Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-19
name a new Judge to come here and

name new Judge to come here and
preside.
Lawrence. Mass.-Following a con-
ference with representatives of the
American Wooden Co., Mayor Daniel
Nahoney went to Boston yesterday
the commissions on the necessaries of
life regarding alleged rent boosts in
this city. The mill workers alleged
that since the announcement was
made that they would be given a
wage increase rents have been ad-
vanced.
st. Joseph, Mich-Francis Thorpe,
under study" for Benjamin Purnell,
head of the House of David colony.
and who has assumed leadership of
the cult since the disappearance of
Purnell months ago. faced grilling
yesterday as witness before the
grand jury that is investigating con-
ditionS in the religious organization.
Thorpe. is acting head of the COL
ony, will be called upon, it is said,
to explain the disappearance of
Ethidorpha Smith, who was desired
as a witness.
New York-One lone American
soldier still remains at the Watch
on the Rhine. Lieut.. p. J. Davis of
the Division of Criminal Investiga-
ton who arreved on the stamer
President Roosevelt, said that he had
left the one soldier behind to clean
up some Investigations and that he
would positively be the last member
of the Rhine force to return.
Haverhill, Mass, The body of
Taapaffn NaIonfivn wife nf
Thomas Valentine, IA 4F'ern street,
Lawrence, missing since May II, was
found floating in the Merrimack river
here yesterday by James ]. Cleary.
an employee of the Massachusetts
Northeastern Street Railway. Mrs.
Valentine disappeared from a private
hospital in Jamaica Plain Friday.
May II. Sunday night her hat and
handbag were found on the banks
of the Merrimack in Lawrence.
Worcester, Mass. w orce ste r
county farmers will lost 100000 this
year because they can't get help, de-
clared George +. f. Storey. county
! agent and manager of Worcester
county extension service. Strong.
| able bodied men," declared Mr..
Storey, ARE showing a keen unwil-
lilngness to work on the farm. = The
current wage of $40 to $50 a month
with room and board and general
keep is no attraction. Farm labor
conditions are worse now than they
were during the war. The result
will be a curtailmcnt Of crops"
Brockton. Mas.-Hoseman Herman
J. Cowdrey, Jr., is dead. Driver
! Charles A. Daley said to be dying,
Capt w. c. Putnam and Hoseman
I CfffnrI NaxUtnp n m the dan
gerous list at the Brockton hospital
as the result of Combination 2 of the
Brockton fire department crashing
into a post while running to Il fire
early yesterday morning. Hoseman
DAILY is brother to Chief William
| DAILY Of the Brockton department
| The dead man is married and is the
f! father of ten months old twins. He
is World war veteran. The heavy
| fire truck was lifted off the bodies OF
| Cowdrey and Daily by brother fire
men.
| Moscow-(By A. PA Russian
soviet note sent by Foreign Minister
Tchitcherin to the Swiss government
yesterday holds that government re,
sponsible for the recent assassina-
ton at Lausanne of NJ. Norovsky
| soviet representative there, through
the alleged negligence of the Swiss
officials to guard him.
Nice, France-(By A. P)-Friends
of George j. Could the American
+, railroad man and financier, who dict
at Cap Martin, near Mentone, We'd
! nesday. declared yesterday that his
fatal illness originated in colo
! caught in the Valley of the Kings. il
Egypt, which he visited after the
discovery of Tutenkhamun's tomb
The cold persisted, pneumonia fol
| flowed, and with complication OF
heart disease caused his death.
| The least woman can spend fol
clothes in one year is 500, it wa:
estimated Thursday by a, large de-
partment store that has conducted
| an investigation into the subject as
| result of which a few hints or
i budget making were offered t. bust
ness women. For a smart appear
ancy milady must spend a minimum
of 5000 annually on her apparel, il
was commended.
Observation-Disclosures LaRose, II
year old caddy. died Thursday night
| from injuries received when he was
! struck on the head by golf ball
from woman golfers club at st
! Bruno's links yesterday. The ball
travelled so yards, striking him be-
hind the ear and fracturing his
skull.
Buffalo. N. Y.-Major Thomas
Scott Baldwin. of Quincy. Ills, one
of the pioneer flyers and balloonists
in his country, died Thursday He
was 6S years old and had 46 years
flying experience.
, Leon. Spain-Fernando Regueral,
farmer, of the province of Biscay,
was assassinated Thursday evening
as he was leaving his home. A band
of men. none of whom has been
identified. shot him to death and
then escaped. Requeral. was gov
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