Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
NEWS BRIEFS

Thompson cut wood Saturday.
NEWS BRIEFS
Vienna. Dec. 31.-Passenger fares
on the entire state railroad system
are increased by from % to SO per
cent, effective January l.
Buffalo, \. Y. Dec. 31.-F'ire
early today swept through a block
Of stores on the south side of Seneca
street causing damage estimated at
$3.50, 900. Clothing and shoe stores
were the heaviest losers. At , A. NJ.
three Of the buildings We're still
burning ficrcely, but Fire Chief
IIaddon expressed the belief that the
fire would be confined to the block.
Northboro, Mass, Dec. 31.-The
Northboro Wooden Mills Corporation
plant at Wodsde. the towns largest
industry, was sold yesterday at pub
! lie auction: The property was
bought by Edwin Schwartz of New
\ ork for $114,GOO.
New York. Dec. 31.-J. p. Rich
ardson of Dartmouth was elected
wee president and the representa-
1--WE of District 1. by the National
Collegiate Athletic Association at
It's meeting here yesterday.
Boston. Dec. 31.-The resignation
Yesterday of William NJ. Wood,
president of the American Wooden
Company ana the elevation of An
GrrW &. Pierce. Jr.. Of New Bedford,
10 that post from the first vice preSi-
dcncy, was admitted by directors of
The CORPORATION ls,rt night. Both
attorney Wheaton kittredge of
Boston and Mr.. Pierce declined to
| commeat further on the action taken
at the directors meet yesterday in
Ehawshc - Village. the headquarters
o" the corccin. Details. they said.
would BE- given in a report to be
made puliic this morning.
. Washington. Dec. 31.-With senators
pressing their efforts to bring togeth-
er representatives of railroad labor
and the railroads on compromise legis-
iation on wage disputes, supporters of
the Howell-Barkley bill to abolish the
/ railroad labor board have decided to
abandon their efforts to press the
measure i'll the House next Monday.
! Tegucigalpa. Honduras. Dec. 81
DR.. Miguel Paz Barahona and Presen-
. tacion Queaeda We're elected president
ana vice president, respectively. Of
! Honduras Yesterday. They were the
! c1nGidatcS of the National party. The
! elections We're held amid perfect order
! for the first time in many years. The
Wly-clected officers will take office
( February / for four-year terms.
| oslo. Capital of Norway, Jan. I. 1925
-Christi&na, for three hundred years
the capital of Norway, exists in name
no more. ON the stroke of midnight
| last night the name Of the capital was
I changed to oslo. by which il was
known for about 500 years-from l047
10 1G24-when it was changed to Chris
tanla.
London, Dee. 3l-tBy A. P.)-The
kings New Years honor list was is
sued this evening. AS usual. the hon
ors are largely promotions of persons
in the various government services at
home. in India ana in the colonies. 1t
is ro;able. however. that in the list
more than customary attention has
been paid by King George to art,
science and literature.
Washington. Dec. 31.-Eight rail
road systems. with their subsidiaries
which have been required by the inter-
state commerce commission to install
automatic tr:in-Stop devices over por-
tions Of their lines by January /. 1925.
were given extensions of time today
running. in most cases, until July I.
Ii vt. Railroads given extension of
: r. To- trDt 1nfI
! the New Haven ard New York Central
I lines.
Washington. Dec. 21.-The House to-
: day refused to reimburse municipai-
tics along the air mail route for ex-
pCnScS incurred by them in the MAIN
tcnance Of flying fields and construc-
/ tion OF hangarS. Opponents of the
measure declared the municipalities in
question had undertaken to supply fly
/ ing fields on the understanding that
they would not he reimbursed by the
| United states and that they had done
50 for the benefits accruing TO them
by having air mail stations in their
cities.
Arlington. Mass. Dec. Si-Fire des-
troyod Crows Nest Inn. roadhouse
! failing n loss OF 100000 early today.
{ Chief John Casey of the Fire Depart
ment fell from the roof and frac-
{ turcd his collarbone and sustained
possible internal injuries. He was
taken to the Brockton Hospital. The
house had been closed for over a
| month.
| Ion1on Dec. 31-Leon Trotzky, the
| Russian soviet war minister. is still
! in Moscow, according to newspaper
dispatches received by way Of Hell
singfors and Copenhagen. Trotzky
is said to have declared himself
willing to leave tho soviet capital il
his dismissed adhorents are reinstat-
ed in their OIL positions and not eX-
posed to rcprisals. also if his oppan-
cntS in the supreme revolutionary
war council. especially General
Frunzn. are removed from the coun-
ell. 1t is believed an agreement will
lac reached. the dispatched added. but
TrOt2iiy's friends are of the opinion
that the reconciliation will not en-
durc.
Pcl:inG. Dec. 31-Sun Vat Sen. for
! mer head Of the Southern Chinese
. republic. with its capital ut Canton,