Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
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Amsterdam. April 4-Enperor Will
liam has conferred upon Baron Won
Richthofen, the German aviator, the
Order o. the Red Eagle with CROWN ana
swords.
Washington, April i--Russia owes the
United States slS' go advanced for
supplies which went forward while Rus
| sia still was in the war. 81.
! st. Louis. April THE eight-round
boxing contest between Jack Dempsey
and "Porky" Flynn, heavyweights,
scheduled for next Monday night, has
! been cancelled following an, announce
ment by Chief of Police Young that the
promoter would be arrested if the fight
was staged.
San Antonio. April q.r.Rodn1an Law
! of Lynn, Mass, bailoonist now at
! tached to the Fifth Aeree Squadron, to-
Gay jumped from an airplahe at heieh,
+! of 2o00 feet and with the aid of a para
chute landed safely. Law is making a
! series Of experiments TO demonstrate
| the feasibility of jumping from an air.
! plane. Y
| New York, April Announcement
| that Eti-nne de Sadeleer, sergeant ma
! jor of the cavalry attached to the Bel
sian interpreters corps. was killed at
Amiens. Franch, y March &C.. during the
+; bomba rdment Of the city by German
! aviators, was made here today by the
young officers father, Hon. L., de Sad
eleer. minister of the state for Belgium
and a member of the special Belgian
mission TO the United States.
| Lincoln. Neb., April A resolu-
ton commencing the state council of
| defense for it's efforts to stamp out
| foreign language instruction in Ne
braska was defeated by the state
Senate today. One argument ad-
vanced against the resolution was
| that the federal educational authorl-
ties have not condemned German in
struction.
| Boston, April 4.--Prison labor on
J farms to meet the shortage of help
| in rnral communities would be pro-
vided for in bill reported in the
Legislature by committee today
| l.
men would be in the custody of sher-
| ifs and the placing out OF the prison.
ers and the fixing of compensation tor
their labor would he in the hands OF
4! the county commissioners.
! Amsterdam. April AT an impor-
tant conference held today at Ger
man Headquarters between the En-
peror, Field Marshal Won Hindcnburg
Gen. Won Ludendorff, and DR.. Rich
ard F. Won KuehlInann. the German
foreign minister, Count Czernin's
speech. was discussed, among other
matters. 1t is understood DR.. Won
! Kuehlmann will deliver an important
speech at his earlies opportunity
! Count Czernin is expected at Berlin
and at headquarters next week.
! Paris, April 4.-Funeral services
for Mrs. Marie Grinnell and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Landon and Mrs. Landons
two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Speed and
Miss Ruth Landon, who We're killed
/ in a church during the German bonn
bardment on Good Friday, We're held
! today in the American church. Am
bassador Sharp was present and the
French premier, military governor OF
Paris, the projects of Paris and the
! Seine the municipal council and the
/ departmental council of the Seine
We're represented.
New Bedford. Mass. April 4.-The
Yarn Finishers' Union voted tonight
to demand an increase in wages fol
all textile operatives in the city anc
instructed its delegates to the Tex
tile Council to vote for the same. Ac-
ton by other unions is awaited. Al
a meeting Of the Building Laborers
Union it was voted to demand Al
cents an hour. an eight-hour day
and closed shop and to strike if TIT
demands were not granted within the
next few days.
l Dedham, Mass. April 4.-The Crane