Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-19

cued from their machine hy passing
launch which took them 10 Fort
Strong. where they were treated for
minor cuts and immersion.
Rome, Dec. 1S.--The Albanian lega-
tion here tonight announced that the
Eovernment of Albania had decreed a.
general mobilization.
Washington. Dec. is.-Senatcr Cara.
way. Democrat, Arkansas. charged in
the Senate today that the postal rate
Increase bill had been hrough4 Up
''stmpiy to prevent Q vote to over.
rid" the presidents veto Of the postal
salary measure. He declared that ad.
ministratton leaders knew the Senate
would not vote for 4 bill to charge
farmers more for parcel post service.
Albany, y. +. pee. IS.-EdwArd p.
kearney. for nearly 2s years . civil
service employe In the state ccmptrol.
ler's office, was arrested here today on
. warrant sworn out By Deputy state
Comptroller Thomas Fitzgerald chsfg.
ing hypothecation OF bonds totalling
lsss.ooe.
Cambridge, Mass. Dec. is-yictor
Albert Searles. Boston artist. paid
William J. Corcoran $4,000 ans said
that he had liked It up" after O raid
on the Searles apartment. Mrs. ASra-
ham Levy. formerly Eleanor Barnes.
Testified today In the trial Of Ccrcc-
Iran. former district attorney OF Mid
Idiesex county. and five co-defendants
on charges OF conspiring TO sxtcrt $5e,-
900 from Searles. A conversation over.
heard by Mrs. Levy in o Boston law
once, stating that "a John McCor-
mick" was made to pay 100000 to
avoid publicity. was read into he rec.
ord in the form Of an Afi1daytt intro
duced by the defense.
New York, Dec. iS-The first objec-
tion. locailySto the health departments
live chicken embargo was raised today
with the visit OF committee of poul.
try commission men to DR.. Fxank J.
Monaghan. health commissioner. De.
spite their pleas for lifting Of the ban.
DR.. Monaghan declared the embargo
would be effective until the European
ichicken pest had been stamped out in
the docks Of western farmers.
Bristol. r. T., Dec. ls-The police to-
day were seeking to establish the
movement of Gennaro Tortora between
he time he left his home.here yester-
lay afternoon and the time his body
was found less than two hours later.
beside n lonely road with q gunsho.
wound in his head and seven stab
wounds in his body. Hts shotgun with
both barrels discharged lay beside him
and in his pocket was revolver. Med
ical Examiner Siegel declared tho man
had been murdered. Mrs. Tortora told
the po.ice that after her husband re-
turned from his work at the National
India Rubber Co. he took his gun 10
go hunting.
/ MaDila, Dec. 1S.-(By A. P.)--An
Earthquake which rocked Surigao
provinSe. on Mindanao island, killed "a
persons Monday. 1t became known to-
day. The quake destroyed Is houses
on four small islands situated near
the northern coast OF Surigap prov.
ince. Thirty-seven persons were injur-
ed. Although the temblor occurred on
Monday. first news of the situation
was received here today by the Ameri-
can Red Cross from the ex-governor of
surigao province.
! Rome, Dec. 1S-fBy 4. P)-Strong
condemnation of the Russian Soviet
| government was voiced in Pope Plus
ALLEGATION delivered at the secret con-
sistory today. The holy father took
occasion TO praise the congress Of
Holy Name societies recently held in
I Washington which eliminated in an
address by President Coolidge declar-
( ing religious freedom and federation Of
the fundamental laws Of the United /
, states.
| Seattle. Wash, Dec. Is.-President
and Mrs. Calyin Coolidge and govern
ors Of IS states have been invited to
visit Alaska in 1925 by Governor Scott
I. Bone of Alaska. the Alaskan depart
nent of the Seattle Chamber Of Com
merce was informed tonight The
Alaskan department, in a resolution.
demanded that the Pittman act be
amended to enable the Seattle assay
office to pay 81 per ounce for silver
from the Pacific Northwest and Alas /,
ka on the same basis as San Francisco. |
San Francisco. Dec. 1S.--Cnconscious
| and fighting a losing battle, Represent
ative julius Kahn was in a critical
condition at his home here early to-
DAY, after a relapse yesterday. Dr. |
Morris Hartzstein announced that "the |
erd is only matter Of hours" Mr. |
kahn's illness began with foot infec- |
tion while he was in Washington at i
! the last session of Congress.
Chicago. Dec. 1S.--Louis Soukopp. |
owner of an apartment building. was |
fined 500 and costs by Municipal |
Judge Ehler for failing to supply suf- |
fcient heat to tenants. The convic. |
tion was the first Of the winter, sew