Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-13

liquor brought ashore at Minton's
Beach, SwampScott, and stored in
house and garage of the johnson es-
tate within stones throw of white
Court" selected for the presidential
summer mansion.
Dedham, Mass, May 1.-The jury
in the case of Celestino Madeiros, 9TH
erwise known as Fred Bedard, on trial
! Tor murder in connection with the
death of Frank E. Carpenter, aged
| cashier of the Wrentham National
| Bank, was taken to Wrentham today
| to view the scene Of the crime. The
cashier was shot by a band of men
who attempted to rob the bank Nov. l
! last.
Dublin, May 12.-(AP)-Notwith
standing the legend that st. Patrick
i banlshed all the snakes from Ireland
4, one has been discovered in Dublin and
is now on exhibition in the National
Museum. 1t Is a very small specimen
less than two feet long and of the
harmless variety. News of the find
caused much comment in the press
Snakes have occasionally been brought
into Ireland from overseas but they
have never been known to breed here
| Boston, May 12.-The Suffolk county
grand jury today began an investiga-
ton to determine whether a deficiency
Of S250,000 in tine finances of Revere
Is due to criminal negligence or to
! carelessness of officials in that city,
A report of examiners of the state de-
partment of corporations and taxation
said that bill amounting to $4,000
| arising n q 11oooI
had been presented to the city for pay
ment. Payment of the bills was re-
| fused by Mayor Walsh.
New York, May 12-(AP)-Calling
| Tor worldwide cooperation in fighting
| crime, Police Commissioner Richard E.
EnriSht, president OF the Interna tional
: Police Conference, today in an address
| at the opening of the third biennial
! convention urged thf nations forget
| their mutual rivalries in fight on the
common enemy Citing the steady
growth and influence of the confer
ence, Mr.. Enright emphasized that the
! police problems no longer are confined
to individual cities and countries but
are world wide in their scope.
Parish. May 12.(AP)-The French
| NApAHOS toNdy approved
Foreign Minister Brands two notes,
one replying to the German offer of a
security pact and the other laying
down the requirements for German
disarmament before Cologne shall be
evacuated. The disarmament note,
which will be submitted to the allies,
is proposed as the text the allied coun-
Gil of ambassadors should sent to Ger
| many as long-deferred summons to
disarm in compliance with the treaty
OF Versailles. Its terms have not been
made public but it Is known to be a
compromise between the French and
British views.
New York, May 12-DecIaring them
selves in fight for survival, indepen-
| dent producers and theatre owners
meeting here have taken the, first step
in a move to compel what they term
the big three combine of film maxi
ers-Famous Players-Lasky, Metro
Goldwyn and First National-to cease
purchasing new theatres and to give
up those they already have. Into the
plan was projected proposal to Sc
lect some head for the Independent
groups who shall out-Hays VIII Hays.
A formal plan was ready for presenta-
eAOi az thC olchlIlS ScSoioH VI the mo-
ton picture theatre owners conyen-
| ton today.
Norfolk, Va, May 1.-THE counter
part of the dry navy's blockade of rum
| ships off New York is functioning
around the Virginia Capes, according
| to coastguard officials, who say 26
ships are on watch for any rum boat
headed this way. Officials declared no
rum ship has entered the capes during
the last four months.
| Plymouth. VT, May 12-(AP)-
Colonel John c. Coolidge, father of
the president, does not remember any
thing about a fainting spell he is re-
ported to have suffered early yester-
day on the porch of his farmhouse
home here, he told inquirers today.
His health. Colonel Coolidge said. is
about as usual" After an examina-
ton of his patient last night, DR.. AL
bert w. Cram of Bridgewater, the
Coolidge family physician. pronounced
Colonel Cool.dge's condition to be bet
ter than for weeks Pulse and blood
pressure, the physician said, showed
marked Improvement.
Rome May IL. tAP)-Fremier Mussi-
lini has appointed Vice Admiral Baron
Won Alfred Acton as head of the gen.
eral staff of the Italian navy. Baron
Acton served as the Italian naval del
egate at the Washington armament
conference.
Middleton, Mass. May 12-The old
| Crane House, a landmark at South
Middleton, near the paper mills. was
hvry. ,<I ..x,t, 4
by the estate of Dennis Reardon of
cause of the fire has not been de-
termined. g..
Toxic, May IL (AP)-The Japa-
nese charge d'affaires at Moscow to-
| day messaged Toxic that the Soviet
government has declined to permit
the proposed flight of two airplanes
through Russia enroute from Toxic
to London on fight spnsored by
the Asahi, Toxic newspaper. The
message said that the Soviet govern
ment would permit the Japanese av-
iators to fly only as far as Moscow.
Washington, May disappointment
of George G. Butt, dean of the law
school of the University of Texas, as
attorney general OF Porto Rico. was
announced today at the White House.
| Washington, May 12-Announce-
ment mas made today by President
Palmer of the Fleet Corporation that
bonus of $50 each to the masters
as we'll as chief engineers of the so
Shippinga Bord vessels standing
highest for efficiency of operation
would be paid for the six months
period ending July 30.
London. May II (AP)-Evacuation
| of the Cologne area depends largely
upon Germany's good faith in car
rying out the Dawes plan and the