Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-24
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Cincinnati, Oct. 23-(AP)-ons'
hundred and nifty guests escaped.
without injury from the Hotel New
land, where fire broke out at 2 o'clocks
this morning and for half an hour
threatened to destroy the entire
building. A general alarm brought'
all fire fighting apparatus to the.
downtown section however, and the,
flames were subdued after they hadl
destroyed the roof and a portion of.
the upper story Of the hotel. 4
1 New York, Oct. 23-(AP)-A be-.
quest of $10,000,000 to be admins :.
tered by the Duke Endowment was
made in the will of James b. Duke,
tobacco magnate in his will filed to-
day at South Somervlle, N. j. Thes
win directed that 100000 Of the
$10.000,000 bequest should go for the
construction and equipment OF q
medical school, hospital and nurses
home at Duke University at Durham,
N. c. The will does not reveal the
total value of the Duke estate, which
has been variously estimated az
sums as high as $150.000,000. !
| Boston, Oct. 2s-(AP)-James
Lesneski, postmaster of Tyler. Pa,
was ordered returned to the western
district Of Pennsylvania after a heary
ing in the federal district court here
today on a charge of being fugfs
tive from justice. He Is wanted fog
the alleged embezzlement of $500. Id
postal funds. LesnesN told the poe
lice that he became so disturbed oveE
domestic troubles that he took q
couple Of drinks, gathered UP all the
money in sight and did not rememS
Der anything else until he found hims
self in Boston. A policeman found
him wandering about the streets in .
dazed condition.
i Ware, Mass, Oct. 23.-(AP)-In al
attempt to end the strike of weavers
Of the Otis Company who have been
out about a month, representatives OK
the strikers met the board of select-
men today and another conference will
take place later in the day after the
agent Of the mills has been consulted
Iconcerning a point at issue. The
weavers went out when asked to open
ate a larger number of looms. Nb
change in wages is involved,
Berlin, Oct. 23.-(AP)-Plans to dy-
Mantle a statue Of Emperor William 4
in the main street of Breslau were dis
covered last evening. Pedestrians all
day long observed two men in works
mems clothes chiseling into the marbls
structure. A large hole was made,
but no suspicious were aroused until
after the men had stopped work In the
afternoon. Police inquiries revealed
that they were communists who were
bent on putting dynamite in the hole
and blow up the monument.
New York, Oct. 23.-(AP)-On mor
ton Of the district attorney. the crinss
inal charge laid against Talbot w.
Chambers, wealthy c1ubman, as q re~
suit of his testimony in the divorce
suit Of Thomas H. Symington was
dismissed today in special sessions
Chambers was named as correspond
dent by Symington and when called
as witness described the alleged re-
lations in some detail. His arrest on
warrant was Immediately obtainef
at the behest of Mrs. Symingtons
counsel. H., IA. 4
Chicago. Oct. 23.-(AP)-Beer val
ued at $9,000,000 has been shipped INTO
Chicago from eastern breweries with
railroad connivance, it is charged by
prohibition officials, who promise the
biggest beer-running scandal since the
18th amendment became law, when
they lay the results of a half years In
vestigation before the federal grand
jury.
st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 23-(AP)-Tt
ger Flowers, Atlanta negro middle~
weight, soutpointed Jock Malone of
st. Paul here tonight. Newspaper
men decided, after Malone twice re.
fused to. accept the decision on fouls
Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 2s-(AP)--
Colonel William Mitchell storm cen-
ter of the air service controversy,
was a radio speaker through RADIO
station VITO, the Travellers Insure
ance Company, here tonight, the adj
dress being given by direct telephone
connections from Washington. "To
leave the major developments OF avi-
alton in the hands of the army and
navy" he said, sis like .entrusting TO
development of the automobile busi-
ness to street car corporations or the
| electrical illumination Of city to q
gas company" =
New York, Oct. 23-(AP)-Roxy
Stinson. a star witness in the in
vestigation last year of former At
torney General Daugherty, Is being
kept under cover here by federal
agents. It is announced, however,
that she will not testify before the
federal grand jury investigating the
alleged irregularities on the part OF
Former Alien Property Custodian
Thomas w. Miller. She has been
subpoenaed. se
Berkeley, Cal, Oct. s3--(AP)--A
motion for unification with the Meth
odist Episcopal church was lost hers
Yesterday in the Pacific conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church'
South, failing TO obtain the three
fourths vote necessary.
Joigy, Department OF Yonne.
France, Oct. 23-(AP)-Under a bur-
den of 20 years and seeing want ana
misery Staring him in the face, Judge
Ernest Leblanc, who was about 80
be retired from the bench. hanged
himself in, his office here after having
killed his wife, 73 years old, and ms
niece, Marie Louise Kollon, an Or
phan, aged seven.
Springfield. Mass, Oct. 23.-(AP)'
I-George PRIME 60, police commits
sioner. dad today. He was former
ly for years engaged in whip manu-
| featuring in Westfield. He served
overseas in Y. M. c. A. work our
ing the World War. =, x14A5
Worcester, Mass, Oct. 23.--(AP)
Fire originating from spontaneous
combustion in baled shoddy ware
house in the rear of hotel on
Front street here this morning, was
accompanied by numerous hot air
/ explosions, which gave more than
half the fire apparatus of the city
busy hour. One fire captain was
severely cut by falling slate. The