Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-18

| They mad tied Worthen to a chair
| which in turn was strapped to one of
| the steam pipes in the factory They
| only secured $25 in money from the
| Safe but damaged the office furniture
| to the extent of 5000
| The cornerstone of the new chapter
| house of Gamma Chapter Psi Upsilon
| fraternity, at Amherst College. was laid.
| saturday, by Herbert j.. Brdgman, Go
| of Brooklyn, n. Y. The building when
completed, will cost SIS 600 and will be one
| of the finest structures of the Amherst
| College group. The ceremony was at
! tended by the alumni of the chapter.
| graduates and members of other chan
| ters and the Senior delegations of other
| fraternities of the college, fPresideut
George Harris. the trustees of te college
and the faculty. The box In tie corner
| stone contained. among other Fittings, a
| letter from President Taft. who. while
! student at Yale. was member of Psi
| Epsilon. Addresses were madf by Mr..
Bridgman, President Harris ana Prof. e.
a. Grosvenor of Amherst College. ANA
| Prof II. NJ. Tyler of Smith College.
Luigi Amenio, aged 10, son of John
Amehio of Sprague street. West
springfield. Mass. was stabbed with
a wooden sword Saturday, in the
siege of Gonstantinople Luigi aud
| Souils companions were playing that
! ne urks were trying TO rccapture the
lorllhcatlohs of Constantinople, which
| the boys had improvised Amenio, who
was attempting to hold the niain fort.
was finally put out of the game in n
| manner more realistic than Nas in
tended. The sword penetrated tho
| flesh on the left side below hk breast.
| iniiict1nS painful. though bot deep
wound. The blow felled thS Young
| general aud filled the wound with dirt
and splinters. In falling Luigi twist
/ ed his ankle in such Il manner that ne
was unable 10 walk. 1t syvelled tn
| twice it's normal size. The bows
screams alarmed the people of the
neighborhood who rendered first aid
to the injured. During the war game
enthusiasm ran high and several 9th
CT young warriors sustained minor
cuts and bruises. Luigi will be laid up
for several days.
John r. McDermott. aged %. If
South Worcester. Mass. was found
dead. Saturday in It toilet room Of
the Catholic Young Mems Lyeeum on
by Illuminating gas. Medical Exam
liner Frederick Ii. Baker, after an ex-
animation of the body. gave permits
sion for its removal 10 the family home
at II Clapp street Mr McDermott
was about his home. Friday night. in
good spirits and left the house about
II O'Clock That was the last seen
of him until his body was found by
| William McGuihuess. Mr.. McGuiu-
ness, who has charge of the lyceun,
| declares he locked the clubhouse at
1890. Friday night. and it is thought
| Mr.. McDermott entered through a win
dow III the toilet room. The gas IN
the toilet was turned full OH. the win
dow was closed aud the door locked.
McGulnness smelled the when he
opened the clubhouse, Saturday fore
noon q
Hiram H. Walker. aged 65,sa veter-
an of the civil War and FOR several
years commander Of +. Psl Hopkins
Post. G. a. r. WiliamstoSn. Mass.
was found drowned. Saturday. in a
duck pond containing only two feet
of water. Two children discovered the
body and Medical Examiner O. ].
Brown Of North Adams declared
drowning was due TO an accident He
was born in Williamstown and had
always lived here. He was an able
mechanic. being a carpenter by trade
He enlisted in Co. b. Sth Massachu
sets Regiment. and served three
months. and when +. F. Hopkins Post
was organized he WAS one Of the char
ter members He was an active work
or for the post and held all of the
principal Offices having been COM
mander for several years and having
been considered one of the 'best COM
manders that the post has gver had.
He also served in offices for the State
department and was delegate to Ma
tional conventions. He was twice
married but both wives are dead. The
funeral Will be in charge of Il. T.
Hopkins Post,