Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-14
NEWS BRIEFS

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Monday, July 20, set for opening OF
trial of nine men indicted In connec
tion with Pickwick Club disaster OF
July 4. o.
One of MacMillan's ships. the Bow
doin. forced to put back to Hopedale,
! Labrador, with propeller trouble.
Premier Mussolini to be guest OF
King Victor Emmanuel to rest from
official cares.
Equity proceedings started by S
Slater and Sons, Inc, textile hrm OF
Webster, Mass, against Jacob r.
Brown, former president, said TO IN
yolve millions Of dollars.
! w. M. Hoover of Philadelphia, de-
feated by Jack Beresford, Jr.. British
oarsman, in race for gold challenge
cup.
Bail Of John R. Allen, alleged lead
er of payroll thieves, increased to
100000 in Cambridge court.
George w. Field and George W.
Morse, former heads of two New
York brokerage firms that failed for
total of $3,000,000 in 1922, sentenced
to Atlanta prison.
Airplane crash at Westbury. N. Y.
kills two New England army reserve
air officers.
! England eliminated by France in
semi finals of European zone Davis
cup tennis play.
English government to establish
court of inquiry in coal mining situa-
tion.
President appoints Floyd r. Harri |
son as president of war finance cor
poration in place Of Frank w. Mon
dell, resigned.
| Woods Hole, Mass, July 14-Miss
Marion K. Crosby. Lockport, n. Y,
student at the Marine Biological Lab
oratory here, was fatally injured last
night when she fell "a feet while des- /
cending from the steel tower at the !
United States government lightship
wharf. She fractured her skull in
two places and did not regain con-
sciousness.
Boston, July 13-(AP)-Warning
to employees ofthe Boston Elevated
golden eggs@ was given by Governor
Fuller today to a committee of ele-
waited employees who conferred with
him regarding differences with the
public trustees OF the company. The
governor last week threatened to dis
miss the trustees and discharge all
employees who left their work should
a strike on the system be declared
because Of a ''technicality."
Washington. July 13-(AP)-The
Bowdoin, one of the ships of the Mac
MILAN Arctic expedition. has been
compelled to turn back to Hopeiale,
Labrador, to repair a propeller.
Schenectady, n. Y, July 13-(AP)
Investigation of the death of Ziba
o. Nickerson, 20. Of Chatham, Mass.
and Chicago, whose body was found
yesterday hidden in bushes beside the
highway near this city, today led au-
thorities to seek for questioning Har-
Ian Smith, II, of Schenectady.
New York, July 13-(AP)-The
speedboat Cigarette, owned and pilot
ed by Gordon Hamersley, left the
Columbia Yacht Club at seth street
on the Hudson river, this afternoon
for Albany, in an attempt to beat the
record of two hours and forty min
utes made two months ago by r. F.
Hoyts Teaser. The start was at 1.1S
daylight saving time.
Il Spring Lake. Mich. July 13-tAP)
A blazing ferryboat, the Comet,
won race with fire last night when
she docked here after quick run
from mid-lake and landed her so
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the stern as the flames bore steadily
down upon them.
Worcester, Mass, July 13-Charges
involving millions of dollars against
Jacob F. Brown of Boston, formerly
president and director of s. Slater &
Sons. Inc. of Webster. a trustee un-
der the will of Horation n. Slater. ana
alleged owner of the Wuskanut Mills, /
Inc, are contained in a bill ineouity
filed today in superior court by S.
Slater & Sons, Inc
Peoria. H., July 13-Under the am !
biguous banner Uncle Sans Place.?
the government went into the saloon |
business in Peoria two months ago, |
obtained the confidence of the city's !
Illicit rum dealers and gathered evil !
dence leading to wholesale raids in |
in which nearly zoo arrests were |
made,
New York, July 13.-(AP)-Mrs |
Antoinette Tschirky, mother of Oscar |
of the Waldorf" maitre d'hotel Wal |
dorf-Astoria. died last night at. her |
sons estate at New Platz, n. Y. at !
the age of a. Mr.. Tschirky. who was
a floral painter. came to this country
from Luzerne, Switzerland. in 1922
Cambridge, Mass. July 13.-(AP)-
Bail in the case of John Il. Allen of |