Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-27

street,
Results of sinking of battleship
Washington by torpedo. air bomb
ami gunflre are declared by secretary
of the navy Wilbur to be of great
military value and will be kept Sc
cret.
Rum running boat with. crew of
eleven and 10000 cases of whiskey
is believed to have been lost with all
hands in storm between New Lon
don. Conn, and Newport, Il. !.
Conclusion of tri-partite agree
ment with the Austrian and Hungar-
ian governments is announced at
Washingto by Secretary Of State
Charles f. Hughes.
Successful results Of tras- Atlantic
radio broadcasting attempted Tues
day night are reported from Chicago.
Cincinnati and New York City.
Princess Scipione Borghese is be-
lieved to have been drowned in Lake
Garda, dispatch from Brcscia, Italy,
says.
W. NouIlS 81 ~ ~iII" Si4'' ~
death in cabin of their uncle near
Fostcrville, \. b.
Edinburgh. Scotland, NOV. CT BY
A. Piled kid" Lewis, former vel
terweight champion OF the world. to-
night lost his title as champion of Eu-
rope to Tommy Milligan. the Scottish
champion. on points in 2o-round
bout Milligan halls from Hamilton,
Scotland.
New York, Nov. o6-Sid Terris
New York lightweight, tonight out
pointed Louis Nicent!ni of Chile in q
ten round bout at Madison Square
Garden. The South Americans vi
cious attack had no terrors for the
speedy East Side man. who gave q
clever exhibition of boxing. Terris
weighted 1907 and Nicentini 134ia.
Ossining, n. Y. Nov. 26-While the
,, world outside and in other parts OF
the prison, too, was preparing -fol
Thanksgiving day festivities Corne-
Illus Short Of Jersey City received
word in the death house this after.
! noon that the court of appeals hat
unanimously approved of his deatl
sentence. He will he executed with
/ in six weeks for the murder of Pa
trolman Edward Dollard last year il
| Monticello, y. Y. Short and severa
| companions killed the policeman dur
! ing a robbery.
| Annapolis, Md, Nov. 26-Footbal
! enthusiasm Is running high at An
| napolis as the squad Of midshipmcr
| athletes put in their final days Of
| practice for the annual intcr-servict
clash with the West Point Cadets il
| the Baltimore stadium next Satur'
| day. Confidence Is steadily growing
| here that the middies will emerge
victorious. early season performance
cs and forecasts to. tho contrary
| Notwithstanding.
West Point, n. Y. Nov. CA Sc.
cret workout today wound up Army's
preparations for the Navy game. The
! field was muddy and the going heavy
but the coaches drilled the men fol
over an hour, devoting much time tC
! the Army's offensive. during which
there was long kicking scrimmagt
and a sharp signal drill. No selec'
| ton of the lineup which will face the
mitllies has as yet been given on
| and the coaches said today that thu
! final decision would not be announc.
( ed until after the arrival at Balti'
more, which is scheduled for tomor-
| row afternoon.
I San Diego, Cal. Nov. CIT wa
| announced tonight by President
James w. Coffroth of the Tijuana
| Jockey Club that crowd OF 10000
| is expected tomorrow when the
| 1924-25 season of thoroughbred rae
ing opens at the Tijuana track.
Chicago. Nov. GA feature game
| among a number of intersectiona
| contests to be PLAYED in the middle
! west tomorrow will be that I'm De
troit where the University Of Detroit
| eleven clashes with the University
| of McGill of Toronto. One half fht
game will be decided under Ameri-
can rules and the other half under
4. Canadian.
Boston. Nov. 26.-James " Rolph
| third, son of the mayor Of San Fran
cisco. was reported tonight to have
| shown improvement during the day
although his condition took less
| favorable turn last night. The crisis
| is not expected for another week. He
! contracted typhoid fever while serv-
/ ing as a cadet on the steamer Presi-
dent Van Buren, and was taken to Il
| hospital here when the ship docEed
| on November is.
Mayor Eolrh with his wife and
daughter raced across the continent
| to be with his son.
New York. Nov. 26--Two youns
men shot and killed Leon Bills ir
his confectionery store tonight and
escaped. Bills died on his way t.
a hospital. Police were unable to
determine the motive Of the crime
Washington, Nov. 26-President
Coolidge was asked today by repre-
sentatiyes of the National Industrial
Traffic League to support large ap'
| preparations for the interstate COM
merce commission. The delegation
emphasized the necessity for early
completion of the commissions valu-
alton Of railroads.
Montauban. France. Nov. 26-The
Bishop of Montauban and the curatt
OF the cathedral were both tried and
,, found guilty Of "disrespectful and
disorderIy conduct" I'm a justice Of
the peace court today in connection
with a church procession In the
streets recently. which the authori-
ties had forbidden. Neither Of the
defendants. however. complied with
the summons to appear In court and