Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-12

\ thick curtain Of fog swept over New
York City and the lower bay, Monday
and practically brought to a stop marine
traffic and greatly hampered railroad
and traffic transportation. Six big liners
/ the Carmania, Lapland, Gamofonia. La
Fouraine, Birma and Neufehfels. Were
held in and about Quarantine, While sew
eral other steamships were forced TO an
Choir in the outside harbor. Commuters
! trains were delayed and traction lines
moved slowly. .4ass.1l
4 proposal to adopt a general law of
prohibition against the sale of alcoholic
liquors throughout New Zealand has
been defeated on submission to the peo-
pie The complete returns of referen-
dunn held on the subject recently sho~
| that 255, S64 persons voted in favor of the
measure, while POI, sos voted against 1t.
The proportion of voters required by law
in order to carry proposition into effect
/ is 60 per cent.
An extra freight train on the New Yorl;
Central and a passenger train known as
Paving Express No. 1910 were in colli-
sion. Monday morning, in the New YORK
| Central yards at North White Plains
The freight locomotive and several
freight cars left the track and rolled on
their sides, killing the fireman on the
freight and seriously injuring Engineer
Carson. None of the passenger cars left
the track, but 10 of the passengers in the
smoker. which was side-swiped by the
freight locomotive, We're bruised and cut
by flying glass The accident was due tC
thick fog.
The bomb explosion which occurred
during a cinematographic exhibition al
Liege, Belgium, Sunday night, has re
suited in the death of two persons, while
GO others are suffering from serious in
| juries. Eight of the victims had legs
amputated. The theatre was crowded
with workmen at the time of the explo
sion and a terrible panic ensued Tn,
bomb, which was charged with dynamite
was loaded with nails. 1t is believed thai
it was thrown by mailman and not b.
a reyengeful discharged employee a.
was at first supposed.
Secretary of State Philander C
Knox, Monday, addressed a gathering
of women at the Waldorf Astoria.
New York City, on Problems of the
. Diplomatic Service" The meeting was
ltlu DN lHe WOMEN y department 81
the National Civic Federation and il
the first of a series to be addressed
by various members of Presiden
Tafts cabinet. Many women of not,
in the social and literary world Were
in the throag that crowded the meet
ing room and which gave the secre
tary an enthusiastic greeting. Secre
tary Knox was introduced by Mrs
Francis NJ Bacon. Jr
While discussing arrangements for thei
honeymoon trip to follow the weddin
scheduled for next week. Miss Grac
| Gable and her intended husband An
thony Kohnen, We're shot and Instant
Killed at the womans home at Brad
: ford, Pa, soon after midnight, Monday
, | The police and a posse are searchin
for Rossani Annissetti, a wealthy fru
dealer, who. it is alleged was insanel
e jealous Of the girl Edith Workman,
: servant in the Gable household, was er
PERTAINING Glen Rodgers in the kitche
when they heard the shots and attemp
ed to stop the jealous Italian as he rust
ed through the room. He fired at thel
l. and succeeded in making his escape