Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-29
NEWS BRIEFS

NEWS BRIEFS
Chicago. May 2s-(AP)-Interest
in the swiftly moving side drama of
the Shepherd case, depicting alleged
bribery and attempted jury fixing is
now divided between the thus far
unsuccessful search in New York
for Robert White. states witness. and
disclosures said to have been made
to the states attorneys Office of rea-
sons why White fled the city.
Chicago, May 2S-(AP)-Double fu-
neral honors were paid today to DIR.
Ernest Dewitt Burton, third president
of the University of Chicago, who died
Tuesday. The service comprised COM
memorative chapel services for the
university at noon, with a public flu
neral at $50 p. NJ. lin Leon Mandell
Hall on the campus.
New York, May % - (AP) - AL
though almost seven days have pass
ed without word from the Amund-
SEN Ellsworth North pole expedition,
plans for relief parties in America
and Norway, have been halted on
the advice of veteran explorers. The
consensus appears to be that the fly
ers are in no immediate danger.
Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explor-
err, points to the possibility Of
Amundsen going to Cape Columbia,
in which case nothing would De
heard from until the first mail from
Thule, about this time next year.
New York. May 2S-(AP)-After a
q ma r.
riages and two divorces Eleanor Hoyt
Hichborn Wylie Benet now faces the
prospect of the annulment of her last
divorce. Attorney General Sisson CT
Rhode Island desires to have 1t va.
Gated on the ground that the Rhode
Island domicile she claimed was fic-
tional, today's Providence Journal
says. Elinor Wylie, as she calls her
self, being a member of the Lucy
Stone League, is now the wife Of
William Rose Benet of New York,
literary critic and novelist She is a
poet. The divorce under fire is that
obtained two years ago from Horace
Wylie.
Chicago, May 2S.-(AP)-Thirty
mid-western golfers qualified today
in Onwentsia for the national open
golf championship with scores of ISL
or better for Sc holes. The leade~
of the field was "Bill' Melhorn, of
Chicago, western open champion,
who had remarkable score of IL
66-137. Melhorn's total was within
two strokes of the record qualifying
score made by Jock Hutchison three
years ago at. Skokie, where he shot
6S-67-135.
Athens. Greece, May 2S.-(AP)-The
Greek negotiations with Jugo-Slavia
havt reached what Is described as a
critical stage, but the premier denies
that rupture is imminent because the
Jugo-Slavian government will not per-
sist in it's demands regarding the Sa-
lonika railroad and free roads. Secret
instructions have been sent to the
Greek delegates at Belgrade.
Mexico City, May 2S.-Copies Of a
letter signed by Adolfo de la Huerta
and other exiled rebels inviting nu-
merous military leaders to join in q
movement for the overthrow of Presi-
dent Gales, have been turned over by
the recipients to the secretary of war.
Drastic measures are being taken to
check any revolutionary activities.
Paris, May 2S-(AP)-Consider BILE
damage has been done to crops by the
continuous rains of the last three
days throughout France and If the
downpour continues agricultural ex-
perts fear there will be a deficiency
necessitating purchases abroad. A crop
shortage, it is declared, would be Sc
rious In view of the financial crisis
and the downward tendency of the
franc.
Annapolis, Nd, May 2S.-Attaches
of the United States Naval Academy
dragged the Severn River throughout
last night in an attempt to locate fur
their trace of Lieut.. Gerald Selby, Sc,
of the Naval Medical Corps, and Miss
Lucille Merrill, IS, of Roxbury, Mass,
a student nurse. Lieut.. Selby and the
young woman embarked on the river in
a canoe Tuesday night. Yesterday
canoe identified as theirs was found
floating bottom up and coat picked
up on the shore nearby contained let
tiers and documents bearing the name
of Selby. Persons living in the vicini-
ty of the river bank yesterday reported
hearing cries late Tuesday night.
Fairmont, W. Va, May 2S.-(AP)-
Fifty-nine men were today serving the
first of their Today periods in Jail,
following the findings of Judge w. s.
Meredith, who held them in contempt
of court through alleged violation of
an injunction granted the New Eng
land Fuel & Transportation Co. The
defendants( along with 81 others
were found guilty of pieketing activi-
ties which were prohibited by the in
junction. All were fined 81 and costs.
Fifty-four paid and the others were
remanded to Jail in default of pay
ment.
New York, May 2S.-(AP)-The New
York American today quotes Harry K.
Thaw in explanation of his association
with Miss Fawn Gray, dancer, who.
the paper says, has received $4,000
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