Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-09

LUZ WOAhShs
cbicaro. Feb, S-Fourteen teams
nedaied away tonight in the interna-
tional six day bicycle race "hlcn III
augurated a week of sleepless his ~, n.s
at the Coliseum. The pair stat e.ion
win finish the grind at l ocaU1n
newt saturday night after l4O n0u,s
Of wheeling. The teams are: wal.
thour and Mcnamara; Madden ana
Horan: Brocco and Boysse; Belloni
and Degraeves; Stockelynch ana
Coosens: Dewolfe and Deruyter;
DecIerck and Nefatti; Kaiser ana
Keller; Hanley and Taylor: ROCKER
and Stockholm; Fem and SCHNEIDER;
Ferrario and Rizzetto: Merkle ana
Spencer; Walsh and Fitsimmons.
New York. Feb. s-George Lofts.
Jr. Chicago school boy. whose play
was a sensation in tennis ranks last
season, heads the 1924 national Jun,
Tor ranking list in both singles and
doubles, according to the ratings an
nounced today by the United states
Lawn Tennis Association. Lott. who
Yesterday gained added distinction
when he was moved into the FIRST
Ten" of the national mems list by
the U. S. L. T.. A, holds the Junior
honors for the second successive
year. ne SHARES lIie tOp III liiO wv"
bles list with Thomas McGlinn OF
Philadelphia.
New York, Feb. (By A. P)-
Dartmouth and Princeton, although
IDLE for the past two weeks, continue
to lead in the eastern intercollegiate
basketball league with three victo-
| ries each in as many starts. Pennsyl-
vania ranks third and Columbia is
fourth, the Quakers having won
three out of five games while Column
bia has broken even in four starts.
Deadlocked at the base of the heap,
hopelessly out of the running, stands
Cornell, 1924 title holder. and Yale.
winner in 1872. Cornell has lost all
| of its three starts while Yale has
met a similar fate In four games.
New York. Feb. S-Jimmy Slattery
| or Buffalo, N. y, one Of. the most
promising middleweights among the
younger boxers. will furnish the fis-
tic entertainment for the coming
week when he steps into the ring
| against Jack Delaney of Bridgeport,
Conn. In six round encounter at
| Madison Square Garden Friday eve
ming. The match is scheduled for
| the short route owing to Slattery's
| youth, the state boxing law holding
| nShters under 81 years of age to a
| six round limlit
| Montpelier. VT. Feb. . George
en- and children. was sentenced here
! tGday to state prison for not less
imam four and one half years.
Dover, N. H., Feb. 7-Rosario
Moniacl OF Salmon Falls was fined
sloo and costs today for reckless op-
GRAFTON of his automobile, and a
! similar tine and 80 days in Jail for
| refusing to stop when requested to
90 SO by policeman yesterday. Ac-
| cordlng to the evidence Moniaci was
| en- route to his home from Massa-
! ciusetts with a carload of alcohol
| and the police having been Informed
OF his object We're waiting to ston
| MIN. When his automobile ap-
pfoached the officers ordered him to
| stop, out he put on speed and es-
! capped. He was arrested later at his
home.
Manchester. N. H.. Feb. 7-Chief
Justice Oliver w. Branch of superior
court today gave Philip V. Gagnon
conditional freedom. Gagnon was
arrested In June. 1923. charged with
I ~ WV HI CD. ZIG WAS also SUS-
! pected of being the cause of a series
Of 13 fires in a few days. Later he
! was sent to the state hospital at Con-
cord. from which he was released
when ID. Dolloff. the superintendent,
| declared Gagnon is sane.
Dover, N. H., Feb. THE Dover
| carnival committee and sub commit
| tee chairmen met this afternoon for
! the first time since the city council
made an appropriation for the WIN
| ter carnival to be held Feb. 81 and
| %.
Concord. n. H.. Feb. 7-The New
| Hampshire Sunday School Council Of
| Religious instruction held a confer
| ence this afternoon and evening at
| the First Methodist church. The
| principal speakers were Walter T..
| Myers OF Philadelphia. general sec
rotary of the Pennsylvania State
Sunday School Association. and w.
/ ID. Reed. who holds similar position
with the New Hampshire association.
! Clergymen and Sunday school work.
/ ers from various points In Merrimac
county took part in an open forum.
St Johnsbury. VT, Feb. wendell
C6bleigh died last night under con-
ditions which baffled the skill of ply
| sicians. He had been in a stupor
since Tuesday night and all efforts
| to rouse him proved of no avail and
he died without recovering con-
| seriousness. He was % years old and
| was the oldest son Of Rolfe Cob
! leigh. managing editor of the Con-
| gregationalist. Boston. For the past
| five years he had made his home
with his grandmother. Mrs. Lydia
Miner. and had been employed in the
Fairbanks scale factory.
Amherst, Feb. 7-Hearty endorse
| ment OF a movement to have the
state legislature define by special
act the exact powers of the trustees
of the college was voiced by $50
members of the Associated Alumni
of Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege. who gathered here for mid
winter alumni day this afternoon.
st. Paul. Mimi, Feb. THE North
ern Pacific railroad has filed suit in
federal court here, 1t was announced
! today, aginst the government to col
lect $3.50 which, the railroad con-
tends, is due for transportation of
two soldiers from ST. Paul to Seattle.
1t will be a test case to determine the
future charges for transportation of
military forces on the railroad, ac-
cording to counsel for the company.
Berlin. Feb. 7-Germany's so-called
Cheka (Soviet secret forces) will go
on trial Feb. 10 before the Leipzig
,, high court. This group of 16 COM
munists. including one woman. Maria
Lesnisse. a janitress, is charged with
murder, melting to murder, storage
OF arms and various plots, including
one To murder. (sofa