Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-17

.hos,se managers. An no definite
traces Of the plague which has forced
Connecticut. New York ana other
eastern points "a establish an enc
barRo against shipments from the
middle west, has yet been found. To-
eli Authorities have hegitated to $50
late thu heal markets. Embargo Or
ganizafien has been laid out in, case
necessity arises IL has been stated.
Il Washington, Dec. lev. ]. HAYNES.
head Of the deferred claims rdivision
6fhA Sh1npfne Board. was called by
fhe hOuSe Investigating committee
todsy fur further inquiry into the ac-
tivifies Of his ONCE which. Il has Deem
testtfed, has claims aggregattns
$4,000, 900 with an estimated reeos-
II value Of only $s.o0o. 0e0.
.ss8oston, Dee. 1e-More than $500
SppIicatiOne for, adjusted ccmpensa-
fion from New England. war seter-
ans have been received by the war
department within tan days. local
army headquarters made public to-
day. The rush OF applications fol-
lowed warnings that delay by the vet
e.ans might result In loss to Deepen.
dents IN. the event OF their death.
Massachusetts, leads with 2s77 apph-
cations; Connecticut has 1905; Maine
SOS; Rhode Island s6a: New Hamp-
shire 2s7; and Vermont 2o5s
Chica 70, Dec. ia worlds temple
to agriculture. the largest building
In the world. including a radiocast-
if,e tower rivaling the Eiffel tower
in Paris, q convention hall Of 10000
seats, and q commercial hotel OK $500
rooms, the whole to cost $4,000, 600,
is planned by a midwest group head
ed by Frank o. Lowden. former gov.
ernor of Illinois. The structure. to be
erected here, would be known as the
/, American Agricultural Society Build
ing.
Burlington, VT. Dec. 1s-Max Agel,
of this city. known as the king or
rum runners Of Vermont. was SEN
| fenced to q year Of hard labor In the
house Of correction at Windsor and
fined $500 in county court at Middle
bury, yesterday. He was arrested
Sunday in Sudbury, Mass. as a fugi-
! tive from justice. having jumped q
! bail Of $500 in Middlebury and OF
$4,000 in Burlington aboua a month
ago. At the time of his escape he
! was waiting trial in both places on
charges Of transporting liquor. Be-
fore jumping bail Agel had been
sentenced in Burlington to serve a
year in Windsor, and had appealed
the case to the supreme court.
Chicago, Dec. 16--That man had q
| brain was not officially recorded TIL
I til 1900 3. c., when an Egyptian
| clIiselled on a stone report Of :he
| discovery, according to Professor
James Henry Breasted, Psychologist,
| University Of Chicago. .
| Seattle, Wash, Dec. 16 - Snow
worms have been found in the Cas-
cade mountains Of Washington and
on glaciers and mountains in Alaska,
Trevor Kincaid,s professor OF zoology
in the University Of Washington. de-
clared today after an investigation.
! 1.-THE snow or ice worm is not really
, pink, as many assert, but is more Of
! q brownish hue" said Professor Kim
caid. "The brown pigment in Its
| skin is a source of heat which en-
ables the worm to bore its way
through glacier ice like heated wire.
1t grows to a length of about an inch,
| feeding on debris in the ice"
Toxic, Nov. 26-(A. P. Correspond
| ence)-The aviation programs of
both the army and navy have been
, completed and submitted to the cabi-
net for final approval. The army
provides for three air corps, bomb
, ing. pursuit and observation, each
composed initially Of three squad
rons, but to be expanded later to four
, bquadrons to form complete air
. regiment. .At
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 16--Sain
Smith. Is year old Negro was taken
from the city hospital here last night
and lynched at Nolensville, Tenn, IL
miles fr L here, where he shot Ike
Eastwood, grocer, Friday night.
The mob, in 80 autom obiles, sent
| seven or eight Of their number, into
the hospital to obtain the lad and
rushed away before officers could
intercept them. The boy was hanged
and his nude body ridlled with bull
let's. The body was left to hang until
officers cut it down this morning.
Paris. Dec. 1G-The French courts
today recorded the granting Of d.
yorcss to two American women,
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