Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20

ton of the country is given as a.
3S9S42, of which 13,195.SsS persons
are over IS. the qualified voting age
in the plebiscite. The number of
votes cast was 6,9S9,043.
Detroit. Sept 1S-(Pl-The army
diriSible RS-1 paid a brief visit to
Detroit and Selfridge Field today
and started back to its base at Scott
Field, ILL.,, when radio advices told OF
an approaching storm. The return
trip began at 2.20 o'clock this after
noon, slightly more than an hour aft
err the big ship arrived at Selfridgc
Field from Detroit
New York. Sept 1S-The third an
, nual Radio Worlds Fair ended to-
night after a record breaking atten-
dance, more than 23O,00U persons
having visited the various exhibits n
| the new Madison Square Garden
during the week.
Cincinnati. Sept 1S-Mrs. Alice
| Roosevelt Longworth, wife of Nicho-
las Lonsworth, speaker of the house,
| probably will accept the appoint
ment of Republican national COM
mitteewoman from Ohio if she IS
chosen. it was understood here to-
day. Mrs. Longworth herself de-
clined TO comment on the matter.
Forest Hills. y. V. Sept. 1S-Two
men fighting in the street over which
should pay a taXicab fare were killed
by an auto today. The men, Bernard
O'Neill and Edward McCabe. rolled
! in hA Ia, 4
! an auto, coming at high speed was
on top of them before the> driver
could stop. ,
Albany. Ky. Sept. IS-(P,-W. r.
Cummings, SO, was convicted and
Mrs. Dora Lawrence Burchett. "a.
| acquitted of the murder by poison
ing of the latter's husband. A. f.
Burchett. 70. wealthy farmer. by a
jury here. Cummings punishment
was fixed at life Imprisonment. His
counsel filed motion for a new trial.
Fftchburg, Sept 1S-Two pros
poets, Leonard Oakham. who mys-
teriously disappeared in 1882 and
Arthur st. Cyr of Gardner and Ash
burnham, who suddenly dropped out
OF sight in 1917, were eliminated to-
day in the effort to identify the skele-
ton Of man found in the woods off
Fisher road several days ago.
Evanston. ILL.,. Sept. 1S-PD-In an
effort to elevate the standards of
church music in America. a special
apartment of church and choral mu-
sic will be established at Northwest
ern University this fall under Dean
r. c. Lutkin, widely known authority
on church music.
Haverhill. Sept. 1S-Arthur A. Bur
rage. -, was arrested in Haverhill
today, charged with making an at
tack on Miss Lillian Champagne 16,
OF Main street, Haverbill. Miss
Champagne was returning to her
home shortly after - O'Clock this
morning. when Burrage. according to
her story, approached her and near
the Smiley School on Main street at
tempted to force his attentions on
her.
Lawrence. Sept. 1S-Miss Julia F.
Whitcomb, daughter of Myron Whit
comb president of the Merrimack
National Bank of Haverhill, it was
learned here today, was secretly
married yesterday afternoon. to AL
pert F. Howard, who returned here
but a few days ago from Mexico
where with his brother, he had fol-
lowed his father, John Howard. as
part of legal battle growing out of
the alleged failure of the latter TO
provide for the mother of the bows.
me ceremony was performed by the
Kew. Arthur Barber pastor of Trim
ity Congregational church, this city.
in his home.
Rochester, n. H., Sept 1S.-Miss
Mary Roupes, 81. who has been en-
ployed by a Massachusetts institu-
ton in the suburbs of Boston made
an unsuccessful attempt to end her
life Saturday afternoon at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hill, Center
Strafford, by slashing her throat
with carving knife and also in
f1lctlng cash in her left wrist.
She was found in her room by Mr..
Hill and an academy student, Miss
Ethel Brock.
Washington, Sept. 1s-Deluged by
letters and official denials of his
charges >that resentful Frenchmen
have desecrated the graves of Amer
lean soldiers in France, Senator Car
away. OF Arkansas. explained today
that he had only been repeating
what others had told him and that
he had no evidence of his own to
support the charges which have
caused a mild international sensa-
ton.