Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-02

Boston, July 1-(AP)-MrS. Mary
Waldron, 80 years old, Of the Dor
chester district, was instantly killed
tonight when she was struck by an
automobile while crossing street
near her home. Solomon Shor Of
Maiden, the driver, was arrested and
held in $1,000 bail on manslaughter
charge.
New York, July 1-(AP)-Contrast-
sharply with the record heat wave Of
less than a month ago, the weather
today in New -ork was the coolest
for July 1 since 1885. Early this
morning the temperature was IS de-
grees, only one degree above the
record set forty years ago.
Portland. July 1-(AP)-A garden
planted to beans produced grape
wine when deputy sheriffs enacted
the role of gardeners at 153 Grafton
street yesterday. They dug between
the rows and Uncovered seven gallon
jugs and twelve quart bottles Of
wine. Further digging revealed a
key Of raisin mash. No one was ar
rested. a.
Melilla, Morocco July 1-(AP)-
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has suffered a broken leg by being
thrown from the back of his mule.
The animal was frightened. by the
noise of an airplane.
New York. July 1.-(AP)-Con-
necticut's new motion picture taxa
tion-censorship bill, which went in
to effect today, will be fought in
federal courts under the interstate
commerce clause. and Aim producers
are considering the possibility of
Withdrawing from the Connecticut
field as a protest against the bill,
CORTLAND Smith, secretary of the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America, said tonight.
Fall River, Mass, July LAP
Mounted Patrolman Armand j. Du-
frens, %, was fatally injured when
thrown from his horse this after
noon. He was taken to the Fall
River General Hospital where he
died.
Paducah, KY, July 1.-(AP)-
The authorities of the local board of
education was behind Superintend-
ent j. L. Hanifan when he informed
Miss Leila v. Scopes, sister of John
T. Scopes, that her services on the
high school faculty here would not
be required. Miss Scopes was I'M
willing to say she did not believe in
the theory of evolution, Zed A. Ben
nett, member of the board, said to-
day. She had been a teacher here
for two years, and was preparing to
teach in Bowling Green, KY, next
winter.
Harrison, N. Y. July 1.-(AP)-
The discharge of Captain William
Frank of the village fire department
by the fire commissioner, charged
with taking fuses out of the towns
fire alarm boxes so that his nocturn-
al slumbers would not be disturbed,
was upheld by the village board to-
day..
New London, Conn.,, July 1.-(AP)-
AS his first official act upon his as
Stunning his duties today as Connecti-
cuts first sole commissioner of box
ing. Thomas f. Donohue wiped out all
existing suspensions of boxers and
managers which had originated with
the state boxing board. Under the
working agreement which Connecticut
has with New YORK, however, ne was
unable to remove the suspension of
Louis (Kid) Kaplan, featherweight
champion, without stvering relations
with the New York body. Mr.. Donohue
expects to confer tomorrow with
chairman James A. Farley of the New
York commission on the removal Of
Kaplan's suspension.
South Dartmouth, Mass. July l.
(AP)-Dwight w. Tryon of New York,
internationally known landscape
painter, died here today. For 33 years
he was head Of the art department at
Smith College.
Chillicothe, Ohio, July 1.-(AP)-
William Conley. former Cleveland
American inielder, died at his home