Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-16
NEWS BRIEFS


Washington, Sept. 15-Facing his |
most strenuous week since afinounc- !
ing that he was an Independent pres |
idential candidate. Senator Robert n. |
La Toilette was busy today shaping |
up the speech he will deliver Thurs |
day night In Madison Square Gar |
den, New York City. He expects to
complete the text before leaving for
New York. Senator La Toilette, ac-
cording to present plans. will not go
to New York until Thursday. He
VIII remain there day or two after
nj; address. perhaps over Sunday. for
conferences with political lieutenants
and supporters.
Peking, Sept. Is (By A. PA new
| cabinet succeeding the temporary
| one headed by DR.. K. v. Wellington
Koo, which has acted since the res
| tgnation OF the Sun Pao-Chf cabinet
July 2. was appointed by President
Tsao-kun in a mandate issued at
four O'Clock this morning. 1t is not
able that his appointments virtually
confirm the portfolios as held in the
| temporary cabinet, with a formal
| confirmation Of the appointment of
DR.. W. w. Ken in the place Of Prem
Ter. which was offered him in July.
Peking. Sept. Is tBy A. P.)-The
Weekend brought little change in
| the war situation superficially. but
every event that becomes known
tends to indicate that the stage is
being set for developments of i'm
portance in the future. Offcials Of
| the Picking government are still
specializing on where General Chang
Tso Lin. the Manchurian war lord,
proposed to strike, If he actually in
| tends to get into the fight. Present
| indications give no definite line on
his intentions.
New Haven. Conn, Sept. 15-The
vanguard of Yale's football squad
| reported at Pratt Field today for the
opening Of the gridiron practice sea-
son. About 60 candidates were ex-
pected to don uniforms for prelimin-
airy work. The return TO the squad
has been fixed one week later than
| customary which allows Coach Tad
Jones and his assistants but three
weeks in which to turn ont an eleven
to meet North Carolina in the OPEN
ing clash on Oct. T. Several of the
Yale veterans will he missing from
the line up this year. The candi-
dates reporting today will work out
for week at Pratt Field in the ru-
| diments Of the game after which
practice will be begun in earnest at
the Yale Bowl.
Epivan. Armenia, Sept. 15-As the
result of religious differences be-
tween Armenian Catholics and Bis
hop Ashot. schism has arisen in the
| Armenian national church, which
| threatens serious propol tons. Bis.
hop Ashot has decided to detach
himself from the Armenian ORTHODOXY
! church and to form an Armenian
branch fthe sO-called Living OF
Red Church of Moscow.
Toxic, Sept. 15-(By A. P)-The
Associated Press learns that a por-
ton of the troops Of General Chang
Tso-Lin have already moved and ar.
J stu moving by way Of the Japanese
! south Manchuria railway, presun-
ablY from the province of kirin and
from Antuns in ChenkianG. toward
! Mukden 1t is authoritatively stated
that the Toxic government views
TINS as "a matter Of railway BUSH
ness and as not amounting to Jap
anese aid to General Chang.
Washington, Sept. ls-Presidcnt
Coolidge expects THIS week to dis
pose of two of the major government
4 problems confronting MIN and u
map out his plans for future parti-
cipation in the presidential campai.i..
Selection Of the personnel of the as
rlcuiture commission and a decision
on the tariff commission report on
the proposed reduction in the sugd:
duty will be announced soon. under
present plans Of the president. Ac-
ton on these two matters will clear
MS desk of pressing government
business.
Chicago. Sept. 15-John ". Davis.
Democratic presidential nominee,
will speak in Des Moincs. Ia. Tues /
day, Instead of Wednesday and will
reach Chicago on Wednesday accnrd-
ing to latest information at western
headquarters today.
New York. Sept. 15-Edward G.
Plat, vice president and treasurer
of the Mackay Companies and the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company
died suddenly today in his home in
the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn
! Mr.. Plat who was g years old, also
was a director of the American E:-
change National bank OF New York
Death was due to angina pectoris
New York. Sept 1.-two men
We're seriously wounded in a Lower
East Side gang war today. The at
lacking gunner, who had fired a
score of shots in street filled with
men. women and children, escaped in
an automobile. Four gunner open
ed fire on Mike De Falia of Brooklyn,
as he left an East Houston street
shoe shining shop. He returned the
7 fire ms he ran. and emptied his pistol
before he dropped with bullets in his
head. chest and leg. Louis Antol. a
waiter. who was passing by as the
the heart. The police attributed the /
shooting to a bootlesgers feud.
kharkov, Ckrainia, Sept. 15-Ac-
cording to the findings of special
commissions which have been inves- !
tigating the loss of life and property
caused by Intervention and the Russ |
ian civilian war. 1895 Jewish pog-
roms occurred in the Ukrainian re-
gion in which 10000 persons were
killed. $4,000 driven from their homes
and 10000 children rendered ,.desti- !
tute. Large numbers Of small towns 7
and villages were entirely destroyed [,
! Several communists stated that they /,
had lived through as many as II pog- /
roms.
London, Sept. 15-Negotiatio |
which have long been in progress be- |
tween Italy and Egypt regarding the !
| latter's western frontier have failed !
and the situation has become more /
critical. according to reports from !
Egyptian sources in Cairo. These. as I
stated to the Morning Posts Cairo !
correspondent repreSent ItaIv as .