exposition has passed the million
mark. The total attendance to date,
announced today by Erastus l.,
Austin, director general Of the ex-
position, is 1.084,793. This figure in
cludes the paid admission on five
days of this week.
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At Governments Disposal.

My final plans are naturally incom
plete. Upon the arrival of the body
today in London it will be met with
all due respect and reverence and con-
veyed to a suitable mortuary or
church. The coffin will be covered
with large Union Jack sent me for
the purpose by a titled lady. l shall
Immediately notify one of the accred-
tied representatives of TIE British
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HORSES BEAT OK TEAMS.

AMI ERST. Mass. August P).--
Keen competition for the honor Of
owning the worlds champion pulling
team of horsesand oxen is an an
ticipated development of the recent
tests for weights drawn by OK and
horse teams here. y hynamomcter
showed that two teams of horses each
hauled the equivalent of approximate
ly Is tons Il distance of 27la feet.
while a team of oxen pulled the equiv
alent of an approximate load of 49,
tons Il distance of ~ feet.
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marks of identification discovered
when I examined the body. They
are as follows:
The fine stature, the mark of an
old wound on the skull which CORE
spends with one Kitchener was
known to have received: his dental
work, which corresponds with the d.
scription of KitcheneTs dentist. In
certain places there were scraps of
fabric still clinging to the body, with
scraps of braid. ribbon and so forth.
which check with the description of
Kitchener's tailor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
Royal Patients
Are Best, Kings
Dentist Asserts
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSOclateU Press.
NEW YORK. August Royal
patients are the best kind to have
in dentists chair:
That is the opinion of DR. j y.
Samblon, dentist and first general
surgeon to the King and Queen
of Sweden. who arrived today on
the steamer GripSholm.
He said royalty make the best
patients because they seem to
have more control"
He thought women are easier
than men for dentist to treat.
possibly because they are more
accustomed to pain
The teeth of .SwedeS are not SO
good as those of Americans. he
said
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MAN FOUND IN DAZE.
Amnesia Victim in Kansas City
Believed to Be Tennesseean.

KANSAS CITY. August LP).-
Police were holding tojay an appar.
emily wcllto-do man about 20 years
old. believed to he W. A Chase OF
Johnson City. Tenn. He was found IN
Il railroad depot suffering from loss
of memory. The man had papers
bearing the name of 7. j. Chase,
Rural Route II. Jonesboro, Tenn.
and was carrying $500 in cash. He
told police his name might he chase.
Anderson or Williams.
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WEST WILL MEET EAST
IN FARLEY ON FARMING
Governors to Have Conference on
Agriculture in Hope of Bet
ter Understanding
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DIES MONIES. Iowa. August T.
Gov. Hammill announced today that
the executive committee of governors
who met recently at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
had decided to call a conference of
governors of States of the agricul-
tural West and the industrial East to
discuss the agricultural situation
The meeting is to be held in October.
but the exact time and place have
not been decided upon.
The purpose of the proposed meet
ing IS TO attempt to bring about an
understanding between Eastern and
Western States as to the agricultural
needs of the whole country and to
present the situation as it has
affected farmers of the Western
States,
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D|SAvOWS SHYL0CK|
! S[IUR ON AMERICA
Lore Rothermere BIames His
:. Editor for Outbreak Over
U. S. Debt Policy.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August IA radical re-
vision of all the war debt settlements
and the steady growth Of tariff walls
IN most countries. including Great
Britain. are foreseen by Lord Rother-
tnere. well known British publisher,
In tie course Of an article appearing
In the Sunday Pictorial
Asserting that AnglO-American
hlnity is essential for world peace,
Lord Rothermere disclaims personal
responsibility for recent articles in his
paper. the Daily Mail which char
Rcterized the United States as playing
the part of Shylock
Although Lord Rothermere thinks
That the United States in no way is to
blame for the generous terms" Of the
settlement made with Great Britain
In 1928, he gravely doubts whether
the continued payments of immense
sums by debtor nations will in the
long run be advisable.
Expects Revision Soon.
My own belief is that by general
consent there will, in a few years, be
a radical revision of all the debt set
Elements whether with the United
States, Great Britain or any of the
other allies" writes Lord Rothermere.
1T will be undertaken by the
United States and Great Britain in
their own interests. They are, as at
present constituted, an active con-
tribution toward the destruction of in
ternational trade
Already, 1t is evident that CONT
mental countries with low currencies
are being forced to protect themselves
behind prOhibitive protective barriers,
he asserts. and 1t appears only a ques-
ton of time until there will be no out
let for the manufactures of intensely
industrialized, high currency coun-
tries like the United States and Great
Britain.
England and Protection.
Great Britain, so far" he writes.
''hdS made only a modest advance
along the road of tariff imposts, but
all the Indications are that within two
or three years she will become a def
nitely protectionist country with al
most yearly ascending tariffs
This movement Lord Rothermere
sees as particularly dangerous to the
United States, since Americas rapid
~ increasing industrial lization re-
quireS growing markets overseas for
her products.
Disclaiming responsibility for the
Daily Mail articles, Lord Rothermere
says
One of my newspapers, the Daily
Mail. jumped in at the deep end of
the recent discussions of interallied
debts and splashed about, saying that
American war debt collection meth
DDS resembled the methods of Shy
lock. 1 entirely disagree with this
attitude. The opinions are those of
the editor and his staff. They are
not mine
Blames British Leaders.
At the same time Lord Rothermere
remarks that the editors opinion was
one held in many quarters of Great
Britain and France.
Our present plight" he says. lis
not due to American rapacity, but to
the incredible ineptitude of British
craftsmanship
The proper course should have
been for Great Britain to declare her
willingness to meet her obligations,
but to insist that the whole question
Of in$eral!ied indebtedness should be
settled simultaneously.
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;DISCOVERER SURE
OF: PROOF HE HAS
I KITCHENER'S BODY

CONTINUED from First Page.)
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Declares Wrong Address Given.

Mrs. Wendell O'kelly, colored. of
1913 @ street. yesterday denied that
Bernard Okelly. who was arrested
August 3 on the Rladensburg road
by Capt. Guy Burlingame and his
squad. lives at her address or ever did
live there. The man, who was driving
a small car. according to police who
seized the car and several quarts of
alleged liquor. gave that address to
the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
MITCHELL MAY HEAD
NATIONAL AERO BODY
IF FRIENDS SUCCEED

Continued from First Page)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-20
Gast0nguay Again
Named on Lewiston
Police Commission

: Governor Brewster, Tuesday, post
ed the nomination of Albert T. Gas
tonguay of Lewiston to succeed him.
self as member of the Lewiston
Police Commission.
Other nomination made Yesterday
by the governor were the following:
Notary Public-Burton B. Blais-
dell New Harbor; Arthur w. Grin
die, Bangor; T. e. Mcdonald. Port
land; Edmund p. Mahoney, Port
land; e. r. Michaud. Frenchville;
John Wilson. Bangor; ]. Hugh Mont
gomery, Camden: +. G.. Barstow
Calais; Carrie B. Stahl, Portland;
Charles A. Strout. Portland; Edwin
c. Smallidge, North Sedgwick;
George F. Eaton, Bangor; Everett E.
Emmons, Portland; Charles ]. Sulli-
van, Portland; Arthur Lemare. Jr.
Brunswick; Frank H. Purinton,
Portland.
Justice of the Peace - Burton B.
Blaisdell, New Harbor: Mildred D.
Small, Lewiston; Joseph r. Gendron,
Biddeford; Murray B. Weston, Au-
burn; Herbert j. Maillett, Auburn:
George w. Wood, Oxford; S. w. But
terfield, Canton; Boyr A. Blaisdell
Franklin: Frank E. Ellis, York; Will
liam H. Bragdon, Perham; Ralph w
Bradish, Portland; r. Cutler Libby
Portland; John F. Martin. Rumford:
Rev. Isaac LaFleur, Winslow; Ever
EFT S. Boothbay, Emery Mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-20
TO Plan BANKING
COURSE FOR The
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A committee on education consist
ing Of Mrs. Allen P. Stevens of the
Maine Savings Bank Of Portland,
Thomas A. Riley, Jr., Of the Bruins
wick Savings Institution and Rich
ard E. Goodwin of the Augusta Saw
ings Bank. has been appointed by the
Maine Savings Banks Association to
collaborate with DIR. Augustus O..
Thomas, State commissioner of edu-
cation, in working out a course OF
study on thrift, particularly concern
ing banking, to be taught in the In
termediate schools of the State.
Commissioner Thomas stated yes
terday that this new course of study
will probably be included in the re-
vision of the Maine standard currlc-
ulum for intermediate schools which
is to be prepared previous to the
opening of the schools next fall. The
committee will probably hold its first
meeting sometime next month.
An interesting letter has been re-
ceived by DIR. Thomas from Super
intendent Weed of the Biddeford
schools, who says that the schools
of that city have taken up thrift
program and are undertaking CO.
operative program with the local
banks on banking. Superintendent
Weed said further that B1ddeford
has installed a school physician. The
new 100000 addition to the high
school in that city will be opened in
three four weeks.
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N. England's Quota
Now Enrolling

Boston, Jan. 19-New England's
quota for Citizens Military Training
Camps has been increased by appro-
priations for 500 additional students
according to advice received by Ma
jor General Preston Brown, COM
mander of the First Corps Area. This
increase is due to a popular demand
voiced by civilian committees and
army officers detailed on this work
but only accommodates a fraction of
the natural increase in applications.
Last year with 3,036 students en-
rolled, authorities had to stop receiv-
ing enrollments some months before
the opening of the camps due to the
large number of young men desiring
to attend. General Brown, the new
Corps Area Commander, is particu-
larly interested in the training of
young men for citizenship having
commanded a unit in the first camp
of this kind ever held in the United
States, at Gettysburg in 1913. and was
later identified with the work at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. With the an
nouncement of the increase in the
number of candidates possible comes
permission to start enrolling the
young men in New England. This
work has now started at the Army
Base. Young men between the ages
of II and "a are eligible and should
report to the Officer in Charge Of C.
M. T. c. Affairs at the Army Base.
Applications may be sent by mail and
arrangements will be made for medi-
cal examinations of prospective stu
dents in their own localities.
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manager, brought an added expendi-
ture of $3.S38.28, which included the
salaries of the manager, I. ;ket SELL
ers and traffic officers. The sum of
$500 was expended for a ticket office
and the sum of $1,491.S2 was spent
for repairs to the building and minor
repairs to the Passmore Wharf.
The light and power charges in
creased during the vast year, the wa
ter cost was more than In the pre-
ceding year, while the insurance
charges remained tn, same.
The greater part of the increase
in operation during the past year
was in repairs to the two boats. A
shaft on the Gov. King was broken
during the rush season and it was
necessary to have men work day and
night to repair it. The Hockomock
received general over-hauling and
the slips were strengthened as we'll
as materially repaired.
During the past year the two boats
transported 14S,649 automobiles and
trucks, 525,70O passengers and 6,S79
teams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-20
1925 Favorable
Year in Operation
Bath Ferry Boats

The Bath State Ferry, which runs
between Bath and Woolwich, operat-
ed under the direction of the state
highway commission for the past five
years, made a favorable showing
during the past year according to
the report just issued by the COM
mission for the year 1925. During
the year the sum of $50 ,40700 was
received in tolls as against the sum
of S69,515.15 for the preceding year.
an increase. of $16,S91.S6, or 24.3 per
cent.
The report shows that the cost of
operation for the past year was $67,-
16S.41 as against $45,302.S7 for the
preceding year, an increase of $21,-
S6554.
The two boats ran for. a longer
period during the past year than in
the preceding year, with the result
that more money was paid to the
members of the crews in wages.
The installation of a new system
of ticket selling, with a new resident