Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
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cation of the story told by two Bel
gian soldiers who arrived in Brus-
sells yesterday saying they had been
interned in Germany since they were
taken prisoners in 1917. One OF them
declared he had been working on
a farm under close guard and said
he knew of sixteen more Belgian SOL
diers captured during the war who
sui Were held prisoners in Germany.
Toxic. Dec. 27.-tBy A. P)--Home
Minister GotO has resigned, assum-
Ing responsibility as home minister
for the attempted assassination to-
day of Prince Regent Hirchito by a
20 year old youth. Baron. Goto's
| and all socialist centers are closely
guarded owing to fear of anti-so-
| cialist outbreaks.
Mexico City, Dec. 27.-via Laredo
Junction, (By A. P.)-Lack of a
| quorum prevented the Senate from
holding its regular meeting today.
Opposition senators show q willing
ness to ratify the special convention
| recently arranged between the Unit
cd States and Mexico, relative to
claims for damages during Mexican
revolutions. They refuse, however,
ratihcation of the general conven-
tion unless some clauses are amend
ed. Another attempt at holding a
regular meeting will be made to-
morrow.
| New York, Dec. 27.-Postmaster
General New today was asked to
enter the fight on quack practitioners
IN letter written by C. A. Lewis.
editor of the Pharmaceutical Era
urging that the mails be closed to
diploma mills" alleged to be flood
ing the drug trade with doctor of
pharmacy degrees.
Two Chicago correspondence
schools. alleged to be making in
discriminate sale of degrees on the
,nsta!ment plan, were mentioned in
Mr.. Lewis letter.
New York, Dec. 27-Willie Ritola.
crack distance runner of the Fin
nlsn -American club and holder of
ooth the national ten mile and cross
country championships announced
To-Day ne will represent his native
country FINLAND, in the 1924 Olym-
pies at Paris. He plans to sail on
Jan. 4, thus cancelling a program of
INDOOR activity here this winter and
may never return to the United
States.
New York, Dec. GA man known
TO the police as Frank Collins, was
arrested today as the suspected slay-
err OF Miss Estelle Phillips, an at
tractive department store executive.
whose body, semi-nude and mutiIa
ted, was found ten weeks ago in an
apartment on West 9th street.
providence, Il. l., Dec. 27-Expen-
dltures made by Rhode Island textile
manufacturing corporations for bet
ter housing conditions and improve
ment of mill villages during the cur
wear amount ysv,,o IL.
$oOO,OU, according to q report is.
sued today by the Rhode Island Tex
tile Association. Land is availa BILE
at many places for employees, the
report states, for the cultivation of
farm products. Other mills having
their own farms, supply the employ
ees with vegetables and milk at be-
low cost. Fuel is also available at a
very low cost.
Washington, Dec. o7-The House
subcommittee framing the naval
appropriation bill is expected to rec
ommend that the present enlisted
strength of the navy-S6.G00 mem
be maintained during the fiscal year
beginning next July /. Hearings are
now in progress and the sub-com-
mittee plans to have the bill ready
in January.
Boston, Dec. o7-Judge Lowell of
the Federal district court today APP
pointed Guy Murchie as receiver for
the. r. II. Long Company and its
subsidiary, the X. II. Long Motor
Company. William w. Caswell. pre-
viously named by the state court as
receiver for the motors company
will withdraw. Attorneys for Rich
ard II. Long of, birmingham. head
of the two concerns, told the court
81 To-,
could be accomplished only by a
receivcrship under one head. Both
companies were petitioned into
bankruptcy several weeks ago.
{ Mexico City, Dec. 26. via Laredo
| Junction, (By A. P.)-Upon the eve
of federal offensive against the re-
| Eellous forces commanded by Cen
erals Enrique Estrada and Manuel
Dieguez in the state of Jalisco and
Generals Fortunate Maycotte and
! Castro in the state of CaXaCa, reports
are again in circulation OF a peace
move. The reports say the author
of the effort toward peace is General
Angel Flores. governor of Sinaloa, a
presidential candidate.
Boston, Dec. 27-In September 1857.
with an apparatus of his own devils
! ing. one John ChilGs performed what
was probably the first human flight
in Americas history. gliding about
ECO feet from the steeple of the
| North Church. Next Sunday the
event will be COMMUNICATED in the
historic house of worship, and tab
let will be presented by the State So
ciety Of Colonial Dcres of America
to thu church officials.
Rome, Dec. 27-The death was an
nounced today of Rafael EIrasurz,
LII Il 40, % @Ia4 N,%t p,
who has beenehere for 20 years. Be
| fore becoming envoy to the Holy See
| he was minister of foreign affairs of
Chile. He was 81.
Algiers, Dec. 81 OBy A. P.)-
! Acting under instruction from the
ministry of marine nj Paris, three
squadrons of four airplanes, each
took off from Algiers for Biskra and
Touggourt at daybreak this morning.
The twelve planes, covering a north
and south strip of ESQ kilometers on
each trip. will have looked over a
territory 1000 kilometers wide by 200
son Of all the towns as well as the
troops manning blockhouses and out
posts have been put on the alert and
all available mounted men are
searching the regions of Uled Jellah
Biskra and Touggourt, where the
DixmuLe was last reCorted.
Washington. Dec. 27-OverridinR
the protest of Harry F. Sinclair, oil
operator and holder of the lease to
naval oil reserves in Wyoming, the
Senate public lands committee today
voted to require him to give details
of all transactions in the stock of the
companies formed in connection with
that lease and of operations Of syn
dictates organized to market such
stock.
Washington, Dec. 27-Charles G.
Dawes and Owen D. Young. chosen