Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-08
NEWS BRIEFS

view IOFk, NOV. Tine famous
confession letter" alleged to have
been written by Mrs. Anne L. Still
man TO her husband, James A. Still
man, was submitted to the appellate
division of the supreme court in
Brooklyn today as the basis OF an
appeal by the banker from a recent
decision of Justice Morschauser, con-
firming a referees report in which
Stillman was denied a divorce and
the legitimacy Of Baby Guy was up
held.
| Boston, ov.@7-What became of
John O'Brien was Il puzzle to the
police and municipal court officers
today. Arrested last night on a
charge of larceny, of doctors over
coat and a bag containing surgical
implements and drugs, O'Brien was
taken to police headquarters with five
other men in the patrol wagon today.
When the names of the men were
called in the municipal court O'Brien
failed to answer and he could not be
found. How or when he escaped is
not known. O'Brien has long
criminal record.
Guildhall. VT. Nov. AT the re-
sumption today of the trial of Ed
gar Bunnell. charged with the muir
Sheriff Elmer Marsh testified to find
ing the body of Cross, and identified
photographs which he took of IT.
He told of having had an expert in
Boston examine portions of bullets
that he found in Bunnell's home.
Toxic, Oct. 25-(A. p. Correspon-
dence)-Matrimonia agencies which
survived the earthquake and fire are
being flooded with applications for
husbands and wives. Among the fe-
male applicants are hundreds of
widows anxious to find life compan-
ions who will care for them and their
children. Hundreds of girls. hardly
10 years of age, who lost all their
relatives in the disaster, have ap-
piled. Most of the male applicants
are mechanics who make good wages.
Toronto, Nov. ii. J. r. Mcleod,
professor of the department of ply
siology at the University of Toronto,
who jointly with DIR. F. G. Banting.
won the Nobel prize for medicine for
the discovery of insulin today am
nounced he would give half of the
$4,000 awarded to him to DIR. J. b.
Collip. professor in Alberta Uni
versity, who aided him. DIR. Mcleod
said DR.. Collip had acceped his Of
fer,
New York. Nov. While proceed
ing from Manhattan to Brooklyn to-
| day, the ferryboat w. r. Hears. new
est and fastest of the municipal fer
ries. carrying $50 passengers. struck
n mud bank off Governors Island.
i The boat tipped so far over that
horses attached to vehicles on the
forward deck were knee deep in wa
ter. Passengers scrambled for life
, preservers and hastily adjusted them.
, The ferryboat however. slid off the
mud bank gradually and within ten
minutes had righted herself.
Washington, Nov. with only
| four days remaining before final es-
Inmates for the governments 1924
budget must be in the hands of the
budget bureau, President Coolidge
called to the White House today for
n conference on budget matters,
Senator Curtis of Kansas. Republican
whip of the Senate and later went
over the department of commerce es-
Inmates with Secretary Hoover.
Boston. Nov. THE coast guard
cutter Ossipee sent word by radio
today that she had picked up off The
Graves in Boston harbor. a motor
boat bearing the number DAG.
There was only one man in the boat
ana the message said he told the
Ossipee's officers that he had been
adrift for three days. The boats
engine was disabled a surfboa
came out from the Nahant coast
guard station and towed the boat
ashore.
winchester. Mass. Nov. 7-Manv
| or the leading citizens of the state
came here today to attend the funeral
OF former Governor Samuel w. Nc
Can. Business was suspended while
prayers were said at the home and
services were held at the Church of
the Epiphany, conducted by the rec
Tor. Rev. Allen Evans. Jr., and the
rector emeritus. DR.. John w. Suter.
Amang the pail bearers were Sena
TOR Lodge. Governor Cox and Presi-
gent Nicholas Murray of Columbia
University. The Winchester Post OF
ne american Legion formed q guard
OF nonor at the church. :
washington. Nov. THE farmers
y. KANSAS and other middle western
states expect the administrator
by the Interstate Commerce. Comn,tS-
sion to reduce freight rates on agri .
cultural products, Represcntat;re
Iincher, Republican member Of Tho
Rouse agriculture committee told
rresloent Coolidge during a confer
ence today on the farm situation
M Mr. Ilncher said that with a reduc-
,Ion IN freight rates the situation
largely would right itself. He indi-
t tha that he would not support
the move to repeal section l5-A' the
ray provision of the transportation
act ana said he anticipated No az
Iective endeavor to repeal or chance
act. e"n raolng
Madrid, Nov. Z (By A. P.)-spain
On FRIDAY. in the presence OF Kinr
Alfonso. will honor her heroes Of the
so a,.ies or Cavite and Santiago,
r fought during the Spanish American
o maa; wnen the king unveils a mem
orial monument at Cartagna,
., New York, Nov. An effort bv
.ne RUSSIAN Soviet Church to take
oyer tS the Russian orthodox church in
ms country failed today when The
Kew. John s. Kedroyskv forn, owl,