Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-31

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Iden Note third
| The funeral of Joseph Pulitzer, own
Ter and editor of the New York World,
who died, Sunday, Of heart failure on
his yacht in Charleston, 5. C., will be
held at 2.30 p. M, Wednesday at st.
Thomas church, New York City. The
public will be admitted.
| Mrs. Charles G. Gates, who secured
| a divorce last May from the son and
heir of the late financier. John w.
| Gates, will be married about Nov. IL
to A. c. Miglietta. assistant secretary
of the Texas Oil Co, one of the Gates
properties Mrs Gates was Miss Mary
| w. Martin of st. Louis. She married
| Charles q. Gates in 1897.
The most successful long distance mes
sages which have been received al the
| new wireless station at Newport, II. L..
| came. Monday, to the government station
! from Colon, 200 miles away. Colon has
been picked up many times before, but,
Monday. three messages intended for the
Newport station We're received between
4 and A. NJ We're taken in with the ut
most ease. The wireless station considers
that now it can be said to be in commu-
nication with every station on the At
lantic coast in North America.
New York opened the annual tour
nament of the National Billiard
League at the Imperial parlGfs IN that
city, Monday night. by defeating Bos-
ton and at the same time making
new record for the league. John
Danl1leman represented New York and
defeated Ruse Ammidon of Boston, %
to 32 While both men secured high
runs of five each Dankleman made a
record average of one point for every
inning, which is a new mark in the
history of the league. Ammidon's av-
erage was 81. Dankleman will meet
Warren of Boston, Tuesday night
The supreme court or the United
States declined, Monday, to enter
final decree in the Virginia West Vir-
ginia debt case, on the ground that
the time has not come for proceed
ing to determine all questions left open
by it's decision last spring. 1t the par
ties in the suit consent to final de-
cree, the justice said, the supreme
court lis not likely to inquire very
curiously into questions of power.
However" the justice added. "a state
cannot be expected to move with the
celebrity of a private business man
Chairman Fitzgerald of the House COM
mittee on appropriations talked with Sec
rotary Stimson. Monday, at Washington
regarding the trip to be made by the COM
mittee 10 the Isthmus of Panama TO IN
vestigate the needs of the canal COM
mission in the way of appropriations for
the next fiscal year. 1t was arranged
that the committee shall sail from New
York on Nov 9, TO spend about 10 days
on the isthmus. A visit will be paid TO
Havana to inspect the wreck of the
Maine in the light of Secretary Stimson's
request for an additional appropriation
of $3.50, 600 to complete the wrecking oper-
atoms
\ senation was caused. Monday, at New
Brunswick, n J.. by the arrest of Ellis
". Appieby of Oldbrdge. a wealthy for
mer storekeeper deacon in tie Baptist
hurch aud member of one of the best
known families in the community. On
charge of arson. lie is alleged 10 be re-
sponsible for two of the fires in a series
which has frightened oldbridge in the
past few years. lie is specifically charg-
ed with firing the general store of slower
q
was made on complaint Of representa-
tives of an insurance company. The ma
lure of the evidence gainst Appleby
was not made public Appleby is 30 years
old His brother is mayor of Asbnry
Park He was released under 5000 bail
Upon learning that his bail had been
increased from $4,000 to $4,000. Il. G
Drew of Monroe, La, who calls himself
Financial doctor" waived his eXtradition
rights before United States Commissioner
Hayes. Monday. at Boston, and VIII be
taken back at once TO the northern dis-
trict of Alabama. where he is charged
with being fugitive from justice. Drew
was arrested at Gadsden, Ala, year ago
i'm connection with the promotion OF Tue
San Juan Smelling IL Refining Co. ana
the San Juan Bank < Trust Co. Inc
federal officers claim that Drew mad a
considerable acquaintance in New Haven,
Hartford. Providence, Newport Spring
field. Portland. Biddeford, Bangor and
Boston.
An unsuccessful attempt TO blow open
the safe of the post office at North Digh-
ton. Mass. was made by burglars, early
Monday About 3 A. NJ, Frank Pine,
fireman at a paper fnlll, nedFu an eApio-
sion. On leaving the mill to investigate
he was confronted by man with a re-
volver who ordered Pine back into the
factory. Pine then telephone to the Taun-
ton police and when the officers arrived
it was found that the burglars had en-
tered the post office through rear win
dow and had tried to blow the safe door
off its hinges. The door, however, re-
NAMED firm. although the explosion
caused considerable damage to furniture
in the office
The claim of Capt John ]. Knapp
of the navy to $4,000 damages for
the alleged appropriation by the gov
eminent of patent to prevent flare
backs in the turrets of battleships was
dismissed, Monday. by the court of
claims. The patent sas ejector was Of
fered to the navy in 1904 and il was
determined then to leave the settle
ment of the patent question to the
court. Capt. Knapp secured patents
| in 1905 but doubt was expressed by
the bureau of ordnance of the navy as
to their validity. Mondays decision
was based on report of navy experts