Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-17

ed, win contain vetoes OF pending leg
islation.
! Seven buildings which house places of
amusement were destroyed and probably
1900 persons were thrown into a panic
I Sunday night by fire in OIentiangy
Park. summer resort near Cleveland
| Ohio The fire swept over an area of
about a city block. Several persons were
! injured in the panic. Defective wiring
| is believed to have been the cause of the
fire. which spread rapidly. No estimate OF
the loss could be obtained.
An Unidentified man was shot and
| killed, a woman was shot through the
neck and the proprietor of saloon
was stabbed twice in the arm by two
| Italians Sunday at Albany, n. Y. who
rushed through crowded streets wildly
! firing revolvers and swinging knives
| in frenzied dash to escape from what
they said was q gang OF fellow-coun-
| trymen who tried to kill them. Two
brothers are under arrest charged
with the crime, Antonio Oleaca, for
murder and Linga Oleava. as an ac-
cessory. and Mary Fused and Angelo
| La Tosua are held as wftnessest
Harry N. Atwood. the Boston aviator.
lannounced Saturday at New York that
he had practically decided to make a
| flight from Chicago to New York within
| the next few weeks. Atwood at first con-
| templated flying from New York to Chi
cago. but after studying the wind condi-
tons which usually prevail at this time
of the year he said that If he made the
| flight It would begin in Chicago and end
in New York. Details and dates OF the
proposed flight had not been decided
upon, Atwood said, but probably would
be within the week. The aviator said also
that he was contemplating a flight back
1 to New York from Washington. Should
he make the return trip. he said, he
| would follow the railroad track all the
way instead of making part of the Jour-
ney along the seacoast.
| Byron Chandler of Boston and Man
chester, N. H., the Million Dollar
Kid" and husband of Grace La Rue,
| the actress, will inherit million dol
lars from the estate of his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Benjamin +. Martin, of Man
chester, Mass, whose death was an
| nounced Saturday Mrs Martin, who
was SO years old, was Byron's maternal
grandmother. She held a tremendous
amount of paper mill stock. Byron was
her favorite grandchild. Byrons broth
er, Benjamin M. Chandler, will also in
| herit a large portion of the estate. it
is expected That Byron Chandler can
| spend a million dollars if any young
man can is easily allowed by all who
have followed his meteoric career in
the Old World and the New.
| The Merrimae river is the lowest on
record at Manchester, Mass. Many peo-
| pie We're able to wade across the river
| Saturday and at no point did the water
| reach 10 their armpits The low water
/ is attributed to the hot wave The wa
ter will soon drop at Haverhill as it
! has been kept at its present hight by
| the Lawrence falls, which have held
| back large supply. The situation is
| serious, since power is secured from
| the river for the mills at Manchester,
| Nashua, Lowell and Lawrence. If
rain does not fall soon the mills viii
have to run on artificial power alone.
| it is believed serious aspect also is
/ given to the health situation by the
low water.
Governor Pothier of Rhode Island has
| proclaimed war on the society gam
blers OF Narragansett Pier and New
port as well as against the profess
sional gamblers of other parts of the
j state. The Governor AYERS that he is
lin this anti gambling crusade to stay.
and that he will win out. The Cover
nor Pothier means business is shown
| by the peremptory orders he has just
/ given Sheriff Andrew j. Wilcox of
| Providence county and Sheriff John
r. Wilvox of Washington county. to
| close up at once the dives in those
| counties where gambling is permitted.
| The Governor specifically mentioned
| North Providence. Cranston and Mar
ragansetts Pier in giving his orders.
l"Gambling houses in these places must
be closed Immediately" commanded
the Governor. Moreover, all gambling
exists must be closed up
In g 50-foot cruiser motor boat. five
men started Saturday on an attempt to
| cross the Atlantic ocean. The little
| craft, which draws but feet, is u
feet beam and bears the name of Ro-
MANIA is expected by her navigators
to make the trip in about fortnight.
In command of Capt. John Weller. who
has crossed the ocean in small craft
mary times, the Romania got away
from the Jamaica Bay Yacht Cub
pier. escorted by more than 100 craft,
as far as Rockaway Point, where the
lcruiser struck the open ocean and
headed east. The Romania Will skirt
the coast by way OF Newport and Bos-
ton TO Halifax and st. Johns. where
the party intends to head straight
across to the British Isles. The cruis-
er has q S-cyiinder engine of s71s-
horsepower She is stocked with
enough provisions to last two months
| CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.