Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27

iwere powerless to check the flames The
loss will reach $4,000
| Three persons were killed and more
| than 20 wounded, Sunday night, whef
| Iurales fired into a crowd which was pa
rading the streets of Pachucha, Mex
shouting for Zapata. Efforts TO disperse
| the mob by other means had failed. The
city is quiet.
A news agency dispatch from st. Pc
tersburg to London reports that mutt
ny has broken out at the naval ordnance
yard Measures for quellng the disor-
der have been taken by the authorities
and a number of mutineers have been
wounded by the troops sent to repress the
INSTRUMENTATION.
Cardinal OConnell departed from
Rome. early Tuesday morning. in mo"
tor car for Naples. He was accompanied
by the Rev. J. E. Geppinger of Boston
Ills suite left shortly afterwards - train
for the same destination. Cardinal
O'Connell intends to pay visit TO the
town of Taormina in the province of
Messina, Sicily, and spend few days
there before embarking for Boston.
Ladies day." at the National
League park at st. Louis, Mo, was
announced as Christmas gift TO the
women of st. Louis" by Mrs Helen
Britton, owner of the st. Louis Ma
tionals. Mrs. Britton, ii was an
nounced, viii select Thursday of each
week as the day when all women will
be admitted free to baseball games
next season. Heretofore women have
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to all games, while the regular admis-
sion for men has been rs cents.
\ crusade started sometime ago
against the practice of certain railway
supply concerns of giving expensive
Christmas gifts to railroad officials
who are in a position to influence the
granting of contracts. resulted, this
year, in marked falling off in the
number of these presents. According
to information from several of the
roads running into Chicago. the pro-
tests made against the practice caused
many supply concerns to abandon the
practice altogether. Other concerns,
this year, distributed only Christmas
cards or other inexpensive remem-
brances.
Major Gen. Charles l.. Hodges, L.
S. A, retired. died at his home in
Washington. early Tuesday, after an
illness of several months. General
Hodges was born in Rhode Island on
March IS, 1s47, and entered the vol
unteer service at the outbreak of the
Civil War, when he was only IA years
of age. In 1869 he entered the perna-
nent establishment, and served con-
tinaeusly up to March 10 last, when
he was retired. A widow and one son,
Carol B. Hodges, LIST lieutenant, 18th
Inf. now stationed at Fort Jay Gov
errors Island, New York. survive.
burg, Tuesday by the Joseph seep
Purchasing Agency, now the buying
power of the old Standard Oil organ
izatiens, of an advance in Pennsyl
vania crude Oil of five cents a barrel
bringing the price paid independent
producers to $l.35 barrel. Other
grades were raised in poportion as
follows: Someset. 70 cents, an adj
vance of five cents, Ragland, is
cents. an advance of 3 cents. No
change was made in the price paid for
Mercer black, Cabel1. New Castle and
Corning. The last preceding change
In the price of Pennsylvania. the basis
OF the crude oil market, was made.
June II, 1910, when the price was re-
dueed to $780, Officials of the StaH-
dard companies stated that there was
no particular shortage in the grades
of oil affected and expressed the be-
lief that the advance had come as an
Indication that times We're much bet
ter and the companies which once
made up the great organization could
afford 1t. 1T was predicted that il
would stimulate development.