Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-29

| ~ q 'SoLiiAittCS Ols 10 u STUDY the eu-
! tire issue when the general assembly
of the church adjourned here yester-
| day. Members of the commission are
to be appointed by the new moderator,
Dr. Charles r. Erdman, and the body
will report back at the next assembly.
London. May 28-(AP)-Ambassa-
dor Alanson B. Houghton, speaking
at luncheon given on his honor by
the English speaking Union today,
said 1t did his heart good to see tens
| OF thousands of Americans scattered
| about England because 1t had - ten
| dency to bring the United States and
Great Britain closer together and at
the same time 1t gave the travellers
insight into some of the European
problems that confront the world to-
| day.
Brighton, Eng, May 2S-(AP)-
| Chancellor Winston Churchills silk
tax which has had some hard knocks
since the budget was announced, got
another known today when DR.. Percy
Hall of Mount Vernon Hospital of
London, told the Congress of the
Royal Institute Of Public Health that
the silk tax dealt a blow to the
health of the women Of England"
Modern women, said DR.. Hall cap
tured the elixir of eternal youth by
casting away superf1uous clothes and
wearing silk next to her skin.
Atlantic City, N. j., May 2s-(AP)
Every year between 800 and IT.
900 child cripples are added to the
population of tie country and at the
present time there are five cripples
to every 1000 of populations. DR.. F.
A. Gaenslen Of Milwaukee, Wis, to-
day told the Orthopedic surgery Sec
ton of the American Medical Assoc
citation. Infantile paralysis was res
ponsible for one-third of all the juv-
emile cripples, while others were the
result of ricketts, and joint tuberculo-
sis he said.
! Provincetown, Mass. May % -
Manuel Oliver So year old fisherman,
was believed to have been drowned
last night off Longs Point light
when his boat caught in the weirs
The boat, the 454. was found in
Provincetown harbor this morning.
London. May 2s-fAP)-The cabi-
net today considered the explanation
recently furnished to it by Foreign
Minister BRAND of France of de-
tails of the draft Of the proposed
French reply to Germany's SUCCESS
| tons for the formation of security
pact. The French note has not vet
been sent to Germany. A draft was
sent to the British government last
week. in order that England and
France might be agreed in advance
upon the reply. The British auth
critics requested France to elucida.e
certain details of the note.
| Washington. May Is (AP) The
army general staff has been directed
to make study of the effect upo:,
the military establishment of further
| progressive reductions in army APP
preparations, should that be ordered
under the administrations economy
program. The study is understood to
nave been ordered on the basis of q
White House communicat ton to the
war department. Whether other
government departments have re-
ceived similar budget economies
suggestions has not been disclosed.
At the navy department, Secretary
wilbur would not say whether naval
puoget omcers We're engaged in a
study similar to that of the war de-
| partment.
New York. May 2S-(AP)-Feder.
| al Attorney Emory r. Brackner, who
| was formerly law partner of Elihu
Root and whose padlocks have closed
scores of all-night .cabarets in the
| Roaring Forties,s announces that
hereafter he will prosecute only the
big fish in the liquor muddle and lct
the small fry alone. The federal pro-
hibition department and the police,
ne says, have approved this policy.
London, May 2s-(AP)-Aliens
known to be engaged in subversiva
actions abroad, will not be admitted
| 70 Great Britain t. attend the annu-
al conference of British COMMUNISTS
| opening at Glasgow, Scotland, next
sunday. This announcement was
made In the House of Commons to-
day by the home secretary, Sir vii.
liam Joynson-Hicks, who said he had
| issued instructions to this effect with
the full assent Of the government.
| Hugo, Okla, May 2s-Hugo, town
| Of 5000 Inhabitants today is with
| out bank. A'stgn upon the door OF
| the city National Bank informed the
public yesterday that '"for the pro-
lection of the depositors," the bank
! was not open. Business was at a
standstin today. The only money
| available was in pockets aud cash
registers. Many persons attended a
baseball game yesterday between
two Sunday school teams, others
! played golf or went fishing.
| Boston. May 2S-(AP)-Seyeral
score guests, of tthe. Quincy House.
| ore Of the historic hotels of Boston.
| were guided to tho street through
smoke filled corridors today, when
| fire, starting in an electrical store on
! the street floor, spread up through
| the six story building to the roof.
| Two aged couples on the second
floor. were carried to safety by the
| f1remen.
Springfield, Mass, May 2s-(AP)-
After hearing testimony that a fed
eral prohibition agent served drinks
! from bottle out Of his coat and the
agents deiial of the charge. United
State Commissioner Gordon has TAX
three employees of a tea room charg-
ed with selling liquor. w..
Naples. Italy, May 2S-(AP)-The
latest excavations at Pompeii have
revealed bronze statue, six feet
high, believed to represent Apollo.
The figure is perfect in all details
and is regarded as one of the most
valuable of any Of the finds made in
the Pompeiian ruins.-It has been
removed, to the national museum
for expert examination.
Washington, May 2S-Government
economy has produced new variety
of postage stamp which will be
sought by collectors who have been