Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

berg cemetery, Heidelberg. Germany.
The aviette competition at Paris for
prize of $1,000 to be awarded to the
man who could successfully make a
fight of 80 feet without the aid of a
motor. was held, SUNDAY. but was I'M
productive of results. There were sew
eral competitors, but all failed to leave
the ground A strong wind added to
their difficulties.
June brides of Manhattan and the
Bronx, New York, Saturday, estab-
fished a record for the number of IL
censes taken out on the first Saturday
of the month. There We're 40 licenses
issued in two hours-from 10 to Y.
Last year on the first Saturday there
were only 1873 taken out So far this
year 15.271 licenses have been issued.
The dirigible balloon zeppelin III,
made a trip TO Bremen from Ham
burg, Sunday afternoon, Count Yep
pelIin command. Prince Henry of
Prussia and Bugomaster Burchardt
were passengers. Owing to the storm
no landing was made at bremen and
after varying its course several times
the zeppelin III returned to Hamburg,
reaching that city about p. NJ.
Twenty eight children We're killed and
50 seriously injured by Vehieular traffic
in the streets of New York during May
as reported by the National Highway
Protective Society. Saturday The total
number of persons killed on the streets
during the month of May was 81 and 176
were seriously injured. Automobiles
caused the death of Is and injuries to IL;
trolleys. killed 10 and injured 80; wagons
caused the death of 27 and seriously in
iured %. One person was run down and
seriously injured by a motorcycle and
one by bicycle.
The 10th biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at
Harrisburg, Pa. came to an end, satur-
day, after having been i'm session for q
days. One of the important things done
by the convention was the establishment
of voluntary pension system with
sliding scale of assessments and benefits
according to age. The salaries of the
Grand Lodge officers We're increased, that
of grand chief engineer being made $1,000
a year. an advance of sSe00. The next
convention will be held at Cleveland in
1915.
A serious fire broke ont, Sunday aft
ernoon, at Liverpool, in the Cunard
steamer Carmania lying at her dock. The
blaze, which was extinguished Sunday
evening. was confined to the saloon quar-
tiers, which were practically destroyed.
The damage is estimated at many thou
sands of dollars. The hun was not in
jured. but a large quantity of cargo
aboard has probably been badly damaged
by water. The origin Of the fire is not
known. The scheduled sailing of the
Carmania, June 4. has been cancelled.
]. Clifford Turpin, who. while maxi
irg a fight at Seattle. last Thursday
met with an accident resulting in the
death of a spectator. will retire per-
rianently from the flying game. ac-
ccrding to a telegram which he sent,
sunday. from North Yakima, Wash.
to his brother Joseph Turqin Of Ann
Harbor, Mich. Aviator Turpin is now
on his way to St. Johns, Mich, where
the cody Of Phil o. Parmalee, who was
killed, Saturday, at North Yakima,
win be taken.
on beard the steamer Aidan. wharv
ed. sunday, at New York, from Para
and Barbados We're four seamen of the
steamer Lord Lansdown, totally
wrecked off the northeast side of Bar
bados on the night of May u. The
steamer sailed for Norfolk, May T.,
with a cargo of coal for Barbados.
Whom the vessel went ashore a heavy
swell drove the crew to the boats with
nothing left of their personal effects
and these four men We're sent hone by
the British consul
After a thrilling chase down 9th ave-
nue. from SD street to end street. New
York, during which nine shots Were fired,
Thomas Scallon, alias big Shelley" the
alleged leader of the "Gophir gang was
captured by Detectives Fitzpatrick and
Flaherty of the West 47th street station,
early Saturday. The police, who have
been looking for Sealon for more than
year, received word from EIaverstraw
week ago that he had been i'm that
town and had left for New York. He is
charged with being the principal in the
assault and robbery of Milton Beekman.
a 16-year-old boy of COZ Monroe street.
Feb II, 1911. Young Beekman, who was
collector fer an oil concern, was robbed
of $3.50 of his firms money by three men,
two of whom. Fred Krug and Reuben
Oliver, have been convicted and sem
fenced to prison.
John A. Johnson, who Jointly with
William G. Clark occupies an .offie
in Browns block, on Pleasant street,
Gloucester. Mass, ON opening safe,
Saturday morning, found package
containing 1898, $40 of which belonged
To Mir. Clark, had been stolen. There
were no marks to denote the use of
force on the safe or the door of the
office. and the police according as
sumed that some person under the
guise of a solicitor noting the half
open safe and an office, temporarily
vacant, made the most of his oppor-
tunity to abstract the money. This
theory was strengthened when a re-
port was received from several attor-
neys in the Cape Ann Sayings Bank
building that money was taken from
safes in different offices. In the office
Of Fred II. Tarr, $40 was reported
as missing but the thief overlooked
an envelope containing $400 in cash
Francis Mediation is the 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Mediation
or 10 Granville avenue South Medford.