Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-26

the New York, New Haven & Hartford
on the Dorchester improvements and at
New London. Wlliamantic, and on the
Providence division, near Providence,
some 500 all told. will strike Monday for
an increase in wages from $3.50 a day
TO $3.50 a day and for better conditions
at the construction party camps The
| men. all of whom are Italians, have been
| being unionized for months and their
| request for Improvements in pay and
conditions were made to the officials of
the road several weeks ago.
Because a group Of revolutionists en-
| trusted with the work of maintaing or
der at Vega De Metzilan. Hidalgo. Mex
| leo, forced Frank Reiter. a German
| civil engineer, TO remove his shoes and
| then, barefooted, wait on them like a
! servant. the German minister, Admiral
| Won Hintze has demanded repiration
from the Mexican government. He has
also demanded Indemnity for losses in
Cured by the company for which Reiter
was working. The government has or
dered an investigation Of the charges.
Eight-year-o Matthew MeDon-
Tough OF South Bostoa was playing
with several boys of his own age in a
vacant lot near his home Sunday.
when one of the youngsters found a
| half pint bottle filled with a liquid.
Lets draw lots and see who'll have to
drink it" somebody suggested. Nc
Donough drew the shortest lot. He
drank the contents OF the bottle and
after four hours of agony died at the
| city hospital. Medical Examiner
| Timothy Leary will perform an au-
| topsy Monday in an effort to learn the
nature of the liquid. Meanwhile the
police are endeavoring to learn how it
came in the field.
Sanford Hail. the largest business
| block in Midway, Mass, containing
| the Savings Bank. post office, Dean
! Public library, Cd Fellows hail. Els
worth & Abbott general Store and a
| dance hall, was destroyed by fire early
| Saturday The loss is estimated at
| $3S, 00o. The fire, which is thought to
have been smoulderins since midnight.
was discovered shortly after O'Clock,
| v aen it gained great Roadway. I The
alarm was quickly given. 1t started in
| an antc-room of the quarters Of the
| Midway lodge of odd Fellows on the
third floor. In a short time the entire
| building WAS mass of flames. Assist
ance was called from West Midway
and an engine was rushed from Mil
| ford, seven miles away The firemen
| found it impossible to save the build
| ing. however, and the heavy slate roof
finally crashed through to the ground.
A wild aeroplane romped over the
| aviation field at Garden City. J.. l.,
sunday for 20 minutes, played fast and
loose with swarm of attendants,
VINO sought to check it, injured men
and finally wrecked itself on an en-
bankment. Andre Hartpert, an a9ia-
tor, stepped out of the acroplane while
the negne was going 1t half speed TO
adjust ono of the rear planes, KS he
started to re-enter the seat the aero
plane started off and ~he was thrown
to the ground. 1t dragged him 200 feet
and when released he was badly brHis-
ed Hartpert's machinists gave chase
and were Knocked over, three of them
being cut about the face and body.
The aeroplanc remained on the ground
during the runaway and was stopped
only when it dashed into an embank-
ment.