Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-24
, Oct. 10, 1881; it's influence for the
welfare of the British empire"

The body Of Miss Dorothy Dolby, "a,
who was to have been married today
to Alex Nanua, 43, of Waterbury. but
who committed suicide last night by
throwing herself into the Connect
cut river, was recovered near here
today. Death was pronounced due
to drowning with suicidal intent.
f1ance, asked him to stop his car.
When he did so she got out, walked
to the river and threw herself in.
New York. Feb. 23.-Convinced
that America is the only country
to live in during this generation"
Major A. Hamilton Gibbs, author
and brother of Sir Philip Gibbs, war
correspondent, has given up his
English citizenship to become an
American. He announced his de-
cision Yesterday Ion his arrival Oh
the steamship Adriatic. England IS
no longer what it was" said Major
Gibbs, land the strong ties which it
once he'd for it's sons are fast dis
solving. I take it as q meaning that
the era OF the new -orld has act
TALLY come, and the new world opens
up bigger opportunities both for liv-
ing and thinking"
Chicago, Feb. 2:;-The second at
tempt withia a week to blackmail
Mrs. Helen Ellwocd Stokes of Den
yer, Colo, in connection with the
trial of her husband, w. f. D.
Stokes of New York, on charges /
conspiracy to defame her, was frus-
trated Yesterday. according to w. c..
Dannenberg, investigator for Mrs
Stokes. DanneHberg said a woman
who said she was Madame Lorraine
Quartly of Philadelphia. remember
ell dressing Mrs. Stokes hair under
circumstances such as to make her
silence worth money. She diSap-
Epeared. said Dennenberg. when he
mentioned the psychopathic hospi-
tai.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The sudden
fainting out of the House Aircraft.
investigation with the termination of
Its committee hearings Saturday
switched interest in the matter to-
day to the War Department and the
impending decision of Secretary
Weeks as to who shall occupy the
position of assistant army airchief
after the present appointment of
Brigadier General Mitchell expires
next month.
Barre, VT, Feb. 23.-Tne third
death from the results of the eX-
plosion of Feb. T., which complete
ly wrecked a three-story tenement
block here. occurred late Saturday
when Enrico =. MarZorati. whose
wife WIS token ouI of the ruins dead
passed away at City Hospital from
the severe burns sustained. MI.
Marzorati, who was going to the Gel
lar with his wife. when the eXplos-
ion carlc, was able to escape
through a basement window, but was
terribly burned about the face and
hands. 1t is thorsht now that he
as injured internally.
Angora, Turkey, Feb. 23-The An
atolian news agency says the Turk
ish government has decided to levy
customs duties on American mer-
chandise in conformity with the
clauses of the Lausanne treaty be-
tween the United States and Tur-
key. (The Lausanne treaty was ap-
proved by the United States Senate
foreign relations committee Saturday
with reservations guaranteeing to
each country freedom of action in
restricting immigration and leaving
~ Tic u d
policy of preferential tariff treatment
for goods carried in American ships.)
Vienna, Feb. 23-Helmuth Neu-
mann, director of the Woellersdorf
factory, Austria's principal NUM-
tons making plant during the war,
has been arrested on charges involv-
ing wastage Of material alleged to
amount to 4O0.Oo0.0O0,000 crowns.
During the war. the factory employed
$4,000 persons. After the armistice
the Austrian government made il
over first to the Allgemeine Elekriz-
itaets Gesellschaft of Berlin and
then to German syndicate headed
bv Herr Sklarz, brother in law Of
Neumann. under which management
stocks Of raw material and machin-
cry are alleged to have been allowed
to go to waste.
New York. Feb. o3-Job +. Hodges,
nationally known lawyer. wit, and
political sage, who died yesterday
morning at Atlantic City. will he
buried Thursday at Evansville. n. ".
with funeral services here Weines-
day afternoon. Mr.. Hodges was born
in Elizabeth. y. j.. on May 10. 1852.
but soon afterwards he moved with
'1hi'N W iIdllSN lllS, WueTe lie
spent most of his boyhood. He was
admitted to the bar in 1896. after
graduation from Princeton Univer-
sity and Columbia Law School.
Cairo. Egypt, Feb. o3.-Thirty per-
sons were killed and So seriously in
Jured in a fire which destroyed nearly
all the village Of Rahmaniya, near
pamanhur. today. Five hundred huts
were burned to the ground.
Washington. Feb. Ca searching
inquiry into charges that he had prac-
ticed before federal departments in
connection with the fur dyeing indus
try was invited by Senator Spencer.
republican. Missouri. in a letter sent
To-Day 10 Attorney General Stone
Providence, Feb. o3.-Nrrs. Jessie
Margaret Budlong, whose Whereabouts
for the past As hours have been a
mystery, was at New York hotel last
night, where she was in conference
with her attorney. Judge Malcolm d.
champlin of Providence. he declared
today. He added his client expects to
return TO her Newport home "the lat
TIA part of the week"
Montpelier, Vt. Feb. o3.-Gov.
rankin S. Billings takes exception
TO the statement of a Boston paper
70 the effect that he is taking larger
detail to the inaugural than President
Coolidge requested from each state.
and emphatically stated this morning
that ne is keeping within the escort
or so persons as provided in the joint
resolution, therefore keeping within
the presidents request The band