Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-18
NEWS BRIEFS

NEWS BRIEFS
Macmillan Arctic expedition given
fitting send off by national. state and
city notables at Boston.
Moroccan tribesmen hear uncon-
firmed report of death of Riffian
leader, -el-Krim.
Lumber plant fire in Washburn,
Maine, causes damage of 100000
and threatens village.
i Mutual Savings Bankers in session
at Poland Springs, Me-. hear greet
ing from President Coolidge.
Miss Glenna Collett, American
golfer, wins way to second round of
French international championship.
William B. Premier of Cleveland.
selected to succeed the late Warren
s. Stone as head of Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
Everett Scott, veteran shortstop.
released by Yankees TO Washington
team by waiver.
Search for explorer Amundsen be-
gun by aviators of Norwegian gov
eminent expedition along Spitzber-
gen coast.
Death list by disaster to Lacka-
wanna Railroad train at Hacketts-
town. Pa, reaches ~, with a score
in serious condition.
Diplomatic corps at Picking again
calls on Chinese government to act
on situation caused by recent dis
turbances.
Eighteen governments sign arms
traffic convention and % the gas
protocol at Geneva conference.
Cambridge, Mass, June 17.-(AP)
The election of the Harvard base
ball captain, which is usually held
Immediately after the deciding Yale
game. has been postponed until next
fall, the baseball advisory committee
announced tonight.
Ottawa, June 17-(AP)-Mrs. w.
G. Fraser, formerly Miss Alexa Stir
ling of Atlanta, Ga, today won the
ladies' championship of the Royal
Ottawa Golf Club by defeating Miss
Helen Padgett, district champion,
three up and two to play.
East Bourne, England, June H.
(AP)-John Hennessey of Indian
apolis and Ray Casey of San Fran
cisco, making their initial appear
ance In the doubles competition of
the British-American tennis matches
today were defeated by the veteran
British combination, L. A. Gorfree
and J. d. Wheatley. 40. GA, 11-9,
40, 6-3.
Washington, June 17.-(AP)-No-
tice has been served on all World War
veterans still eligible for vocational
rehabilitation to get into such train
ing before June 80. After that date
no disabled veterans may commence a
vocational training course.
Chicago, June 17.-(AP)-The Chi
cago Tribune today printed series
Of love letters written by William Nell
son McClintock to his fiancee, Isabelle
her testimony in the trial of William
D. Shepherd, charged with the murder
of his foster son, McClintock, by adj
ministration Of typhoid germs.
Geneva, June 17-(AP)-Peace and
good will among nations was the
note when today the inter-
national conference on the control of
the traffic in arms and munitions
ended with eighteen countries, en-
phasizing their desire for information
al cooperation by signing the arms
traffic convention and twenty-seven
to the protocol outlawing
the use of bacteria and poison gas in
war time. The American delegation
signed both DOCUMENTS. This is
new record for Geneva. Doubtless
many more states will sign after the
delegates have consulted their home
Portsmouth, N. H., June 17-(AP)
F. c. Martin, in COM
mand of the United States sub
marine H-19 when 1t grounded off
Nauset Beach. Cape Cod, on January
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