Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-20

caused Dy the dSS0So1HolOA ~
President Narutowicz is reflected in
dispatches received by the French
foreign Office.
Boston-Two men were accident
ally shot and mild panic was caused
| among commuters at the South sta
| ton when an automobile pistol In
| the suitcase of a temporary railway
mail clerk was accidentally dis
| charged last night. A bullet which
J ricochetted or the pavement of the
| concoursc struck Allen W. Tracy Of
| Canton. and Phillip w. Hheehan OF
Mansfield, gate tenders. Neither was
d. seriously hurt.
! Haverhiil, Mass.-The Shoe Manu-
| facturers' Association today submitted
the draft OF a proposed working agree
| ment, to become effective January ].
to officials Of the Shoe Workers Pro-
! teetive Union.
| New York--Alleging Liabilities OF
S1.000.000. three creditors today filed
an involuntary petition in bankruptcy
against Max SpiegeI, theatrical pro.
Queer. Of this city. The assets were
not mentioned in the petition.
Manchester. n. H.--Asserting that
tho taxes assessed against it by the
| city Of Manchester this year. totallina
sS40,031.S2, are illegal and unjust, the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. has PEE
titioned the assessors TO: an abatement
of the tax to S6S2,926, CT s157.105.6s
legs than tho levy. The assessors will
make known q decision next week,
they said today.
! Boston--An appeal to landlords not
to raise rents during the winter
months or evict tenants who are not
undesirable or in arrears in rent, ow-
ms to scarcity of surplus housing. was
issued today by the stale commission
on the pecessaries of liz.
| Turin-(By A. P.)--Renewed con-
| fiicts between the Fascist and the
communists here have n suited in the
| killing of 10 persons, including two
of the Fl scisti.
| Ccrk-Thcre was hcavg firing for two
hours during last night in the north
ern suburbs Of Cork, the Republica IS
using machine guns. One civilian was
severely wounded.
| Youngstown. Ohio--Taik Of a merger
of the Youngstown Shett 4 Tube co.
and the Brierhill steel ca, two Of the
! largest Independent steel companies in
| the country, were revived today with
the news that proLhinc II stockholders
of the two concerns had reopened re-
| g.tiations.
| Palmer, Mass.-Firc which broke out
in the roundhouse Of the Ware River
. Rai hyop nf a.,
Albany, at about A. NJ, burned off
the roof of the structure and badly
damaged three locomotives stored WITH
in. Railroad men were unable to re
move the engines because Of the in
tense heat. The damage is estimated
at $4,000 but this figure may be in
creased when the damaged engines ere
token TO the shops for repairs.
| Salt Lake City, Ctah---Air Mail Pilot
Henry G. Boonstra. missing since last
Friday when he became lost in bliz-
zard en- route to Rock Springs, Wyo.
has been found at the Rigby ranch
| four mics southeast, where his
wrecked plane was discovered yester-
day, according to adVicos received by
air mail officials fere To-Day.
| Boston-Thc murder Of George A.
! Willis, superintendent ci messengers
for the Boston News Bureau in a pay
roll robbery in the business district
| last Friday. was formally charged
against Webster L. Grant Of TXbridge
and an unnamed companion today.
Barre. .Vt.-Six granite nlanafactur-
| ing firms OF Barre, all IL embers of the
Granite Manufacturers Association an,
! two oe them members Of the boards ef
| directors of that association, today
signed agreements witt. the Granite
| Cutters Union and allied unions, by
which all SIX win resume work not
later AN JANUARY next.
| Boston--The main lines of the two
| railroads entering this city from the
south-the New York. New Haven &
Hartford and the Boston & Albany
, which were cholScd by accidents at the
| same time last night, we're operating
again today.
Hartford, Conn.-Thrce alleged
German workmen. Fritz LnGer,
George Sazona and Jaamin Richly yer,
arrested by federal agents at the
East Hartford shops Of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
road last night as imported laborers,
We're taken to Boston today.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the Civil
War, widows Of veterans and Civil
War nurses probably will receive
Christmas presents from the govern
ment in the form Of increased pen
sions as the result Of an agreement
reached by conferees on the Bursum
pension bill. -.
Washington-Dr. H.: W. Evans Of
Dallas, Tex, imperial wizard of the
Invisible. Empire Of theK. X. K, held
q pow-wow with lNan officials today
lat his hotel here, but no one con-
cerned would divuIge the nature ,of
the conference or predict whether
DR.. Evans would visit any official OF
the government during his stay in
Washington.
New York--Supreme Justice Null
Ian today continued until Wednesday
of next week the order calling upon
the Irish Free State to show cause
why the place of Imprisonment of
stephen NJ. sO'AIafa,. Irish republican
leader, should not be revealed 10 at
torneys for O'Mara and cannon De
Valera.
+ Bostou--.A monkeys curiosity
caused a fire in the Hotel Liberty in
the South End today. The animal
owned by an actor, in the absence Of
its master. started to light matches.
A fire started, the monkey screamed