Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-09-20
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uuIe occupations since the promu,
satlon OF the work or fight res,,,.
tons. Provost Marshal Cenaa.,
Crowder today announced. Tba
ures were obtained from locaI ,
boards. the federal employment sa a''
ice. the Emergency Fleet Corpor,,;,.
and retail merchants association
London, Sept. 19.-The inter,u,.,
labor conference today unanimom.,si
accepted report made bv tho .,
ternational relations committee VA
ommending that the co,foras
subscribe to the fourteen points ,as
mulated by President Wilson w.
adopting policy Of clearness - aus
moderation as opposed to ,o,.I
dictated exclusively By changes Nv
the war map" 'h
Toxic, Tuesday, Sept. lo-tBv -.
Associated Press)-The forma,;o,
Russo-Japanese economic 60. VI
ization for the commercial ava
dustrial development of Siberia ~.
tually has been completed The -.
ganization will be capitalized AZ f,o-
ten million to twenty million ruh,as
TO be distributed equally between .s.
Russians and japanese. VIC
Washington, Sept. lsANr,,,
koshland Of Boston has been an
pointed by Brigadier Gen. Wood ss
representative in Argentina and vr.
uguay for the purchase of wool for
the quartermaster's corps. John
Wilcock of Boston has been an.
pointed koshland's assistant. Unti,
the arrival of Koshland in South
American the present plan Of pur.
chasing wool through the syndicate
located in Boston will be continued
Thereafter the plan vii be ahan.
doaed and wool will be purchased
direct.
Boston, Sept, i9.--Chef Justices Ar.
thur =. Rugg OF the supreme court and
John A. Aiken OF the superior court is.
sued statement today announcing that
they would hold biameless any lawyer
serving on a legal advisory board who
failed to be in court when a case IN
which he was counsel was called for
trial.
Washington. Sept. le-Extension
of the proposed special war tax OF
ten dollars a year on business or oc-
cupations SO as to include all per.
sons in professions and trades earn
ing $4,000 or more annually, was ap.
proved today by the House ways and
means committee.
Washington. Sept 19--The Inter.
state Commerce Commission today
authorized the Bay State Street
Railway Company to increase class
and commodity freight rates on in.
ter-state traffic between Boston and
Providence and internediate points,
in an amount to equalize those rates
with rates between the same points
maintained by steam railroads.
Washington, Sept. 19-At a con-
ference today between the steel com
mittee Of the American Iron & Steel
Institute and the price fixing COM
mittee Of the War Industries Board,
iron ore producers asked for an in
crease of 50 cents a ton. The pres
ent price is $3.50 ton. The pig iron
producers asked for an increase Of
IS ton from the present price Of
s32.
Washington, Sept. 19.-The enler-
gency power bill. authorizing Gov
ernment control and Capitalization
OF electric power plants and provid-
ing n fund of Sl75,0000 900 for new
plants and extensions, was ordered
favorably reported today by the
House interstate commerce commit
tee.
Paris, Sept. lS.--The Serbian gov
ernment is in possession OF docu.
ments proving beyond possible qucs-
ton that thousands Of Serbian prIs-
oners have been sold as slaves for
specified period to Turkey by Bull
garia, Austria Hungary and Ger
many. according to a Balkan agency
dispatch from Corfu.
Washington, Sept. 19-An interna-
tional agreement for the pooling OF
all available tungsten among the Uni
ted States ond the allies, reached
through the Inter-Allied Munitions
Council at Paris, was announced to-
day.
London, Sept. 19-Bolsheviki forces
are retreating on both the northern
and southern fronts, according to
dispatch to the Daily Mail.
The dispatch says that telegram
has been received in Stockholm from
Moscow stating that the Czecho- Sio-
vakS still hold the city of San1ara'
which the Bolsheviki recently claimed
to have re-taken.
Middlebury. VT. Sept. 19-The
largest student body ever enrolled.
was present today at the opening OF
the 10th year of Middlebury college.
Nearly 500 students attended the
chapel exercises at which President
John NJ. Thomas, who is to go into
the army service as chaplain on
Oct. ] delivered an address.
Boston. Sept. 9.-Philadelphia was
selected as the meeting place fof
next year az the closing session or
the Supreme Council of the Scottish
Rite for the Northern Masonic ln'
risdjoticn here today. Officers elect l.
cd yesterday were Installed by Sr
John NJ. Gibson of Hamilton, ont.
past sovereign grand commander -
the Supreme Council Of Canafia.
Washington, Sept, 1s.-Co-oriina-
tion and consolidation Of facii''ie'
and improved methods Of handing
traffic put into effect In the ea a7fef,>
district since the government 'o9h
over the railroads. have resulted -
an estimated annual saving or ap
prcx mately $3e,02eC0o. In repoTt'ns
This today. to Director General NC
II c.,,;+h rno;rral director