Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

James X. Geddis, general manager
of the Ohio River & Western Rail-
way, died Thursday at his home at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, from hleodpoisoning
brought about by an liberated tooth.
Mr.. Gedds was a prominent Mason
and Elk.
The agitation among the laboring
classes in the Walloon provinces, Bel
gium, continues. There are now 100000
men on strike. but the energetic meas
ures by the authorities are beginning to
have an effect. Less violence was dis
played Thursday, than Wednesday. al
though a number of isolated cases are
reported
a heavy auto truck, running wild
over a zig-zag course down Eighth
avenue, New York, Thursday night.
plunged into a crowd standing on a
street corner and injured three per-
sons, one fatally and another serious
~. Nelson Denne, 20 years old, died
shortly afterward of his injuries. Mrs.
Fannie Light, aged 81 years. is in the
hospital suffering with a broken arm
and internal injuries The chauffeur,
Michael Magyer. 25 years old was ar
rested. charged with homicide
Hidden under an old quilt in cell
lar in the Bronx, New York. the body
of Sigrid Ekstrom. 6-year-old girl.
was discovered late, Thursday night.
by searehers who were looking for the
missing child. Although the little girl,
her father said. had been subject to
fits and had frequently injured her
self during the attacks, deep cash
in the neck gave rise to the suspicion
that she had met with foul play. John
r. EKstrom. the father. who came
with his family from Boston, recently,
declares that his daughter was muir
dered.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Ka-
lisch of Newark. N. j.. who presided
at the election fraud trials in Atlantic
City. several months ago. admitted,
Thursday, that he had cognizance of
an alleged plot to take his life IL he
did not "let up" but that he paid lit
tie attention to it and continued his
work. 1t is said that VIM. j. Burns,
who is unearthing the alleged graft in
Atlantic City, has the record, secured
through telephone device, of the
conversation carried on in a resort in
New York during which the life of
Justice Kalisch was threatened
For the first time since the Indus
trial Workers of the World trouble
began. last February, the San Diego.
Cal, city Jail contains not a single
prisoner charged with offences grow
ing out of tine so-called free speech
fight. The Is Industrial Workers in
the city Jail, some of whom had been
there three or four weeks, declared,
Thursday afternoon, their willingness
to surrender. They We're taken to the
police court where each pleaded guilty
10 violating city ordinance and each
was sentenced 10 80 days in Jail and
fine of $780, Sentence was suspend
ed in each case and the men were
placed on probation for four months.
Women pledged to a war on high
prices of staple foods started a cam
paign of violence in Brooklyn, Thurs
day, directing their efforts against
meat shops. There were riotous
scenes on Dekal avenue, when the
plate glass door of one shop was
shattered, while 500 women screamed
approvaly In three or four other
shops militant housewives attacked
customers, knocking from their hands
parcels of meat and trampling upon
it in the street until it was unfit for
use. Dealers were warned against
continuing to offer meat for sale
canvass of the district disclosed that
eight shops had obeyed the orders of
the housewives. removing all meat
and promising not to make further
sales until they can do so at lower
prices