Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-27

before the Boston Rotary club today.
THE president" he said. "in deal
ing with the question Of coal
asks for the power to act in an
emergency. We seem to be in the
midst of an emergency all the time"
/, Haverhill, Mass, Dec. 26-Prelim-
mary plans for consolidation Of the
Shoe Workers Protective Union and
the United Shoe Workers of Amer
lea, have been accepted by represen-
tatives of both organizations. A
joint convention is to be called
shortly to ratify the action, which
was taken at conference Of the
representatives of the two unions
with their, mutual counsel. Freder-
lex w. Mansfield of Boston.
Washington, Dec. 26-Rear Ad-
miral Bristol at Constantinople noti-
fed the State department today that
he signed an agreement with the
Turkish government Dec. "a, under
which a COMMITTEE of Turkish and
American delegates will be appoint
ed within six months after the
Turkish American treaty ratification
have been exchanged to consider the
claims Of Turkish and American ma
tionals. The agreement is in &C
cordance with an understanding
reached when the treaty was negoti-
ated.
New York, Dec. ALPHABETICALLY the
entire local certified crop of 10000
bales of cotton was rendered on
January notices this morning. the
largest deliveries for one day in sew
eral years. 1t was promptly taken
up by houses understood to have &C
quired much of it for mills and ex-
port. as the stock here Is of fine
quality and relatively cheaper than
spot cotton in the south.
New York, Dec. 26-The body Of a
youth killed by O subway train yes
terday was identified today as that
of Frederick Stanley Cusack, a West
Point cadet, whose home was in
Washington, d. c. Identification was
made by a fellow cadet.
Boston. Dec. 26-Gov. Cox today
appointed Frederic e. Grenhalge of
Lowell to fill the vacancy on the SUI
perior court bench caused by the
elevation Of Justice William Wait to
the supreme court. Mr.. Greenhalee
is a son of the late Gov. Frederic Il.
Grcenhalge, a graduate of Harvard
and member Off, Boston lay firm.
For IA years he served as assistant
attorney general of the state.
New York. Dec. 26--Captain Ed
ward Mcclure Peters of Brooklyn
sailed today on the French liner
Chicago to join his wife in Toul.
France. where they will spend their
remaining days near the grave of
their only son. The son was an AM
erican soldier. Captain Edward Nc
Clure Peters, Jr., commander of a
First Division machine gun company.
He was killed in March 1918. along
the first American front, which in
those days skirted Toni, Nancy and
Baccarat,
Boston, Dec. 26-The charge of
misuse of state funds was made
against a group of motor vehicle in
spectors by the state commission on
administration and finance in a
statement made public today. 1t was
alleged that as much as SIS had been
charged to the state for automobile
hire for trips requiring GO cents street
car fare.
keene, n. H., Dec. 26-Lewis o.
Chamberlain of Marlboro, pleaded not
guilty to a charge Of manslaughter
before Judge Charles a. Madden in
municipal court TINS afternoon.
Chamberlain was held in $1,000 bonds
for hearing Dec. 20. He is charged
with causing the death of Frank G.
Russell Of Keene, when Chamber
lain's automobile colli1od with Rus
sells team Monday night.
Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 26-Two bandits
held up the Goldberg Loan Company
here and escaped today with about
100000 in cash and diamonds.
Washington. Dec. 26.-President
Coolidge will confer tomorrow with
Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, Sc
lected by the reparation commits
sion to head committee which will
endeavor to balance Germany's
budget and stabilize currency. AL
though the Americans who sit on
two new committees will serve as
private citizens. they doubtless will
be afforded the opportunity to use
such data as has been collected by
the American government on the
subjects to be studied.
Cambridge. Mass, Dec. GA
of correction was imposed today on
William NJ. Hogan. who was con-
victed in the Middlesex superior
court recently of accepting a bride
while he was city councillor. Aft
err pronouncing sentence Judge Jas.
H. Sisk granted a stay at the re-
quest of Hogan's counsel pending
the filing of exceptions Hogan was
found guilty. of accepting money to
expedite permit to nave a build
ing
Cleveland. Dec. 26.-Carl Wide
mann of Newport. Ky. ow3er of In
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