Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-29
NEWS BRIEFS

White House for the past week. left
| Washington for Pnackaul, VI. today
70 spend Thanksgiving with the folks
OF his native. town. This trip will
bring realisation Of the hope he ex-
pressed several months ago ID Lon-
don, when ne wapted to clean up the
sy g e 70 eat Thanksgiving dinner
Leavenworth, Kas., Nov. 2s~-one Of
n prisoners being transferred from
McNeips Island to the federal prison
here for safe keeping, ESCAPED ems
today.
New York, Nov. as-Ths worid.s
largest freight ship, the Minnesota,
iale since her transport service In
the war, has been sold to the German
tbday. A tug is now erossins the Al
FlaHtlc TO return with the freigllter
New York. Noy, 2s--Frankie
Genaro. American fiyweight cham
pion, has been substituted for Pancho
villa, worlds fyweight titiehoider.
aANRn opponent to Carl Tremaine.
Cleveland bantamweight In the mair,
bout on the Thanksgiving card ct
Madison Square Garden tonight, ii
was announced today, Villa with
drew AFTER spraining his ankle In
Deland, Fla, Nov, 2s-A mistria1
IN the case OF George Burns, charged
WITH murder In connection with the
death of Howard Usher, taxi-
driver, today, was declared in court
hours.
boston, Nov. 2s--withdrawal OF the
mills OF Colonel Springs, In South
| Carolina, from the proposed merger
OF northern and southern cotton mills
aEi .uced here last Tuesday, was
confirmed in a statement issued To-
day by Lockwood, Greene & Com
pany, managers of the consolidation,
20 pc knbwn as the New England
southern Mills. The statement said
the company had been unable to
| agree on vital details,h with the di-
rectors OF Colonel Springs mills.
New Bedford, Mass, Nov. 28-At a
meeting of the New Bedford Cotton
Manufactqrers' Association held here
TO-DAY to discuss the Question OF cur
taiiment, owing to tiie general con-
facturers failed to take any con-
certed action. Several of the mills
have orders on their books which
are to be completed by a certain
date and In o few instances Are
working nights to rush these orders
through. 1t was left to the indiyid-
ual plants to curtau their output az
the situation demands.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. 2s-Radio broad
casting station WHAZ at Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute In this city was
heard by stations Ia England and
one at St Avanger, Norway, Monday
night according to ea5legrams re-
/ ceived today.
New Haven, Conf, Nov. 2S-Elec-
ton of Alfred Ludley Ferguson, Jr.,
1928, of Greenwich. Conn.,, as Yale
football manager for nayt year was
announced today. Wiliisan K. Muir
of Detroit was. chosen Freshman
manager and Cornelius Van Ness
Wood of Yonkers. y. Y. third IN the
ballot was given "Y."
dead and a hundred are III In q ty-
phoid fever epidemic caused by the
drinking Of polluted river water In
the town of st. Jerome. Que. Health
authorities anhouced today.
Lagoon, N. D., Nov. 2S-Paymenr
of "a 900 has been made by the
Putnam lumber Co., to the family
of Martin Tabert IF .dunich, N. D..
who died in convict labor camp
conducted by the company in
Florida. following a fiogging given by
boss" This payment has been ac-
cepted by the Tabert family as set
! Element of Its. claims against the
lumber company.
Medford, Mass, Nov. 2S.-The
University of Maine and New Hamp-
shire are newcomers on the Tufts
football schedule for next season, an
nounced today. The schedule fol-
lows: Oct. 4, Connecticut Agricul-
tural College at Medford; II. Bates
at Lewiston: IS, Middlebury at
Durham or Manchester: Noy. /,
Wesleyan at Middletown: s, Bowdoip
at Brunswick: IA, Maine at Medford..
%, Mass. Agricultural College at
Medford.
| Washington, Nov. 2S.-A project is
under way for the concession of tim
Der rights in the Polish forest of
BialoWieska, one of the largest in
4 Europe, to a ,consortium of American
fipanciers, according to announce
ment by the Polish Press Bureau
here. The Americans are stated to
have offered the Polish government
$40. 100000 for the concession. The
Bialowieska forest covers 40 square
miles of fiat and partly marshy land
between the Nisman, Bug and Prlpet
rivers.
Otter, w. Va, Nov. 2s.-Twenty
passengers were hurt when the loco
motive, express car and two coaches
on train No. 81, on the Charleston
division of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad toppled over bank north
river early today.
| Washington, Nov 2s.-With the
return to Washington today Of Atty.
Gen. Daugherty, the question of q
! Presidential pardon for Charles L.
Craig, comptroller OF New York City,
sentenced. to prison for sixty days
for contempt OF court 30 expected TO
be decided without delay.
Broekton, Mass, Nov. 2S.--Luigi
/ Taunton, died at the Brockton hos
kpital, following an accident In which
his horse and wagon was struck by d
one man trolley car on the Whitman
division of the Eastern Massnchu-
sets Street Railway Company. The
horse was killed instantly Lenoci
died shortly after at thS hospital
from fractured skull and other in
juries.
i Lawrence. Mass, Nov. 28-When a
moving truck carrying a piano. lHr-
ched at street corner today. the
piano was thrown of. It knocked
over q mover, Alfred LaFrance, fe-
fore 1t felled him and crushed him to
/ Buffalo, N. z, Nov. 2S--Newton
| p. Baker, former secretary of war,
General Hartford and Right Rev.
Charles H. Brent, bishop Of the Epis-
copal diocese of Buffalo. named by
President Coolidge to consider and