Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-02

Thirty others are in Jail on more or
less serious charges. Watch parties,
police say. were marked in many in
stances by the profuse flow of liquor.
Burglars reaped a harvest.
Philadelphia. Jan. RECORD
crowds greeted Philadelphia's an
nual Mummer's parade. the tradi-
tional New Years pageant of beauty
wit and melody peculiar to this city.
In shimmering sea of rainbow
color, more than 10000 New Pears
shooters" marched from the South
ern reaches of Philadelphia up
Broad street between packed rows of
humanity, and swept in glittering
brillance past City Hall where civic
dignitaries reviewed the procession.
Newport, II. l., Jan. 1--Eoatswain
Rohdin. in charge of the Benton
Point Coast Guard station reports
radio announcing that two men have
been picked up in a dory near the
Vineyard. 1t is presumed from the
message that the men are alive. The
sloop Fredonia put to sea from here
on Thursday and her Starboard side
was found thrown up on the shore
here Saturday morning. IT has been
assumed that the sC-call"d ishlnG
boat was blown to. pieces but the
wreckage shows no burning end
none OF the regular ob%crNcrs ashore
noticed n Suspicious flash among the
the signal lights that arc constantly
being narcd by the rum-runnprs.
Springfield. Mass. Jan, Victor
Rugalski of Thump&onvil.c. Conn. an
cmploye OF the B!geIoW Hartford
COMPANY. died in hospital mere
carly today after having been found
unconscious and bleeding. with
pockets rif;cd. in the road in Suilield,
Conn, late last night. I;ogalsl,i was
found by Deputy sheriff G. l.. Greer
Of sufiield. vino with County Drtcc-
tiye Edward Hickey expressed the
belief that the man had been attack
cd with the motive of robbery. \
bank book in his pocket showed that
he had lepositcd S@3D IN the Suinrld
Satihks bank yesterday aud That he
had OH deposit total of $312.
Rome. Jan l--Thc storm which has
been sweeping tl.e Alps an ticirg up
railroad and telegraph cnmmunica-
tons in northern Italy. reached Rome
today When the city awakened II
found everything heavily bianleted
with SNOW. most unusual occur
renee BY noon the rising tcmpcra
tnre have caused the hcccy covering
to disappear.
Paris, Jan. Dry \. PD-The cX-
at extent 10 which the number of
French troops ia the i,uhr stall he
reduced in putting the in visible oc-
cupa ton program into effect de-
denps upon the report TO be made
by General DeGouttc. commandcr-in
chief in the I:uhr. who has been dele
gated complete powers 20 re-arrange
the forces III accordance with lis
judgment Of The local situation. The
French foreign Office announced to-
day. however. that already quite a
considerable reduction he'd been ef-
fected with noticeable icSsenine Of
the tension IN the district
Washington, Jan. This is how
President Coolidge started the New
Year Arose about q: SO u'Cloch, his
usual hour Took t.1lk around the
White House grounds and then had
breakfast Went to his Office 10 do
some work but found there hao hecn
no mail delivery bctause Of the holi-
day and that none OF the White
House attaches except Edward T.
Clarke, his personal secretary. had
reported. Signed some papers and
cleared his desk, then returned 10
the executive mansion. Bean re-
,ceiving at II O'Clock the first OF the
Pittsburgh. Pa. Jan. 1-Joseph
Polito of Stowe township was MUIR
dcred az the New Year tawned. the
assassin's shots blending with the
blare OF whistles and horns and the
bark of guns fired by celebrators. a
few minutes before midnight Pollto
went to his front porch 20 welcome
tho New Year He fired a pistol
five times and was about TO re- enter
the house when he fell with the
charge OF a shotgun in his back and
neck.
Philadelphia. Jan. lone hundred
and fifty-five murders were commit
ted in this city in 1923. while 17s
persons committed suicide, records
Of the coroner's Office showed today.
The number of homicide eases is the
largest ever recorded. OF the total
murders II remain vasolyed, whi:e