Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Theodore Roosevelt gave his fellow
townsmen some advice about their
civic duties Friday night when he adj
/ dressed a public meeting of the VIII
lage Improvement Association. Within
/ the past few months Oyster Bay has
had three murders, and none of the
culprits has been arrested Colonel
| Roosevelt made this his theme anu de
clared that in such eases il was the
duty of every man in town TO get out
and help run down the murderers. AS
the result of the eX-President's urg
ing the town is considering the ap-
pointment Of n regular police force in
place of the two constables who now
do duty on special occasions. While
Colonel Roosevelt was speaking some
one outside a wiadow shouted fire"
and in a jify the hall was almost de-
serted II proved a false alarm and
after a fruitless search for the joker
who gave it the townspeople returned
to hear Colonel Roosevelt finish his
, talk
FL Mundo IF Havana published n
! sensational statement regarding the
dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times
! building, and which was made. the
paper says, by one Angel Carballo.
who is described as a Cuban cigar
maker who formerly worked at Tam
pa, Fla. According to Carbello the
bomb used at Los Angeles was made
by an Anarchist for the purpose of
blowing up the citizens committee
during the last eigarmaKers' strike at
Tampa This plan was abandoned, amt
| the Anarchist disappeared only to re-
| turn later to Tampa and inform car
ballo that the bomb had been utilized
to destroy the Times building. After
communicating this the hombinaker
| left town saying he was going to Pc
IN. He is now, Carballo says, employ
cd on the Panama canal. Carballo sets
forth that his object in making tho
statement is to free innocent men of
/ suspicion.
The only inscriptions which will be
placed OF the new city post Office
building in Washington, bids for the
construction OF which will be opened
Oct. l6, have been written by EXPIRES
ident Charles w. Eliot of Harvard.
DR.. Eliot was requested to write the
inscription by the architects and they
have been approved by Secretary of
the Treasurer MaeCeagh The follow
ing will be inscribed on the east pa
vilion: Carrier of news and kpowl-
edge instrument of trade and COM
.merce. promoter of mutual acGuaint-
3ance among men and nations, and
hence of peace and good will" On
the west pavilion will be this inscrip-
ton: Carrier of love and sympathy.
messenger of friendship, CONSIDER of
the lonely bond OF the scattered fam
lily, enlarger of the common life,
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston Satur-
day sent communication to Charles
T. Gallagher state head of the Ma
sons, asking. the Masons to help locate
the missing corner stone of the old
courthouse. When the corner stone
was laid il was put in place with Ma
snic rites and the mayor hopes that
some of the records of the order will
show where it is located. The city Of
ficials have been searching for the
stone since tearing down the building
was started The mayor Saturday said
most Of the records of the Masons in
Boston were destroyed in the fire that
Quilted Masonic Temple a few years
ago The officials are anxious to find
the stone because of valuable records
placed In II.