Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-09

Strike at Holbrook shoe factory
called off after officials conferred with
union leaders in Boston.
st. Johns, n. F.. April Sap
The Hudson Bay Company has un-
dertaken to ship chilled fish. princi-
pally salmon, to the British market
and for that purpose has acquired a
large cold storage warehouse here
The plant has been leased for two
years.
Ottawa. Ont. April S-(AP)-The
international Pulp and Paper Com
pany of New York has purchased the
Hull Electric Railway Company and
the Hull Electric Company from the
Canadian Pacific Railways for 81
100000. it was learned today. The
purchase also includes the water
power development at Deschane Ra-
pids on the Ottawa River above Hull
as well as a power development oil
the Hull Electric Company at Pugan
Fails ont he Gatineau River. Hull is
a city in Quebec province directly
across the Ottawa River from this
city.
senate today passed to a third read
ing bills limiting the power of dis
trlct courts to suspend sentences or
to place complaints on file. It res
ended It's previous action of passing
the bills to be engressed. Without
debate the senate passed TO be en-
crossed a bill providing that the dis
trict attorney shall move for sentence
nor later fha n 81
OF guilty, or after a verdict of guilty
In a case OF felony not punishs BILE by
death where no question of law has
been reported for decision by the SUI
preme court.
Paris April 8-(AP)-That peace
In the Riff depends upon acceptance
or the Spanish terms by Add ell Krim.
the Moroccan leader, was the general
opinion after the conference between
Premier BRAND, and the Spanish am
bassador, Count Quirfones de Leon,
today. The two governments are in
accord, II was said. The talk covered
not only peace terms but conditions
under which negotiations may be I'M
dertaken. ADD el-Krim will be given
to understand that the authority Of
the sultan of Morocco and the super
vision of Spain must be recognized
before there is talk of peace. If the
Riffian chief wants to continue the
conversations on these terms, his
representatives will be invited to Ra-
bat, where delegates of the sultan,
Spain and France will be ready to
talk with them.
Paris, Apr s.-(AP)-Ohicial an
nouncement was made this evening
that Louis Malvy, minister OF the
interior, has resigned.
Washington, Apr. S.-(AP)In a let
ter to every member OF the New York
legislature, Representative Emanuel
Celler, Democrat, New York, urged
today prohibition referendum in the
state next fall "The drys in the
present congress-" he said. "can pre-
vent national referendum. They
mistake stubborness for true cenvie-
tion and fear of constituents for
courage"
New York, Apr. S.-(AP)-Another
step toward the formation of a new
Nickel Plate merger plan was taken
today when the Van Sweringen in
terests reached an amicable arrange
ment with the Chesa peake and Ohio
minority stockholders committee.
which successfully opposed the orig
inal consolidation proposal Under
the agreement. George Cole Scott,
chairman of the committee, and ]. S.
Bryan will be elected directors of
the Chesapeake and Ohio to repre-
sent the minority shareholders and
the committee, which had led the
fight against the Van Sweringens,
will be dissolved