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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

New York-There's always one ad-
J'lnct OF marriage that Is never over
looked, the shower of rice. The pro-
verbal rice mixed with confetti, sped
Mr.. and Mrs. David X. Este Bruce
on their honeymoon to Europe. Mrs.
Bruce, YOU will recall was the former
Ailsa Mellon. the only daughter of
the secretary OF the treasury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

Providence, f. while on the SUBJ
Ject Of liquor, someone had dug up the
information that Roger Williams,
founder of Rhode Island. was one of
the first licensed liquor dealers in the
state. This reference was found in an
old volume OF colonial records: TT is
granted unto Mr.. Roger Williams to
have leave to sell little wine or
strong water to some natives in theare
sickness"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

Amherst. Mass, June 3.-(P1-Lord
Jeffery Amherst, familiar to singers
of college songs and commander. of
the British forces in America during
the French and Indian wars. is the
subject of rare historical documents
placed on permanent exhibition here
today. The display marked the open
ing of the new Lork Jeffery Inn,
which was celebrated by dinner. at
tended by several college presidents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

Stock transfer receipts in New
York state for May dropped to
s75S,431 from $1,0l7,993 in April and
s1,244,021 in May last year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

San Francisco. June 3--fPl-"Back
seat" automobile driving is a just
cause for divorce. The state supreme
court so rules. Claude III. Harmon,
San Francisco locomotive engineer.
sued in the lower courts for divorce
on the grounds that his wife, belit-
tied his ability as driver, by telling
him from the back seat just how he
should negotiate the curves ahead
The trial court refused the decree and
Hartman appealed with success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

New York-Marriage is a much
more difficult proposition for mem
bers OF athletic teams in Europe. An
athlete has to obtain permission of
MS manager as preliminary to en-
Saglng the services of a n,.nister.
members of the Hakoah soccer team
OF Vienna revealed as they sailed for
Europe. Only three members of the
squad of % are married,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04

Net profit Of Stromberg Carbure-
tor for the first quarter of 1926 fell
to s134,497 after expenses and fed
eral taxes. compared with $160,S05
in the first quarter of 1925.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Marshall Uneasy
AS County Detective
Recites Confession

Philadelphia, Mar. 16-(AP)-Da-
vid L. Marshall. chiropractor. charged
with the murder of Anna May Die
trich, sat uneasily in char at his
trial as county detective told how
the defendant described draining the
blood from the body of the woman
after he had choked her to death.
Rodney NJ. Shaver the detective,
said he was left alone with Marshall
on the evening he confessed to Dis
trict Attorney c. E. Fox that he
choked the woman. Some food and
cigars had been brought to Marshall.
Shaver testified that he remarked to
the prisoner that 1t was strange no
blood was found in the body of the
woman. Then Marshall told him that
he had drained it.
Marshall, the witness said, told
him that after he had choked Miss
Dietrich during quarrel he sat look
at her for some time and he decided
to drain the blood and dismember the
body.
The detective denied that Mar
shall had been ill treated by the po-
lice the night he made his confess
sion
HE was treated better than we
Were" said Shafer. He got cigars
and we didn't"
Edward Eochsle, another county
detective, told virtually the same
story as Shaver abouth the blood
draining.
DIR. j. Atlee Dean. chemist and bac-
teriologist the last witness of the
day, said he found no poison in the
organs of the dead woman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Colonel Coolidge
(Continued from PAGE One)

his old neighbors one by one to visit
him. Three of them answered the
summons, calling at the Coolidge
farmhouse and being admitted for
brief visits in the sick room. Those
who called today were Dick Brown,
Oric Ward and Walter H. Lindes.
One of these later said he had no.
ticed a great change in the coloners
appearance since he had seen him
last three weeks ago. The sick man,
he said, had grown thin and haggard
and appeared to be very weak. He
recognized his visitors. however, and
was able to exchange a few words
with them.
Lindes is the man who leased the
Coolidge sugar lot from the presi-
dent week or two ago. Brown in
stalled the radio by which the col
onel was able to listen to addresses
by the president in various cities.
Ward is a school director and life
long resident of Plymouth, for years
associated with Colonel Coolidge in
the public affairs Of the town.
Shortly after the evening bulletin
was issued news was received that
renewed efforts were being made to
open the 13 miles of road from Lud-
low here. A state tractor delivered
at Ludlow Sunday had driven a big
rotary snowplow four miles at that
hour, commencing at the Ludlow end.
Carl NJ. Lawrence, district highway
commissioner, was in charge Of the
work. The progress was made
through packed drifts from four to
eight feet deep.
It was announced that the work
would go on throughout the night
and until the road was cleared for
automobile traffic all the way to
Plymouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
General Store Is
Clearing House for
News from Colonel

Plymouth, VT, March 16.-(AP)-
In the general store at Plymouth are
made public daily reports from the
sickroom of Colonel John c.. Cool
idge, father of the President, who is
critically i'll in his farmhouse home
just across the road. The store, the
single social as we'll as business CEN
ter of this tiny hamlet. has become
an institution, and Miss Florence
Cilley is it's presiding genius.
Thousands of tourists who have
visited -the birthplace of President
Coolidge know Miss Cilley and her
country store. In little room at the
back of the store Calvin Coolidge
was born. The counters of BIRDS
eye maple and black cherry were
polished by the boy Calvin and his
handiwork is seen also in the neatly
stencilled letters on the fashioned
bins labelled with the names of
score of grocery staples. But cir
cumstances have compelled Miss Gil
ley to turn the place to uses other
than historical.
A swarm of newspaper men and
photographers descended on little
Plymouth at mid winter when the
outside world learned that the Presf-
dents father was sinking. They
came to the general store and none
was turned away. The public hall
above the store, used for the dances
that afford the only winter enter
tainment. became a dormitory filled
with cots. The hall was the Rresi-
dents executive Office when he visit
ed Plymouth. The crowd overdowed
the tiny dining room behind the
htore and tables were set in a sun
parlo rused in summer as a tea
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Corey's Attorney
Apologies to Jury
Which Convicted Client.

Boston, March 16.-(AP)-Wil-
liam r. Scharton. counsel for Frank
Corey, sentenced to life imprison-
ment for robbery. publicly apologize
ed in superior court today for his
denunciation of the jury that found
his client guilty. Corey, who had
previously been acquitted of the
charge of numbering Mrs. Mae
Price, was convicted of robbing her.
A situation said to be unprece-
dented in Massachusetts court his
tory occurred last Friday night
when the Gury, after pronounclng
Corey guilty, was assailed by
Scharton. The jurymen took Of
tense at Seharton's suggestion that
they would live to regret" their
action and reference to "insidious
whispering propaganda" AS result
Judge David A. Lourie called Schar-
ton into court to make his apology.
After explaining that his remarks
were not personal and not intended
as a threat, intimidation or insult,
Scharton said:
IT want to apologize to the jury
for my remarks and ask them to re-
ceive the apology in the same man
ly spirit in which ] offer it,"
Judge Lourie then declared, Il
want it distinctly understood that |
shall not allow anyone to browbeat
or coerce juries into bringing in ver
diets which should be satisfactory to
any particular person or cliques,"
Judge Lourie further asserted
that he was convinced from the evil
dence that COREY robbed Mae
Prince and brutally strangled her."
Mrs. Price, wardrobe mistress of
the Brown Derby theatrical CO.,
was found murdered in the Hotel
Hollis last May.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

room. The general store became a
hotel with Miss Cilley as hostess.
In the store Is where the neighbors
gather daily for the bulletins given
out from the sick room. Scores of
telephone calls come in from outside
points from persons seeking infor-
nation. The proprietoreof the general
store furnishes the news to all who
apply. ~.
Miss Cilley evolved from teacher Of
the country school to the position
of leading merchant, postmistress
and one of Plymouth's leading citi-
zens. She herself says It was by
accident
She was born in South Reading
and went to school there when john
Garibaldi Sargent, now attorney gem
eral, was the teacher. From the
age of II she lived on her fathers
farm in Plymouth. continuing her
studies until she graduated from
normal school and became the
teacher at Pin Hollow, near this VII.
lage. Thirteen years ago she apan"
doned teaching for merchandising.
A friend, who was . school teach-
err at New Haven. Conn.,, persuaded
Miss Cilley to buy the stock Of the
store at sheriff's sale. The two
women carried the business Cd
through a summer vacation and
then the friend married a Plymouth
farmer. Miss Cilley continued the
store alone. Later she purchased
the building from Colonel Coolidge,
who had conducted the store years
before and later had leased It to q
series Of tenants. The position of
postmistress came with that OF store
keeper.
The weekly dances in the winter
months eked out the income from
the little business, but admittedly
the revenues were somewhat scanty
until the succession of Calvin Cool
idge to the. presidency gave Ply
mouth a place on the nations map.
During last summer season thou
sands of tourists have come to the
Presidents birthplace. The trade Of
the little store has grown to large
proportions while the postofi1ce BUSH
ness has increased enormously.
Miss Cilley frequently has been
forced to assume duties that COM
nected with her general store. She
has received from many parts Of the
country advice and complaints on
sundry Plymouth affairs. Today
came a letter from a Vermont wom-
an protesting against the use Of
Vernie Moore's white horse Excel
sior to pull President Coolidge's linn
CUISINE up Notch Mountain.
Sometime ago VERNE, who is 10
years Of age, said he was ready to
haul the Presidents car up the steep
hill leading to Plymouth Notch II It
could not. get through the snowdrifts
under its own poweA Excelsior, who
is 20 years old, is a powerful nag
and does not feel his age. Miss Gill;
ley assured her correspondent that
the horse was equal to the task.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
dictionaries Attend
Behind the Front"
AT Opera House

Gardiner DICTIONARIES and their Ia
dies attended the showing of the war
comedy picture Behind the Front"
at the Johnson Opera House last
evening as guests of the manage
ment The theatre was packed to ca
pacity, and the special program was
much enjoyed. Manson's Orchestra
furnished music for the occasion, and
appropriate decorations by Norman
Fowler were among the features. To-
ward the close of the picture DR..
John D. Towne of Waterville, Past
State Commander of the American
Legion talked to the audience, on
Legion Membership" urging that
every ex-service man become a MEM
Der of this great organization and
derive from the benefits offered. His
remarks were greeted with hearty
applause, and the evening was voted
a decided success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

The aggregate of livestock received
at Boston for the week ending March
1S, 1926: 'Tt
This week: Cattle 1925, sheep and
lambs 3246, calves BIB, hogs 11,S06.
Last week: Cattle 1871, sheep and
lambs 42OS, calves 361S, hogs 10,S45.
One year ago: Cattle 2193. sheep and
lambs 1903, calves 4425, hogs 1888.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle 147, sheep and lambs 1, calves
500, hogs "a.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Offerings of beef cows were mod
crate and the market movement
was slow and unsatisfactory from
the sellers viewpoint. Concessions
Of a fraction were in order in the
average sales of the morning. No
Extra fancy steers or oxen were Of
cred, but this class quoted at s IL
q 8 lie, with good at Csc, coarse
nXen at > q 1-2c. Only a few
'ead of extra fancy cows We're on
ale, bringing from z % 1-2c, but
more plentiful at "a q 6 3-4c,
medium at 1-2 q 5 lie. Gamers
sold in nearly all cases at LIE.
with a few inferior lots lac lower.
Slippery cows sold at 81 @ 4 1-4c.
Few bulls were offered, selling at 4
% &c.
The calf market continues de-
pressed but thus far York state
calves are arriving In smaller
amounts than in the previous year
Buyers paid willingly II 3-4c for
choice lots. of 120 lbs weight. the
average top. Fancy single calves
sold up to tic. Average mixed lots
10 @ IL 1-2c. Small calves at 1-2
q &c.
The hog market held at last
weeks advance, there having been
but slight fiuctuation in the Chicago
market from which the market here
takes it's tone. Yard offerings were
light and changed hands quickly
upon arrival. Fancy lots, live, sold
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Grand Officers of
l. 0. 0. F. of Maine
Coming to Gardiner

Plans have been completed for the
entertainment Of the Grand Officers
of the several branches Of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows at
the hall of Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, l.
o. o. F.. Thursday evening at eight
o'clock. The Grand officers expected
are Grand Master, Wyman P. Wad-
leigh Of Bar Harbor;' Deputy
Grand Master Leroy E. Leonard of
Portland; Grand Patriarch George S.
Leavitt of Richmond; Brigadier
General Elmer w. Nickerson and
staff of Lewiston; President Of the
Rebekah Assembly, Martha Hawkes.,
and Clara Grassland, Warden Of the
Rebekah Assembly.
A very attractive program has been
arranged consisting of reading, dane
ing and musical numbers, also re-
marks by visiting officers. This is a
Joint meeting Of the four branches
Of the Order in Gardiner, and 1t Is
open to anyone interested in Odd
Fellowship. Sojourning members are
especially invited to attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Boston Man Held
Without Bail on
1924.Murder Charge

New York, March 16.-(AP)-Wil-
liam Moir of Boston was held today
without bail for the police of Burling-
ton, Mass, who is wanted in connec-
ton with the murder of Fred Clemens,
garage owner, in a robbery in Sep
TENDER. 1924. Moir also known as
John Williams, was arrested yesterday
and arraigned today before Magistrate
Gordon in jefferson Market court.
Moir is alleged to have been impli-
Gated with two other men in the
crime. He told police that he knew
the men involved in the murder but
that he was not with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
FAIRFIELD

The Embroidery club will meet this
evening with Mrs Mamie Allen on
Osborne street.
Visiting Day will be observed to-
day by the teachers of the grade
schools. There will be no school ses-
sions in the grades.
The Royal Neighbors Sewing Circle
will meet Thursday evening with
Mrs. Ed Rowe on Totman court.
The losers in the Masonic tourna-
ment will give a chicken pie supper
to the winners this evening in Files
hall at 6.15. The ladies of the Eas-
tern Star will have charge of the
suppef.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
RECORD COMPLETE
OF kENNEbEC ICE
FOR PAST CENTURY

Inc recent agitation about impend.
ing hood conditions on the Kennehec
mas started considerable discussion
about the date upon which the Kenne-
Gee Will be free from ice this spring
from data available covering a period
VI 1oi years, 1t is found that the ice
mas passed out In April 70 times and
ln March So times, with the record of
o.e r-lS35-missing. The wears
VI 1903 ana 1887 appear the last of n
easihs' april Fl, while on March 2
1886 the earliest day the ice had com,
pany on its Journey down the river
LOT IT overlook the old wooden hr;dge
across the Kennebec. The averae e
oate OF leaving is from April as. and
observers predict that the date this
year wiil be from April 10-i2. IF
weatner IKE the present continues
mere would be little danger. as the ice
mouio De gradually melted by the SUMS
,. ass untli the danger is past, and
would break up easily. Several warm
neavy rains, however, would mean &C.
rlous trouble on the Kennebec az we'll
as other rivers in the State, as woods
men report that the snow Is four feet
oeep IN the Maine woods.
Inc record for the past 100 years is
gwen herewith: 1926, April 2: 1927.
March 20; 1928. March 25: 1929. Aprii
IL: 1880, April 1: 1881, March 80: 1892
April IA; 1888. April 5, 1884, April g.:
1888. no record; 1886, April 9: 1887
April "a: 1888, April 3; 1889, April 6:
is4o, March 81; 1871. April s.; 1912,
March 20; 1913, April 10; 1874, April
.: 1S45' March 81: 1916. March 2s:
!S47, April 20; 1S4S. April /; 1919.
March 80; 1850, April 8; 1851, April 6;
1907. April -; 1853, March 20; 1854,
April Fl; 1855, April 8: 1856, April g.;
1897. April 5; 1858, April 3; 1859,
March 81; 1860, March 81; 1851. April
z; 1852, April IS: 1863, April 10: 1864.
March 20; 1865, March %: 1866, March
81; 1857. April 10; 1868, April is: 1859.
April IL; 1870, April s; 1871, March ~:
1872. April 16: 1873. April Is; 1874,
April 8; 1875, April IA; 1876, April y:
1877, March %; 1878. March 16; 1879,
APRIL 10; 1880, March so; 1881, March
%; 1882, April 5; 1888, April IA; 1884,
April 4; 1885, April 16; 1886, April 16;
1887, April 21: 1888, April Is; 1889,
March 20; 1890, April 4; 1891, April B;
1892. March 80; 1898, April ~; 1894,
March 20; 1895, April s. 1896, March 2;
1897, April 8; 1893. Marco IS; 1899,
April IL; 1900, April 2; 1901, April IA;
1902. March II; 1903. March IA: 1904,
April 6: 1906, April Z; 1906, April S;
1907, April Is; 1908, March 2s 1909,
April 2; 1910, March 20. 1911, April IA;
1912, April s; 1913, March %; 1914.
April 7: 1915, March IL; 1916. April /;
1917. April 4; 1918, April s; 1919.
| March 21; 1920, April 6; 1921, March
IL; 1922. March 26; 1929. April 10:
| 1924, March 10. These dates are given
| on the basis of winter of two years,
as the last one, the ice left the river
! on March 10, 1925, or the winter of
| 1924-25.
The Ladies' Aid of the First Bap-
| fist church will hold a cooked food
| sale at the store of F. S. Smith, Sat
urday March 20
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Mrs. Alice May.Lewis

Mrs: Alice May Lewis. the wife of
Harry Lewis, passed away suddenly
at her home on Main street Tuesday
morning at 100 after an illness of
several weeks. Mrs. Lewis was born
In Clinton. July 4, 1861, but had been
resident of this town for over 80
years. She is survived by her hus-
band, Harry Lewis, three daughters,
Mrs. Robert Burnham of Mechanics
burg, Ohio. Mrs. Edward Roberts of
this town and Mrs. Ernest Knight of
East WATERFORD: two sisters, Mrs.
Henry Nelson of Benton and Mrs.
Albert Cain of Clinton; on brother,
Almon Written of Orono, six grand
children and several nephews and
nieces. The funeral service will be
held at her home Friday morning at
$50, Rev. Alexander Henderson, pas
tor of the Baptist church, officiating.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

and district conventions and the fol-
lowing were voted upon:
Delegates-R. A. Jewell, W. NJ.
Crawford, A. H. Ellis, B. L. Nichols,
w. w. Nye.
Alternates Miss Lucia Conner,
Mrs. Addie Glidden, Miss Veda Mar
cha. Mrs. Kate Ellis, Mrs. B. L. Nj
chols The following officers were
elected: Chairman, P. E. Allen: vice
chairman, Miss Alice Ladd; secre-
tary, Miss Alice Laid; treasurer, B.
L. Nichols.
A town committee was then ap-
pointed, after which, there being no
more business to be brought up, the
meeting adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Pythian Knights
Hold Special Meeting

The local order Of Knights OF
Pythias held special meeting Mon
day evening with many distinguish
ed guests present. among them be-
ing members Of the Grand Lodge.
J. F. Musser of Portland and Edgar
J. Brown of Waterville: Mayor Wal
lace N. Price presided over the cere-
monies of the evening and among
the various speakers was the Rev.
H. E. Haskell of the Methodist
church, who gave very interesting
talk on K. of P. History. George
Gray and Ernest W. Morrell, who
are charter members of this lodge,
which has been in existence 81
years, were presented with past Of
ficers' jewels. 1t was an evening long
to be remembered in the annals Of
local X. of P. history.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

"a under unanimous consent
agreement reached today. 1t would
prohibit railroads charging more for
short intermediate hauls than for
longer dhauls to permit them to meet
water transportation competition.
Mexico City, March 16-(AP)-
Special dispatches from Chihuahua
City report that Efran Lawrere, a
Mexican of German descent, cashier
for. the American Smelling and Re-
filming Company, suddenly became in
sane over financial difficulties, shot
or stabbed his wife and six children
and then attempted suicide. Four of
the children are dead and the others,
their mother and Lawrere are in
serious condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
SOUTH GARDINER

On Tuesday afternoon a very at
tractive breakfast was served in the
cooking laboratory of the Gardiner
high school, by the seventh and
eighth grade girls of South Gardiner.
Miss Arlene Holt acted as hostess
and Miss Dorothy Holt as host. The
guests were Miss Myrtle Odlin and
Miss Alice Corbin, who also acted as
waitress. The girls are planning an
other good time for later in 4the year,
when they will serve a luncheon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

The Epworth League Of the High
land Avenue NJ. K. church held a
business meeting Monday night at
the parsonage. The following off,
GERS were elected: President, George
Blaisdell LIST vice president, Evelyn
Wakefield; 2nd vice president, An
ME Belts; Bird vice president, Chris.
team Ellis: 4th vice president, Har-
old Berry: secretary, Doris Colby:
treasurer, Thelma Purdy: executive
committee. Bertha Purdy, Athena
Chapman and the pastor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17

Twenty-seven members of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Baptist church enjoyed very
pleasant straw ride Monday evening.
The party left Gardiner at $50 for
Elmdale Farm in West Gardiner, ar
irving at $50. A hot oyster stew
was served by Mr.. and Mrs. Cos
line. After supper games were play
ed and very pleasant evening en-
joyed by all.