Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-11-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Julius Exner professor OF art at the
Academy of Fine Arts. died Tuesday
at Copenhagen
The first legislation resulting from
the adoption of the Woman Suffrage
amendment to the Washington consti-
tuition last Tuesday was brought up
Monday night when bill was intro
duced in the seattle, Wash, city coun-
Gil prohibiting smoking in polling
places at general or special cleo
tions. The purpose of the pro-
posed ordinance is to make condi-
tions about the election booths more
attractive for women who may wish to
vote or who may preside as election
officials
Rather than face in court the charges
upon which her husband, Worcester
restaurant manager based a suit for di-
vorce, Mrs. NJ. A. Winslow. 40 years of
age, committed suicide at Boston hotel
late Tuesday. 1t was her 1l-year-old
daughter Elmira, whom the mother had
taken from the home, who led to the dis
covery of Mrs. Winslow lying across a
bed in her room with her throat cut and
a new carving knife by her side. She
was removed to the Relief hospital in an
unconscious condition and died q few
minutes later. The child, crying for
mother, said she "wished papa was here"
Ernest Welsh, alias Tommy Walsh,
the longshoreman. who died at Seattle,
Wash, from a beating he said was ad-
ministered by a gang Of thugs Satur-
day night, was the son Of Prof. Thomas
Welch of Ottawa, Canada, according to
the dead mans wife, Mrs. Margaret
Welch. She says that Welch was born
In Liverpool and at an early age ran
away to sea. He did not communicate
with his parents, Mrs. Welch relates.
until 10 years ago, when he was locat-
ed by his father, who wrote him.
Vahan Nalbandian, the Lynn Ar
menian charged with the murder of
his roommate last year is in serious
condition at the Salem Jail. His trial
is set for the present term of court,
but physicians who have attended him
express doubt whether he will be able
To appear in court and state that it is
possible that he may not live to be
tried. Since he was brought back from
Bulgaria to which country he fled af-
ter the alleged murder, Nalbandian has
failed rapidly. and the physicians say
that he is nervous wreck.
Liabilities of $114,O11 and no assets we're
shown in the schedule of Frederick r.
Brooks. real estate broker of Quincy,
who filed voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy Tuesday in the United States dis
trict court at Boston. OF the claims
against Brooks. an aggregate of $16S, ,466
Is unsecured The principal creditors are
the Realty Improvement Association of
Boston. $52665 from notes; National Bank
of the Republic of Boston, $e2 799 from
notes; Bartlett Brothers & Co. of Bos-
ton, $l0530 for loans; Federal Trust Co.
of Boston. $9745 from notes: Union Mar
ket National Bank of Watertown. $1,000
for loans and National City Bank Of
Cambridge. the Institution wrecked by its
bookkeeper. George W. Coleman, $450S
from notes.
The day of rs" as 4 postage stamp
denomination is fast waning. and soon
il will be known only to philatelists.
Every postmaster in the United States
was being notified Tuesday that the
supply of Recent stamps at tn" post
Office department has been exhausted.
Those already issued to poStmasters
will continue to be valid for postage
and those on hand at poStofficeS will
De sold until exhausted. which will
make the passing of the stamp COM
plete. The 1"-cent stamp was first au-
thOriZed as a convenience to the pub
lie. being a combination Of the registry
fee of eight cents and the foreign pos
tage of five cents. With the raising of
the registry fee to 10 cents the COM
bination figure was disturbed and as
no occasion remained for using it. the
postmaster general ordered the discon-
tinuance Of its manufacture q year ago.
Mrs Jennie Bonavita, a young Ital-
ian woman. who was rlurderously as
saulted late Monday at Springfield,
Mass. by Michael Romeo, an acquain-
tance of her family. was reported
tuesday to be in an improved con-
dition. and hopes were expressed that
she would survive her wounds. Mrs.
BOnavita was shot twice in the back
and once in the neck. Romeo was
shot during his struggle with the
woman, his revolver being accidental
ly discharged and the bullet lodging
in his head. He died shortly after
wards at the Mercy hospital The at
tack on Mrs. Bonavita is believed to
have been due to the woman's refusal
to elope with Romeo.