Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-17
NEWS BRIEFS


Missoula, Mont, July 16.-(AP)-
Scores of dangerous forest fires are
burning in the Kootenai, Kaniksu and
Pend OReille national forests. For
est service officials say the situation
is the most menacing in years and
fear the heavy wind may drive the
flames into villages.
Madrid, July 16.-(AP)-It is offi-
cially denied that the Franco-Spanlsh
Moroccan conference in session mere
has offered generous peace terms to
Abd-E -Krim, the Rifiian leader now
warning with French and Spanish in
Morocco. -El-Krim insists upon
greater concessions than the French
and Spanish will make. 1t is also de-
MED that the conference Is consider
ing a new partition of Morocco, but
the question of the autonomy of GER
tain regions of Morocco has been dis
cusSed.
Washington, July 16-(AP)-Wfth
only two weeks remaining In whlcn
to make selections, Assistant Secre-
, tary Andrews of the Treasury has
been unable to decide on single one
of the % prohibition administrators
who will take office Aug. l under the
reorganized enforcement plans.
Dayton, Tenn, July 1e-(AP)-
Judge Raulston today received this
telegram from Malcolm r. McAdoo
New York: Permit me to congratu
, late you in your decision upholding
the riehts of the people of the Vollln-
teer state. 1t was SO sound that no
morning paper here published 1t.
In resuming the session the judge
warned against any applause. The
floor OF the room was already BURDEN
ed, he said, and any undue vibration
might cause trouble.
Swampscott Mass, July 16-(AP)
President Coolidge Is optimistic
over the present outlook for busi-
| ness. He is keeping a close watch
on business conditions and in a con-
ference today with Charles D. Hilles
Republican National committeeman
from New York, expressed his salts
| faction with the situation. The pres
| ident is receiving reports on busi-
ness conditions as well as govern
ment affairs at his summer home
here. Mr.. Hilles also gave an en-
| thusiastic report on the business out
| look in the east.
Brussels, July 16.-(AP)-Twenty
thousand metal workers in the Liege
district today joined the general
| strike of metallurgical workers,
| making the total number of strik-
ers 5000. The strike was caused
by an attempt to decrease wages
| five per cent.
Halifax, n. S., July 16.-(AP)-
The new conservative cabinet of the
Nova Scotia government was sworn
| in today, following the resignation
| last night of Premier Armstrong s
administration.
London, July 16.-(AP)-The Brit
| ish government has made fresh efforts
| through w. o. Bridgeman, first lord of
! the admiralty. to bring the disputing
! coal miners and mine owners together
| at a conference table. Responding to
letter sent last night to Scarborough,
| where the miners federation is in ses-
sion, A. J. Cook, secretary of the or
ganiZation, and other members of the
! executive committee. will come to
London to discuss the crisis with the
! admiralty official. who is acting as
| mediator.
Denver July 16.-(AP)-A forest
! fire raging in Coal Creek Canyon, near
| Fire Clay, northwest of Denver. has
burned over 1000 acres of timber, but
volunteer fighters report it Temporal
rily checked.
Nogales, Ariz, July 16.-(AP)-Ten
| thousand German farmers are expect
ed to arrive in the states of Sonora
and Sinaloa, Mexico. during the next
few months, semi-off1cial advices re-
ceived here from Mexico City say. 1t
| is stated that the Mexican central
government has arranged for the Ger
man colonization project and that 1t
will be the greatest ever attempted In
Mexico.
Springfield, Mass, July 16-(AP)-
Former Representative M. d. Graves
of this city today announced that he
would not be a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Congress-
man from the second Massachusetts
district to succeed the late George b.
Churchill of Amherst. The avowed
candidate for the nomination now are
Ii enry IL. f3OWleS Oh tHlS City, ioi iHct
councillor, and Mayor William H.
Feiker of Northampton.
I Chicago, July 16-(AP)-Mrs.
Katherine Scott, wife of Robert, for
mer Canadian promoter who is to
hang tomorrow for the murder OF
clerk in a drugstore hold-up, today
announced she had one more card to
play In her effort to save her hus-
bend. What the card would be, was
not revealed. Attorneys pointed out
that only two legal plays remained
possible after Gov. Smalrs refusal
yesterday to interfere. One would be
writ of habeas corpus in a Federal
court and the other the entering OF a
plea of insanity in the state court
Cambridge, July 16-(AP)-A re-
port Of the observation of VOLTS
comet by the astronomer Stobbs at
Copnhagen on July 13 was received
at the Harvard College observatory
today in a cablegram from the CEN
trail bureau of astronomical kilograms
at Copenhagen. Harvard astronom-
ers presume that it Is VOLTS periodic
comet discovered in 1884, which re-
appears about every six years. The
Copenhagen cable Is the first news
of the comets sixth reappearancs for