Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

Tf-W i-iW tVS' I nf rv-- it Seems to Have Few Friends Except Its PoIl Tax Bill Due to Die Alsd A THAW WILL SITUATION Most Snow and Ice for Year in Some Continued Cold Increases Freshet Danger Soft Snow Lightly Frosted Grbuiidfand AL'GU ATAMlrcl) it (flpelai) It-ter net be 4 lesi bM trail vbllsf nbebd of some of tha-meas-urra now Pending' before the tegto-litare bat the outlook to font I' Is derncd Anyone who ttwa that the'Cur-thr direct primary-cenfentlou bill tli primraa path from- the com ndttee -room to the Governor1 oflee has i wrong conception of the situation unleo the 'corridor cohveraa-Uen to much a wry Judging by some things which the members are eying It to roughs than any road leddlng to Dahlia ever -wan They are elaadlng oa the aide Uhee with bludgeons waiting to amaeh It They aeeert that even foo a favorable rfi-Prt cornea out of the commutes the ehaace the primary Mil haa ot getting thru houses to about lbs earn as that of a soap bubble reaching the eky' It to not too much to my that trouble has been tho portion of the bin elncelto birth According to corridor talk It was hacked about the Mate House and the Augusta HoueoTfor'daye ln tho effort to have it Introduced 'it was Introduced oaee by meipber of the Senate and pulled back before it could eoo tho light of day And then Up Curtis conecnted to present the bill In the House According to the unit goeelik this bill la the Idea of a former member of the legislature who secured the ocrrloeb of HonVR rattaagall to draft him a direct primary bill embodying these various features It waa eo 'v Pdlaiid III fflbllM! JIM UlSITSLEVISTOt BOSTON March II (By the Associated Prese) accutn talk tl on of snow nud in some sections tbs greatest In yeafs to teetering on New England's watersheds a warn rate or high tem? peraturea will set loose aa avalanche that will swell tha email streams and choke the rivers Continued cold will keep the and lea eov-or pent up increasing the danger that' It will go out eventually ns a flood pnir a gradual thaw wlU sue the situation: The snow blanket deepest in-southern Maine where 11 feet haa fallen during the winter and measuring between II and 101 inches elsewhere In the northern tier ot stated kka back found In measurements at' Bellows Falla VL ta hold: more water than la any year of which there are records Experts of tho Roliowa Falls Canal Company measuring tbs snow taU oa tho hanks pf the Connecticut VA'A' tag -Graefhi it tSoi iNow VReil Ow 'Reinlt of tte Ezdtement of Three Hoax -Xt' icacm Vacationat "rtl'-' -yi' i Geae'Tuuney ot New Jersey tho llghtbeavjrwcjght tertayte ef the GOHedjtatofr)) to tlfrpMNet ef 'Ml Riekry at th 'Mnnslea HOas Pa-tanf briafo'kad hie teadea ef helag ta rfoggide tt when Eddie Bherlto Seam Ip Lewiston city halL Friday night-- Probably no one oa Lisboa street Tuesday morning suspected that th tall clean cut husky young ma with MA Ricker waa eae of America's mart famous and popular boxers Thump would bo picked out of the crowd oaoeollego athlete or 'possibly a eoflega graduate Who Is talking the buataera bmo aad banken into the purchase of few dollars worth Of bond He Mao none -of the tegng commonly attributed te those who battle la the rta gfor the public's amassment and their own financial hsneflt And whan one lias the pleasure ot msot- Strange Story Comes toLight at Said Real Murderer more die of refit frrltatellasta ttal makes ena forgeg that ho ts 31 aaftoaal hero ta- basing ateeta- Taaaey toatoe a very tatersatlng eoarermiloaaltot sd- much at" hod appdtaptly i oa-subjecte foreign to tho oa topica' who Urania "to hammsr fer tfba i-1' eaa- pot think Of anythtog good to f-'' ay about aoma bo tets' dowa erltheut aay panUlnfl" 'v- to only natural thivtha Ohlet 1 -1 a a a pertslnlng te the bexl to ohe of'thqee boys have burled the hami Was in Court-Room i ft fr I PROVIDENCE March II ffho management of (fha Grand Trunlf Ballw'ay has and Anally" decided to proceed at once ea the work of eofitpletingtba Baiithera New Eagtend ex( from Fainter Mnsn to Mde water at thta city the Rhode general assembly will7 grant a extension of tha1 eharior This asauranco waa glvsa la tetter written by Johcuff Murdoch ef this city' vice-president of the eduthera Mew England to Harold Andrews yep floor lander in tho House Aa a result of the a nee Mr And re we today Introduced an net renewing tho read's charter for twor years Tha extension la designed to link the-Central Vermont subsidiary ot tha Grand Trank with deep water at Providence its right of way already largely graded rung thru one of tha busiest Industrial sections nf the country -All stock iff Booth-era New England Is owned by the Central Vermont and nil ot the tbek of that road la owned by the Grand Trunk Work'on tha extension was begun In III! and suspended Iw Rhede Island In my FRENCH SEIZE BIG COKE PLANT AT WESTERHOLD 3vll Minion of Effffiagera Bering Realization of Plans RecUnrhAiuen Warned ESSEN March II (By tha dated Ahe civil mission of engineers headed by- Costs French inspectd-general of mines which lams Into tha Ruhr to exact coal representations from thf Industrialists haa began realisation of tta plana A party at anglnaen eecorit-edtiy Freueh infantry stead tddfeyvfhg state wehs fUht near Westarhold with 111 tons 01 soheen Jrnnd ''Ettsfr Marth ll (By thl Aaab dated Press) Tho German population of the Recklinghausen district has been warned by General Laigne-lot commanding the dtatrict It was announced today that ta tha event say further French troops are stoUnmted or ambushed tho burgomaster of Buer who la held hostage together arlth four other town 'officiate would ha ahot at once as a mer-iure of retaltayon FRENCH INTERCEPT A COURIER OF STONES MUELHEIM March'll (By the Associated Press) taourler for Hugo Rtlnnee Intercepted yesterday by the French as he wM about to outer the Rahy aboard a train All tha documents he was carrying were Seised Moat of tho Ruhr magnates and lnd usi "isl Arms havg resorted to private messengers In conveying mall and other communications between occupied Slid unoccupied Germany because It to alleged that the French have been ransacking mall bags The postal service is delayed as wdll-as unaatsi RUHR INHABITANTS WEI SUFFER ANYWAY BERLIN) March IS (BF the Associated Whether Investigation shows that French Belgians or Germans tha French offloer and civilian at Buer the Berlin press expects tlfkt tha German inhabitants of- tho Ruhr will have to suffer for tha incident Tho Tngshlntt calls attention the fact that throe Germans have already baba killed since the Buer hosting and that Premier Pten care aad Minister of War yiaglnot announced measures of repytaar patera awaltjng the results of the investigation THREE ATTEHPIS TO -WRECERUHR TRAINS BKUBfiEU Mardh lt '(By tha Aaeoeiated Three attempts to wrack trains a the railroad line wMeb Vranea-Btegttto ooal be hauled are reported today in news dispatches from tho AJx-La-ChapelM dtotrteL la oao of -these butanes time bomb was exploded tearing up the track However the btaab attracted attest tea and an aeeidcut was averted A search 1- the aelgnhorhood resulted to the dUseovdry of -an ua-exptedsd bomb aad favsalsd that the track had heea' tampered with to sack an extant that derailment raid have been eertaln Tha wntlN railway syatam fa the district ta now being inspected aad guards have been ttattaned along the lute the dispatches ted irWWMtasmmasawttdM FirmCRO Marsh Dnmag-to Jet TM was awarded XJyUaF Bnxbeseof -Wereeeter common ffitoas Jury to her breach af prom toe suit against Wm E8GSANABA Mich March No longer known ns the girl who lived despite tha highest temperature reported to medical history but as the young woman who perpetrated one of greatest hoaxes Miss Evelyn Lqrona today was reported actually In a serious condition For St days the recipient of hundreds 'of telegrams letters and portal cards from all parts of the country while her 'fever was reported officially by-the attending physician xs lin ring ranged from 114 degrees the story geee ynuch" cooler to get the Mil -drafted than 1o Rgi a man who would Introduce It la -the leg-IslatUre- Cbmiel CMtetcna toe: Early It to-ssld-that Uu hlUuauoed much roo fusion dismay and trouble In at least' one newspaper Bee before was flnaly Introduced It IS related that -the spSelal writer of thle particular paper bad pqeeeseton pf eald Mil and that he Wrote a story efbow It was today" by a distinguished member of the House giving hie name and mailed along with the teat of the Mil to the office It was fut In type and run off in the Orel editions of the -paper and then as certain cartoqnist always says the fun began Bald apecUfl writer ss It to told had neglected ffnd out whether the prominent member of tho House would Introduce-the MIL That was la oversight The night before the Story wee to run at about the hour the press wue due to start In- the home office on the flret editions he hunted up the prominent member and In perfunctory sort of way Invited him to Introduce the MIL Ha 4 member read -It ovfet1 shook bis head and paneed It back "Can't do it" waa hte answer you must" the spulal writer assured him 'I've got atory coming out fn my paper tomorrow raying that will do eo you've got to do It what'll I do If you the prominent member Centlnneg ea Page Twenty The Ivory hand predicted days In advance ot Mrs Ethel Bean's That she would never he convicted That the trial would not be as long as anticipated -That It wsuld require little egqrt by the defence attorneys 1 to ears her That during part or the whole of this trial the real murderer would be ia the courtroom That the Jury would 'be oat not more than four bourn and perhaps horter tins -That tho trial's toat hoars-would bo marked by wnoxpoetod developments That Uses were persona la tho vicinity of tho neono of the murder much more troubled than forthcoming trial lira Ethel Beau Tho hand temperamental an a prime donna It ansvpred only after the moefper-eistent yet tactful of persuasion But ft did anawer finally: and thane an-wen were filed Ur future- reference They are printed at the beginning this of thli atory aad they nro a Mt startling for prediction proved absolutely correct Aa lor its assertion that the real murderer wdB-ln the ooulroom during the course of the there were many who thought that Spirit control? Hub-conscious sug-geatian? lmajinatlcnT An Ingenious Who among us to wise enough to ayT MURDER OF TAILOR IS A COMPIETE MYSTERY -li 'NEW ORC Mar AbVnhlm Ollln Aged 11 a'' tailor ntagtered ntaa drug store Bear hto ship la1 Harlem' last Bights called te the have ban shot and fell to the floor dead A hdllet -had paused fora hto- body about ana fourth of an inch above hto heart -Tbe mur-der was eompleU mystery no one thp neighborhood had heard a shot Brad -and na ana was sees leaving OOsT shop whore the ahaotr tag waa believed te have secured 9UTH BIRTHDAY OF FIRST HEAD0FBU i March the faculty an4 rtudent bady of Boat Vaivwr-dtf Wera wbsarvtng today the Mth at Frerident-amwitua Wag d' Warren the first baud at university whose tenure af OSes waa Tram IITI te iMLr'Iaduded tha program waa A meettog at isn't University-foalght' good haatihforJilS Advaneod age heat won Dn Warren lent wort that ha would ibla to attendthto gnthariag hto feoaer i si topis of ooavaraaaon'riietvfoeflf sad hto listeners to tho rsemt ho-had with Harry Grab-when' aad won Ilu-llght hea- -Ja-vywtegM shamploosblp-Ot Amartca which Grab had takes from HO toss year The Judgra gave foa decision i' -to TaaoeK fifnawif foo'epert writers white ethers ao lo always the--) ease felt Grab had wet te dam-' TEN DIRECTORSiNOT SELF-RELIANCE ONLY ROAD TO PROGRESS AND UBERTY-C00UDGE river there said exceptionally w'nter was forecast CTstag DymusUO lee la the rivers to thick and If it goes out with the water ntrcal-t pitch may cause damage at ax-' posed river points or 1 break down bridges aad 'barriers At potato dynamltq to being used to bloat a Channel sp that tha Ice-will go down without Jamming In other plaeeq gangs hove been at work with tee saws to -open hues Thr extent to which the have heea froaen to indicated by the feet that' lAke Champlain to lower than ta many years at thta ssnson tha result ot lack of tho usual supply of wnter from streams a year ago at thta Uma tha toko was ten Inches higher than It waa today Rato yesterday ledaeued tha cumulation In some -sections added to it in others The weather bureau hero said there waa ao definite tndicktlaa na to tha extant at the floods thin spring or the probe-time that 'they Orated start ta high tea time volume upward Miss Larons was said today to have guild the excitement which accompanied her three weeks treatment and tha subsequent exposure ot her trick ot touching tha thermometer to a tiny hot water bottle too much for her Aa a consequence ahe waa reported hysterical with an actual temperature cf 104 and a possibility that death might follow her protracted taking Dr Defnet the tamlly physician and also city physician haa boon treating the young women for weeks for peritonitis not furnish relief forhlt the burden In extotene" touching brisfly upon worfd affairs tha Vice-President raid: "The world at largo to auffaring (ram tha addition of grievous burdens boon use there have been eomt milted grievous wrong Those to but one way to escape from they must he expiated Education ought to teach thta to tho World The temedydoed 'not lie ta tho arang complacency of on Ignoble ralflsh-bm but -la a berate aoCeptaac of rraponslbilltl 1 personal local national and IntonwtlcaaL and their full I1-' REPORTS LENINE HAS APOPLECTIC SEIZURE LONDON Kara MS (By tha Associated A Reuter dispatch from Hefiagfors today says Pramter Drains of had- an apoplectic ralsure ysteerday His eoadltloa tho meorags add is stated ta bo sarlou (A Moaeow dispatch oa March I quoted tea Ksmnoff ns teatlag that Laa toe's health was grndnal Improving ansr haring auffsrod fram ovarwarfc ftelowlag last sammsrb lilacs) 1 JUIJN MONTREAL FIRE MONTREAL March' litaltsd au ot the targm ds-psrtmtot stares ta this Mty sustained 1(MI tefom in 4 dra yra-Urdnr whisk to hellevsd -to have originated td the breaking af ha eleetrla gMba ta ad- Jotataff tho aw la struct ur bEfl MOIXEfll Iowa- March 11-The Supremo oourt (odhynpf According to information from the office of the Union Wales Power Co Lpwtofon the take storage at the headwaters of the jlndroeoog-gin river is nearly exhanated Iq foot figures' compiled ftou) ffert data this week 'indlcato that tirtt li but It days' supply on Mad This would be a menacing noadMoa bat for the largo body of eaoto ready to melt aad tu lata tha tributartearbf Nh 7T IJgr tho rcpleotohment af the tonga supply for ara during th oomlng ysqjp thsra to vsnMargt body of new oa tho ground' This Ifmelted 'would giro foe fout-o aa average of 1I sNai: with i thsusunl spring rain -wtu be ampln for ike nampieto' fiil-Iny of the etorage rues raters na which the steady low of water ta the Androscoggin river to-no'depdnd-ent snow all thru the region to Me from lea and cruet and will melt fast once the temperature sufficiently moderates But cold weather has cheeked this melting pro-eras- unusually tat this spring There to little frost in the ground so that It will soak up tho water like a sponge Ratal fipecalatloa Altho conditions are favorable to freshets along ths river nil pends on how tho snow melts 4 succession of warm days would Inks off the mow gradually causing little damage from high water But hard rains might start flood condition altho the snow Is so light that Jt would absorb a week's steady rain Tha big dam at Aatocohoa is not a preventive of freshets la ths lower reaches of the Androscoggin cause of the heavy supply of water along the valley below 'fcrol In the tort big flood of 1IM when Lewiston and Auburn lote their bridge Dm danger cam from' the tributaries pouring their waters Into the river all the way from Errol New Hampshire to th -coast while owing to tho tater spring season at tho headwaters no flood was experienced ta that region Hath Big Factor PORTLAND Me March Freshet possibilities along ths rivers and streams of western 'Maine will depend largely npon tho amount of rain the eomtaf month Continuation of the moderate temperatures of the pate two weeks gradually will reduce the accumulation ot snow of which there to still three taet on the ground here remaining from the total tall of 11? taehra which' within few ihchra ef foo-idi-ycar word a The heavy blanket of mew thru- out the wintey by preventing the ound from framing WlU have bcnaflelal effect aa much aa now will soak into the earth da it meltn tastrad of draining Into Uw brooks and streams aa is tho eastern when the -snrtaee to ftaaea solidly-Tho draught which lowered the takes and 'ponds tots ta the fall ate will aid la reducing the fjeflirate of danger Mo Atoms ea flare BIDDEFORD MeMoreh Ai-tho there to appraxlmotoly five fete ot saew on foe ground ao the level with a total foQ af III taehra saea familiar with emdlUoas ara set unduly alarmed at prwpectaeC a flood Mf the flaeo rtvec this uprtug Only eaddea thaw aad -leag too-tinned tain they my would bring about fl'dlmteraue frrabeL Water ta the river to so lew new that tederable voluma eon Id be takes re of before tha danger petal to reached there to ea little frost ta the ground that tha greater part of tho water fram melting anow weald ho absorbed: fee an tha river aver kgeU taehra tatMekaejtf LITILETHOUairOFSK 6f it SPRING ON PENOBSCOT lIVKUMonE FALIR March Special George Moulton manager of Dreamland Theatre nod known to everyone In Livermore Ikik to the owner qf-a curious toy If you 'em call It that It to an Ivory exquisitely carved aad It wue lvcn him by a a professional magician who recently returned ftm a wtrld tour and who hod acquited It la India It has been au object bf lnlereet te Mr Mouitdn'n frJonda'for it will answer questions Call It spirit control or whnt you pill tho thing uncanny Phico it on a table oak nay question you Mm and It responds-: sue rap Signifying two rape "yes" nud three raps know" or' A nutnbof of friends recently gathered la Mr Moulton's horns: tbs ivory hand played the rote of chief entertainer pud the questions turn ad upon subjsotthan of vital lrt Colder WASHINGTON Starch Tors-caat northern -mNsw England: Mostly cloudy jtnd colder tonight aad Wednesday probably anow tonight and on the coast Wednesday moderate td fresh shifting winds becoming northerly Forecast for southern New England! Cloudy tonight and Wednesday probably snow or rain: coldef wept on the southeast coart moderate to fresh shifting winds JOVHXfil ALMANAC ft nfiT JUses o-mili I getl I MOON II pare Old j-Bladn L4 n-m Length wf Day It hrn IT jnlnh lnorese1 hr 4Lmlns TldayWg r' Teeaday Wedaeaday I min 8aU 4-41 min it min -Jtoeklns Too Much Complaint Because Some One Does Not Come and Do All the Woik for To the Directorate bf itheLcton ji Chamberof Commmecam Ballots Are Maileil to 1 11 1 1 1 moa kaewtedgothat Grab ta all of hto fights works fn taettaaeamraryL to tho rules govern tag tho i- fc The ffirectora' elimlnsied heea us o9 forae'yran Jf James Cohura 1 Llsweed g' purgta-r Dr La' Raoul LafonA Ctiorlra P-Lemnlre wnUam H-NewelL WllHnna Ooort- Nomination ballots for the Lswls-tea chamber of Commerra director atd Hhra' been mailed Under an amendment adopted recently glrec-ton who havq eerve for thrae'suc-eestevo years become ineligible for reaomlnattan the succeeding- year This automatically eliminates It of ths present beard Ballots must be returned to the Cbambdr ot Oenissorco roeiue' before Tuesday March Jt at fhrd if clock ta the AReraeog! The wko have recetved tha meet vetra wiU then stand for etoetle -It In a see nt ballot the momma Hoas betag ro turaad la aa save lope fnratohed hr the Cbnssber? 4 Wc FLYINGBOARD MECHANIC FALLS MATI I fr rfui-)- -S-ti LYNCHBURG Vs March 1J-fielf-rallanco imlhcr than reliance upon government to the road to progress and liberty Vloe President Cool-Idge dsetafod la an address nt ths Founder Day eeiebratkm of the Randolph -Macon college "There IrnHqgethcr too much public complaint too much public' condemnation bemuse come ons does not come aad do all tha work aad hear tho raspontebtlty of tho world tor raid Mr Cooiidge adding that "tho government to blamed and society is blamed because they do JOKE ELECTS HASS WOMAN CONSTABLE PUXfttRY Mats March Elected constable as a result ef Mr Margaret Edgar ssother has rdceiad to reodtvl her resignation aad assn ma the office Her election at the recast town meeting here made hay tha first woasaa In the south shore dtatrict bo ohooen ns constable Hor name urns written on ballots by aovoral mm who did not belters he bad a chance to win Tho Jeffi spread and ether voters cast thei taritata or Mr Edgar VtaW formed Of he election jtULJVOieed the office hut wu Ated sh would have to rand ta a written resigns thsa she changed bar mind lie testa from her sons and- daflgh ters tailed te more her taekld aaythlng" gha said -tontwt'fhlnk Xtaafrtld-r there ill It arc soma woaito handle and If they're at uric and aunt some r- 'IX -t MECHANIC FALL -IMar I (lpMkl)W(itar beach 40 -year ted of this tews van-in- ployed lii the carpenter sbep nt the Poland paper 'ptont klligd' instantly work Tuesday (ere neon Mr Lraeh was raaatog a la nine machine when heavy heard (ram tha maehlo atrfrlng him ovec tha haavt He la anrvlred by be parent Mr ud ')H VUItani wha llva ea North tererl v' rat1 mooMnou 'aTLANTIO CfTT March Ik Jqpira Roaeee Day" chancellor esnarttua af taraeusa falvemlty wbe to oritlcaUy IB with pneumonia at a hotel Merer pesos a fairly mil 11 ft1 0 Going Tonight iL 'Theatre (Ferfono-42 and Ml) a QeorTa Milford Pre- unto Han (Performances at I wad Marti nettl Msg' tin) Alt Grant Francis Day) Hedge A LaWsIliBaefoR ll(aa Feature plclraVHear ts Adame" Dan Mason Comedy Cgfomd Theatre (COntianpus 1 td Dorothy 'Milan Dnrb-Ooerato" Fair lets Palmar taThs Web at the Law" aerial Char las "Hatehlma- la VFitoaina Theatre Evening enrtaln at Henri -'--Moral Weaeh -fffoek Oempeny-ln-Ths raffing rtreeU-find below aero weather the rale rather than the eoeoptltew-ffhe middle of March te approached her with little thought of epring weather aad fitteadanfaprlaff freohets Old fimlJMi'tar than it little UkoU-of tho Peaahecet glvlag any trouble od they bam their opinion on th foot that the saw tab: ta tho northern part Of th outa htt not been sxcimlve ta fate lumbar nun nr bagtaatag ta werry that they wllf net havw water 'enough to drive their lego te ths sorting booms In foto section the enow tall haa been 'exceeded a number of ttawu tense 1HL- when occurred tha late spring flood The average data wf opening pf hnPfloboet te April but to predicted tho date this.