Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

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in the United States circuit court in
New York on his second trial for the
cllcged fraudulent entry of imports of
cheese and other food products. The
first trial several weeks ago, resulted
| i'll disagreement
Harry Holt and Thomas Soyros. two
linen residing in Fall River, Mass, were
drowned Friday afternoon by the over
turning of their boat in which they
were fishing. Joseph King. the third
man in the party. was found clinsins
to the overturned skiff and was res
lcucd. The men were fishing and early
in the afternoon the boat was found
bottom up with King hanging to it.
! Upon Ais willingness to waive all
| extradtion proceedings. George B,
| kelsey the former assistant cashier
/ of tic Hartford Insurance Co. Hart
ford CT, who Is alleged to have got
1 away with $1,000, was taken back to
| Hartford Frida". The man was arrest
ed last week and had been in the
| To.nbs since. At the time Kelsey dis
| appeared q woman also left Hartford.
| ard she was said to have been in Sew
York City when Kelsey was arrested.
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Of a reduction in the oatnGt of the
comb and shirt factories at Leomins-
ter Mass. Cluett. PrabodE l. Cos.
shirt factory was closed Friday and
will be idle until April 20. The Royal
Comb Co. has shut down its factory
! for one week. Other factories are
cumming on short time, a large number
of the unemployed men will be given
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CONSTRUCTED.
Anse White. the Breathitt county
feudist, who is charged with killing
Jason peaton in q fight at Whites
home last SUNDAY is being taken to
hospital at Lexington. Ky. where
he will be treated for wounds re-
ceived In the fight, according 10 adj
vices received Friday from Jackson.
] Ky. The reports add that Whites
wife and mother have ais, been ar
rested. charged with assisting in the
killing OF Deaton. White will be guard
| ed il the hospital at Lexington by a
Braathitt county deputy sheriff.
Through a compromise between the
representatives OF capital and labor
bill making 5j hours a week the limit
of the hours of labor of women and
minors in mercantile establishments
was reported in the Massachusetts
House Friday by the Legislative COM
mittAe on labor. The labor leaders pf
| the state have been trying for several
| years to obtain 54-aour law. following
| the establishment 10 years ago nf So
| hour limit. The 55-hour bill reported
| had the approval of all members Of the
committee on labor.
| Prowlers about the Atlas building at
| Chicago. are believed to have murder
ed James Fitzgerald, watchlnan and
TO have thrown the body down an ele-
vator shaft. This theory is held by
the police because OF The condition in
which the body was found Friday. The
lwatchman's lantern was found in
| hallway and a fracture at the base of
the skull indicated that he had met
death from violence. Every door of
the elevator shaft was found closed.
| The decision of Superintendent of
Ranks Cheney Of New York to pay a
| dividend of 80 per cent. To the creditors
OF the Northern Bank, the Robin in
| stitution, of which the superintendent
took charge last December, was con-
firmed Friday by Supreme Court JUS
ticc Blanchard. The only exception
| mace by the court-waS in the case Of
disputed claims. on which a referee
was ordered to report. Tho superin-s
tcndent's report shows claims Of $5,-.
3'4,907 filed against the, banks OF which
a total Of Sill,721 had been rejected.
l John jackson. f. r. G. s., organiz-
ing secretary to the mission to 'lepers,
and for Is years himself a worker
among iepers. arrived Friday at New
York by the Lusitania for a lecture
tour of three months in the principal.
cities of the country. First he will at
tend the opening of the Missionary.
Exposition in Boston April % Mr..
jackson does not believe that leprosy
is hereditary or acutely contagious.
We have 20 homes for the uninfected
children Of leps,' he said. and expert
encc proves that. if kept away from
infection. the children grow up with
no t"int. believe we shall soon find
cure. The germ Of leprosy has been
isolated and is now under cultivation,
which is the first step toward develop
ihS an &ntitoXin.''
The Interstate Commerce Commits
SION Frida! il the case OF the New
York Produce Exchange against the
New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad arl other Eastern carriers,
granted the carriers permission on
three da%s' notice, to establish at any
Time before May ], a rate On eN lax;
gram for export from Buffalo to At
iantic s"aboard points lower than the
rate now in effect. 1t is understood
bS the commission that the rallroacs
intend To put into effect rate on
export Srain that, practically will be
reduction of two cents hundred
pounds from the present rate and per-
maps more. This export rate will
hos IN any way affect the domestic
rate bnt is in the nature OF con-
cessicn to shippers of grain intended
Il iof export received at Buffalo and
l transported NV rnil from that CftV