Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-13

Body Of Reading, Mass. sanitorium
patient found rear railroad tracks.
Authorities believe he was killed by
train during blizzard.
Brussels. Feb. 12-(AP)-Foreign
Minister Vandervelde was asked in
the chamber Of deputies today whe-
ther the Belgian government was
acting in concert with France, Swift
zerland and Italy in regard to the
matter Of granting refusing agents
OF the United States treasury the
right to examine books Of private
firms doing business with the Unit,
States.
NJ vandervelde declared that the
government woud neglect no means
per action to safeguard the interests
Of Belgian producers and merchants,
Brawley. CAL, Feb. 12-(AP)-
Seventy-five per cent Of the Mexicans
In Southern California are facing de-
portation because of their failure to
pay SIS head tax each on entering
the United States. Business men
and ranchers of the Imperial Valley.
however. today are taking advantage
OF an agreement with Federal imrni-
grafton officials whereby they will
pay the tax and accept repayment
from their Mexican employees in
inStallments.
Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 12-(AP)-
Overcome with grief, Mrs. Enos
Clark. the mother of Tyrus Clark.
who was executed here Jan. 8, died
II days later, and the father, whose
mind became deranged the day of
the execution, has been sent to an
insane asylum. Clark was sentenced
to die by the electric chair on
bank robbery and murder charge.
Mrs. Clark became i'll when she
learned he was to be executed, dy-
ing Jan. 10. The father failed to
recognize the body of his son after
the execution and has since been
sent to the state insane asylum.
New York, Feb. 12-(AP)-A pro-
test against the sale of confiscated
Russian jewels and works of art,
announced by the soviet government,
has been issued by the Russian
Lawyers Association in the United
States whose headquarters are here.
The protest signed by Nicholas 8.
Karinsky, president. denounces the
SdIS dS ICW VI iHlC vi llC DOtohC-
viks against Russia and her history"
and warns prospective buyers that
legal action will be taken by the
"rightful owners" as soon as the
treasures reach foreign markets.
Boston, Feb. 12-(AP)-Dr. z. L.
d. Turner, registrar of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Is oppos-
ing bill before the state legislature
that would permit an investigation Of
the school He charges that Abra-
ham Flexner, investigator for the
Carnegie Foundation, recently con-
Quoted an investigation at the college
by interviewing an assistant janitor
and good looking scrub woman"
Vera Cruz, Mex, Feb. 12-(AP)-
Fourteen Spanish Catholic priests,
expelled from Mexico for alleged vio-
lation of the constitution, were en-
barked on the steamer Espagne here
today. The priests protested their
innocence of any offense.
Mexico City, Feb. 12-(AP)-Ten
foreign priests have been deported
from Mexico, eight more are held for
expulsion. and the police are seeking
other alleged to have violated the
Mexican constitution, it was officially
announced here today. The depart
ment of the interior has given "a
hours notice for closing several
schools and asylums conducted un-
der religious management.
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