Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-16
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NEWS BRIEFS
Keene, n. H., Nov. 14-Miss Cath
crime Malloy, about AZ, a graduate
nurse, was brought to the Elliot
Community Hospital from Winches-
ter, n. H., this afternoon with a self
inflicted wound caused from %
calibre revolver. The bullet entered
under the heart and came out thru
the back.
Paris. Nov. 14-(AP)-The Cologne
area will be evacuated Dec. 1, the AL
lied Council of Ambassadors decided
officially this evening, the Council
having been satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION given by Germany in her
latest disarmament note.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE 21st an
nual automobile salon will open at
the Commodore tomorrow at p. NJ,
and will continue to the following
| Saturday night. The largest and fin
est display of custom coachwork ev-
err assembled and 10 makes of world
| famous motor cars will be on exhi-
bition. The record number of entries
will fill the entire ballroom floor of
the big hotel and overflow into the
main lobby.
New York, Nov. IA skyscraper
garage, to be the largest in the
world, will be erected on Thirty
ninth street, near Eighth avenue, by
Motor Inn, Inc, a syndicate headed
by r. L. Lipscombe, who announced
today the purchase of a site running
! through the block to Thirty eighth
street. The proposed building will
| represent an investment of 100000,
and will have accommodations for
1900 cars.
New York. Nov. 14-(AP)-The
present immigration quota law Is a
complete success in the opinion of
w. w. Husband, second assistant
secretary of labor, in charge of i'm
migration. From normal pre-war
immigration of 100000 we have re-
duced the number of alien entrants
to thisc ountry to $4,000 in the past
fiscal year." Mr.. Husband said in a
statement issued today at a meeting
of the conference on immigration
policy at the town hall.
! New York, Nov. 14-Gov. Franklin
! S. Billings of Vermont, Charles 10th
rop Pack, president of the American
| Tree Association, and Gov. Alfred E.
! Smith of New York, have approved
! the suggestion of the National Plant,
| Flower and Fruit Guild, that Christ
| mas trees this year, instead of being
cut down and thrown away after the
| holidays, should be preserved alive,
in pots, and replanted Next year, for
the increase of our national forests
1t Is proposed to procure the live
| trees from nurseries instead of from
the natural forests.
Whitefield, N. H., Nov. 1.-two
| hunters, Newell Nutting of Newport,
n. H., and George Prescott of Mere
dith, n. H.. were instantly killed here
about 4.30 p. M. today when the auto
mobile in which they were returning
| from trip was struck at a grade
crossing by a train bound from st.
Johnsbury, VT, to Portland, Me. In
some manner the mems bodies were
| thrown through the doors of the
| sedan in which they were riding,
falling beneath the wheels.
Concord, n. H., Nov. 14-Philip w.
Sherburne, former postmaster in
| Pittsfield, was sentenced to six
months in Belknap county Jail today
IN United States district court, by
Judge George f. Morris, on an indict-
ment charging him with indorsing
and cashing war savings certificate,
valued at $500, belonging to an aged
Plttsfeld woman. The offense oc-
Cured in war time, but his arrest
and indictment came recently.
Plymouth, England, Nov. IA
tAP)-Lady Aston, moved by the
tragedy Of the MI, sunk with is
men off the Devon coast, told an
audience of Plymouth women TODAY
that she was quite ready to go
around the world and try to rouse
the women to work for the abolition
OF submarines. Lady Astor struck
the Keynote of her speech today with
the demand scrap submarines"
one urged the women of all coun-
tries to unite in support of this de-
mand.
New York, Nov. 14-(AP)-Selec-
ton OF Charles E. Hughes as head of
the new state reorganization COM
mission was seen as assured TODAY
when II. Edmund Machoid, former
assembly speaker, announced his
withdrawal as a candidate for the
post. Mr.. Machold said he personally
would place the name of the former
secretary of state in nomination.
Leominster, Nov. 14-Mr. and Mrs.
Edward ]. Turner, View street, OBJ
served their golden wedding here to-
day, holding open house all day and
a reception this evening. They were
married in Philliston and lived there
until moving to this city about Is
years ago. They are active in the
Methodist Episcopal church here.
They have five children.
Washington. Nov. 14-(AP)-The
JOY that the Christmas tree brings to
children far outweighs any damage
that the cutting of these small trees
does to the forests, the United States
forestry service declared today in en-
dorsing the tinsel bearer of the yule-
tide. AS matter of fact, the ser
vice pointed out. the annual harvest
of Christmas trees is exceeded many
times by those used in the manufac-