Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-25

az the. beard Of iirectorss was laads
public today. II was annou ..sS
that all those named haa .ss.-
to serve at the. request o. sne soea
trustees.
Fabyan. Conn, Dec. a. nrs
which started in the boiler room %
the Fabyan wooden mills mere tn,s
morning burned Ns-sa TO sne rooasi
destroying some cnrding macnlnes
and doing S40O0D damage. Two
hundred employees win be out OF
work about three weeks. -
Norfolk, Va. Dec 24.-Damage
sustained In a.prevfoua tnke-on IN
rough seas is ltetieved TO have caused
the swapping OF e naval ambulance
seaplane at the Hampton Roads ma
val air station yesterday, winch re.
suited In the death of three navai
men and Q civilian, An omciat IN
ouiry was ordered by the navai ~.
thcrities today to determine tne
cause of the accident which oessu
the plane on descending TO the water
sitter returning with a hospital pa
t;ent from the North Carolina coast.
Huntington, WA. Dec CIV.
4. Danaher, an Insurance man. was
arrested today on charge OF murder
ing Art Hammond. former Morris
Harvey and Marshall College foot
blaf star, who was crushed by an
elevator last Saturday night. Dana
her was q passenger on the elevator
with Hammond. who was o resident
oG Ashland. Ky.
Boston, Dec. ei.-The birthrate IN
Massachusetts increased In IVA
showing continued excess over the
death rate, and divorces were more
nuremous.it was shown In the report
on vital statistics made public by the
Secretary of State today. The SS,-
21O births we're 1.S per cent more
than in 1902. Divorces granted IN
1923 numbered 3.593, an increase OF
9.S per cent over the previous year,
and 10 per cent over the average Oh
the previous FIVE years.
woonsocket. L. l.. Dec. oi.-The
Nyanza Mills here. with offices In
Boston, has posted notices of q wage
reimbursement effective Dec. 20. The
cut Is understood TO be ten per cent
which will affect 500 operatives. The
plant manufacturers high grade cot
ton yarns. =.
Paris, Dec. 4.-(By A. P)--
Johnny Dundee of New York who
recently retired as featherwetght
champion of the world. today sign
ed articles TO fight Fred Bretcnrei'
former European lightweight cham.
ali hn fA a
rounds and will be staged in Paris
January "a.
New York. Dec. 24.---1.ouis Mont
gomery kardos. Jr., convicted by q
jury Of trading against the account
OF a customer while member OF
the bankrupt brokerage firm OF Kar-
dos & Burke. was fined $1,000 toda!
by Judge Mott of General Sessions
and given an indeterminate sentence
in the penitentiary. He was released
on $4,000 bail pending ali appeal
Morristown. n. J., Dec. 24--Mrs~ J.
Il. Schriber. 23, of Newark, q bride OF
three months. who was returning t.
her parents home in Reading, Pa.
with her husband, to spend Christ
mas was killed early today when
their automobile overturned oa~ RAJ
ston town hill near Mendham. Her
husband who was driving, escaped
injury.
Boston. Dec. 24--An advance Of
one point in Amoskeag was the prin-
cipal change in the early market
here today which was marked by pre-
holiday dizziness. Boston & Maine B.
Copper Range and Arizona CONNER
cial were slightly higher, and Wall
worth and American Telephone frac-
tionaiiy lower. 7-+--.-''. 49, 1890.
! Croydon, Eng. Dec. 24--(By A. P.)
A. Christmastide tragedy occurred
this morning at the Alrdrome here
when the seven passengers and the
pilot of the big Imperial Airway's
air express DEI-.34 were killed when
| the airplane banked ana crashed &c
| the ground soon after it had taken
off. The passengers who were or
! their wav to Paris tor Christmas
! were hardly aware they were we'll In
/ the air when the machine suddenly
| banked over Perley Down in gust
of wind, went into q nose dive and
burst into flames through the explo-
sion of the gasoline tank. An eight
In the machine were bufned to death
and the machine was completely de.
stroyed.
Scarborough. n. Y, Dec "4.--Ffanl,
4. Vanderbilt. former banker. who IL
i'll with typhoid fever at his home. was
reported today MS beipg slightly i'm
+ proved.
! San Pedro. Cal, Dec. "A shore
boat from the Z: s. s. California en-
route 10 the shore overturned in the
outer harhor here early todayl The
number of sailors thrown into the wa
ter. orhwhother any were drowned, was
not determined In fret reports.
J Washington. zee. ei.--president
Coolidge today signed the hill appro.
priating s100.060fto enable the depart
ment or agriculture to combat the Eu-
rope fowl plague and other diseases
which have led to an embargo by New
York and other eastern states against
live poultry from the middle west. The
departments campaign already has
been inaugurs:ed.
! Washington, Dee. "A charge that
the post Office departments cost ascer'