Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-06
NEWS BRIEFS


| of wool imports and exports grouped
according to class and country or
| origin or destination, as heretofore.
New York. Dec. 5.--Louis Francois
DOrbon, French bookseller and for
| mer under secretary to President
! MHlerand of France, today vas fer
| rnitted to enter the United States
after a special board Of ina6iry had
conducted a hearing Tie charges,
against him which had caused his
| detention were not revealed.
| Detroit, Dec. 5.--A five per cent
dividend on capital stock was declar-
ed today by the board of directors
Of the Paige Detroit Motor Car Com
| pany. The dividend 10 payable TO
| stockholders of record at the close
of business December %. 1922. The
dividend Is half of the amount de-
clared on December 81, last
Toxic, Dec. 5-(By A. P.l-Aroused
, by the return from the United States
of large numbers of Japanese immi-
grants, various public organizations
and vernacular newspapers of the
| empire are urging the foreign Office
to take some action which will Off
set the effect Of the decisions Of the
| United States supreme court, bar
| ring Japanese from American citi-
zens1nip and sustaining anti-alien
land laws Of California and Wash
ington.
! Los Angeles, Dec. 5-Herbert
Standing, well known actor, died at
his home early today, after an Ill
ness Of five weeks. He was n years
old. He is survived by a widow.
two daughters and five sons. Wydn-
ham and Herbert, Jr., who are in
New York, and Sir Guy, Percy and
Aubrey Standing, now in London.
All are engaged in theatrica work,
with the exception OF one daughter.
New York. Dec. 5-South Amer
lea has sent forth another pugilistic
conquerer, who in his class. may
rival the meteoric rise of Luis Angel
Firpo in heavyweight ranks. The
newcomer is Luis Vicentina, Chilean
lightweight, who. since arriving in
the United States n September, has
knocked out three opponents in
rapid succession. He is slated for
his biggest and perhaps decisive test
so far on Dec. IA at Madison Square
Garden, where he will battle Johnny
Shugue of Waterbury, Conn, in a
12-round match.
Rome, Dec. Shy A. P.)-Princess
Maria Chigi, daughter of the Duke Of
Torlonia, died today as a result Of
an automobile accident near the
Royal hunting lodge CT Castel Flu
sano, close to Rome. The princess
was motoring from Rome to Castel
| Fusano. The car after turning a
sharp corner. became unmanageable,
crashed INTO a tree and turned on its
side.
New York, Dec. 5-Thomas Mad
den, United States Marine, at
tached to the U. S. S. Wyoming, died
in Roosevelt hospital today from un-
determined injuries suffered last
night in a f1stic bout with Thomas
Reed. national guardsman. Mad
den collapsed at the end of the six
round bout after shaking hands with
his opponent. Their bout had been
declared a draw.
Mexico City, Dec. Federal
sources are preparing to march upon
Chllpancing. copital of Guerrero
state where the rebels under General
Romulo F1guero are established.
| Governor Neri, who asked for per-
mission to use state troops against
the rebels has been informed that
this cannot be permitted because
| Federal troops are already on the
ground.
! Mexico City. Dec. 5-The two
claims conventions drawn UP at the
recognition conference last summer
will not be ratified at the present ses-
| sion of the Mexican senate it was
officially stated today inasmuch as
President Obregon has not sent the
conventions to the upper house. In
less the executive convokes a special
session there is no possibility that the
agreements with the United States
will be ratified during President OBJ
regions term, as the Senate adjourns
on Dec. 81 and will not reassemble
until next September.
Brussels, Dec. 5-Several highly
organized German espionage centers
have been discovered in Antwerp,
says the newspaper lie Soir, under
cover of commercial houses of an
parently the highest respectable lity
The authorities.-.the newspaper as
serts. have found man who, having
membership in a German secret or.
ganization that centered in Cologne,
was entrusted with an important
mission in France the success of
which would have been followed by
events of extreme gravity" As this
person has been apprehended, adds
lie ooir' lnere is no longer any dan
| ger.
Cleveland. Dec. s (By A. P)-Rev.
William II. Foulkes, secretary of the
! presbyterian New Era organizat ton
tCday told the National Presbyterian
conference that the church "does not
propose to change its faith to suit
he caprices of fault finding age,
nor, on the other hand, is it going to
De involved in ceaseless and profit
less controversy"
| Erie, Pa, Dec. 5-What is believed
to be new worlds speed record for
an electrically propelled railway loco
| mOtlVp ogta hi chod he
plant of the General Electric Com
pany before gathering of foremost
| railroad officials and engineers of the
| United States. The locomotive at
tanned speed of los miles an hour.
In tug of war" test the electric
locomotive outpulled the latest i'm
proved type of steam locomotive -
Eddyville, KY, Dec. 5-Mrs. Lillian
| Walters, 81, widow of Monte (Tex)
Walters. leader of trio of convict
murderers found dead in barricaded
mess hall in the western Kentucky
state penitentiary after four day
siege early in October, is charged
with murder in three indictments re-
turned bv the Lyon county grand
jury. Mrs. Walters is understood to
| haze made statement to the grand
| jury admitting she was implicated in
smuggling pistols to the prison to
her husband and his companions
London, Dec. 5-Another candidate
for a seat in the House of Commons
has been obliged to abandon his
campaign meetings as a result of
| rowdyism, which took u violent form
! in numerous places last evening. He
| is Major Sir William Prescott, Con-
| sentative candidate for Tottenham,
| north.
Los Angeles. Dec. 5-A group of
Los Angeles men. backed by - the
Chamber of Commerce, has invited
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