Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-05
For Cleanliness, Thrift and CHIC Pride
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Boston, Mass, May 4.-President
Matt B. Jones of the New England
Telephone. and Telegraph Co., was
under cross examination today at the
hearing before the public utilities
commission on the company's appi-
cation for increased rates in Massa-
chusetts. President Jones and the
other witnesses put on by the COM
some weeks ago. The application is
opposed by SO cities and towns in
the state.
White Plains, N. Y, May A.
Count Carlo c. Marriott former
Italian consul in Westchester county
and proprietor of the Marriott Bank
in Yonkers, today was sentenced to
serve from five to nine and a half
years in prison for grand larceny of
depositors' funds. Marriott was ar
rested two months ago when his
bank was found to be short about
$4,000. Counsel for Marriott today
asked leniency on the contention that
the shortage was part of a sum stol-
en- by a trusted employee several
years ago.
Washington, May 4.-Charles c.
Hart, Washington correspondent for
the Portland, Ore, Oregonian, and
a number of other western news
papers, has been selected as minis
ter to Albania, to fill long existing
vacancy. Formal announcement of
the appointment is withheld pend
I,
eminent. Hart is native of In
diana, AZ years old and has had
wide newspaper experience in the
Middle and Far West. He was Sec
rotary and manager of the National
Republican Progressive League
seeking the election of Charles E.
Hughes in 1916.
Montreal, May 4ELeonidas Her
bert Davidson, chancellor of the An
glican diocese of Montreal and the
oldest member of the Montreal Bar
died at his home last night in his
63rd year.
Lynn. Mass, May "A distinct
rumble similar to that experienced in
earthquakes. was felt in Swampscott
and the eastern section of Lynn to-
day. The time was approximately
1871 p. NJ, and the rumbling lasted
about two seconds. Stove covers
and dishes ratified and residents be-
came excited. None Of the quarries
in the vicinity reported any blasting
operations.
New York, May 4-The conviction
of CASTOR B. Means. former Depart
ment of Justice agent. by jury last
June. on a charge of having conspir-
ed Illegally to remove liquor from a
bonded warehouse. today was con-
firmed by the United States circuit
of appeals. Means, who has been
on bail. was ordered taken into Gus
tody that. he might begin to serve
the two year term in the Federal pen
itentiary at Atlanta to which he was
sentenced at the time of his convic-
ton. A $4,000 fine also was impos-
ed.
Washington, May 4-Massachus-
etts tax upon foreign corporations
doing an exclusively Interstate bus
: mess within the commonwealth was
declared invalid today by the SUI
preme court
Norfolk. Va, May 4.-Commander
Douglas W. Fuller, on trial before a
naval court martial on charges of neg
elfgence growing out Of the finding of
quantity of liquor on the transport
Beaufort. admitted today through
4! counsel that liquor had been placed
on the ship sometime between Janu-
airy 80 and February "a, transported
to the United States and some of it
Int 1a1 Il
responsible for this condition.
Philadelphia, May 4.-Dr w. w.
! Comfort. president of Haverford Col
lege. today told the Presbyterian Min
| listers Association that religious
! modernism" pervades American coll
leges and universities and that a new
message for the youth of the land is
, needed to offset the effect this irrev-
| erent age" will exert on the religion
of the future.
New York, May 4.-The body of
John Russell, once famous vaudeville
| actor, who died in Glendale, Cal, yes
terday, will be brought here for burial,
, his son, James I. Russell, said tonight.
John Russell, who was star in the
days of Tony Pastor, made famous his
sons song Where the River Shannon
Flows" by singing it for two years
before it's publication.
! Dedham, Mass, May 4.-Counsel for
George Il. Willett and Edmund H.
Sears, who were awarded a verdict of
S10,500,000 by jury in Norfolk su-
perior court some months ago in an
action for damages against Robert L.
Herrick of Boston, the banking firms
of Kidder, Peabody & Co. and +. s.
Moseley e Co., and members of these
firms, today filed a petition seeking
to reach and apply property which it
was alleged the defendant HerriclS has
conveyed in an effort to evade judg-
ment.
Boston, May 4.-William II. Homer
and Andrew +. Fichtner were fined