Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-31
to the lighthouse service in Boston or
Washington.


Dorothy NJ. Smart was towed into
quarantine tonight by the coast cutter
Gresham. The vessels crew Of four.
according to the Gresham. assert they
were shanghaied aboard at Halifax
and want to land. II was added that
the schooner had no food or water
aboard. Maritime records show that
the Dorothy NJ. Smart left Halifax last
July 81 for Nassau and no further re-
ports had been received from her.
New York. Oct. sG-Charges that
the American Defense Society, Inc.
violated the state corporation laws
and committed libel in the pubiica-
ton of an advertisement in a New
for. newspaper in support OF Re-
publican candidates. were made to-
day by Gilbert f. Roe. chairman OF
the local La Toilette committee, in
complaint to District Attorney
Banton. The complaint today sup
plemented one made yesterday by
Arthur Garfield Hays, State chair
man of the La Toilette Wheeler
campaign committee, who accused
eight corporations Of paying for
newspaper advertisements in support
of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket
Cambridge. Mass, Oct 3o--Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge voted today four
days before election as an absentee
At the Cbarlesgate Hospital where
he is recovering from r second OPP
GRAFTON he cast his ballot in the
presence of Frederick II. purke. city
clerk. The ballot was forwarded to
Senator Lodges polling place at Ma
fant.
Cambridge, Mass. Oct. s8-Hazing
would be good thing for the fresh
men at Harvard; College, members of
the present first year class believe.
Advancing the theory that sopho-
more-freShman riValries would help
unity the entering class and stamp
out Indifference. the Harvard fresh
man Discussion Club voted over
whelmingly in favor Of haZin- in the
university, it was disclosed today.
Burlington. VT. Oct. S0-LouiS Les
sor. q. of Charlotte. formerly Of Bur
lington. was sentenced to from four
to eight years in states prison at
Windsor in county court here today
after pleading guilty to n charge Of
arson. Lessor. who said he did the
act in a spirit Of revenge. was re-
sponsible for fire which destroyed
house and barn known as the Hill
homestead in Charlotte.
Cardiff. Wales. Oct. 80-(By A. P.)
Prime Minister Macdonald, stop
ping here on his way to London, de-
clared, in reply to calls for a speech,
that defeat sometimes was the finest
thing that could happen to any party.
n
state of trade and the general out
look, he did not envy the Conserva-
tives their job.
Washington. Oct. 30--EXports of
merchandise from the United States
last month totalled $421,635,576
against 1881 ,433,570 for the CORE
spending month last year. an increase
! OF $43,302.0O6. Imports totalled $685.
1887 against $253,Gi53SO, an in
crease of $24.4S0,431.
Burlington. VT. Oct 30--Edward
st. Aubln and Charles Stately. two Of
the three prisoners who escaped from
Chittenden county Jail here Monday
morning. after having locked the
turnkey in a cell. were captured in
Montreal last night, it was learned
80 81 WY 81 dIIl IcCetNeu mere IOOaY
from Sheriff Henry Todd Charles
Kelly the third prisoner who escaped
is still at large.
London, Oct. 30-(By A. P.)-The
people of Great Britain have nut d
crushing end to their first expert
ment with a Labor government by re-
turning the Conservative party to
power in parliament with one of the
/ strongest ma jorities recorded during
the last century.
New York, Oct. 30-Directors of the
uhlted states Cast lOn Pipe and
FOUNDRY Co, today declared an extra
| clvlden of one percent towar accrued
dividends of S721, $40 on the preferred
STOCK, disbursement of which recent :
ly was upheld by the court of errors
and appeals IN New Jersey.
Nantucket, Mass, Oct. 30-The pic
iurcsque village of Siascanset, where
authors and artists have established
a sumner colony. escaped destruction
narrowly in a fire early today. The
flames appeared in the Phillips build
| ing and spread to the Morris build
ing adjoining. Sparks carried the
fire to the post Office building. where
the volunteer fire department fought
it. Help went out from here and af-
! ter two hours the fire was under con-
troll. The loss was about $4,000.
Washington. Oct. 3o-President
Coolidge was told today by Senator
! Weller and Galen l.. TAFT. chairman
: of the Republican state committe of
Maryland. that Maryland would give
him its electoral vote. Representa-
tive Porter of Pennsylvania called to
pay his respects prior to his depart
ure Saturday for Geneva to attend
. the international narcotic conference
| New York, Oct 30-Directors OF
the American International Company
today approved a proposal calling
for the eventual retirement of the
! company's preferred stock and the
7 conversion Of $4,000. boo in common
! shares from 500 par value, to no par
value. Stockholders will meet Nov
! % to vote on the proposed capital
changes.
! Philadelphia, Oct. 30.-EAtension of
/ the contract of Dr. Leopold Stokowski
rs conductor of the, philadelphia or
chestra for seven years has been an
nounced by the board of directors of
/ the Philadelphia Orchestra Associa-
! ton. AS the present contract expires
/ in the spring of 1927. the services of
/ Dr. Stokowski are thus assured to the
orchestra for ten years. the announce.
ment says.
! Plandome, n. Y, Oct. 30.--Funeral
I services for Mrs. Frances Hodgson
| burnett. 15, world famed novelist who
/ died at her home here yesterday. will
he held Saturday afternoon at o'clock
! followed by burial in the RosIyh, n.
/ T.. cemetery.