Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-14
NEWS BRIEFS

| Concord y. H., Sept. 12.-Gov
Winant announced today that he will
! call a conference of wholesale and re-
| tail coal dealers of the state shortly,
as recommended at the recent confer
ence called by Gov. Fuller in Boston.
The date has not been fixed. Mean
while Fuel Administrator John w.
Storrs is making a survey to ascertain
the amount of hard and soft coal on
! hand in the state. One of the matters
| to be considered at the conference. 1t
| is understood. will be the probability
! of New Hampshire dealers increasing
the price of bitGrainous if an anthra-
cite shortage develops.
Washington, Sept. 1n.-(AP)-
Here is the meaning of the names
! and numbers of the ma al seaplane
| PN-9, No. /, flown by Comdr. Rod
| gers. The letter P means patrol, and
! the plane was intended previously
! for patroling purposes. The n
! means that the navy built it. The Q
/ is type identification number, and
! the l indicates that it was the first
/ model of that type produced. The
! Phi, which is expected soon to
| make a fight to Hawaii, was built
| for patrol purposes by the Boeing
| Airplane Company of Seattle, and it
/ is the first fits type.
| Washington, Sept. 1o.-Great
! Britain has accepted the invitation
! of the United States to participate in
a world radio conference to be held
in Washington in the spring of 1926
| it was announced at the state de-
partment today. This is the first
! acceptance of the invitation extend
| ed by this government some weeks
| ago virtually to all the countries of
the world with which the United
States has diplomatic relations. 9th
er acceptances are expected to fol-
low in the near future.
Richmond, Va, Sept 12.-(AP)
Cows. Trinkle of Virginia and Nc
Lean of North Carolina, today join
ed the ranks of those southern state
executives who are urging prayers
for rain. The Virginia Governor
asked all Virginians to offer up their
| petitions tomorrow, and Gov. Nc
Lean set aside the same day for
prayers to God" flor an end of the
drought. Corn and tobacco fields and
pastures have suffered particularly
lIOIi Inc lOlS uIy Speii.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. PA.
PAN automobile swerving from
a heavy traffic line here today bare
ly missed the car in which Vice
President Dawes was riding, then
ran down and painfully injured one
of the vice presidents motorcycle
police escorts. Mrs. Dawes jumped
from her car, took the PROSTATE Of
ficers' head in her lap. and direct
ed first aid measures.
London. Sept. 13.-(AP)-A third
member of the house of commons has
withdrawn from the British delegation
to the parliamentary conference
at Washington on account of the in
clusion in the house of Shapurji SAX
lattala, Communist member for North
Battersea. He is Sir Robert Bird,
| Conservative member. who said he de
| clines to associate with a Communist
and an avowed enemy of the British
Empire"
Vienna, Sept. 12.-An attempt on the
life of the king and queen of Rumania
on their arrival at the Bessarabia cap
ital, Kishenev, was frustrated at the
last moment by the Rumanian police,
according to Kishenev dispatch.
Among the crowd lining the street
were two peasants armed with revolt
vers and acting conspicuously, were
arrested.
Washington. Sept 12.-(AP)-Sat-
isfaction with the results obtained
thus far under the new prohibition en-
forcement plan was expressed today
by Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Sa-
loon League during a call on President
Coolidge. He pledged the support of
his organization.
Washington, Sept. 12.-(AP)-The
rush to Florida has absorbed all the
valuable federal public lands there
open to homesteaders. On July ], 1924.
The public domain in Florida amounted
to $4,000 acres. Last July 1 it had
q lndled to 10000 acres. Today the
interior department announced that
none remained open for entry except
tracts of little value. The most valu-
able of the property, considered useful
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