Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-13
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| Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 11.-(P)-Forty
men, including two former justices,
were named in conspiracy indictments
returned today by the federal grand
| jury in connection with the govern
ment investigation into administra-
tons Of dry raiding justices in Cuya-
| hoga county. One indictment named
80 persons, including former justices
day raiders and alleged bootleggers
and another secret true bill named six
| persons whose identity was not reveal
ed. The investigation is directed
against alleged bribery and corruption
| in Justice courts.
! Dresden, Dec. 11.-Pursued by dogs,
| seven-point buck slipped and fell on
! the ice Of the Eastern river near the
| lower village today and broke it's back.
| Officials Of the State fish and game de-
partment were notified and ordered the
animal be killed to end its suffering.
| while instructions were also given to
try to locate the owners Of the dogs.
Tokyo, Dec. 11.-(P)-Emperor Yo-
shihito Is critically i'll Of pneumonia
Oxygen and heart stimulants are be-
ing administered to keep him alive.
His eldest son, Prince Regent Hirohito,
and the Crown Princess Nagako have
Joined the Empress Sadako at the bed
side of the stricken monarch. The EN-.
peror's mother, Countess Yanagiwara,
also is at Hayama, seaside town not
far from Tokyo, where the emperor
lies in his villa. Prince Chichibu, Sec
ond son Of the sovereign, will take the
fastest steamer leaving England for
Japan.
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 11.-(P)-
President Adolfo Diaz OF Nicaragua
today issued a manifesto in which ne
reviewed his accusations that the
Mexican government is actively sup
porting the present Liberal revolu-
tionary movement in his country. He
charged that reliable information in
dicated that officials of the Mexican
government were Quitting q vessel
which, with an armed expedition,
would proceed shortly to Nicarag qua
under the escort of Mexican gunboats
to make war against his government.
Worcester, Dec. 11.-(P)-"Spiritual-
lists are nothing and Sir Conan Doyle
as a scientist is not to be taken serl-
ously, but nevertheless there remains
unexplained fact awaiting solution"
declared Prof. Hans Driesch at the last
meeting here tonight OF the Cidrh I'M
versity symposium of psychical re-
search. DR.. Driescn, president of the
British Society for Psychical Research,
is this year Carl Shurz exchange pro-
lessor at the University of Wiscon-
sin.
Washington, Dec. 11.-(P)-A re-
ouest that a suitable medal be given
to Matthew A. Hensen, the negro who
accompanied Admiral Peary to the
North Pole, was made in a bill intro
duced today by Representative Cellar.
Democrat, New York. He said Hen
sen. "who at the peril of his own life
saved Peary from death and made the
polar discovery possible" received
neither reward nor honor. and today,
old and i'll from exposure. he is an
obscure mental servant in the custom
house at New York;"
White Plains. N. Y, Dec. 11.-(P)-
The defendant in damage action has
no right to break the skin of the plain
tiff to get evidence. it was ruled In
court today. Supreme Court Justice
Tompkins denied the application of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad for permission for spinal