Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-17
NEWS BRIEFS

Kiyoura Japanese cabinet threat
ened with destruction as result of
opposition of majority political par
ty in lower house of diet H.,
Fifty cent drop in retail price OF
anthracite in Boston.
One percent of money. spent an
nually in United States for luxurieS
would finance bonus twice over.
says Senator Mclean, Connecticut.
in senate speech. ...-. ~. =. -'
Failure of French government to
adjust war debt to United States
draws fire of Senator Borafl. Idaho.
in senate speech.
Fire in Bennington, VT, business
block causes 100000 damage.
Fourth anniversary of eighteenth
amendment celebrated by Anti-Sa-
loon League in convention at Wash
ington.
British Empire steel Corporation
Nova Scotia workers in district num-
Der 26. United Mine Workers of
America. walk out
Former Secretary Albert Il. Fail
charged by Senator Walsh. Demo-
crat, Montana, with having misled
senate public lands committee in
connection with Teapot Dome in
vestigation into funds he obtained
for improving his New Mexico ranch.
Six bandits hold up and rob
Lansing Ullinois) State Bank. shoot
and probably fatally wound q lum-
herman who tried to prevent escape
and flee with $500.
Nomination of Herbert r. Powers,
of Fort Fairfield, Me-. TO succeed
Herschel Shaw, resigned. a county
attorney of Aroostook county, con-
firmed by governor and council.
Los Angeles. Jan. 16-Mrs. Caro-
line Barnes. 81 years old, q great
granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin
will be removed from the Los An
geles county farm, there she Is a
public charge and given a comfort
able home in which to spend her re-
naming days. according to plans an
nounced today by the Los Angeles
advertising club, which will cooper
ate with other organizations in as
sisting her.
Washington. Jan. 1s-Members of
the Philippine Independence delega-
ton were received today by Secre-
tary Weeks who later gave a lun-
cheon In their honor. attended by
ranking members OF the Senate and
House insular committees. Spokes-
men for the delegation told Mr..
Weeks their chief purpose in re-
Gently presenting memorial to
Congress had been to argue the ques-
ton of independence without resort
ing to personalities.
Mineola. y. Y, Jan 16-William
Greasy OF FIT. Thomas. Ky. on trial
for the second time for the murder
in June 1922. OF his former fiancee.
Miss Edith Lavoy, Freeport school
teacher. claimed from the first that
that the girl had shot herself while
he was calling on her, will testify
today.
New York, Jan. ia quarter mil
lion dollars damage which II will
take until April 1 to repair was sus-
tanned by the Shipping Boards liner
Leviathan when she grounded on
Robbins Reef while coming up the
bay after her last transatlantic voy-
age. shipward men disclosed today.
Paris. Jan. 1.-THE reparation ex-
perts resumed their work this morn
ing in the news-tight vacuum OF Col
onel Logan's offices. The agreement
to give out nothing for publication so
far has been kept with remarkable
xlONchci. a. Ac
that the committee has not yet started
on its real task of inquiring into Ger
many's resources. The details Of the
committees procedure are requiring
more time than was at first assigned to
their arrangement but 1t was expected
that these would be completed today
and that the committees work would
really get under way.
Paris. Jan. 16.-Premier Poincare.
who is devoting all his energies toward
the improvement of the financial stu
alton. asked his cabinet coliaborators
to confer with him today relative to
the dropping of a number Of officials
in their respective departments. step
which he estimates will realize an
economy of five or six hundred million
francs a year. The premier late last
night called conferences of leading
ha nEarx with xrfan1f, L.