Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-11

| of a book he wrote while at Folsom
prison and which purported to contain
the facts Of the Obenchain mistrials.
Peking, July 1o.-(AP)-Count de
Martel, French minister to China, has
withdrawn from the delegation tenta-
lively. appointed by the foreign diplo-
matte corps at Peking to negotiate a
/ settlement of the strike and subse-
| quent troubles at Shanghai. Count de
| Martel explained his action by saying
| the Pcking diplomatic corps and the
Shanghai municipal council differ re-
garding the jurisdiction and power Of
the council. Negotiations will be use
| less unless this question Is settled, he
| maintained
! New York, July 10.-(AP)-The
| Munson Line freighter Thomas 2.
| Beal, with a lumber cargo valued at
| 100000, Is listing about 35 degrees
! in the Hudson river off lower Manhat-
tan today following an all-night strug-
| gle to keep her from sinking after
| striking a reef off Tenth street. The
| Beal had just reached New York from
! the Pacific coast. Her cargo consists
| largely Of wood used in airplane con-
struction, and mahogany.
! London, July 10.-(AP)-Christian
| Ravowsky, soviet envoy, who return
ed to London yesterday from Moscow,
is said by the English papers to have
| brought Russian orders for British
| firms amounting to f15,000,00o, or
about $72,750,0o0. About two-thirds
of these are for agricultural and man
! ufacturing machinery. machine tools,
and the remainder for raw materials,
| including petroleum.
London, July 10.-(AP)-Under the
! caption "A strange request" the Daily
Telegraph today says that Great Bri
/ tain has declined proposal from the
| United States to appoint here a Gus
! toms attache, one of whose duties
would be to investigate the prices
| asked of American buyers by British
exporters, claiming the Sright to in
! spect the books of the British firms
| concerned.
San Francisco, July 10 - (AP) -
Cable advices from Tokyo tell of an
unsuccessful bomb plot by four
Koreans who gained entrance to the
! imperial palace a fortnight ago. The
newspaper kokumin said that two
were captured Immediately, the 9TH
ers being apprehended later while
on the way to Korea. No one was
| injured as the bombs did not ex-
plode.
Wakefield, Mass, July. 10-(AP)-
A decrease of four percent in the
acreage planted to potatoes in New
England compared with last years
acreage, is indicated in reports re-
ceived by'th New England crop re-
porting service here. The acreage
this year is 222,0OO as against 231,-
100000 last year. The five year av-
erage is 224,000.
Hong Kong, July 10-(AP)-Two
bombs were thrown into the offices OF
King Kee and Company, ships comp
radores, today. Chairs, windows and
desks were demolished, but there
were no casualties. A strong force
of European, Chinese and Indian
police, supported by armed volun-
teers, raided various places and ar
rested three Chinese.
Oslo, Norway, July 10-(AP)-The
gold medal fora heroic deed" is to
be presented to Lincoln Ellsworth,
the American explorer and financial
hacker of Capt. Roald Amundsen in
the latter's attempted flight to the
North Pole. The award will be made
in recognition Of Ellsworths rescue
of Oskar Omdahl and Left Die
trichsen, other members of the expe-
dition, when they were plunged into
the Arctic waters by the parting Of
a lead in the ice.
Rome, July 10-(AP)-Prof. Gia-
como Boni, eminent archaeologist
and director of the excavations at
the Forum, died today.
New York, July 10-(AP)-The
New York American says today that
Frank Tinney, black-faced comedian,
| who recently fled to London from his
1orgiving wife after an escapade with
| lmogene Wilson, former Follies girl,
! is homesick, broke and ready to come
back, and that his wife will take him
back.
Swampscott, Mass, July 10-(AP)
President Coolidge having enjoyed
his first trip to sea on the Mayfiower.
was looking forward today to FREE
quent cruises along the New England
coast before he completes his sum-
mer vacation. Although the week.
end plans of Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge
nave not been formulated, it is not
unlikely that they will pass it on the
yacht, boarding the craft after the
presidents return late tomorrow
from an outing to be given near here
Ior Essex county newspaper editors
Dayton, Tenn, July 10-(AP)-As
Dayton prepared to move to the
courthouse today to see John Thom-
as Scopes, formally charged with vi
olating the law of Tennessee which
prohibits teaching evolution in the
public schools, there was apparently
an even chance that the day would
bring only gesture Of the battle to
follow.
Berlin, July 10-CAP)-Prof. Gus
tav MRller, former director of the
astrophysical observatory at Pots
dam. is dead.
Moscow, July 10-(AP)-The ex-
plosion in the government arsenal
at Tifiis Wednesday night was less
serious than first reported, accord
ing to dispatches received by Ros-
ia, the official Soviet news agency.
These advices make no mention of
deaths or injury to civilians, but say
several Red Army soldiers were
wounded. The explosion occurred in
the auxiliary artillery store from a
cause yet unknown. The govern
ment has appointed an investigating
committee.
New Haven, Conn, July 10-(AP)
|@torty-four per cent of the honor
students graduating from the under
graduate schools of Yale University
TINS year We're students working their
way and assisted by University schol-
arship air, an analysis of the list of
honors and prizes announced by the