Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. William Morgan of Ludlow, VT.
While on the hill near her home. Tues
day afternoon. slipped and fell, cut
ting an artery of her left wrist on a
broken bottle. Loss of blood compli-
Gated with heart trouble brought about
a fatal result before she could reach
home. The husband ana several child
rem survive.
Upon his return from fox hunt
at White Springs. William Woodland,
turfman ana athlete, displayed the
pelt of a black bear which he said he
had killed with brass knuckles. Wood
ard said he and two companions were
after foxes in the wild country along
the Kentucky river. when hounds
freed A bear. Woodland and his COM
panions had neither gun nor knife.
They kept the dogs fighting the bear
until it was exhausted. whereupon
Woodland rushed upon the bear and
Drained him. The bear weighed 237
pounds.
The vault in st. Marks cemetery
at Vienna, in which reposed for many
years the bones of Kara George Petro-
witch, founder of the Seryian dynas-
". has been deseerated. The skull of
tho former Servian chief has been
stolen. but the decorations and rings
were not touched. The coffin of Queen
Persida was not opened There Is no
clue to the decorators. BLACK
George was a peasant born in 1866,
who became in 1906 the leader of the
Servians in the revolt against Tur-
key. He defeated the Turks. captured
Belgrade and liberated Servia He was
driven out of Servia in 1913 and was
| murdered in 1871.
According to a census made under
| the direction of the Women's Progress
sive League of Los Angeles, Cal, the
results of which were made known,
Tuesday there are 670.t40 women ell
igible TO vote in the state of Galifor-
mia at the present time, ms against
$4,000 men who We're registered at
the October election. Mrs Oliver c.
Bryant, chairman of the civic bet
terment committee of the leaglie. de-
clared that it would be the work Of
the organization and the kindred or
CARNATIONS all over the state 70 car
ry on campaign of education with
| those already registered and to regis
ter those who never have availed
themselves of the right of citizenship
Mrs Bryant says the league will make
great effort before the Presidential
primaries in California. May L. The
women politicians are delighted to
learn that the women's vote already
outnumbers the mems vote and are
| limiting that they can, from now on
! control the politics of the state.
While the crew of the scout cruiser
Birmingham was preparing to sail
| from Charlestown navy yard Tues
day. for Newport and Hampton Roads
| n Naval Board was holding an inquiry
into the death of II. NJ. Gillon of
Somerville. an ordinary seaman
| aboard the ship. who was drowned.
Christmas night. Gillon was the son
of Alexander L. Gillon of Garfield
avenue, Somerville and well-known
salesman in the Boston market dis
trict. The young man spent his Christ
| mas at home and returned to the shin,
early in the evening in good spirits
| He told some of his shipmates of the
| good time he had at home and ex-
pressed regret that his leave had not
been longer. Later the ship was
| aroused by the dreaded cry, Man
overheard" A man was seen in the
water forward of the ship. The quar-
| ter boat was quickly lowered and the
| man, who was apparently floating on
the surface waiting to be picked up.
| was reached, hauled into the boat
and hoisted aboard Past Assistant
Surgeon Fletcher Fl. Brooks, senior
medical officer of the ship. was ready
| TO give first aid, but on examination
of the man, who was identified as Gill
gon. found that he was dead. evident
ly having received injuries about the
head in striking the side of the ship
or some protruding equipment, or one
| of the fender logs, as he went over
the side.
improvements costing 100000 will
be made during 1912 at the free tuber-
culosis sanatorium maintained near
Colorado Springs. Colo, by the Modern
Woodmen of America, fraternal in
surance society. Permanent struc-
lures erected will include a central
building and receiving hospital. the
former 220x120 feet and the latter
S5Xl00 feet, Both will be of heavy
hreproof construction. A power and
heating plant will supply electricity
and steam TO all parts of the grounds.
viii be doubled, giving facilities to
care for approximately 400 patients.
When completed the sanatorium will
nave cost more than a million dol
lars This institution is the only one
OF its kind that makes no charge for
treatment of tuberculosis, insurance
saved warranting the expenditure in
VOWED. Inauguration of the inn
proVements mentioned marks the
passing of the experimental stage.
Though it has been I'm operation for
but short time. the sanatorium al
ready has justified its existence in the
mere matter of dollars and cents by
prolonging the lives of members of the
society, thus proving thai II is a urac-
teal philanthropy. OF greater i'm
portance. however. than. the actual
curing of disease is the educational
feature, patients going out from the
institution proving most effective mis-
sionaries 70 warn others and to teach |
the doc'r'ite of right living