Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-04
NEWS BRIEFS

Shenandoah death list stands at
IA; Navy rushes relief to survivors !:
bodies of victims will be shipped
from scene to homes; dependents
hear news bravely at Lakehurst.
Read Admiral Moffett announces
disaster will not affect naval devel-
opment of aircraft.
rabbit Maranville resigns as the
manager of the Chicago Cubs. /
John B. Inman of Springfield, Ils
chosen commander in chief of G. A.
r. at conyentio min Grad Rapids.
Secretary Wilbur orders proposed
San Francisco Hawaii flight of ma
val plane Phi indefinitely postpon-
ed.
No news of Whereabouts of miss
ing Hawaii-San Francisco fight
plane.
George A. Parker of Boston named
prohibition administrator for New
England
500 families made homeless in
South Ell Paso by food waters.
BY Franco Spanish offensive
against Riffs to be launched within
"a hours.
Picking, Sept 4,-(AP)-The reply
of the powers to Chinas request for a
readjustment of the tariff and extra
territorial treaties was delivered to
the foreign Office this (F'riday) morn
ing. The reply was in the form of an
dentic note.
Geneva. Sept 3.-(AP)-The deli
cate problem. a heritage of the Great
War, of whether the former Turkish
province of Mosul, supposedly fabu-
lousy IRISH in oil, should be restored
to Turkey or Joined with the new state
of Irak, now under British mandate,
was fought over today before the
council of the League of Nations. Both
Turkey and Great Britain claimed SOW
ereignty over Mosul and urged the
council to hand it over to them. Both
countries had previously agreed to &C.
cept any finding of the council.
New Haven, Conn, Sept. sap
Closing of two part-time motion pic
ture theatres and forced discontinue
ance of periodical, film exhibition by
two of the latest effects of the opera
ton of the Connecticut motion pic
ture tax law and the withdrawal of
the film exchanges from this city, it
was learned today through Eugene
Treybor. secretary to the operators
union.
Providence, r. l., Sept 3-(AP)-
John Troy, Worcester bandit gang
leader. was reported to be in this
city this morning. Chief Inspector
Robert F. Corners Immediately sent
out general alarm.
Boston, Sept. 3-(AP)-One more
was added to the list of manslaugh-
ter indictments brought as a result
of the collapse of the Pickwick Club
here on July in which A persons
lost their lives when Thomas E..
Booth was arraigned today charged
with manslaughter in four counts.
Booth, who is employed by Haven "
Hopkins, architects. is charged with
manslaughter in having caused the
death of Edith Jordan, a member OF
a might before the Fourth" par ty,
fatally injured when the five story
brick structure crashed downward
into the basement Booth pleaded
not guilty and was released in $500
bail.
Halifax, Sept. 3-(AP)-Nova SEQ
tia may defend the>international fish
ing trophy at Gloucester this year if
some arrangement can be made
whereby the contestants will abide
by the decision of the officials con-
corning the race, w. H. Dennis, don
or of the cup. stated today.
Paris, Sept. 3-(AP)-A big Fran
co-Spanish offensive against the
Riff1an tribesmen in Morocco is to be
launched within As hours, it was de-
clared today in official quarters. The
drive will begin on the western wing,
where the French and Spanish forces
recently effected a junction.
London. Sept. 3-(AP)-The cost
of the government subsidy to the
coal industry during the first month
that it has been in effect is estimat-