Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-24

Cans won the decision over Soldier
Bartfield. in a L. round bout at the
Broadway A. c., tonight. Both fight
ers are from Brooklyn.
Istres. France, June 23.--Sadi Le-
Cointe. French aviator, competing in
the Beaumont cup speed races. today
established a worlds record for 800
kilometers OF one hour. 81 minutes
and 40 seconds, or 306 kilometers an
hour.
Lawrence. Mass. June 2S-Golfers
at the Merrimack Valley Country
Club had to play without caddies
over the weekend because of drive
to enforce the law governing child
labor requiring that all minors must
have an employment certificate in
order to work. 1t Is claimed that
the caddies at the Country club. have
| not complied with the law.
Philadelphia. June o3.-Only II
! players of the field of fifty EIGHT
| contestants who started in the ma
tional intercollegiate tennis tourna-
ment at the Merton Cricket Club
| survived the opening rounds. which
| were marked by the defeat or
Johnny Howard, Of Princeton, one
of the seeded players. in the first
round. The east had eight represen-
| tatives remaining. the Pacific coast
! three and Chicago. Texas and NC
| Gill University OF Montreal. one
each. 1<All of the first and second
| rounds and part OF the third were
| completed.
Arnold w. Jones. and B. Hopkins.
Yale: E. W. Wilson. Chicago: F. Os-
good, Dartmouth: +. Anderson, Col
umbia; L. n. While Texas: Karl
| Pfaffman and w. w. 1ngraham.
| Harvard. and Fred Mercer, Lehigh,
scored double victories.
! New York. June 2S-Samuel Comp
! ers, president of the American Fed
| Grafton Of Labor. who has been in n
! hospital since last Wednesday due
| to slight breakdown caused by
| overwork, was reported improving by
hospital authorities today. 1t is
hoped he can attend conference of
the Federation's non-partisan COM
! mittee this afternoon.
Cape Town, Union Of South Afri-
| ca, June % (ByA.PD-Jen Chris
| tan SHUTS. premier Of the Union of
! South Africa whose South African
| party was defeated in the recent
elections, resigned the premiership
! today.
London, June 2S.-Great Britain has
assented TO the proposal of the Irish
| Washington, 1t was announced in the
| house of commons today by j. II,
Thomas. the colonial secretary.
New York. June 23.-Miss Madeline
Beaver of Vest Somerville. Mass, re-
! fused the last minute offer of Phillip
! NJ. Shaw, New York banker, to make
| her his bride when her 100000 breach
| OF promise suit was called in the SUI
preme court today. The case proceeded
! to trial.
Toronto, June 23.--Locomotive nngi-
neers on Canadian railroads were said
| today to have offered to assist the
kcause of the striking postal workers by
refusing to man trains carrying mail
| First knowledge of the offer came with
| the announcement Of the committee of
the Federation of Postal Employees in
charge of the strike that they had tele-
/ sraphed the Montreal strike commit
tee instructions to accept the proffer.
Toxic. June % (By A. P)-Yoko-
| homa police authorities, owing To
the growing antj-American feel
| whose progress is accelerated by the
recent California incidents. involving
Japanese, have ordered most strict
| control over agita ton against Ameri-
| cans and more adequate protection
! for United States nationals resident
there.
Concord. n. H., June 23-The New
England Typographical Union met
for it's 18th annual convention here
today. At the business session COM
mittees We're appointed and the con-
vention adjourned until tomorrow
morning. At tomorrow's session,
election of officers will take place
be chosen. Tonight the annual ban
quet will be held in Sutton on the
shore of keyser Lake.
Williamstown, Mass, June %
Walter Hampden, noted actor, was
awarded the honorary degree of
/, Master of Arts at the Williams Col
lege commencement today. ~ class
of ITO men was graduated.
| Dedham. Mass. June 2S-Michae,
De Bernardin, withdrew his previous
plea of not guilty to an indictment
for murder in the first degree and
| pleaded guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree in the superior court to-
ay. Judge Flynn, sentenced him to
life Imprisonment in the State prison
Paris, June 23-The French and
British premiers, according to LIZ
Matin, agreed during their CheQuers
| Court conference that the experts
plan, with the finishing touches upon
| which the ieparatior commission
now is engaged, should be put into
practice tntegrally.
Baltimore, Md, June e3-Dr
James Rowland Angel, president OF
Yale University. was reported today
to be progressing nicely toward re-
covery at Johns Hopitals Hospital
where he underwent an operation last
Friday.
! Rome, June 23-(By A. P.)-
The Giornale d'Italia says today that
Premier Mussolini and Commander
Giardio Debono are planning to re-
organize the Fascista Military body
! making II a still more constitutions
org sanitation. with police power. The
| SIT ervision of the body would Ee
transferred from the ministry OF the
II ter Tor to the ministry OF war and
an army general in active service
| rlaceI in command.
] Washington, June 23-Presidcrt
Cooildge's discussion Of the political
| s:tu1tion with the ReplbIfcan lend
| ers during a week lend cruise on the