Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-29
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Quezzan, French Morocco, Aux. 2s
-tAP)-The entire group of A,neri :
can aviators here made their arst
fighting flight over the enemy tribes
mems camps today. dropping 24S
kilograms of bombs and scoring many,
direct hits.
Philadelphia Aug. 2S--(AP)-Seye
men early today held up Phila iel-
phia Rapid Transit Company paw car
| SIKH and Willow streets, and es-
capped with S9,100 after a severe bat
tie with the crew. The car contained
a payi oil totalling $4,000. Fred Wag-
| ner, Reading Railway Fireman,
who went to the assistance of the car
crew. was badly beaten.
Revere, Mass, Aug. 2S-(AP)-
Revere's tax rate for 1925 is s48.80
per thousand, an increase of s1160
over last year, it was announced
today by Mayor Walsh. 1t is said
to be the states highest.
Paris, Aug. 2S-(AP)-The situa-
ton in Syria where French forces
are opposing the rebel tribesmen of
DJebel Druse district, is unchanged,
according to the latest dispatches
received by the war department.
West Palm Beach, Fla, Aug. IS
&AP)-Firing one pound shells as
fast as its single gun could be loaded
and discharged, revenue cutter
engaged in combat with two vessels,
thought to be smugglers and liquor
runners, inside the Lake Worth In
let last night and forced the vessels
oft to sea, where the fight was con-
| tinued. Capture of the runners was
regarded certain, but had not been
reported this morning.
Cherbourg, France, Aug. 28-(AP)
The Belgian debt commission, re-
turning from Washington, on its ar
rival today on the liner Majestic re-
| fused to discuss the negotiations. at
/ Washington, which resulted in an
agreement for the funding of Belsi-
um's debt to the United States.
Patterson, n. j., Aug. 2S-(AP)-
1t cost Frank Adams, negro, $50
! for carrying razor with hicks in
it. Brought before Judge Seufert
| for carrying concealed weapons. Ad-
ans admitted the charge but said he
had the razor only for shaving.
! That razor has too many hicks in
! it for shaving replied the court.
Tokyo. Aug. 2S-(AP)-The Jap
! anese government today sent pro-
! test to the Chinese authorities at
| Canton against the shooting last
Wednesday of three Japanese from
| the destroyer Momy, one of whom
was killed. 1t is understood that Is
marines in motorboat went to tie
! assistance Of the Japanese liner
Shinyo Maru which was aground
river fortress on the motorboat and
| three marines were hit.
| Kansas City, Mo-. Aug. 2S-(AP)-
! Seven aged men are meeting in re-
union here today. They are the rem
nant of a once notorious band Of
! Civil War ushwackers-Warren G.
Quantrill's guerillas. Annually for
, many years, the survivors of the fol-
I lowers of that free lance southern
sympathizer have met and talked
over the days when they rode with
! Frank and Jesse James and other
noted marauders of the border safes.
| Quantrilrs most noted exploit was
~
| II. 1867.
Montpelier, Vt, Aug. 2S-(AP)-
In response to a telegram sent Gov.
| Franklin S. Billings by the Standard
| Oil Co., of New York, in which the
company said that it would be glad
! to give Vermont the same reduction
in gasoline prices that it has given
in Maine, New Hampshire and New
, York outside New York City, Mr..
Billings has replied by letter, again
protesting. He calls attention to
! the fact that Massachusetts is not
| included in the list and that with the
price two cents lower there. Massa-
chusetts is favored four cents a gall
lon because it has no gasoline tax in
that state.
Dayton, Ohio, Aug 2S-(AP)-Ap-
proXimately zoe shooters at Wanda
liza were competing today for the
grand American handicap trophy,
the highest honor in trap shooting.
s. A. Green of Waterville. Maine.
won the preliminary to the grand
American yesterday by breaking 80
targets from the Is yard line.
Dover. Aug. 2S.-(AP)-Setsu
Nishimura, Japanese long distance
swimmer abandoned his attempt to
swim the English channel today aft
er being in the water only two hours
five minutes.
Chicago, Aug. 2S.-(AP)-Unif-
cation of the Methodist Episcopal
church and the Methodist Episcopal
church South, will be voted on at
20 annual capfaran,ac of tbo Nor+l
ern church. scheduled for August
and September, nine of them in the
former month. Five conferences
vote today. An announcement from
DR.. Il. J. Wade, Chicago, secretary
of the Geneva conference. the exc
cutive session of the world service
commission, says the vote to date in
the northern church stands 5,S1J for
and only 3So against.
Toledo. Ohio. Aug. oS.-(AP)-
Eighty guests fled to the street in
sleeping attire when fire swept the
Toledo Hotel in the downtown dis
trict here early today. A luncheon
in the same building was destroyed
and for a time the Toledo Blade
building was threatened. Damage is
estimated at $120,0O0.
Pittsfeld. Mass. Aug. 2S.-(AP)
The three thousand striking textile
workers from five woolen mills in
this city who left their work l. days
ago because of a wage cut of 10 per
cent, will be back at work Monday
morning. according to a statement
from an authentic source. The
manufacturers met yesterday after
noon at the Wendell Hotel and