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ABLISIIED JUNE 23 1862 VOL 63 tSRS POUT1JLND MAINE TUESDAY MOIiNINCJ JfEBBUAItV 23 1926 THE WEATHER CSSS5L PK1CE T1IHKE CENTS Washington Great Example Of Character Declares Coolidge Strove To Develop Intellectual Moral Arid Spiiv itual Life Of Feoplej President Tells SenatorEdge Urges National Referendum OnProhibidon taw Not Campap For Bat For Temperance He Advocates Plan Similar To Canadian Experiment Cbestion To Be Raised TomonroizHt When Caucus W01 Be Held To Re-commend A Candidate v-' -1 Washington Feta 22 (AP) President Coo'ldee on tha blrthdity anniversary of George Washington pahl tribute to him tonight aa "Iht great example of character" Hpraklng before the department of BUierlntendeace of lha National Rd-ueallnn Association the President avoided direct 're fet once to the recent controversy over Washington' reottal habits" and rellgloiM devotion but he reminded hie audience on Clung mare lenarloualy to what ha believed waa right or wao prepared to make greater sacrifice: for ajurt cause end understanding of him Mr Goo- fk Wounded Pruocer Packs lldgf raid "unieea we remember thtl during hla Ufv 'Into ha yelped to build a place olFrdlgloua worahlp In huS-wlll be provided for institution of- learning and Ja hla farewell ad-nrt cntphnslsed tha eplrltu'l valit-a af life But what ha did wra even more eloquent than what he raid He was a soldier a patriot statesman: but In addition to alt these ha waa a great teacher believed our political Inatltu-lions were superior to those of other countries but ho never prenchqd hatred of all things foreign and ha madn larger none radons Is the negotiation -of treaties for tha settlement of disputed queatloiio which were for tha advantage of forelpn nations He believed that obligations were muMal that tarhat we expected to receive we should he ready to itr I wth In the field of elUwnahlp and In the huger domain of International rrUMrns He Hung to the roali-ties That wau hta greatneae Wee Frastieal Into "Washington has been known ae one of the most peart leal of lead era He was not emotional Ho was poe-med of that broad eomprehanalon of a aitnatlon which made hla Judgment eminently sound With Uio poaalblo exception of tho field of Monmouth when disobedience of hla orders amounting almost to treachery waa losing Urn day history always re vesta king ga calm coot and eel-IfcCtfde "Ha wished to eee hla eonntry not only materially prosperous and pollt lea fly successful but beyond that aim above tt ha wished to see tho Intellectual moral and spiritual Ufa of lha people developed Thla la tho aid of Washington to which too mtUuaUpn- -t Gan And SQencer SHOT TO HIDE CAREER7 OF CRIME HE ASSERTS Ii-Joml At Porn Tikca Him Ja3 On Hand Car Omaha Noh Fob 22 (API Carter II years old a transient form hand Was arrested today charged with being tho "manlae killer" who la tho past week haa caused tha death of two men tha wounding of a third and terrifying tha rosldeata of Omaha and Council Bluffs Iowa Carter: in Jail bar tonight waa unperturbed and talked to pollen and newspapermen of tho klulnga captaining they war tho result af earner of crime end that he had kill to hide himself A gua and holster era found upon Carter "1 ahot because I didn't west to get caught I Juat get the Inclination shoot" ha toll pollen Carter waa found walking along railroad track near Bartlett miles Bootbsaet of hern this morning by a railroad section foreman Bruce Carter had crawled out of haystack but a few- mlnulea before ONE OF 76 UMBERS LISTED DEAD -AND NINE ENROLLED AS REPpCANS Twehre Now In Wards Other Tbi Ones Frca WKch They Were Elected-Hestenway Ahcarn And Gould In Race Wuhiafton Feb The battle erjr of the auti-trohibitionistg for a modified form of prohibition toeorrvet fillcRcd vila among the youth of today and save the morale of the coming generation was sounded today and tonight by numerous speakers at the second annual the facta" conference of the association against -the prohibition amendment -1 Senator Edge Republican New Jersey one of tjrtt recognised r'wet" leaders in Congress renewed at the Washing-i -I Birthday banquet tonightShg vigorous attacks launched dur 'inf an afternoon session at which Senator Edwards Democrat of the same state was 4 he principal Speaker Declaring the drive of the mbdificationists was a campaign for boose-but rsther practical effort for temperance unobservable today" Senator Edge said be would weledmea nation- wide referendum on modification of the Volstead Aet and amend ment of the 18th Amendment "to a point of common acnae legalising of spirts and liquors with all the safeguard whieh can tirally be devised" V- that mannerlnd that alone" be asserted "can we solve the entire problem if ever it een be Senator Edge dev la rad a referee- dum of thla natiara would to our law-making hod lea th chanted i pubHa opinion and ahauM carry with It eoperata propoal-tlon for relief ao that tarns osuld Tote intelligently for or efcalnst-" Ho advocated a plan modeled aoma what after the Canadian perl meal and predicted an ver diet for oamnion aanaa and daorney 1 it the law rare put aueh a teat' 9fa aald he waa hopeful that at hearings to bo held by a Senate Judiciary Committee conatrueliona plane and ausseatiaaa Win ha brought not wtilob wUI mako poaalblo the adoption of aoma auch daSnito and eeo-ereto ptas" -Called to moot on what waa da acribad as a propitious day la view of the principles of liberty and self Son trol taught by OeorgeWaehlngtoo huadrrde af dalecatea to tho l' aneo heard a aariea of emphatic apaachaa la support of legislation for Cantlnuod on Paso 16 FNatCelams ROBERT AHIARN Automfobile Show a a a Am Imposing1 Array Of 1920'Modclt Wins Praise For Luxuriance Of Finish Both Inside And Out rinity Trumpeters A Musical Feature I I Jt 3 CHARLES HEMENWAV Is Opened Amid i rowd attractively £enrated In blue and white was st Isnst brilliant if not a bit sioetaculsr and all slang tho Unq murmurs of approval of ths magnificent display worn heard No effort nr sxpeiws hi 'been pored by the Joesl dealers and so-emery agents to make this year's ttiow tbs bsnnar of them all and ttfyfcnv succeed rd fit fulfilling the desire le apparent Whin -me fitrolli shout ttie'hdg building puid view ths meat daxxllng -display af msehlsM that over has torn path-rod snder on- roof si any ioce automobile show Kvery where sr te hs ms glls lea lag bodies while ths Interiors of tho rinsed models srs luxuriously upholstered sc ths outelda Is pol Uni Typos Ara fmpsslsg As si Iasi year's show the closed models predominate-but foil sm-os's suchlnre are for mors Impoa-ing and mors finely oqulppsd Cent) sued en Pago IB Ed Column Establishment Of Comfort Station To Be Given Hearing tomssHtowm Portland City Government -W31 Set A Date Some time' Next Month Ths Portland City Council will order hta ring for sumo dal In March on tho movement for tho establishment or a comfort alctkm is Itart-tand Tho hearing will bs open to puhlle discussion Hr Clarence Kendall of the Btato Ilusrd of llrsltli In a totter written to ths eommlltse In charge of the movement has endorsed the comfort station idea Mr A A Kendall chairman of Continued oft Pag Ci Third Column i Men Aslc -I $97: More For I The Radio Fund -Frank ao-rioua a to te a a ha was aaaa hr Bruoa who ran Mb spaadcar into Bartlett gathered four friends to hla aid and returned to the railroad capturing Carter -Bruce Identified tho man by hla leather goat William X- McDevitt a dairy man hot a week ago last night the net and Dr A IX Bsertee ahot two nights later in hla other were Carter'a victims Ho ussd a -II raU-brs automatic platoL meuotod with a Rfeogftiasd By Gant: Carter In hi leather cent Wsseweliy reeogalse byth eectlon foremas It was from under thta ml sad wo ahtata that the gan encased is rubber hoes bolster Was taken Token into Bartlett on handcar (tartar was Jovial with hla captors Ha was turned over to Council Utuffi officers at 1 tad fie Junction lows and tatar wU glvsn to Omshn pdlca to foes probable first degress murder charges In each com Carter said hs shot Continued dn Fsfia 2 Cslumn i And TeD A Lie In AnyOfThem Rupert Hughes a'fcd one nr two other aver that Oeorge Wsqhlng-LonJuuw- one Jsngusgc jncjuirclbs all tho way from tho ftseslng paint to well beyond 1M degree but it remained for of two youngsters trudging along Congress Street yesterday afternoon to add new lustre to tho name of tho Father of Hla Country With their heads dess together the little chaps wrrs going -at somewhat reduced dog trot and the one who was delivering the patriotic address In which the name of Wssh-Ingtdn figured frequently suddenly remarked in a stage whisper: djrr know ho could talk in Ian-gtiafcesT" "Talk In fifi languages!" exclaimed llie ether "Say that doh't seem Well he could" wsb the retort and then ea If to attempt to hock np his statement tha author of tha new -legend yelled to an npqtuilntanos scrosg tha" afreet and beckoned to him "Boy llnrry e'mnn over hero" he rolled llnrry come but passing truck drowned out the rest of ths confab ns the hoys resumed their journey up Munjuy lllll Hurger-Crazed Dogs Attack And Kill Man Torn Bod Bean Witness To Struggle Police Shoot One Animal Hunt Other Yonkers N' Feb H-nry Griffin me--haiile todny was found dfs-l nn liinely road after sn enr-uiintt-r wits twu hunger-era sel dues Hta Clothes with the exrentinn of hi shoos Were torn from: Ids bod snirrod by tooth morks nnd the torn rod over targe sres'-bore-wmle witness to tho druggie -believe! to have oreiit-red oliniit nine o'elwk last night The body wns fnnrd by small tmv who spreurl the a'srin One 'of tho doge -whs killed taler totlay In an outbuilding nf Zadbvs (Irovo but tho other was sill1 bein-t hunted tonight by eight lHls-Nnm rated with shotguns- Tho dngs wore trseed S'S yntds from tho seen of tho-eneonnter to tho outbuilding by-fouliuints In the now and bksiff stains and ths one as killed when cornered Ths caretaker st the nroA-w wall lb dogs had made Ihe unihulldlii'5 their hums several daja sue and he bad boon unable to oust them WALTER EDGE Beer Recipe Is Read At Dinner Washington Feb 22 Larking an oTieial opinion on Its legality hut facing a suggestion-byWayne 11 Wheeler counsel for the Anti-Baloon League that would bo "unlawful Uie second' ofho AeaociaUon Against tbs ITohlbltlon Amendment heard road tonight th'a teat of a beer red pa writ-tan by George Washington when io was a Virginia Colonel The rending by Representative Hill Republican Maryland wet leader In Congress followed tho dtatrlbutlpp at the afnrfbon meeting' ot programs on which the recipe waa printed- The menu cards for tonight's banquet oho carried the recipe Although tho Department of Justice hod been asked bur on-opinion aa to the guilty under tho Volstead Act of reading the recipe thla waa not provided No reason was given at the Department Th question of the legtlity of the composition of tha Democratic City Committee will be raised when that body meets irf caucus tomorrow nightie recommend a member of the Board of Begiatration it was learned yesterday The present city committee is composed of members chosen in the customary manner in ward caucuses on March 3 1934 with the exception of Ward One when no eaneua waa held and the 10 members eleeted in 1922 have been allowed to liold over -v- Of the 10 holdovers from 1922 on the Ward One committee tonr have mored out of the ward and three are enrolled aa Be pub- lieans on the Board of Begiatration list The entire city copimittee membership as printed in -the 1924 Demoeratie roster includes 77 Ramcg or 76 to be aeenrate as one woman member is listed ini two different ward lists Of the 76 members lihtedrJtine-ere'enrolled as Republicans one is dead oue has moved out of town and at least 12 are not now living in 'the wards from whieh they were eleeted by the committee Charles Horaou wsyr tbo prsoonl Dsntocrslta psabtr of th Hoar il Kogkitnilloo to a SSMgdat for sn-ctbor tons th eboira Mng msdo by th City CoanoH spun raeimmciuls 1 ttoft of th etty uomtnltto of his paty Hft was firm gomot la 1911 to suocasd Rubort Absara a bon Mm latter sppuiiitaa Chairman of ths Hoard of Registration by Governor risisttd and has been a mcm-bor of lha board sine that time Homonwsy Opposed By Tui Ills spposonts srs Robert A barn wha wss firm appolald to th Board in JfSS and raptaoad 'Is 1P17 by Gtaorg Allan who was sppoinlad Ohs Irmas of th Board hy lipvsrnaf Mllllksn In Jllf and -Arthur Gould a travailing aotaatnau and for many roars rfcUvo in Hoqiocratla PoRitou to Word Rovaa Tho ehalrmnn of tho roglatrstlon board Is appointed by tha cjovsrnor nd sack party th raprasentsd on th bosrd by e-member chosen by th City Cos hell upon raeommondslton of th city sonimlttss of hi puly MmibHublp a th racMrslios bnsrd Is ths only portion whieh tlw pmsost noancil-nuuisgor city govern-msfiL to shllgod 1 fill in secordsucs with political affiltattoo ths mskoup of th beard being prsarribed by taw Canvass of tho sstottng Itomuerot-le city eammlttoo to said to ravaal a majority of sasnibsra ptadgod to Akaorn but hla opponents srs siskin rigorous ooatast ssd may ro-quoa that tho roeommcndotlun of tho ntombor of tho registration board ho mode by s' now Damocratia City Committed hwlsad of by tho pnoent eommltteo with Its smssing maksu Tho now eammlttoo wlU bs choaan whan ward caucuses srs railed for tha oslsctton of dalagstca to the Hemocratle Btato Comrmtlon which -will probably ho wtthlg ooupia of W9MUL '-Tho Ropublicsn mombar of tho Rogtatrntlon Csfosla laatah Hshar to nndoratood to hove no opfissttlon within hta party The rscommcndatlon of tho Itepubllran "tombor will bo mods it vu learned tote night by -the now Itepubllran oily eommlttao That commutes Ilka the new Democratic rity eommltteo will bo nosn ot word eoucusco ooon to bo called for tha choirs of mom-of tho city eommltteo and delegates to the Republican gtsts Convention Chairman Frank MltrfioU of lha Demorratie City Committee told- a Prose Herald reporter last sight that bs prasont Domna cratle City Committee hod boon rail od to consider tho recommends lion -of member of tho Board of Reftta-tratton because ho had born petition od to do so by several members of ths eommltteo Tho hi Understood hs rn of quite on Informal nature without advertisement other than newspaper Item and so formal notion to mem here of ths eommltteo except that candidates have bean asked to -appear with ths members of th eommltteo who- are favorable to them ity singular edneldoneo tho throe candidates for tho regteirathm board ora members of iho Deihoeratle City -Committee Robert Ahern Is a member from Word Bis Arthur Gould from Word Heveu and Charleg ilrmenwsy from Word Eight 39000 Carat la Gees From 'Rnsslan rown Jewels Go To French Moocouq Feb 22 DU mood a emeralds and sapphires weighing abstat I too earata sad ram prising lisrt of the Russian crown Jewels became the property today of ftonrn diamond merchants who paid tho ftoviet Government for tho hit or IIIMN mors than offered by A mar Iran Jewelers Among ths Jewels wss tbs magnificent crows wnrtg by ths last am proas: It wUI bs dle- oft Philadelphia Fob 22 (AD for tho spread oC democracy ths South Amorlrau pooplss nnd warning against the United Bis los departing from George Washington's' principles of national tools fastursd on address dsllvsrsd to Uni vanity of Ponnsylvssls slumnl tudrata and fhrulty today by Bog rotary of Rut Frank KsHogg "In Bouth Amorion" Mr Kellogg old "thorn wss between Ills am 1(21 probably tho greatest movement which over took pUee ever continent towards Indopsndcnco and ths establish moat of self government Ths accomplish monts of ths Mouth American republics mark pna of tho i periods of history and vlctton that ushrereltlos could very- profitably devote mom time to roochildtos history 'of tboss countrlea "Thta Is a great Bold ssd much think could bs scoompllehed hr an oxebspgs of studsnta with Mouth Americas Institutions of tasralng Ws sra and should bo Intimately eonnsrted with all Bouth American countries not only by Ilea uf seat! went but by ties of Interval1! Maerotarjr Kellogg doctored thst tho principle of avoiding foreign alliances os enunciated In Washington's tars-wall address lmeoma settled national policy" nnd "has had a profound tafluonco upon our national Ilfs" United States" continued Mr Kellogg "through long expartenco has come to tho conclusion that af fenslvo or dofooalvo sills ncoe pulltl-enl or mlltsry rs not Is harmony with thffVtirlncIprea of our gnvern-mert or In tho In loro st of our people tho boot that tho Cumt County carriers have held sine they organised several years ago 1 They had guest repreeertallvfta' lhe by th last am prose: it wUI be tt and the atones scattered The letter waa pom marked ton" la tt ware two dollara and taro Unco of writing a IdlBd tnan to the blind radio fond" Lost week a contribution waa ra-rrivad from a Portland man IT years eld whoee sight baa ahnoat sons from him Tbaao mon who know what tt la to alt In darkness always with only their dreams attest more than anythin to the worthiness cd the request which the blind men of the Maine Institute for the Blind on Perk Avenue are maklnn They Want tliers as blind men from aH arcllnns of SI aloe a radio -set A radio to thorn manna more than another amusement it means another happiness for It brings contact with a world which they have already more than half lost Throush It -they-van- escape from the night which separates thsm from all others Into a world of music of entertainment and laughter and of Instruct Ion At first they wanted M0 rater -day William Ryan pwbUnd man on their committee came to The I Teas Herald and hesitatingly said that radio authorities told them thet they should have more than liM' want a radio" the blind man said "which wo can work ourselves without help: and they tell ui that wo need more money I I wonder "If jreu could help a ret sown I And no the iroat of the fund has been raised another 1100 Now WW la the amount Yesterday contributions of SIS brought tho total to CVS Duly Tj Is go If the puhlle continue to Its an generous as-lj has It hould hot taka long to raise the inutu-jr Contributions In the form of money or checks cent to The Press Herald in rare of tho blind radii fund will lie noted and turned over to Iba committee Contributions have been received from: Praviauely acknowledged (MS Received yesterday i A blind man (Bridgtan) A friend Logie tagittaa Fraternity (F a) and Club (Weed- fords) C- Ma L- L- Ji A Total Grand total 10 1 1 1 II In bU farewell address he solemnly warned hie countryman that these era the foundation! oa which real all American Institutions Mora than that they era tha foundation which all civilisation must rent It la as an expounder of those- great principles that ha performed the greatest service for tha world" His Prnaspta Followed Tracing the development of education In the United States tho Weal-gent declared nho country at targe hag not foiled to follow the precepts e( Washington" and continued: the throe fnatltutlona of higher learning in existence at tha time of hla birth tha Humber grown to lit with total enrollment of more than 114000 students and more than M000 teachers an endowment of nearly lilt 000000 and property value of morn than 1000-00000 Our elementary and secondary schools have expanded until they provide for more thou JO 0000 00 pupils and require mere than 111000 teachers In 1111 tha total amount expended yearly for all educational purposes was about $70000 000 Thla haa -been Increasing with great rap-Utlty until In 111 tt reached 12400-800000 "This represents the result which haa been secured by tha carrying nut of some of the moat Important policies of our first president It should bo noted that these are the pullrles of peace They are baaed on denlra for Intellectual ami moral enlightenment They ere tha only means by which mix understandings suspicions hatreds and wara finally can be eradicated from lha earth" LOwdesr peaks-Far Farmer Frank I-owdf-d former Governor of Illinois told tho general conference at Ha opening session that living conditio na on tha farm must ha brought to rarity with city home conditions In order to stem tho tide of country imputation moving cityward Should tha rural population be depleted as rapidly in the future ae Ip the last live years he eald the next generation would witness a form population largely entnpoevd of the physically and mentally unlit A (an-year analysis af human ex-pericncn la under way to determine nhat the objectives of education should he John Tlgert United Continued an Pog Second Column EVANtsELINE 'BOOTH money they produce fur tho buot-U-gger who are doing the drinking nd talking 1 "I ran ein nor If life Idle rich persist In making s' sinit of ths prohibition law that the duy mny coma when ths Ronlrvardlt-rs srsatly In ths minority muy Jiuvs 'to be salvaged out uf llirlr sttrsetive 'fliiw-x fur secret drlnklipc and rescued If posslldsk by the Kulvntiun Army and other agencies fur relief just as lbs poor saloon victim used to be" 1 Never sinew the start back fas 1I1S cf the custom af heWsy- an annual autaSMblla shew hta Uierc lsen gathered fiogathqr son Impooing my af meter cent thta is batng hewn st tha 14th sales! automobile hew sod or tha sustaces cf lb Parte land Automoblla DeslerW Assoc ia-tlos -which opanod yesterday at the ExeoeUien jhilMlif Thta array- af WisehtaMi' represbnt tag mveisl hundred theummh dollars drt tha taet thing (hs asotar sr world and tha taurewmento that being demon sirs ted this year arc much cf an sdvuqli those of-taeted tact jrwnr ever the previous year Fsrorad hr fair weather a strlk-isg contrast to apattag day year dfawda of eager and eelhusUaUu men wemen and children nocked all day to the Kxpoaltkin Building to get Ihtlr first gllmpeo of the la test 1121 The sight that met their ayes aa they entered the smeloue building Maine Alone Holds Her Tonnage With Exception Of South YiEuie Of alupi Drops Of ln SUtet Of Eait -And Wit Washington Fob tt The Walwhurno foreign eosnnerro of the Uaitcd' Hlstci In fin floral your 1KI exceeded fifiStMM luno morn than 71 per rant of which psssad through IP A merlesn wrti which bundled Ih excess of IJWMM rargu Ians tit Impart and bxporta each The bureau of rwscroh ot the Shipping ilusrd announcing the figures ludsy plucsd Nw Yurk's total si 2Z-IUIM tuns an Inrrratw of per rent over the jn evluus year and Mo-blta sdvsneeil to tha mllltag-ton class wih ijKWAOO tons Kvery southern stall from Virginia-to Tens showed is hurras! over I 24 white with ths exception uf Malno every Mtolo us llw Altanllo nd I'sclllc coasti hsmlled less vol-ums of cargo tunimgs Hunt In It ft Ths fulkiwIntr-iMirli handled more than liHK)o tunu: l-ORT New Vnrfc New Urlesna I'hllsrirliihla linlllniurs Ism Angidra Iluffklu tlslrrsiim Norfolk Kan kram-iatu TONH JS-'tS3 410331 34XSOTI ITil7iSI 831 433 3143701 3t3hPO 24X1 1 OS L302k03 1111104 1444427 1IX04P4 100O4KP 1041043 1041014 lB37X loqj44J Ibwlbs lluuslon IVirt Arthur Newport Kowh Ruins Itouge llubllo Iv-rlh Amboy t'lovrlsnd Featlls furttand Ore 11111- pee linilri Scotch Collie Death Of His Mistress Niw York Fob (AD A Fntrh onllle which hul leen the rnnstunt companion of lllss Kriimwa lyrno II year was lulny believed responsible fnr tils death lha dog dtovonnweted lube to ga heeler In her apartment uhile -he slept list night nnd MiiliyxMtrd hi mistress anil tilmself Their Uxllea ners found today hi In liyrns lied and ffio toK lay lawkle ths )ls-cunneeled tube -miss llynie whs 44 veurs old siiil actorh In Ihe Apiel-tats Division of tha Bupreuu Courts -Praise Clatter OfNoisy Bootleg Patrons Miss Booth Calk Wet Campaign Cumberland County Rural Mail Camers Hold Annual Convention Salvation Army Head Issues Statement Fron Sick lied Nav York Fab J3van-gclino llooili N'itlunal Commander of the Ba lva thin Army today Issued throuKh the Anti-tlaloon league of New York a statement in which she charsrierlxed the agitation for modification of I he Volstead law as "The clatter of noisy bootleg patrons" "If prohibition has lifted up a tew element of um-drlnkera who can afford to imy bimtleggerS' prices for Immature or poleonuue liquor then iqdend It IsVoit'n passing condlt on that soon must disappear" Miss Hoolh sirhL Printed etudes of the statement which Miss Ikjoth Isiaed from her Irk bod where she la recovering from an ntfack of appendicitis inter will lie mailed to every member of the New- York tttate U-gtslature nd iff Governor Until li Anli-ttaloon League offk-lnta aaliL "The working nutn Is not 1 Interested in liquor" efie eald 'In her statement "When the eulnon cloned he liernmc Interested in his family In the education' of hie children In the arquiremrnt of a home and In lha attainment of those fundamental things that make lit attrsrtlve It le the men and women- higher up who do not have to work for tho Gil Moplton Sc Ago Ivake Oldest In Sei vice Boasts And Is Squelched Gllli-rl hlnulton of Reisigo Lake the ublest niral mall carrier In point of service In the Ifnlled Hlates rams to the annual convention of the Cumberland County rarrlers art Hotel Uraysinro yralcrdiiy with tho-roud boast thiii ho hadn't missed trip during this robust Winter and his nmt! hi pretty long obs at that Gil hMiuit antered upon hta Mth year or iihiKuing over tho mods with tho mull upl no ho brresed Is ho remarked: "Tho "bier 1 grow the more pep I serm to have" But if ho thumb that hs could rsss tho rest of the bunch sflor that fashion he-was mistaken "Mont" Walker of Ibirrtson sccretsry-trsssuror of tho association who's bacn Is tho orvlcc 21 yriira and others too al-lowed- that they' liadn't hog to su-tcnd oprrstlcns thus far thta season nd they further vnl lowed that If Gil wanted lu B-t their nannies he'd have to ailnpt ifew tartlm Ths of 'em sit subsided ml imanlaM lo good convention was on of Asserts Washington Was A Man's Man Springfield Mass Fab 22 (AP) Recent aspersions on tho character of- George Washington were rTisntly rhsrartrrlsrd- na coming from "mapping wolfish publicity erekera striving to project some achcrne or -T advertise aoma aatadoua wares of -their own" by Judge Ilsrvey Remington of Rochester1 My Pres- ldent-((eneml -of the Btmi of the 1 Revolution In an addrees I to Georg Washington Chapter here 1 tonight --y Judge Remington that "Washington stands out as tbe-strlk- lng figure af -the Western heinta-" phere He ai ft men who was 1 neither a anlnl nor'pnascsaed a phsr laalral attrlhnle but through h's veins eoursed the warnt red blond of a man's a stead fust friend pos- sensed of a heart aa gentle aa that of bta charming helpmata" Continued sn Fan tt t'pesch suu-keC K- A i -6i I i ('.

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