Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-28

| (AU)-Three nremen were injured
and damage of $350.O00 was caused
when fire today destroyed the plant
of the Texas Refining Company here.
Brussels. Aug. 27-(AP)-Metal
workers. 10000 of whom have been
on strike for month, today voted to
resume work Monday under a COM
| promise which 1t is considered cer-
tain the employers will accept.
! Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 81
| (AP)-The Danish naval authorities
| claim to have Information that the
| Latvian government has laid a mine
| field between Libau and Stein Ort
(along the coast Of Courland on the
Baltic Sea.)
7 New York. Aug. e7-(AP)-A coin,
rolling out OF a detectives hand, led
three detectives, in its fickle course,
| directly to a cache at Williamsburg,
| J.. l.. where $4,000 worth of stolen
crude rubber was hidden, and result
| cd in the arrest of two men on a
charge Of grand larceny.
Worcester. Mass, Aug 27-(AP)-
The four boys arrested yesterday by
local police on suspicion of connection
with the Troy gang of automobile
bandits were arraigned today on
! charges of taking automobiles without
permission. Three were sentenced to
| boys reform schools while the fourth
was held for the superior court.
Buckeye Lake. Ohio, Aug. 27-(AP)
"A discussion centering around the
| subject of the right of peaceable as
semb1y constituted the most impor-
| tant issue today before state and re-
gional heads of the Ku Klux Klan,
who are holding their national coun-
Gil here. The gathering. which has
been in progress since Tuesday, is
to end today.
Paris, Aug. 27 - (AP) -, Finance
Minister Caillaux, by his visit to
London, has made real step toward
settlement of the debt puzzle. This
is the general sentiment of French
opinion as voiced in the newspapers
Of moderate tone and large circula-
ton. The Journal says NJ. Caillaux
has achieved one of the greatest sue
| cesses Of his career.
Berlin, Aug. 27..-(AP)-The Ger
man governments reply to the
French security note. dispatched to
Paris last evening consists of a brief
acknowledgment of the notes re-
ceipt and the statement that it was
"perused with interest" The reply
also welcomes the suggestion for
oral discussion Of the security prob
lem.
Pittsburgh. Aug. 27-(AP)-The
engineer and fireman of the Pitts
burgh- Buffalo Flyer of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, were injured. the for
mer seriously. when the train was
deailed at Braeburn 20 miles north of
here today. A number OF passengers
in two day coaches were shaken up,
but We're able to continue their jour-
ney to Buffalo.
Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 27-
(AP)-British shipping to the
amount of 262.O00 tons is now lying
idle in Australian ports, due to the
seamen's strike. The governments of
Tasmania, Victoria and South Aus
tralia, in reply to request by
Premier Bruce, have promised pro-
lection for seamen remaining loyal
to their agreements. (South Aus
tralia and Tasmania have labor gov
ernments.)
Ashland. KY, Aug. 27-(AP)-A
vain attempt to save the life of his
son yesterday cost William Moore,
SS. father of seven children. his own
life. Moore, with his son Hubert, IA,
had been attempting to reach a nat
ural spring at his home near here.
After attaining a depth of e feet,
Moore set off charge of dynamite
to loosen bits of rock which they had
encountered. After the explosion
Moore let his son down into the ex-
cavation to fan away the smoke and
fumes.
Springfield. Mass, Aug. 27.-(AP)-
Thomas l.. Hisgen, who in 1907 polled
5000 votes for governor of Massachu-
setts on the Independence League
ticket and the following year can
vassed the country as candidate for
the presidency on the same ticket, died
here today agted 81. Mr.. Hisgen came
into prominence 20 years ago when,
as head of the Four Brothers. indepen-
dent oil company he fought the
Standard Oil Co, and in the course
of his conflict introduced in the legis-
lature an anti-discrsmination bill,
which, however. did rot pass. He re-
tired from the oil business in 1917.