Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-09

here. Because food was distributed
to the soldiers by an order of Chinese
sisters with a house nearby, the SOL
diers, it was said, passed on. Ten
miles away they began plundering
and burning. Other than the single in
stance. the recent letter said, the To-
cal delegation is happy and contented
Springfield, March 7.-Pending a de-
termination of its powers by City So
licitor Charles II. Beckwith, the trans
portation board of the city council is
doing nothing to interfere with the OPP
Grafton of so-called interstate buses
between Worcester and Hartford. CT,
by way of this city. one line being
opened today by the Aselton Bus Lines
OF Worcester.
Theodore Miller Edison, 90, the
youngest son of Thomas A. Edison,
the electrical wizard and inventor. filed
intentions in Cambridge yesterday to
marry Miss Anna Maria Osterhout. %,
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Winthrop
J. Osterhout of 60 Buckingham street,
Cambridge. Prof. Osterhout is chair
man of the department of biology at
Harvard.
Washington, March T.-White
House entertaining will stand the
brunt of the presidents economy pro-
gram If the plan suggested by William
E. Rockwell, head social clerk at the
White House. which won the prize for
the best suggestion to cut down the
expenses of running the executive
mansion and offices, is adopted. The
expense of handling the invitations
for the various social function held
during the year at the White House
and the management of tho functions
themselves can be considerably reduc-
ed without injuring their success, ac-
cording to Mr.. Eockwell's proposal
Washington, March Jacob Gould
Schurman. minister to China and Tor
mer president of Cornell University. 1T
is believed will be appointed ambassa-
dor to Germany by President Coolidge
within the next few days. According
TO those who have urged Mr.. Schurman
on the president the suggestion was
well received because it would follow
his ideas of promoting career men In
the diplomatic service.
Manchester. n. H.. March 7.-Daniel
G. Carlton of Pelham has been award
ed a verdict of $500 by a superior
court jury as the result of a suit
brought against the Boston & Maine
Railroad for injuries received when
passenger train collided with a street
car which he was operating in Nashua
November 10, 1923.
Brattleboro. Vt, March PROF.
George X. Cherrie of Newfane, who
has just left his Vermont home for
New York after weeks rest, will ac-
company the Roosevelt expedition to
TurkeStan this summer.
New York, March 7-Dr Frank ].
Monaghan. health commissioner, to-
day revealed that he is using a new
method for treating scarlet fever. 1t
was developed in Chicago recently by
DIR. George Dick and his wife. DR..
Gladys Dick, and is regarded by many
in the medical profession as extreme
ly effective. The treatment is based
upon a serum which is obtained from
horses whoch have been exposed to
increasing amounts of scarletinal toX
in. DR.. Willard III. Park of the health
department, is in charge Of the lab
oratories making the antitoXin in this
city.
New York, Mar. 7-Outlining plans
of maneuver in his paddock campaign
against Broadway cabarets and 9TH
er night resorts that violate the
prohibition laws. United States Dist.
Atty. Buckner today announced that
his activities would include an inves-
tigation into prohibition enforce
ment agencies to ascertain why liq-
uor had openly been sold in the Of
Tending places.
Washington, Mar. Miss Paulina
LonSWorth. infant daughter of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Longworth. paid
her first visit to Washington today.
She arrived here early in the day
from Chacoga, accompanied by her
mother, and anXiously awaiting them
at the station was Mr.. Longworth
obviously happy in the role of q
father.
Portsmouth. y. IT,. Mar. 7-William
T.. Carter, one OF the best known ho-
tel men in New England, died today
at his home after a long illness. He
was born Mar. IL, 1852. When three