Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

walton for her two small daughters,
aged four months and three years,
Mrs. A. j. Cox shot and killed her
offspring and then ended her own
life with a rifle on a lonely ranch %
miles from here, Tuesday.
Moscow. May 6-(P)-The execu-
tive committee of the soviet labor
Confederation passed resolution
today TO appeal to all union members
and workers in soviet institutions to
J contribute quarter Of one days
wages To the striking British work
ers. In this manner, 100000 rubles
($1,750,000) will be raised. Two
hundred and fifty thousand rubles
have already been sent to the gen
eral English trade council.
Hanover. n. H.. May 6.-LP,-A
gift of $4,000 from A. V. Barker.
~, of Bradentown, Fla. for the es-
adjustment of graduate fellowship
and a gift of $1,000 for William n.
Niles, 'S3, of New York, to augment
the undergraduate scholarship estab-
lisiled by his father. were announced
from the Dartmouth presidents Of
flee today.
Brussels. May 6.-tP)--Belgian
royalty, foreign diplomats and
descendants of the Napoleons. paid
last homage today to Prince Victor
Napoleon, Bonapart pretender to the
throne of France who died here Mon
day. Despite cold. rainy weather a
large crowd witnessed his burial at
the Everes cemetery. Followed by
his cousin, King Albert of Belgium
and four princes, Victor Napoleons
body was borne to the church for
funeral services. Imperial Eagles
stood guard over the coffin while re-
QUEEN was said.
Newton. Mass. May 6.-(P)-Bos-
ton College debaters, upholding the
affirmative side of the question re
solved. that the political interests of
the United States demand the
abandonment of the Monroe Doc
trine." received a 2 to / Judges de-
cision over Holy Cross team here
tonight.
Paris. May 6.--(P)-Thirty pas
sengers are reported to have been
drowned by the sinking of a Russian
in Rumania, says dispatch to l.
s -
Boston, May 6.-[P)-Five and Ten
cent stores are forbidden to sell eye
glasses or lenses to correct vision
under bill ssigned today by Cover
nor Fuller. The measure was fled by
the state board of optometrN and
contains regulations for the practice
of optometry. A $50 to $500 fine or
Imprisonment 70 rnot over three
months or both are the penalties
provided for first offences.
Philadelphia, May 6-(P-Her-
schell Bennett, outfielder OF the st.
Louis Americans. injured while
fielding a foul fly in the game with
the Athletics today, is suffering
from conclusion of the brain and
liberation of the scalp. Physicians
tonight said his condition was good"
but that he probably would have to
remain at the hospital week.
Cambridge. Mass, May 6.-[P,-
Definite upward swinging OF the
Harvard sport pendulum is seen in a
report issued today by the athletic
committee of the Associated Harvard
Clubs. an organization made up of
graduates throughout this country
and its possessions. The report will
be presented at the Clubs annual
meeting early next month. The re-
port issued as a supplement to the
Harvard Alumni bulletin. notes
among the past years improvements
the recognition of athletics by the
college authorities as an integral
part of the student curriculum: the
appointment of w. j. Bingham as
Harvard's first athletic director with
faculty standing; and continuous
of the athletics for all" policy. 1t
censures the Harvard Crimson. I'M
dergraduate daily, and the Alumni
Bulletin for printing sensational ar
ticles about athletics, and scores the
aloof attitude of students and ath-
letic managers toward schoolboy and
other visiting athletes.
Scranton. Pa, May 6.-P,-An
investigation was started today into
the death of Julia Danke, 16. Of Ola
Forge. who died at the county Jail.
1t is alleged that the girl died after