Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Cen. Skallon governor general of
Warsaw. who recently closed 10000
Polish schools and dsbanded a number
of labor unions, has ordered all the
Jewish clubs in Poland to close.
Compressed air will be used in the
effort 20 float the Canadian Pacific Lin
er Mount Temple, ashore at In Have
Iron Bound island. Steel hawsers
stretched from the ship to large iron
rings fastened In the lodges will prevent
her stern from swinging further on
shore and divers will temporarily patch
the holes in her bottom.
Christmas eve at Rome was the oc-
casion of some festivities in which AM
orleans took Il prominent part. The
church IN which Midnight Mass was
celebrated, was crowded. among the
congregation being Mrs. William Jen
nings Bryan and her daughter. They
We're accompanied by the American
ambassador, Lloyd c. GriScom.
Judge Rosalsky in New York sus-
pended sentence Tuesday in the case
of Hugo C.. NoeckS, who pleaded guilty
Monday to Matchmaking Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian. against whom
charges have been preferred in con-
Elsie. Voecks was paroled in the GUS
tody of the Society for the Preve ntion
of Cruelty to Children. which sent the
court u letter requesting clenlency.
The AssizeS court in Paris Tuesday
sentenced C;ustave Herve, the anti
military leader, to one year imprison-
ment and to pay a fine of $3.50 for de-
flaming the army and navy and melting
hi, IL;
in the Guerre Social. His assistants
on the paper. Nm. Almerridan and
Merle, no did not appear before the
court, were sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment and to pay a fine of 30
francs by default.
The South Chicago plant Of the ILL
nois Steel Co, employing 1000 men.
shut down Tuesday until after the
holidays. "There is nothing unusual in
this shut down" said President Buff
fington's secretary. The works are
closed for week or two at this time
every year; we do not expect to be
closed down more than two weeks. The
employees understood that this would
not be required until March L."
While Baltimore & Ohio train No. s
was passing n point about 10 miles
from Cumberland. Md, Tuesday an un-
identified man, thought to be deranged
left his seat. jumped across the aisle
and plunged out of the window of the
car. The body was ground to pieces.
The man was apparently a foreigner
and about Is years old. His ticket was
for a trip from Chicago to Philadelphia.
He was we'll dressed, but there was
nothing by which ne could be identi-
fled
On application of Attorney General
Jackson. Supreme Court Justice Green
baum signed an order Tuesday at Ne"
York directing Herbert II. Nreeland. oren
Root, Jr.. and seven other directors OF the
New York City Railway Co. to appear
before Referee John Frankenheimer for
examination into the recent appointment
of receivers of the company by the Unit
ed States circuit court. The order also
requires the production ut the hearing
of the minute books of the company ana
the records Of every directors meeting
since Sept /. In his petition the attorney
general alleges that there was coiusion
between the railway company and the
Pennsylvania Steel Co, and Degnon Con-
tracing Co.. which brought the action
for the appointment of the receivers Inc
application further declares that the pres
ent action is brought to procure JudG-
ment dissolving the defendants corpora
ton and FORGETTING its corporate rights and
privileges on the ground that it has re-
manned insolvent for at least 4 year ana
for the appointment of receivers t" hoi''
the property of the defendant pending the
trial of the action
Cana1a,s government revenue from NJ!