Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-04
NEWS BRIEFS

NEWS BRIEFS.
Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 3-The steps
leading up to the cancellation Of the
contract made for the use of the
Wesley Memorial Methodist church
auditorium for concert by Geral-
dine Farrar. grand opera star, were
outlined last night in a sermon by
DR.. B. +. Fraser, pastor of the
North Georgia Methodist Conference
led to the cancellation of the con-
tract by the Rev. w. II. Laprade,
presiding elder of the church.
Seattle, Wash. Dec. 3-Irene Cas-
ties latest "step" is the "side-step."
This she has learned since she be-
came the bride of Maj. Frederick
Mclaughlin, wealthy Chicago club
man. Newspaper men, who have
been the principle witnesses of this
new step of the dancer testify that
she has mastered it to perfection.
London, Dec. ), (By A. Pho
election expert who values his repu-
tation as such. is willing today to
put his name to forecast as to how
Thursdays poll will turn out. Even
when headquarters of the respective
parties are asked for an honest opin-
ion of the result aside from party
pre- possessions, they refuse to haz-
ard so much as q guess.
Andover, Mass, Dec. 3-Fire In
the stables of John +. McDonough in
Park street, caused loss of about
$4,000 shortly before . o'clock this
morning. Help was summoned from
Lawrence and the blaze, which
threatened nearby property, was pre-
vented from spreading. Three en-
ployees of the barn, sleeping in the
building. narrowly escaped suffoca-
ton and five horses were burned to
death.
London. Dec. st. p. O'Connor,
father of the House of Commons"
in an address before the Irish Liter
airy Society here last evening, init
mated that he might possibly visit
America to try TO obtain help for the
rising generation of Irish in Great
Britain. He said he was especially
interested in this question and that
in many cases Irish boys and girls
who had won scholarships valued at
~ pounds had been obliged TO give
them up because that sum was in
planned to start a fund to assist
would go to America to solicit sup
port.
Hergamo. Italy. Dec. (By A. P.)
One hundred and thirty-seven
bodies had been recovered up to last
midnight from the Bergamo valley
country. 600 of whose inhabitants
are believed to have been drowned
where the great dixie impOunding the
waters of Gleno Lake collapsed last
Saturday.
New York. Dec. 3-Geor~e Pfann.
captain of Cornell. led his team to
its third successive season of undea-
feated fotball. gaining individual
scoring honors for himself and with
his % points enabling his team to
top all rivals in the East with Il total
of 800. CORNELL was the only team
to amass more than 300 points.
Washington. Dec. New bases
for the application of interstate eX-
press rates were laid down today by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in a decision which refused the
American Railway Express Company
the right to make general increases
were ordered to establish new sched-
ules on or before February 81 next
Incorporating the changes.
Vineyard Haven. Mass, Dec. 3
The body of Eugene Isaacs, a gro
GERS clerk, was found shot through
the head in his bed here today. A
revolver was graSped in the right
hand, and the police said he had COM
mitted suicide. probably from de-
spondency. Isaacs leaves a widow
and four children. He was born and
lived for many years in the Cape
Verde Islands.
Washington, Dec. 3-Tae Interstate
Commerce Commission today refused
a demand that it reconsider all of
its work in the physical valuation of
the country's railroads. Petitions
making such demand, presented by
the national conference on valuation
or American railroads, which is
headed by Senator LaFollette of Wis
consin, were dismissed.
London. Dec. 3-Attempts to listen
in on American radio broadcasting
Sunday morning were unsuccessful
owing to atmospheric conditions. and
stations in the United States were
heard only internationally.
indianapolis, Dec. 3-John Thomas
Shaw, "a years old. Negro, is being
held here today, charged with the
Staying of Mrs. Helen Whelchel, at
tractive young widow, whose bat
tered body was found last Wednes-
day lying between railroad tracks
beneath a bridge, from which it ap-
parently had been hurled.
New York, Dec. 3-Three men
charged with the theft of 200 cases
of whiskey from a bonded warehouse
yesterday after binding and gagging
an aged Waterman, were arrested
today after an automobile chase
through the theatrical district. They
were slated as Owen Madden, George
Demange and Henry Jacobs.
Athens, Dec. Notwithstanding
the decision of former Premier
Venizelos not to return to politics, a
great demonstration was held Sat-
urdays with the object of inducing
the statesman to reconsider. At
tendance at the meeting was large.
Observers assert that the popularity
of Venizelos was never greater than
it is today.
Tiffin, Ohio, Dec. Conc man, a
member of the train crew, was seri-
'ously injured and more than so
persons escaped serious injury, when
Pennsylvania passenger train No.
l4O5. Pittsburgh to Detroit, was
wrecked here early today. The in
jured man. Charles Maxwell of To-
ledo. fireman, was thrown from the
engine and his back injured The
wreck was caused by the train hit
ting a derail at the Baltimore G.
Ohio crossing.
Paris. Dec. 3.-The American dol
lar has been established as the ex-
elusive standard for fixing steam
ship rates from French ports to the
United States by all the trans-At-
lantic lines in Paris, including the
ment-subsidized French Line.