Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-17

general at New York, afterwards Ger
man minister to Mexico and later Ger
man representative on the board of adj
mingtlation of the Turkish public
debt, was appointed. Tuesday. to be
the representative in New York Of the
Hamburg American Steamship Co.
Paul Hothmann, a brewer of Grand
Rapids, Mich. jumped overheard
from the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II.
shortly after she left Bremen, and
was drowned it was reported, Tues
day. on the arrival of the liner at
New York.
King Alfonso, Tuesday, at Pamph-
Iona, Spain, prevented what might
have been fatal accident. AS he
was leaving the Cathedral after a
ceremony. generals horse bolted.
throwing the rider and dragging him
along the ground While the spectators
hesitated the King sprang from his
carriage, caught the horse and eXtri-
Gated the fallen general. He was
roundly cheered.
Eight licensed aYiators were. Tues
day, suspended until Dec. 81 by the
contest committee of the Aero Club of
America for participating in the recent
Boston Aviation Meet, which was I'M
sanctioned by the Aero Club. The
aviators suspended are Lincoln
Beaehy, Glenn l.. Martin, Charles X
Hamilton. Farnum Fish, Phillips w.
Page. Paul Peck, Arch Freeman and
l.. j. Terrill.
Four New York men, who the police
say, told ]. SHERMAN, a local tailor,
they would double $500 which he sup
piiel by means of a machine. We're ar
rested, Tuesday, in a Taunton. Mass,
hotel just as they were about TO put
the money in the machine. The police
say the machine consists of box and
an electric motor. The men gave the
names of Abraham A. BromovitZ, Maui
ritz Rosenberg, Harry Olenbach and
Roy Freeman, all of New York. The
quartet were booked on a charge of at
tempting to defraud SHERMAN.
A story of alleged abuses aboard the
United States collier Vulcan. now at an
Choir at Hampton Roads. was reported
by several of the men of that vessel,
Tuesday. to f. Basa. an agent of the
Marine Firemens Union and an attor-
be sent to Washington for investigation.
The fremen alleged they were served
tainted food and forced to drink hot wa
ter when unable to buy water. They
charged that when they complained of
these conditions eight of their number
were thrown into the brig, which was
only large enough to accommodate two.
and that on account of the terrific heat
in this place, two prisoners tainted and
came near dying.
A compromise was affected, Tues
day, al New York, between the steam
ship lines and the cotton shippers in
the dispute that has arisen over the
action of the steamship companies in
deciding to refuse to issue ocean bills
of lading for cotton shipments after
September /, unless the railroads de-
livered the cotton thoroughly covered
and entirely free from all evidences
of damage. BY the agreement this
decision of the steamship lines is au-
toma tically resounded and that while
the cotton bales need not be entirely
covered the steamship lines will as
sumo no responsibility from damage
resulting from imperfect covering.
Testimony developed, Tuesday. at New
York by the government in its suit
against the so-called Watch Case
Trust" was devoted to an effort to show
in effect that there was little value to
certain patents controlled by the Key
stone Watch Case Co, the defendants
patents which, the government contends.
were used as a club to force iobbers to
handle only watch cases manufactured
by the Trust" w. +. Melosh and +.
W. Lugrin, expert watchmakers, were
government witnesses, who testified that
the patents in question were very old
and commonly used or had nothing to do
with time keeping qualities or time-keep-
ing mech4hieism. The hearing will be re-
sumed, Wednesday. in Providence, r. /.