Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

I' JI Mini t-l rmibiiiiigaiiii O- 111 '-i -i I r-1- WHEN LOOKING FOR TROUBLE BE SURE YOU CAN UCK THE OTHER FELLOW 1 1 1847 LfcWISTON MAINE MONDAY APRIL 30 1923 14 PAGES PRICE' THREE CENTS q) IIQI OK SWEPT DRY SHIP RULE IS OVERTURNED Can Serve Liquor on High Seas but Cannot Bring Liquor Stocks into United States Ports CANCEL TRAINS IN EASTERN MAINE PORTLAND Me April 30 The Maine Central today cancelled all passenger and freight trains on the main line between Bangor and Vanceboro between Bangor and Mt Desert and to all points on the Washington county line because of the washouts from the heavy rain and as a precaution againstracddenL Cancellations between Bangor and Vanceboro affect connections with the Canadian Pacific Railroad to the maritime provinces April The ruling: of Attorney General Daugherty agalnxt the acrrlng of liquor nn American ill Ip on the high aeaa was overturned today by the Supremo oui't which held at the aame time however that the ban prohibiting both foreign and American ihlpa from bringing liquor atocka into American porta under bond waa legal and enforceable The court held that the prohibition amendment could not legally be applied to prevent American ahlp from celling beverage when they are outalde American territorial water To that extent the declalon reversed a drclalon In the Cana by Ktderal Judgrf Hand at New York Within the thrcn-mlle limit however the court found that an entire ly different altuatlon obtained aun-talnlng the poaltlon taken by Judge Hand on that point the declalon declared It Illegal for American or foreign ahlp to bring Into American porta or waters liquor acaled In bond for the uae of paacngcra on outgo Ing voyages The decision regarded by the Federal government aa one of the -moat Important yet handed down In retard to prohibition enforcement wa read by Justice Van 'de Venter Justice McReynolde and Sutherland dtasentfd Justice Sutherland delivered dissenting opinion explaining that he agreed that American slrips cannot have aboard Intoxicating liquora In American territorial waters but believed the prohibition should nut apply to foreign ships BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DAMAGE REPORTED Bad Landslides and Washouts Reported All Over State-Doctors take to Boats-Mills Shut Down-Families Driven Out 8 a Crack in Gibraltar Also 'Ur eald a Journal reporter breathless at the talcs -pa dona hv the flood which all bf'damajre dune by the flood which had been- reaching the offlcs the" morning at Hagalloway said Mr Sawyer promptly say that every darned time have a freshet You tell to go to will you' Mr Sawyer' arid the reporter proceeded to tele-ihons SabatlN to seo If the pond phoi hid by chance bum bounds DANIEL WEBSTER HIGHWAY UNDER FOOT OF WATER i Merrimack Marks Seven and i Half Feet Over Amoskeag Falls and Steadily Rising CONCORD April The Merrimack river Is at flood height this morning and has already covered a portion of the Daniel Webster highway one milo outside the city with nearly a foot of water Nearly three Inches of rain has fallen since Saturday and with the 'rlcer still rising officials think highway traffic will be scrioucly hampered MANCHESTER April 30 The overflow of the Pemlgewa-set river which join thh Merrimack at Franklin lx being felt Amoskeag Full here 38 mile south The'" river marking today showed the- Mcrrinick wa seven and a half feet over the dam at Amoskeag Falla and rising steadily The Plncutaquog river which Joins the Merrimack Just south of thl city lias gone up 11 fret since Saturday Boston qjitf Maine railroad official hiivo asalgnud track Inspector to watch the (Ioffe's Falls bridge a few miles south of thl city where tha southern division tracks cross the Merrimack toward Boston Who Is He There1 HNNIE OPPOSES SUNDAY CONCERT Styles Festival Concert Dangerous Wedge into the Regularly Instituted Church Loath to Lend Support SANDY RIVER HIGHEST SINCE FLOOD 0F189S Romford Foot BridgCfoii One of Support! Carried Away Huge Barn Sails Down River Flood Loss Upwards $50000 RUMEOUP Asm 39 At noo Monday mi loexl cnMufAq-taring plant war nnafftotod by the Millions of dollars damage will done in Maitm by the storm of Saturday and Sunday not to mention the loss due to the interruption to of all kinds according to early estimates Monday Freshet conditions prevailed on the Androscoggin river but no extensive damage to property was reported locally The high water caused the Cowan and Columbia mills and part of the Continental to suspend for the day Trolley service on the Augusta division of the A A beyond Sabatis waa suspended owing to the inability because of high water on the Kennebec of the Central Maine Power Co to furnish power No particular section of the State has escaped the effects of the downpour and as reports come in from the more remote sections the damage probably will be -much greater than first estimated 'Railroad service is hard hit both on the-steam add in-terurban electric lines Washouts and landslides have made the operation of trains and trolley cars dangerous FARMINGTON April SO The Sandy river la In turbulent flood It haa overflowed It banks and risen to the highest point reached since the great flood of 1891 The altuatlon here la very scrl-oua The river had risen between IS and SO feet up to nine o'clock morning but everything Indicates that the peak of tha flood haa not been reached This morning found the Hlppach athletic Held of the Abbott school jSutded and the plant Of the Farm-(LJr Co-operative Cunning Company partially submerged It la Impossible to tell the damage to the plant at this time The water at the Hlp-parh held la over the top of tha high fence Roads from Farmington to New some people of Lewiston are able to enjoy Sunday night concerts by vlrtuo of their financial ability to pay $5 for a ticket Lam heartily In favor of opening local theatres for movtea Sunday nights for the of ALL tho people" said Rev George Flnnlo In an Interview Monday morning Regarding his Sunday morning sermon In which Mb Is reported to havo taken a stand against Kjjndny concerts Mf Finnic emphasized his opposition is nobody more In sympathy than I In music or concerts put when outside Interest enter this community driving dangoroiu wedge Into regularly Instituted church programs openly and Daringly defiant in spite of lll-i-onccaf-cii t-'iiiioiiflngh of the present regulations In regard to Sunday entertainment I ain loath to lend my support to movement which otherwise would Have my wholehearted backing" "Sunday morning'' continued Mr Flnnlo announced my purpose of talking personally conllitentlully to tha members of my parish was not conducting a public debate tl this had been my Intention I should have announced It I was not arraigning those who had anytlttiir tt do with th present movement--waa mcrely stating My own position In relation to MY church and that I could not reconcile tha fact that Lewiston theatres had voluntarily closed doors to Sunday enter-tl'nments to this concert which I fear would constitute an open defiance and challenge to tho theatre men' Mr Flnnls denied the report that he had said that the Lewiston pastors had been responsible for the closing of the theatres wish that they might have been'' he added aa It was the affair awa bundled entirely by William I Gray and the police commissioners with the added Influence of local Catholic churches -but by none of the Protestant flood conditions In tho Andrneeoggl but conditions outside tho town and In tha lower sec (Ions were oertoonf The footbridge was closed to tmfll one of Its supports having been sno rlvd away Shortly before 9 huge bum came floating down the Swift' river and down past the Qnfofd mill It stridently grounded befero reaching Dlxfleld There would- have been serious crash had it struck the bridge Where It came from has not bean ascertained nor has it been learned whether it contained animal or supplies Roods at Rumford Center Am flooded and many buildings has been damagod The same Is Iran at East Rumford and in Msxleo Tho damage will proboly exceed li-090 in the entire regions of which Rumford Is the enter fig Saco River Is on the Rampage EREEMEE DAM GOES OUT AT BROWNVILLE A A j1- 1 FLOOD SHUTS DOWN KENNEBEC MILLS Goods Being Moved Out Basements Along Water Front IJlbDBKOKD April The Hucti river at a freshet pitch aid! Is fctlll rising due to malting snow In the mountain Manufactured good and raw material are being moved from th basement storage rooms As thero is no lee river man tin not fear city streets will flood C'l These are the worst flood conditions for years on this river and tho water Is -still rising The rain-fafi'Sinco Saturday totalled 81 Inches or the equivalent of an av-i-rago month's supply all in two days Allowing for the usual (low of water In the river from source to this prilnt It I exported thut the level will continue to rise -hero from 6 Inches to a foot more than that now flowing over tho dam The great lake overflowed by Axlscohos darn rose a foot- Saturday nlglil a remarkable record Indicating the vast inflow of water during that rain Here In Lewiston th high water has caused the ahut-ilown of the Cowan mill the Columbia and part of tha Continental t'ullssri Pag Mave GOTHAM A BOYS' TOWW THIS WEEK Future Captains of Finance nnd Industry to Taste Responsibilities NfcW Y'rilK April 30-New York began yerterday a week In which boyhood vijl take the Stride of manhood and inuustr'iti: the capabilities of ihr city's army of ambitious and industrious youngsters I OfllClaiiy it i will lie 'It voted to a varied cnul'ling future captains of flnanc which voted to a varied program futlli'ii Mniitaissa of fin ea I JAY BRIDGE POWER STATION IN DANGER 8haron Farmington Falla Strong and Phillips are impasswble except by boats It was necessary Sunday for Dr Bell of strong Dr Mukr-pcace and Dr Nichols of this place together- with a corps of nurses to make use of boats in order to reuch Chesterfield where they had to go for a surgical operation upon Mah-lon Gray The operation was a very serious one which could not bo delayed The flood swept away 50000 feet of lumber at West Farmington owned by Metcalf l'art of It wns recovered below but darly In the morning Monday It was Impossible to estlmatb how much Many washouts are reported on the mllroad between this place and I'hilllp as well a to Kinglleld but they aro not serious according to the local understanding and will not seriously affret traffic about two year ago by tbc Howland 1'ulp anil Paper t'oiiiiuny and which held buck the wstera of Ehcc-mee pond This Is about seven miles from this village and the water I some 15 feet above normal pitch in the Dcasant river as a result Tha Katahdln Iron Works dam has also hern carried away and the bouses at Katahdln Iron Works arc threatened by the flood Tha Bangor A Aroostook tracks ire washed out for a distance' of a quarter of a mile above'! bo village and for a linllnr distance front the local station to tha bridge Ernest ludd who lumbers at West Hi-boolx and drives down KchoodUt stream Into the Mlscntaqiils river state that his pulp wood and toga some two -nillllnn feet have ell gone out The water i rising ell the time EMERSON HOUGH WELL KNOWN AUTHOR DIES CHICAGO April Hcupli author djed in a hospital in Kvtnrton today Mr 'Hough who was (5 year old Thursday suffering from an Intestinal obstruction An operation wax wt taken to the hospital lail performed Saturday Heart and respiratory computations caused death MARYSVILLE Ohio April Michigan authorltlc aro cxprctid here today to attempt Identification of a man lietteved by Sheriff tTinrl Collier to be "King1 Benjamin I'm-nell leader of the Route of DuviiI of fk-ulon llurl Kir Mlrh The man refused It make known III name lie admitted the Mheriff said tlini lie lind been a member of the lion' of David Insisted he was the man they want- Kenpehec Railway Co 1 RKOWHEGAN April 30 (Special) reports from all thru this vicinity and up Ihe Kennebec river from this point indlcute flood conditions with the manufacturing Industrie shut down here at Madison ing to rutting off cf power and also to flooding uf (he tracking on low levels At Klnghain the big manufacturing plants arc shut down several bridges washed out and somo small buildings along the rlvrrliankx yur-ril'd nwsy No lux of life la reported All hut one of the mill at Madison and North Anson are closed It is believed here that the river is ahiut at Its height at this time and thaf It will begin I subside unless (he water gates have to be opened at the dam at Moost-hcad Like That of'rourie would raise Ihe river nhuut three fort more and would mean Increased havoc The gat of lovrse wiil not be opened unless the rush of water Into the lake region threatens the safety of the di in CHESTER CONCESSION CONVENTION SIGNED LONDON April A Chester concession convention 'onh signed nt Angora today says aa Err hangs Telegraph dispatch today The redxn was recovered from Iiiaii J4a 4 Aw a Woo raw AM 1 Into the i BROWN VI UK Me April 10-Vcry serious flood conditions pre vail here owing to a great flood of water resulting In the carrying away of the Hbeemco dnm built FAIR WASHINGTON April Forecast for northern New England: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight probably frosi in exposed places: Tuisday fair froth hveeterly winds JObKVlL ALMANAC HUM 1 HOOM I nises 4C! I 14 Days Old I Beta 6 il i Full Moon 6- Iangth of day II lira min Day's liierensr 4 lira i mill V0(h day of year Tide Monday Tueaday ini 1 1 II min Bath 4-41 min 91 min SI min At the fru Empire The at 141 and 1 na featuring Musto Hall at 3 and I 811k 2 and Llsette Juliri and George: Jos Hardy Chna Innes and Maud Ryan Mils 1st Toy's Models Feaqtrs rioture' A Woman Lov Twice traad Theatre Coatlnuoue 13 tp Madge Bellamy and Dougjjas MneLean In Hottentot'T Olndys lluletts In a Msn Buster Kia tun In Scarecrow'' Twenty-five Feet of Water in Grinder Room of Mill at Livermore Auto Plunged in River by Cave-in ui Il YKIUlOltB rALJA April 30 It i Impassible to cstl-'niste the damage already done In 1 lx vicinity by the etorm of urday and Sunday while tho poasl- Hil irlL A nil S0-Th(-c Kjpiieln-i! rivir ciii-a of Auguua Halli wei: and Gardmer are prupti- alIy it frlln worI(I cc)t hpoKldk Ad-1 Auguni and South iiardiiur which Maine1 iviiira! I endeavoring to i ni ilntiin All truiny Irctwcm Dangur and via Huso elties are and at lllnglinin Tha water at this point Monday furenoun waa the highest fur 13 lo 18 years had flooded the wu-(er-whccls of ihe I'cntrul Maine Power Company and forced the closing of the Maine Spinning company the American Wooh Company the-Kennebec Pulp company the skuw begun Paper Company and the shoe factory The Kuinerset Traction company also hail 'to stop its schedules between Fkuwhcgun and Madison ow NO TRAINS KENNEBEC ed Bunday afternoon when a of the road in Jay near tho bridge which had been undermined by tha flood caved In preetpating tho Ford sedan in which ho rods Into the Androscoggin river He was forced to kk-k out window and crawl thru serious it he opening In order to save hi: RUNNING VALLEY nn I 'ill stry asta for an hour na two-the rus-puTiHil'lltn ih'y At this tune the must' tu yrara to ennin 4 by the liana ilft-lnrril in Ihii-iil- here "Tho navy not for this purpose nei'-r n-ix Inti-mU-il for any such purpnf" sail ''Prcfcralili' to my way of thinking would a of thr roast guard IIkIii Iumi- rnli-i nnd Islmllar lii-s under the navy" MARK I ISIILH IH1S I LONDON )s-ll Mark Kixhrr landscape dli-d today lie Wa born in H-vton Mi I8t bad lived ia Lnglan fur many year Miatlalli Knew hlmf Thlrly-lhree xxeanl that the 11-hnarlle publlMhrri Nlrday atx tbal mt the Hev Arthur Stray Ml Sllrharl'x Ahur The winner iif the Ml prise Mix llalfc II Hrilllllami S3 Flral I reel Auburn -Abaul lode allhoarllrt Beal way In study Ihrae la I lanlule I he ruar Ntudy I hr llhnuettr study the hlula lu Ihrae llara Insure yauraelf Ihe heal rhanrr In win Mure ur II ra lu-wlalun and arm glassra! liuraxra In he rllglhle fnr Ihe daily dullar prise mual be aabuill-led with allhuuleltr cl piped frum paper and arm la In Ihr Lewrlutna Jnaraal MM by 10 n'rlnek Ihe fnl-lowlag day lUaaday fnr Malurdayl I eaae w'niO Ulan aar peraoa garaara eagrrelly -ll -wJII hr arrra-aary ta drawr a aame fraai a hat far Ihr Ml prise BENS9N OBJECTS TO USE OF THE NAVY TO FIGHT RUM-RUNNERS i I-' i r' llr I nilel Mat a mny ta light rhu runm-ra will nrult I -a lowering tie lanriln 'f Ihe uu Hear Mitral S-l i an rirmlier of ll'e rritl-d Mate Siiii'i'ing Hoard and farmer vhi aiL rat-il opera- Next Thursday a hoy will head the bridge wlu-c Ihe flood threatens the St'ii Kxi lunge anothi will lie I rli'rtrlc power station If it reaches pidyi vin ntlu'cs will tack'e ex-Ln hcifht-which put this plant out uf rornniUslon Uverinorc Falla and i ('hciiolu wH he wlihnus eectrlclty Tue-j lll'cr rim the Inicrnatlonal Paper I yj sS -us C-f hewv-Kr fic is out of tii- fill inn Thr 'Highway waxlin nil' at utlrr iinints Wairr 'om ill fh'hui an 1-4 tM morning at th'- rate of 70 inni an hour It wa 0- i "ir 'hail loooqo rl4ipg: io o' 4 (sumMrd) ji man i pn'iiotb: May Day i-thu rate or wvvii t'lihrs p-r hour-It i "i'- l' 'liph isixj loyally to the looks 13 tho in' 'k nf fiir flood it l'I- al uf Aim i butttfc -cu NATIONAL THEATERS C'liurcli Beil BouimIx Alarm "'At j30 Monday morning (In 'hui'i'h f-'ll wero rung ailing thr I'cuplc out and froii that time until iiiorntrg the meet weie iv l'rkx In bank and business liuuxi-a Tin gna: denmnAtration of the ri'v'a liylii-oil Is piannid for April 30 river in afternoon Cd that much damagwhad by the freshets raeultlng from nlas Saturday and Vdnday the fkihlgesraahef Tlong stretch or tncb'krtkt' branch near Hill Today and i tberqlwdw Brlatol mew engaged in flood work 'The local Are depasrimenb waa nerio-jsly crippled wl atlll lw the flcod having swept away lbs steps and platforms of the englna hotee on street making tt practical- ly Impossible to get the flre appara- out If an alarm should corner At Chisholm' the flood haa waghed out the street so that the -watog'W pipes and rawer is exposed for a tanee of 39 feet at oao point' All highways leading out tow aro reported an Impossible Htekr morning Telephone service ever la pracUeaUy dnaffhetedr' p-xIMlity tr condition at Jay ('o' pi in' h(-rr wa unable to oper-a'y Monday end will be down until tin- which wa stilt rhdng that hax xubsldod to below tha Icei nf the room floor It will then require some time In whieh to dear the dehrl and 'put the machines In condition to run A Greenwood narrowly' cheap- MUCH FRESBET DAMAGE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE BOSTON Word ra celved at the offices of tho boston A Maine along Xcw Hampshire rivers lamcat- Railroad today from ontjgghltn CHANGE OF SCHEDULE Effective Monday April 30 1413 car on the Lewiston Local line Mechanic Fella line Kahuttna line and Luka (Jravc line will be operated on local or Ddytlght Saving Time- The schedule of the Lewlstqn-Rsth line will be act ahead onn hour'-no that pare will leave for Hath hourly on the hour from AM to 11 PM Daylight Saving Time The Lewleton-watervllle line will remain on Standard Tims no that car will leave Lewiston for Watervllle on the even hour Daylight -Savlnr Time frptn 3 AM to PM and a Jii'M car will lie operated to Augusta only caiu-cU 1 cause of washout The cariy train frPhi Augus'ai to gut only a far ns ltK-Imiond Thu Aniii OMroggfn tc Kcnnclirc fias pot liii vnl a whdel he-' twci-n Uaruincr anj Augusta' siree! Sunday nigfft and all service between L'wlnton and them? cities aa iicll as TYMrrvlU had liecn alwni donvd wjicn the Central Maine I'ow-rr comixiny was forced to shut off power 1 wer whTcr street Is flooded to a dcullttof sl ta-clght fdrt for a die-ufnee of A009 nnd automobile uaf- s'y-vv Shakes-peart's- rouu uy You Like eponaored by the 'Anurtcan Theater to serve a model play for many renter thruout thr rqunr try' ha failed after a week's run here Marjorie Rambeau played Rosalind The public reception was ldko AxdYm had tha altemjgnre dwindled after the Brst night The prodpe-lUon coat about 33049 i -REllLVN April 30-A'aar have June dondted 81900 for tho-aid of German women etudentA according to announqemclit by Ray-fnond KJch Berlin representative of the European student relief which I oharwrd with 'the dlatrlbu-Obn 'of lbs monfy Tho Androscoggin and washouU on the maU line tho 5i mpth tf )- riymoutx tV I 4 -31- i i i- rtf.