Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-28

Mrs. Fred w. Hartnett and Thomas
Sumner Hayes, son of Councilman
and Mrs. John P. Hayes. These boys
have been classmates since they en-
tered the ninth grade when that
grade was a part of the Bath school
system. They each graduated from
Morse high 1926. Hartnett was
president of his class and Hayes was
the class prophet. They entered
Georgetown that fall.
In letter from Newton Churchill,
O. Houlton boy, who is taking sugar.
engineering at Louisiana State Uni
versity dated Jan. 6, he says, II
never have suffered from the cold so
much in my life as l am right now.
These last two days are the coolest
Louisiana has ever known. Imagine
these houses with no heat and the
thermometer down to 80. People are
going crazy. We even have ice in
the streets, pipes frozen and I guess
every car in the city had its, radiator
frozen last night. Bed is the only
place where I can keep warm"
The skeleton of a woman who dis
appeared from her home in 1913, has
recently been discovered in Steuben,
Washington County. The skeleton
is thought to be that of Mrs. Glea-
son Pinkham, who disappeared in
November 1913, leaving a note to
the effect that she was, about to start
out on a long journey from. which
she would never return. Diligent
search was made for her at the time,
but to no avail. The recent grue-
some find clears up the mystery
which has been puzZling the people
of that locality for over ten years.
Conditions are better in the Bidde-
ford and Saco mills at the present
time than they have been for many
months and conditions are said to be
steadily getting back to normal.
Practically all the looms on the
Pepperell and LacOnia which have
been shut down are again running,
a large number having been started
up this week and unless the demand
for cloth weakens again it Is eX-
pected that the mills will be rum
hlIi3 again Ut lulA kitllc III SNCl
partment. On the York conditions
also look much brighter as many of
the idle looms have been started
again and it is hoped to start others
in n short time.
Senator Hale has received word
from the State Department at Wash
ington, D. c., that the American
consul at Salina Cruz, Mexico, has
received q telegram signed "Mer-
riam," saying that Cyrus Merriam of
Scarboro Maine, and other Americans
on a Mexican plantation with him, are
safe and well. Senator Hale re-
quested the State Department to get
information about Mr.. Merriam and
his associates, after receiving let
ter from Ralph b. Wilson of Port
land, saying that the Americans were
isolated in the Province of Vera
Cruz as p result of the revolutionary
disturbances in Mexico. The State
Department. at Senator Hale's re-
quest, has directed N. A. Holman to
proceed from a nearby point and
establish contact with Mr.. Merriam
and his associates. The Mexican
Foreign Office has also been re-
quested to take the matter up. and
look out for American interests in
this portion of Mexico. as well as
elsewhere in the disturbed area.
Bishop Louis S. Walsh is sailing
for Europe Saturday, February 2. on
the s. S. Majestic of the White Star
Line, bound for Cherbourg, France.
From the French port he will go to
Paris, where he will spend a week or
more. and then he will travel by
gradual stages to Rome, going prob
ably by way of Lyons, Nice and
Florence. The Bishop will trave!
unaccompanied until he reaches
Europe. where he will be Joined by
other American bishops who are also
en- route to Rome. During the three
weeks which Bishop Walsh will pass
in Rome. he will have an audience
with His Holiness. Pope Plus XI.
The entire journey will take about
two months. as the Bishop hopes to
return by Easter. He has not vet
decided whether he will return to the
United States through France or
travel to Naples and home that way.
The year 1924 has been designated
by the Pope as the year in which the
bishops of the United States shall
make their canonical yiSits IN Rome