Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-30
NEWS BRIEFS

notwithstanding nomination Of
Judge T.. Il. Sanford OF Tennessee to
be an associate justice OF the supreme
court. succeeding Justice Pitney.\who
recently retired. was ordered favora-
bly, reported today by an unanimous
vote of the Senate judiciary commit
toe.
New YOrk-Bebe Daniels. motion
picture actress. underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis today at Roose-
welt Hospital. Miss Daniels condition
was reported as most satisfactory.
Providence. II. I..-F'redcrirk ].
DurfHc of Boston. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Ada T.. Baker of this
city last Saturday night. pleaded not
guilty to a charge of murder when
arragned in the sixth district court
today He was held for trial Feb. 6
without bail.
Herbert .\ious. brought horr from
Arizona for the murder of Charles
McDermott Oh Dec. 16 last. entered
similar plea and was held for trial
Feb. 9.
Boston-A further gain by Eastern
steam ship bringing it to a now high
record of 80. was the high spot in early
transactions on the local stock OK
change today. John T. Conner also
gained fractionally. Tho rest of the
list was almost generally firm.
Springfield. Mass.-Edward Pynchon.
&C. chairman of the board of directors
of the ChiCopce National Bank of this
city. former president and for more
than so years connected with the bank.
died today. He was a direct descendant
in the ninth generation of William
Pynchon. one of the founders of Spring
field.
constantnople-Tt is reported that
Mustapha Renal Pasha. Turkish Ma
tiona list leader. was married today to
the daughter of a rich Turkish mer-
chant of Smyrna. Mouaamcrou Chalk
Fey. Mustapha kemars bride is said
to have brought him a dowry of 1,000,-
600 Turkish liras.
Washinston-IIoldin that his mo-
ton for a writ of habCaS corpus was
for the purpose of delaying his incar-
ceration and was without merit. the SUI
rrcme court today ruled that David
Lamar, tho wolf of Wall Street"
would be required to go to jail and
serve the sentence imposed on him on
conviction of the charge of conspiracy
in restraint Of foreign commerce..
Philadelphia-Lcw Tender. Phil
adclphia's leading contender for the
lightship championship, scored a
technical knockout over Jack LAWYER
of Omaha, lin the fifth round Of a
scheduled eight round bout here to-
night. The referee stopped the bout
TO save LAWYER. Tender was to
have met Charlie Pitts, of Australia,
but Pitts failed to appear.
New 1ork-James (Big Jim) Lar
kin. who recent. was pardoned by
Governor Smith, while serving q term
Oft Grim ino1 annrchC
will sail for Ireland shortly to lend
his support to De Valera and the
Irish Republicans, his friends an
nounced tonight. Since he left Sing
Sing, I.arkin has been lecturing.
Montpelier, Nt.-The report of the
new state budget committee. made
public tonight, recommends for the
two fiscal years of 1923-24. and 1924
IS. the expenditure of nearly $780,
600 less than was expended and esti-
mated for the current biennial period
Granger Hardness. for "a years a
member of the Brown University
faculty. died here today. He was the
son of Professor Albert Hardness,
distinguished internationally as a
scholar of the classics and author of
text books in Latin.
New York;. Jeff Sharkum. pro-
moter, convicted Of using mails to
defraud Herman Mandelbaum out of
SD, 900 at Ocala, Fla. was today SEN
fenced to serve five years in Atlanta
prison.
Chicago.-After nearly two years
of investigation and hearings on the
practice in the steel industry of COM
putting selling prices on what has
been known as pittsburgh plus"
the federal trade commission closed
it's case United States Steel Corpor-
alton will begin presentation OF its
side Immediately.
Jasper. Wyo.-Nfid-west Refining
Company announced increase ten
cents a barrel in prices of Wyoming
crude oils.
North Adams, Mass-Local Dem
ocrats have what they believe to be
the Distinction Of being the first poll