Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19
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Lausanne,-(By A. P.)-Foreign
| Minister Tchitcherin of Russia pro-
7 posed today to the Near East confer
| ence commission studying the status
OF the Turkish straits plan provid-
! Ing for an international board of con-
troll on which would be represented
Germany, the United States, France,
Japan, England, Italy and all the
states bordering on the Black Sea.
| Boston-Sabastia dAmico of
/ Lawrence, accused of having coun-
! terfeit bottled in bond revenue
stamps in his possession, was held
| in $1,000 bail today by United States
| Commissioner Hayes for hearing Dec.
i'2I. D'Amico pleaded not guilty.
Washington - Beginning hearings
today on the Goldsborough bill to
stabilize the dollar, the House bank
ing committee was told by Prof. Try
! ing Fisher Of Yale University. that
| the rapid rise and fall Of commodity
was caused by a state of monetary
instability which led directly to class
| conflict.
Directors of the Great Northern
Railway voted 2 IL per cent. semi
annual dividend, reducing the yearly
rate basis from to per cent. at
meeting here today. The dividend is
payable Feb. l. to stock on record
Dec. 90, 1922.
Melbourne, Australa-The defeat
of the Nationalist government of
Premier William Hughes is indicated
by the present returns from Satur-
days elections. the labor party con-
tinuing to maintain its land.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of so
degrees below zero at White River,
Ont, was reported today to the
weather bureau. which issued a cold
wave warning for New England, New
York and Pennsylvania.
Effects Of the new winter offensive,
the bureau said, will be felt through
out the eastern states to the east gulf
states and upper Ohio valley.
New observation-disclosures was
made today by the New York Stock
Exchange of the failure of Houston,
F'ible & Co. of Kansas City. The
firm which was admitted to the ex-
change in 1900, consists of w. r.
Houston and w. M. F'ible.
Washing n-Comprehensive plans
for improvement of the immigration
facilities at the Ellis Island station
at New York are Under consideration
here as result of many complaints
regarding the present equipment of
the station and the methods of hand
ling immigrants.
Halifax, n. S.-The freighter West
Hardaway, which has been adrift in
the Atlantic short of fuel for several
days. has been picked up by the
steamer Argus, also Shipping Board
vessel and is being towed to this port.
Washington, CBy A. P.)-The pro-
posal that the Central American con-
ference meeting here discuss a pro-
gram looking to political union of the
five Central American republics went
by the board today when the confer
ence resumed it's sessions after re-
ceiving formal instructions from all
the governments interested.
New York-The Rev. Henry An
stice. SO prominently identified with
the Protestant Episcopal church for
over half a century died suddenly
of heart disease today on a train
from Montclair. n. j.
New York-Officials of ]. p. Nor
gan & Co, today confirmed cable
reports that the firm had purchased
100000 shares of the Land Mortgage
Bank of Vienna. They declined to
discuss details of the transaction.
Washington-An appropriation of
100000 for preventing the spread of
the European corn borer, prevalent
in the New England states recon-