Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fred T. Walker OF burlington, Mass.
was appointed superintendent of the
Board of Animal Industry. Wednesday.
| by Governor Foss The board takes
| the place of the cattle bureau which
went out of existence Tuesday. and
with which Mr.. Walker was connected.
Outlines of huge feet were found
stancilled all over Dallas. Tex. down
town streets. Wednesday, each bear
ing the inscription, Beat it to Toronto
in 1918" This was Toronto's latest
contribution to the campaign for the
next annual convention of the Asso-
ciated Advertising Clubs of America.
Fire that broke out in the hold of
the British steamer Alexandria Tues
day night continued to blaze, Wednes-
day, despite the hard fight waged
against it, The steamer is loaded
with cotton. lumber and naval stores
and was to have cleared from Mobile.
Ala, for Liverpool Wednesday noon.
The cruiser Birmingham. which i
on the iceberg patrol near the scene
of the Titanits disaster III order to
warn trans Atlantic liners. wirelessed
to the navy department, Wednesday
that the steamer Olympic crossed
latitude $50 wHHme sighting ice. The
operator at the training station at
Newport, r. l., who caught tae mes
sage said that the Birmingham was
some distance off the coast
Boston, May 22-The Legislature
was eskcd a second time. Wednesday,
by Governor Foss to provide for a
| Massachusetts representation at the
Isayor.a- IDoef6n EF.-,.~,+i,,, csan t.,.,.,
cisco i'll 1915. The Governor sent
similar request several months ago but
it was refused by the Legislature In
his message, Wednesday. the Governor
points out that % other states have al
ready appointed commissions aud ex-
presses the hope that the Legislature
Will reconsider its former action.
The bill authorizing the Boston g.
Maine Railroad TO unite with the New
York, New Haven az Hartford under
certain provisions including a tunnel
beneath Boston and identification of
the Metropolitan district, was killed in
the Massachusetts Senate, Wednesday,
by vote of 20 TO 10. Gov. Foss has
served notice on several of the sen
ators that he shall call the Legislature
INTO an extra session, this summer,
for the purpose of passing such a
| measure with the added provisions of
| a public utilities board.
The supreme council, Royal Area
| mum. elected officers. Wednesday at
Richmond. Va as follows: supreme
regent Frank T. McFarden, Rich
mond, supreme vice regent. L. r..
| Wickersham, Harrisburg, Pa; SUI
preme orator. r. r. McGowan, New
| York; supreme secretary, Alfred II.
| Turner, Boston, supreme treasurer, A.
;. Robertson, 81. Louis; supreme
chaplain, II. $ Burkhardt, Chicago
supreme guide, G. A. Williams, Chi
| cago. Quebec, Canada, was CHOSEN as
| the next place of meeting.
| Irving Conklin son of David Conk-
lin, OF Johnsontown. three miles from
Tuxedo Park, n. Y, was instantly
| Killed Monday night. by a large stone
hurled nearly 1900 feet by a blast on
the new state road His father, hear
| ing the blast, saw the stone flying
| through the air aud went to see what
| II had struck. lie found his son dead.
| The stone weighed over 20 pounds and
| buried itself after it hit the young
man. The state road is being con-
| structed in that section by Sproule &
Elsdn. of Peekskill n. Y.
Burglars for the fourth time in a
few months blew up the safe of POST
| master j. w Birch at Merrick, N. "
| early Tuesday, and got away with
$500 in cash and stamps. The safe a
new one. weighed ton. They wheel
ed ii out of the office into the street,
piled bags of feed over IL and blew it
to pieces. ON their first visit the
| burglars found small safe and blew
the door open, Birch had a new door
| put on it and on the next visit they
wrecked the safe entirely. Birch then
bought his ton safe, which was sup
posed to be burglar proof. On their
| third visit. few weeks ago, the burg
lars We're only able to get the outer
door open, but, Tuesday morning, they
put in double charge OF nitro
| glycerine.
The fishing schooner Neptune was
successfully launched from the ship
| yard of Richard T. Green & Co., Chel-
sea. Mass. at high water, Tuesday
afternoon, being fully rugged ant
ready for sea except as to sails Bull
from designs of Thomas McManus, ths
Neptune is So tons register, 81 fee
| lopu % foot breadth of beam and