Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-09
NEWS BRIEFS

Stockholm. Oct. S.-The future OF
the king OF birfs~fn Sweden has
been safeguarded by the govern
! Clent. an official decree prohibiting
| the killing OF eagles having just been
issued. This is a step in the nation
| wide movement for conservation of
| nature and animal life. and is main
! ly result of the efforts of "Sweden's
John Burroughs. Bengt Berg. who
| has aroused great enthusiasm
through his books and films. Other
recent measures taken in the con-
| servation movement are the opening
| Of special preserv" for "Viscnts.' -
| a species of European buffalo. and
| also for the Swedish beaver. in or
! der TO prevent their dying out.
| Shanghai. Oct S.-(By A. PD-
More than thirty passengers who
/! boarded the Chinese steamer Ming
shin here Oct. > for Foochow, re-
| vealed themselves pirates and took
! possession OF the vessel near Wen
chow, off Fooehow. They compeIl-
| ed the captain. Q. Torgerson. to sail
| to an isolated inlet near Hong Kong,
| where they looted the ship seizine
| $3O0,0O0 in Chinese currency.
| New York, Oct. S.--Funeral ser
| vices for Dl. William A. Shanklln.
president emeritus OF Wesleyan Uni
! versity. who died suddenly Monday.
were held today IN the Community
| Methodist Episcopal church at
Jackson Heights. Long Island. The
! trustees OF Wesleyan. the faculty
and various alumni organizations
| ~, fcln ~
body will be taken to Bloomington,
Indiana.
! Washington, Oct. S-A reception
I of delegates TO the National Radio
Conference here was on the program
of President Coolidge today. Other
| conventions meeting here in the
near future will he similarly greeted
| by the President and. with the ex-
| ception of two other engagements, il
| appears that he will confne his
! speaking activities. for the next two
weeks at least. to such occasions.
| New York. Oct. 1.-The license com
| mission and the district attorney
| office will be called upon to furnish
expert testimony to determine where
art begins and Righteousness ends
| Carroll. producer of "Vanities of
| 1924" is resumed Thursday. Magis-
trate James NJ. Barrett, after study
! ing three large advertising posters
which We're the cause of Carroll s
! arrest on n charge of displaying in
/ decent pictures last night said he
pwas unable to decide without expert
+. testimony whether or not the pic
! lures are indecent. Carroll through,
his attorney entered plea of not
guilty.
i Burlington. Vt. Oct. S-Mrs An
| geline Willette of this city. said to
| he the oldest woman in Vermont
! celebrated the 106th anniversary OF
her birth today. She was born in
| st. Denis. Que. in 1913, but has
: spent most of her life here.
| New York. oct, S.-iIdward r. Thorn
| as. millionaire sportsman and news
, paper publisher, and Miss Lucy Cotton
/ an actress. formerly of Houston. Tex
| have been married in Paris according
| to cablegram received here. Mr.
| Thomas is one Of the owners of the
| Morning Telegraph CT this city He is
| the son Of the late General Samuel
| Thomas. who left a fortune. ard 4
! brother of the late Mrs. Elanor Thorn
/ as Beeckman. wife of the former gov
| crnor of Rhode Island.
! Washington. Oct S.-Charges Of Sen
ator Burton X. Wheeler. independent
vice presidential candidate. in adj
dresses in Seattle and Portland that
! a secret freight rate pact exists be-
! tween the government-owncd Alaska
! Railroad and the Alaska Steamship
/ Co. Morgan corporation. were term
/ ed by +. I. Stanpard. vice president
of the steamship firm. here as partly
misstatement and rarity deliberate
! falsehood."
| Houston. Tex. Oct. S.--Slaushter OF
an additional 5000 cattle because of the
! loot and mouth disease was begun in
Harris county today. They had been
grazing within radius Of 90 miles of
the area first affected. DR.. J. Gomez
Esparza. head of the department Of an
| imal industry in Mexico. last night
announced an embargo on products
| from Texas. No products will be ship
! ped into Mexico from the four counties
under quarantine and only machinery
and similar articles from surrounding
counties.
| Paris. oct. S.-The congress Of the
! International Federation Of Motorcycle
| Clubs. in session here. has decided 70
admit Germany to membership. Conse-
| quently the Germans will be aence-
forth entitled to compete In all author
| izer races on the continent.
| London. Oct. S-The house Of lords
| tonight passed the second reading Of
the Irish boundary BIZ. without amend.
ment. but by vote OF az TO IS carried
| Lord Salisbury's declaratory motion
! that the house "takes na&e OF the
! opinions expressed in parliament and
elsewhere that Article XII of the trea
ty contemplated nothing more than q
| REIMBURSEMENT of the boundaries.
Quebec, Oct. S.-A fisherman tending
i his nets today found the body of Able
| Pierre Herbert, former rector of La
val University. Investigation disclosed
| that the able was walking the railroad
tracks near St. Gregoire last night
when he was struck BY train and
hurled into the water