Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20

was opened today by friends or the
president at the same hotel.
Washington, Nov. 19.--"Cropping
contracts" with aliens ineligible to own
or lease land under the alien land
laws of California and Washington
were held by the supreme court today
to be invalid.
New York. Nov. 19-Cotton made
new high prices for the season today
on renewed trade buying and rebuying
by recent sellers who evidently were
influenced by tine better European po-
lltical news and the rally in foreign
exchange.
Washington. Nov. IA popular
choice" by Republican voters of their
candidate for president in 1924 was
demanded today by Hiram Johnson.
Over a desk piled with kilograms and
letters offering support for his candi-
dacy. Senator Johnson told callers to-
day that he would make a fight in ev-
>ry state possible against the hand
picking" of delegates to the national
convention.
Manchester, n. H.. Nov. 19.-Five ad-
ditional departments in the Amo skea s
mills opened today. adding 1000 opor-
atives to the number returning to
work since the shutdown several
weeks ago. The total force now work
ing numbers 5000 operatives. The num-
Der of employees under normal condi-
tions numbers about 5000.
Berlin. y. H. Nov. 19.-Three hun
dred children were rushed safely TO
the street by convent sisters and fire.
men during a fire discovered in the
wooden annex of the ST Regis
Acadmy parochial school here to-
day. The blaze was confined to the
basement and lower portion of the
building but smoke filled the class
rooms and halls. The children have
been dismissed for the remainder of
the week.
Washington, Nov. 19-The supreme
court today announced it would not
grant an appeal in a case involving
the question of whether a contract
for newsprint paper is enforceable
when mot verified in writing, as
in case brought by the Denison-
Pratt Paper Co, of Massachusetts
against the News Publishing Com
pany of Wheeling, w. Va. .,
Hartford, Conn, Nov. 19.-Richard
Roman. 80. a salesman of this city,
was fatally injured, dying on the
way to a hospital and Martin A..
frletacks of Windsor, Conn.,, and John
Archambault, of this city, were in
1ured this afternoon when a fire
truck, responding to an alarm, struck
and partially demolished the sedan
automobile in which they were rid
ing.
Worcester, Mass, Nov. 1e.-The
old Lyman House, for many years
occupied as summer hotel, on the
shrewsbury shore of Lake Ouinsi-
| gamond near the White CITY end the
| bicycle race track. was burned TO the
ground today. The blaze started
from an unknown cause shortly af-
ter noon and high wind spread the
| names to the barn and other ONT
buildings all of which were DESTROY
| ed.
New York, Nov. 19.-The American
Bosch Magnetic Corporation annouuc-
ed today it had purchased the Star
| rebound Controller Company of
cleveland and planned to manufac-
lure controllers at its plant in SPRING
| field, Mass.
Boston, Nov. ia Boston unit of
! the eX-service mems anti-bonus
league was organized today with Z.
~. Slater as director and Richard
| Neiley as treasurer. The league,
which claims organization in 81
states, is composed of bodied
veterans of the World War who ia
Nor all possible governmental aid for
disabled World War veterans but Cd
pose bonus for the able-bodies.
| Concord. N. H., Nov. 19.-Arthu,
Aver. a Penacook man, reports thai
while working in a sandbanl1 he un.
earthed a nest of black snakes
Some he killed and others escaped
| AS he continued digging more
snakes were found and the slaughter
proceeded. At the close of the
| days work he noticed thatBthe pile
OF snake flesh was quite large and
/ counted fangs. Sixty-one snakes lay
| dead. p.
Concord. N. H., Nov. 19.-Mrs
Florence Huckins of this city died al
a hospital here this morning from