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

, on the honor system at 123 Newbury
, street was methodically explained by
Patrick Fortune on the witness
! stand in the district court today. At
| ter he finished his tale the court
| fined him 5000. He appealed.
Jacksonville. Fla. Jan. 31.-Heirs
f, who sit quietly by until property in
| creases in value from $3.50 in 1918 to
; 500, WO.G00 hundred years later
! have 10 right to any portion of the
property. said a decision yesterday
by Federal JUd,e r. NJ. Call.
| New York, Feb. 1-Mischa. noted
vfolinist announced today that he
, will be married to Miss Helen Katten
of San Francisco, Cal, IN the near
| future. Mr.. Elman said he met Miss
Rattan four years ago when he was
on liner bound for Europe.
Paris. Feb. L (By a. P)-Presi-
dent Doumergue, speaking today at a
| banquet of the Association of Repub-
| lican Journalists, made reference to
| the ruin inflicted on France and the
| destruction OF her riches by the
| world war and the insufficiency Of
security that followed. as giving her
| the right to ask her friends to UNDER
|
of justice, the greatness of the diff
| culties she has been forced to face.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 31.-George
Wilson, former head Of the Oklahoma
| A. and NJ. College under the admins
| tration of Gov. j. c. Walton, shot and
killed himself at his home today. Po-
| lice said that the shooting was ac-
| cidental.
New York, Jan. 29.-Country-wide
organization of teachers to reform
! chemistry courses, harmonize the pro-
| gram of schools and colleges and bring
| industry closer to the classroom, is
| advancing rapidly, according to the
committee of chemical education Of
1.-THE American Chemical Society.
I st. Johns. N. F.. Feb. 1-Operation
of the prohibition law which has
been in effect in New Foundland for
eight years ceased last night and to-
morrow a new statute will become
effective providing for government
control of the sale Of liquor. Under
the new act intoxicants will be avail
able in specified daily allotments.
The law is modelled on the Quebec
liquor act.
! Picking, Feb. 1 (By A. P)-The
| conference to readjust pressing A.
nancial and military affairs in China
I opened today with LAG present out
of the 166 leaders invited. Tuan Chi
Jul, head of the provisional govern
J ment. made an address, with q poet
&c reference to spring time and seed
| ing, of which he declared the pres
| ent effort emblematic. Minister OF
/ the interior Kung Hsin- Chen. repre-
Sentlng the cabinet, spoke briefly,
after which Chao-Er- Tseng, selected
chairman because he is the oldest
| delegate, pronounced the conference
, formally opened.
| Newton. Mass. Feb. 1-William B.
(; Watts, former deputy superintendent
of the Boston police department and
! internationally known as a detective,
died at his home here early TODAY.
| Watts served for 80 years with the
Boston police during which time he
gained reputation as q hunter of
notorious criminals. He was born in
Cambridge in 1851 and was promi-
nent in Masonic circles.
New York. Feb. Leonardo Gu
ardino. IS, was shot tonight and is
| in serious condition in a hospital
here. He was waiting on a street
corner for his flancee when an auto
mobile drove by and three shots were
| fired from it. all striking him in the
body. Guardiano's assailant es-
| capped in the machine.
Athens Feb. Am imposing mass
meeting was held this afternoon at
the ruins of Jupiter's Temple in
protest against the expulsion from
!Constantinople of the Greek Patri-
arch. The crowds subsequently
paraded the streets shouting for ven
geance against the Turks Special
police measures were taken to pro-
tect the Turkish legation.
Athens, Feb. 1-(By A. P.)-Tho
tide of public Indignation is rapidly
rising throughout the country, and
everywhere associations and public
bodies Of all kinds. religious and lay,
are passing resolutions Of protest,
assuring the Greek government of
support of the entire nation in de-
handing satisfaction for the expul-
sion of the Greek patriarch from
Turkey by the Turkish government.
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