Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-13

residence of her mother-in- Dow
ager Lady Decies, and according TO
subsequent announcement the result
was most satisfactory
Rev William w Wolcott. for the
past 70 years pastor of the Lawrence
street Congregational church at Law
renee. Mass, died early Friday at his
home East HaVerhill street, aged %
years. Of angina pectoris.
4 three days aviation meet featured
by demonstrations of the uses of the
aeroplane in war began Friday at tine
Elm Ridge race course at Kansas city.
Moro than 100 army officers from the
school Of instruction at Fort Leaven-
worth are here To witness the exhibit
tons. Eugene Z. Ely and Charles Will
lard win fly. They win hurl bombs
at imitation forts and battleships in tire
center Of the race course.
The bar tenders. cooks and walters
OF the International League and As
ISOLATION. voted Friday at Boston, 10
hold the 1913 biennial convention in
Denver. Delegates frou Spokane mad
strong hsht for recognition as Il
convention city hut cost on a close
vote. The different associations viii
adjourn Saturday night
Mrs Ross, who on three occasions
held the British golf championship
titl@. Friday defeated Miss Dorothy
Campbell, the Canadian and Amcri-
can champion IN the links OF the
Royal Fort Rush Golf Club in Ire
land The round ended even and en-
playing the 18th. Mrs Ross made the
hosa in four splendid strokes. Miss
Campbell is fenfer holder Of both
the British and Scotch titles
Driven 10 distraction over the efforts
Of fellow Worllman to force him into
joining a union Ernest Hebleb. %
years old, an employee of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works at Philadelphia.
Friday SHOT and killed himself He lett
letter addressed to his wife in winch
he said: Il can no longer endure the
efforts Of my fellow Workmcn 70 force
me into joining the union. / do not be
lieve IN unionism and they are making
nv life 50 miserable that cannot bear
it any longer
The steamer Edith loaded with 306a
tons of Canadian coal arrived Thurs
day night from Nanimo. Il. g., and was
hefthcd without amy demonstration
being made by the large crowd ri citi-
2ens who were ON the wharf IL greet
the collier Many threats had been
made that 4 demonstration similar to
that of last week, would occur when
the Edith arrived with the foreign
coal. fhe authorities. however. post
ed a large number of deputies at the
~ a p
Gus conduct would be met with inn
mediate arrest Of all disturbers.
after Il months in the iungles al.
Asia, whittier he was sent To study
the pheasant, Professor Charles Will
liam Beebe. curator Of ornithology OF
the New York Geological Society.
Thursday returned with his wife on
the Chiyo Maru to San Francisco In
dia, Ceylon. the Himalayas, Tibet.
Yuccan, China, Borneo. Java and
Japan, were covered by the expedition
and hundreds of beautiful plumage
birds were brought back to New York.
Mrs. Beebe. was an invaluable as
sistant to me" Prof. Beebe said.
Without her | could not have accom-
plished half of what | did She was
especially diplomatic in dealing with
the women of the wild tribes we had
TO encounter. These tribal women eX-
ereised great sway over the men. who
would refuse to lend us any aid in Sc
curing specimens until won over by
the traveller. 4 traveller with tact
full wife in a wild country | am con-
WINGED, can get along twice as well as
a single man." Prof. Beebe said that
the pheasants will soon be extinct un-
less extensive preserves are prepared
for its projections