Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-16
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Ohio closed it's doors Friday TO 1000 en-
ployos, who have been active in an ef-
fort to organize the mill employees. The
plant has been running as an open shop.
There is no wage dispute.
Speaker Walkers direct nomination ref
erendum bill was ordered to a third read
ing in the Massachusetts House Friday
by a vote Of 1877 to 2. Representatives
the measure. All adverse amendments
were killed.
The town of Cleveland, Va, was prac-
tically wiped Off the may by fire Friday
evening. The Bank of Cleveland, the
postoffice, the Cleveland hotel, the Nor
folk & Western Railway station and sew
eral stores were destroyed. the loss being
100000
Supreme Court Justice Giegerich at
New York Friday annulled the marriage
of George H. Hall. son of a Philadelphia
man. and Frances May Hall. Justice
Giegerich found that the divorce Mrs.
Hall obtained from her former husband,
Howell Jones. five days before she mar
ried Hail. was not a legal one.
Two colored boys. Henry Mclean.
aged l6 and his brother Joshua. aged
Is, made themselves heroes Friday by
rushing through dense smH.t,' and res
culng two women and sig children
from the fourth floor OF Il Camden
street, Boston, tenement, the lower part
OF which was on fire. The flames were
extinguished after $4,000 damage had
been done
ID. w. BiSoney, treasurer of the Erie
taiiroad Co, received an express pack
age Friday from Philadelphia containing
two 500 bills. Pinned to the money was
a sheet of paper on which was written:
This $1,000 is due to the Erie Railroad Co.
Please credit to restitution" Mr.. Rigo-
ney said this was the largest amount
ever received as conscience money! ana
he is at loss to account for 1t. as there
have been no shortages in accounts for
years.
In the graft hunt in Queens borough.
New York, seven indictments were found
Friday against Cornelius j. Jordan, finan-
cial secretary of the department of wa
ter supply. gas and electricity of that
borough. Three were. for grand larceny
and four for petty. Jordan was arrested
and arraigned before Judge Humphrey in
the county court. where he pleaded not
guilty. Bail was fixed at 5000 and this
was furnished
Inc reductions in the prices of whiskey.
announced Thursday night at Cincinnati,
ONO, took effect Friday and a bitter
price war was declared. Thursdays price
for finished goods was $135 a gallon. The
independent" distilleries Friday quoted
N33 as the price and the local represent
atives of the so-called "whiskey trust"
offered their goods on basis of $.So a
gallon. The cause of the price cut is
said to be over-production, despite the
fact that it is also claimed that none of
the distilleries is operating at more than
90 per cent. of capacity
Threats 10 FIX two strikebreakers
VINO went to work at the Gosnol6 mill
at New Bedford, were made by some of
those in attendance at a meeting of the
mills striking weavers held Friday. The
chairman of the meeting promptly or
oered the men to refrcin from violent
language There was practically no
change ir the situation at the mill. The
mill officials chained that more men
were at work, while the strikers disput-
ed this statement. ..'
William Trent, who is alleged to have
robbed and murdered William S. Meagher
of Pawtucket on the night of Feb. 81 last.
was sentenced Friday by Judge Baker in
the superior criminal court at Providence
to 10 years in the state prison at Grams
ton after pleading nolo to a charge of
holding up and robbing George W. Scrog-
cry in Providence on the night of Feb. 19
Trent. who had terrorized the state with
his sensational highway robberies, was
indicted several weeks ago by the grand
jury on a charge of numbering Meagher.
The murder charge is still pending.
The 5000 men needed to install safe
ty devices in the 800 coal mines of H.
linois by July 1, will be furnished by
the United Mine Workers at wage
advance of 5.55 per. cent. This agree
ment was reached Friday between the
Illinois state executive board of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois and
the executive board Of the Illinois
Coal Operators Association. The extern
sion of the 'closed shop principle to
the Coal Operators Association was
ratified at Fridays meeting. Both
agreements must be ratified by both
organizations and will then become ef-
fective.
DenunciatiOn of the third degree"
by Justice Crane of the court Of spe-
cial sessions at New York, accom-
panied the courts prononncement Fri
day OF sentence upon stephen Boehm.
who had been convicted Of second de-
gree numbering for killing Jacob Volz.
q watchman. B0ehn. who was in,iic1-
ed for first degree murder. made 4
confession which he afterwards re-
pudiated. He said that the confession
had been wrnng from him by barbar-
Gus cruelty. The jury apparently gave
Boehm's story consideration. bringing
in a verdict of second degree murder
instead of the first degree crime
charged He was sentenced 10 20
years Imprisonment.
Charles Twomley was arrested at New
York on complaint of his wife and of
Mrs Helen Doherty mother OF Miss Do
herty, who Is only 10 years old When
the arrest was made and Miss Doherty
learned for the first fime eha co;a .h..