Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-16

British at Swatow demanded an off,
ciaI apology, punis.>-ent of those
( guilty of the attack and reparatlon IN
the form of Compensatory.
Newport. N. j, July 15-(AP)-An-
nouncement was made today that the
borough council had accepted the
resignation of Constable Joseph hey
er. who recently arrested the driver
of a car with flat tire for spee1lns.
Bochum, Germany, July 15-(AP)-
| All French civilians connected WIN
the garrison in the city of Hattingen'
on the left bank of the Ruhr depart
ed today for Ludwigshafen.
| Chicago, July 15-(AP)-Veterans
of the Rainbow Division, in the clos
ing business session Of the three day
| reunion here, elected the Rev. Fran
els P. Duffy of New York, fighting
chaplain" of the division, president.
Watertown, S. D., July 15.-Win-
| fred S. Meek, u, of Garden City,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
upon his plea of guilty today to
charge of having killed Byrle Healy,
II year old Garden City girl, last
| Sunday night.
Boston, July 15.-(AP)-Daniel ].
and Timothy Barry, brothers, were
arraigned before Judge Lummus in
| superior court today on secret in
! dictments In connection with the
| collapse of the Pickwick Club build
ing July 4 in which A persons lost
their lives. Timothy was president
of the club and his brother an Of
/ fetal. The club president pleaded
not guilty to two indictments charg-
ing manslaughter and was held in
$1,000 for trial. Daniel Barry was
charged with maintaining common
nuisance. Bail in his case was fixed
at $500.
| Washington, July 15.-(AP)-
| Short supplies of hogs for the next
| few months point to continued price
advances through the late summer,
the Department of Agriculture de-
clared today in its June pig survey.
Frederick. Md, July 15.-(AP)-
Robert Shroyer, % years old, con-
victed of wife beating, today was
whipped at the post by Sheriff In
| gomar w. Albaugh of Frederick
| Gil idoIlcS were dDDUo0
with regulation blacksnake whip
under sentence passed last Mondav
by Magistrate Guy X. Motter. Shroy-
er shook hands with the sheriff
when the sentence had been car
ried out. .
Rothesay, Scotland, July 15.-
| tAP).In moderate northwesterly
breeze the challenging American six
metre yacht Lanai and the British
oe1ender Cola today started their
fourth race for the Seewanhaka c,In
Ihe Lanai has won two of the three
races so far. Three victories are
necessary to take the cup. A trian-
gurar course was again sailed TODAY.
Ihe distance was IA miles.
Newark, N. j., July 15.-(AP)-
MRS. Alvenah Spencer today was
nelo IN S!'oOO bail for the grand jury
Ior atrocious assault and battery in
| throwing acid in the faces of PATROL
men men Carl Heckert and Alfred Thisle.
Inc police broke down a bathroom
door in the home of her mother
| Mrs. Chester o. Jones last night to
prevent her from committing sn;.
eide and found the woman with her
Iather's razor in one hand and a
bottle of poison in the other.
New York, July 15.-(AP)-Mrs.
Helen AuguSte Gelsen-Volk todav
| pleaded guilty to an indictment re-
turned last May charging substitu.
tlon OF children at baby farm"
which she conducted lin East S6tb
street. She, was discharged op her
own recognizance in another indict :
ment charging first degree man
slaughter for the death of children
at the baby home.
San Francisco July 15-(AP,-
damages to the extent of $4,000
LOT alleged wrongs suffered by being
dismissed from the cast are sought
IN suit filed by Edith Ransom, who
prayed the vampire role in Thomas
Wilkes production here of "White
Cargo" Named as defendants are
Ihomas Wilkes, Richard Tucker, he
ro OF the play. who is accused of
unnecessary physical vioIence
against Miss Ransom in carrying
out his role, and others.
| Atlantic City, N. j.. July 15-(AP)
| -How the last attempt of anthra-
cite miners to win the hong- contest
| ed "check-off'' from the mine owners
| In 1923 produced a union heroine
! from an unlocked for quarter was
revealed for the first time today by
Ihomas Kennedy, miners interna-
tional secretary treasurer.
| Los Angeles, July 15-(AP)-The
birth of tow great granddaughters
OF Lucky Baldwin, late California
! millionaire land holder, was an
nounced mere today. The twins.
| weighing four and five pounds res
| pectively. arrived in the household
,, of Baldwin M. Baldwin, son of An
| ita Baldwin, last Saturday. Their
| mother. formerly Miss Nell Maxim,
was reported resting comfortably.
San Francisco. July 15-(AP)-
Dismissal of several hundred defen-
dants charged with violations of the
prohibition amendment appeared i'm
| minent today as a result of the ac-
ton of United States District Judge
John S. Partridge yesterday in hold
ing illegal search warrants obtained
by under cover" agents in affidav-
| its signed by other than the true
names of the persons swearing out
the warrants.
indianapolis. July 15-AP)-Pay-
, roll robberies have been reduced
to the minimum In San Francisco bv
sending heavily armed police escorts
( with the messengers, according to
Dan O'Brien, chief Of police, here
attending the convention of Interna-
tional Association of Police Chiefs.
Only one successful payroll robbery
has taken place in the California
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