Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-05

the presidency, after a heated debate.
President Saavedra's term of Office
had expired but he had been hold
ing the post during the agitation over
Nillaneuva. New elections will be
called for November.
Boston, Sept. 4-(AP)-Lightnins
struck a boat in which Miss Hazel
McDonough of South Boston was
fishing in the. harbor today. Life
guards at l. Street beach saw the
boat drifting and found its occupant
dead. Considerable damage was re-
ported from various parts of the
state as a result of the severe cleo
tricaI storm which broke a three
weeks drought early today. In
Wakefield, Newton and other places
chimneys were struck by lightning.
In Brockton the Sacred Heart church
was damaged when a bolt struck the
steeple.
Toms River, n. j., Sept. 4-(AP)
Capt. Aanton Heinan, former. Ger
man dirigible pilot and construction
adviser in the building of the Shen-
andoah. said today that the removal
of eight of the Is safety valves on
the dirigible's gas bags, was the
cause of yesterdays disaster and
that the victims of the crash gave
their lives to save this precious he
lium.'
ST Adams, Vt. Sept. 4-(AP)-|
General Lincoln C. Andrews, assist
ant secretary of the treasury in
charge of prohibition enforcement
arrived in the city this morning en-
route to his summer home in South
Hero. He expects to pass the week
end with his family and may prolong
his stay two or three days to tour
the border in this district and the
state of Maine to make a first hand
study of existing conditions.
Lakehurst, n. J., Sept. 4-(AP)-
Forty children left fatherless by the
naval dirigible Shenandoah Inflated
western trip were mourning today in
their homes near the naval air sta
ton. the headquarters Of the "Daugh-
ter of the Stars" and her mate THE
Angels" Mrs. J. H. Klein, Jr, wife
of the commanding officer at Lake
hurst, called on all the bereaved fam
lilies and found them taking their sor-
row with philosophy of the birdmans
wife, as expressed by Mrs. Zachary
Lansdowne, widow of Lieut.. Com
mander Lansdowne, who was killed.
Havana, Sept. 4-(AP)-Jail war
dens are being disciplined by the
government for alleged indiscretions
as officials. Chief Warden TABLET of
Pinar del Rio, was discharged yes
terday because he is said to have
shown too much joy on the morning
that Nalentin Martinez, a wife slayer
no t1,yo 40 = -,
of his sentence to life Imprisonment.
Warden Clementel Pine of Matanzas,
IS said to face dismissal for putting
on a dance in the Jail and allowing
women convicts to take part in the
festivities which lasted until the
small hours of the morning.
Fez French Morocco, Sept. 4-(AP)
While warships arc Smelling Add
FL Krim's headquarters, the battle
front is humming with activity all
along the line. Reinforcements are
being rapidly slipped into places as
signed to them in the plan of action
formulated by Marshal Petain and
General Naulin. Headquarters re-
ports that the troops are straining
at the leash being aware that the
moment for the big push forward is
close at hand. The air service is do
ing most of the fighting at present.
1t has redoubled its energy and is
making repeated bombing flights.
Boston, Sept. 4-(AP)-Capt. Geo.
A. Parker, head of the Massachusetts,
state police patrol, named yesterday
to be permanent prohibition admin
istrator for New England, will as
sumo his duties in two weeks This
announcement was made today by
GeneralAlfred F. Foote, state COM