Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-04

VI uuuAuS u mOIlFe IOr the Saying OF
Mrs. George T. Edwards, wife Of a
prominent physician. at their home II
Fairfield. suburb, faced Jefferson
county authorities today. Mean
while DR.. Edwards was in custody
in an EnsIey hospital with a badl.
wounded hand which, physicians said
might have to be amputated- The
Staying of Mrs. Edwards occurred
early yesterday. Her body was sale
to have been found by her husband
after her skull had been broken by q
heavy blunt instrument. The fume.
of powerful anaesthetic filed hel
room.
Cairo. Egypt, Dec. '2-(By A. Pr
A petition signed by 113 deputies, re.
questing immediate convocation o.
the chamber, was presented to Kins
Fuad today. The senators are takins
simiE.r action.
Buenos Aires. Dec. 3-A Bra ziliaY
war office bulletin, forwarded to L.
Nacion by its Rio Janeiro correspon.
dent. says column of 500 Rio Grands
rebels from San Luis unsuccessfully
attacked Tupacerstan, on the rail
way between Curz Alta and Santa
Maria. losing so killed and man!
wounded.
Mexico City, Dec. 3-Oficial dis.
patches from the military command
er in Tabasco state that General Car.
los Green and General Alexandra
Green. rebel chieftains and brothers
nave been captured by federal force.
In a battle during which they were
seriously wounded and the rebel.
finally dispersed.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Preliminar,
hearings on navy yard wage scal'
schedules were completed today b,
the navy department wage board
preparatory to a review of recon-
mendations of locla wage boards oil
the basis of which Secretary Viii
Dur will be advised in connection
with fixing pay in the yards for tn,
coming calendar year.
Asheville. n. c., Dec. 3.-Georg
Duncan and Abe Mitchell, British
professionals. defeated Bobby Jones
national amateur golf champion
and Francis Ouimet by one hole il
a 80 hole match today at the Ashe
Vile Country Club. Best ball of TIL
English players was $3.50; for TIL
amateurs 6S-GS: for the foursom
6:;-63. The individual cards wer
Duncan 141: Mitchell $50: Jones 149
and Ouimet AS.
Newark. y. j., Dec. 3-Dave Shad
OF California, outpointed Phil Eru
of Harrison in a II round bout a
the Newark Armory tonight, accord
ing to the decision of newspapermel
at the .ringside. No knockdown
were scored. The decision was give
to the Californian because of hi
aggressiveness
Boston, Dec 3.-James NJ. Rolpf
III, son of Mayor Rolph of Sa
Francisco. was reported tonight to b
on the road to recovery, havin
passed the crisis of the typhoi
fever which he contracted while
cadet on the steamer President Va
Buren,. He has been in a hospits
here since the shop locked on No
vember is. his parents remaining a
his side.
Rome, Dec :.-The commissio
investigating the Sinclair Oil con
! cessions today decided to submit t
| the ministry of national economy
! series OF questions regarding the con
! cessions, the answers to which wi
| enable the commission to make
! definite decision as to whether it wi
; approve or reject the convention civ
| ing the concessions. The Tribun
asserts that a majority OF the com
mission seems to be against the con
vention.
| Baltimore Dec. 3-Pasquale Ma
/ tslie. of Baltimore. and Benny AlleI
of Kansas City. finished their serie
! of six matches of national pocket bill
| Hard league play tonight on an eve
| basis. Allen was victorious in tn
| fifth game, played this afternoon. b
| score Of 100 to SO. while Natal
captured the final match tonight 10
to s. goiEg out in six innings an
making a high run of so. Allen ha
won the first and third games, Will
Natalie also was credited with III
second ard fourth.
Washington. Dec 3-Attacks upo
the constitutionality Of the Pernsy
vania anthracite tax were begun i
! the Superior court today on behalf g
| the Cranberry Creek Coal Company
tie Alliance Coal Mining Compar
! the Iehigh Cal and navigation Com
| rany and the Philadelphia ard Read
| ing Coal and Iron COMPANY. tt.
| validity of the law was especially a.
sailed on the ground that the COS
taxed had passed into interstat
cc,nmerca before it was weighed 70
! assessment The arguments wer
rot completed today and viii b
continued tomorrow.
New Haven, Conn. Dec. Char
| les A. Moore. Yale. 1925, :ecretar
| of the intercollegiate Bowling As
ISOLATION, announced tonight that tn
| following colleges and universitie
have entered the association: lar
| Navy, Rensselaer, Polytechnic. Car
negie Tech: Massachusetts 1nstitut
of Techno. ogy: University Of Nichi
! gan, University of Indiana. and Sy
racuse University. The teams in I'll
! association. Mr.. Moore said. will u
grouped in eastern and western eli
! visions, the winner in each divisio
meeting to determine the champion
| ships. The association will receir
| entries I'D to December 90.
! Philadelphia, Dec. 3-A resolution
| favoring an amendment to the ma
tionaf defense act designed to kee
| politics out of the national guar
! and to keep it's officers up to Sc
| standard of efficiency was adopte
| today at the closing session of TIL
| National Guard Association of tn
! United States.
! Paris, Dec. 3-Premier Herrio
walked out of the chamber in whic
| the foreign affairs commission was Il
| session today for the third successiv
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