Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-07


was indicted by the federal grand jury
at Syracuse, n. Y, Thursday on a
charge of smuggling 101 uncut dia-
monds into the United States at
Rouses Point on March IA last. The
diamonds were in Goldstein's posses
sion when he was arrested. The pris-
oner pleaded guilty and Judge Ray
sentenced him to the Federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga, for one month and fin
ed him $500. If the fine Is paid by Fri
day the sentence will be modified.
Six persons nearly lost their lives
Thursday by asphyxiation in a tenement
in Somerville, Mass. Attracted by the
odor of gas, an inmate of the house broke
into the rooms occupied by the family of
George {. Lienhard and found the entire
family lying unconscious They We're
Lienhard, his wife Susie. the Lienhard's s
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Boyd, and their baby and Miss
Mary J. McSorley. After working over
the gas victims for over three hours a
physician restored consciousness. The
gas escaped from a leaky pipe.
ThirtySiX passengers were injured.
two seriously. and three probably ia
tally, late Thursday when street
car on the Carnegie division of the
Pi'tsburg. Pa, Railway left the rails
at Westwoud. near Pittsburgl and hung
suspended over a 60-foot embankment.
The fatally hurt. all residents of Car
negit. arc Mrs. Nicholas Leonard, Mrs.
David Boyd and Frank Lester. who
sustained internal injuries. In the ex-
element the passengers rushed out of
the front door and rolled into ravine.
sustaining broken limbs and cuts and
bruises.
The account of |. y. Colby of Fitch
burg was the principal evidence dis
cussed at the forenoon session Thurs
day at Boston III the trial of the four
members of the brokerage firm of Sed-
erQuist Barry e Co. charged with
larceny from New England customers
Mr. Colby's claim against the firm is
for 1929 deposited as margin on 10
shares of Anaconda mining stock
Cashier George by aid of the books of
the firm stated that shortly after the
Colby account was opened the custom
ers of the firm were long 6S4 shares
of Anaconda while the firm was
short" 200 shares.
A shortage of $500 was reported
Thursday in the wholesale stamped
envelope department of the Chicago
post Office. At the same time POST
master Campbell said the head of the
department. John J. DAILY. had not
appeared at the post office since the
shortage was called to his attention
last Monday. Mr.. Campbell! said DAILY
was advised he would have to make
it up but that DAILY said he would
not. General James E. Stuart, chief
post office inspector, said he had
sworn out a warrant charging en-
beZZlement Inspectors who visited
Daly's home found Mrs. DAILY i'll.
The will of Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Ierkes, the wife of the late Charles T.
Yerkcs. which was filed Thursday in
New York for probate, leaves to each
of eight brothers and sisters ninth
of hel residuary estate; the other ninth
to a nephew and niece. children of q
deceased sister. Seven servants are re-
warded with $1,000 each, and William
Savoy Lower. to whom Mrs. YerkeS
was once reported to have been en-
gagged. receives $4,000 as fathfuk
friend. Mrs. Yerkes left nothing to
charity. The value of the estate il lpt
given. but it is estimated the widow
Inherited about sS,00O,000 OF her late
husbands estate.
Charles f. SeWell of Cambridge, Mass,
was arrested Thursday at Washington
and later placed in the Washington Asy-
lum hospital for observation as to his
mental condition, after he had asserted
that he came here with documentary cvi-
dence of a carefully laid plot to loot the
estate of the late Thomas L. Walsh, Col
orado millionaire. Sewell, who was ar
rested on complaint of a representative of
the walsh estate, was well dressed and
had the appearance of a man of means.
According to his statement to the police
he came here for the sole purpose of
thwarting the plot. lie said that an unus-
ually clever scheme was on foot where
by the Walsh estate might lose hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Six Magdalen Island fishermen are
believed to have lost their lives while
hunting seals last Saturday. according
to advices received Thursday at Hall
fax. On Saturday six fishermen, head
ed Dy u man named I<dDello, lelt west
Cape to hunt seals on the ice foes in
the Gulf of ST. Lawrence. 1t is the
custom of the Magdalen Island fisher
men to return each night from their
sealing hunt but the six men who went
out on Saturday have not yet returned.
1t is reported that the men We're seen
late Saturday in the ice near one of the
bays. making desperate efforts to reach
shore. heavy northerly gale was
raging at the time and it is feared that
all of the men have perished.
Charcoal fuel is IA times its usual price.
hundreds Of thousands of sheep have per-
ished and the sufferings of the people of
Central Turkey have been intense, accord
ing to the latest reports received from the
mission stations Of that region by the
National Armenian and India Relief AS
sociation. From time to time the asso-
citation has received advices from the
in Turkey regarding the suf
ferings occasoned by the most severe
winter in the remembrance of the natives
and the latest letters indicate that the
situation is daily growing more critical.
The association. through its secretary,
Miss Emily C. Wheeler of Mansfield,