Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-06


Application for an anciuarv receiver
for the affairs of the Radio Wire
less Telephone and Telegraph Co. a
De Forest concern WIS made Friday
in the district court at Chicago by
Jesse Watson of New York. who
March II was made temporary re-
ceivcr. The concern. capitalized at
81 0oO. O0e. exploited the invention or
the wireless telephone b. Lee De
Fores. o Wisconsin man. Tile petit
ton filed Friday says ne money. out
side that received from the sale of
stock was taken in
An antiseptic which she drank in
mistake for water resulted in the
death Friday of Dorothy Suatten. the
1S-year- old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
&. +. Stratten of Burlington. VI. The
Young lady had been to an entertain
ment Thursday night aud returning
/. horne late picked up glass in the
dark to take drink. She discovered
her mistake too late. Halt an hour
after partaking of the poison she be,
came unconscious and never regained
her senses.
Sankety lighthouse. near Nantucket,
Mass. one of the most important on
the coast. was threatened with dan
ger by forest fire Friday afternoon,
but was saved by hard work on the
part of the lighthouse keeper and his
assistants and corp Of villagers
from Siasconsat The fire. the most
destructive that has visited Nantucket
in many Years. burned over hundreds
of acres on the east end Of the is
land. Several cottages were endan-
gered hut the fire fighters succeeded
in saving them and during tie eye
ming thu fire WtS brought under COLI
troll!
Requests Of $500 each to the Young
Mems Christian Union, American Unita-
rian Associa ton, Charming Home, Tuskc-
zee Noiaal Institute Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Lin
coin House at Atlanta University. Will
lard hospital at Bedford. Boston Society
of Decorative Art. Arlington Street
church, Morgan Memorial chapel and tn
Mount Pleasant Home. are contained IN
the will Of Sarah L. Reed Of 30 Beacon
street. Boston, which was filed for pro-
bate Friday at Boston The New Eng
'f-'it -'iiSEi'IttiiA iHpCtttNr 1tHluftfl : Ala
Society and the ST. Luke's Home for Con-
valescents receive $4,000 each. while more
than S2Go,ec0 is willed 10 relatives and
friends
The Grand Trunk charter amendment
providing for a right of way TO tide wa
ter terminal near the new state docks in
Providence. was passed by the Senate in
concurrence at the final meeting of the
Rhode Island Legislature Friday after
noon. As expected, the vote was unan-
imous and there was no discussion. Gov.
Afam j. Pothier signed the bill, which
provides for access by The Grand Trunk
to its proposed docks by passing over
and under the tracks Of the New ork.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad The
bill was in the form of an amendment to
the charter of the Southern New England
Railway Co. and had been mutually
agreed upon by the Grand Trunk and
New Haven interests. BY the terms of
the agreement reached by the rival inter-
ests the New Haven will defray the ex-
pense of the construction of the tunnel
Although turtle MAS declared To
be more a bird than fsa. and Dos
sessiHg q highly developed nervous
SYSTEM capable OF memory. intelH-
gcnce and leyable tendencies. Judfe
Stevens II She superior court at Bos-
ton Friday Instructed 4 jury to brine
IN a verdict of not guilty in the vase
OF john II. Weirrt. 4 restaurant pro-
prietor. charged with cruelty To ami
mails in keeping :; 1s9-paund green
sea turtle on its back in a window
last summer N%cfnpr had laau ffDod
SO IN tine municipal court and APP
peeled. 1t was Prof. Robert NJ Yorkes
Of Harvard University, who. as y
witness for tie government declared
that turtles are more nearly related
to birds tLan q fish. But all his
testimony as to turtle lore was with
OFT result in determining the ques-
ton Does d green sea turtle. out Of
water, he kept more easily when On
its hack or not.