Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-07


| Havana Post has offered prize Of
$1,000 and it is expected that Glenn Fl.
| Curtiss, Mars. Ely and Baldwin will
60 to Cuba for the event, which has
aroused the greatest interest there.
After lying all night in the rain the
body of John Bonner, chief engineer
at the lighting plant Of George ).
Gould at Georgian Court, Lakewood.
| ~ j., was found just outside: the gate
| to the court. The cause of death
probably will never be known. 1t was
apparent from the condition of the
ground that struggle took place, al
though no marks Of violence were on
| the body.
Four horses owned by Queen Wilhel-
nina of Holland and horses belonging
to the French army, besides a large
number of other thoroughbreds which
are to compete in the coming New
York horse show had narrow escapes
early Sunday morning, when Durlands
Riding Academy was damaged by fire
to the extent of 100000 AS it was
only nine horses-all of them belong
ing to the academy-were burned.
Alfred De orc, the wonderful Cuban
cue expert, holder Of the Lambert
trophy, emblematc of the three
cushion carom championship of the
world, and now matched to play
Jerome keough of Buffalo for the
worlds pool championship at New
York, Nov %, 20 and 80, will play all
corners at Miah Murrays White Bear
Academy afternoons and evenings
n rfp,f No
ing Monday, Nov. 7.
Elwood w. Devine, aged %, letter
| carrier, was taken to Brockton from
| Brooklyn. The complainant is Alfred ID.
Gale of Pine street, father of Pearl A.
Gale, aged IA, who made a serious charge
against Devine last May. Devine was at
one time prominent bicycle rider and
football player. He had been a letter
carrier in Brockton for several years up
to last spring, when he got a transfer
to the Brooklyn department Miss Gale
is an adopted daughter of Alfred d. Gale,
That Gilbert Allis. son of the engine
builder who founded the Alis-Ch
mrrs CO.. married Amber Lawlor. an
actress, more than year ago is the
report that reaches milwaukee, from
NV bIh 10 IL Is tI.t
that there now is a baby Gilbert AL
lis, Jr. None of the AlliS family at
Milwaukee will say word about these
reports. Gilbert Allis' first wife was
Mrs. AylW ard, a widow, daughter of
lumber millionaire. The wife soon got
a divorce.
Escaping gas from an Oil extracting
machine flooded a small room in the
Standard Oil plant at Bayonne, n.
j., Saturday, suffocating one workman
and Telling another to the floor. A
third discovering the plight of his
two comrades. attempted to rescue
them, but was also overcome. Consid-
cradle time elapsed before other en-
ployes came to the room and dragged
the three men into the open ar. Inc
dead man is Joseph Gayliard. the lore
man of the room The other men are
not expected TO live.
Two explosions, occurring within
few minutes of each other Sunday
morning resulted in the death OF II
men in the Lawson mine at Black
Diamond. 80 miles Southeast of Seattle.
Wash Seven men going down on
shift and five men coming up were
caught between the first and sixth
levels and it is certain that all perish
ed. Natural gas combustion is as
signed as the cause. All the men were
foreigners.
Miss Bernice Hays, a 15-year-old girl Of
Worcester, Mass, Saturday captured Pc
ter Massa. p years old. who she claims
WAS stealing apples on the Hays farm
| For some time the Hays family has been
troubled by persons stealing fruit on
their farm, Miss Hays hid herself in the
orchard and when Massa entered the
ground he found himself looking into the
muzzle of a gun in Miss Hays hands.
Miss Hays kept the man covered until
the police arrived.
AIRS. Annie Gilmore of Jefferson
county, Ohio. brought suit for $4,000
damages Saturday at Pittsburg, Pa.
against Dio Rodgers, an attorney.
whom she alleges, mishandled case
for her in the jefferson county courts.
She says she sued John c. Lashley for
$4,000 and that Rodgers let the case
go to trial without u jury, and per
mitted a judgment to be entered in her
favor for $50. She says she never got
the money. although she alleges
Rodgers asserted that he had paid her
| 800.
The American Association of Uni
versities will bold its annual con-
vention at University, Va. Thurs
| day and Friday. This is considered
the most important event of the year
in educational circles. The association
| is composed of the largest universe
| ties all over the country. DR.. Alder
man. president of the University of
Virginia, and the faculty have made
special plans to entertain the dele
gates. Columbia. Yale, Princeton,
| Harvard and Cornell are among the.
| Eastern institutions that will be rep
resented
An appeal from the decision of the
| New York federal courts holding Pres.
| Christopher c. Wilson guilty of con-
| tempt of court for not producing GER
! tain books of the United Wireless Tel
| egraph GO. for examination by the
grand jury was filed Saturday in the
supreme court of the United States.
| Wilson also appealed from the action
Of the lower court in refusing to re-
lease him on habeas corpus proceed