Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-24

action of which the shooting was the
basis The tragedy was the outcome
of an attachment between Nine.
Blochs husband and Mrs. Bridge
man.
Trial Of Il. $. sheridan, publisher, aud
c. O. BroNon. managing editor, OF the
Boise, Idaho, Capital News, charged Win
contempt of court by the publication of
Col RoGseVclts criticism of the Idaho
supreme court and editorial commens or
the decision barring Progressive Presi- |
Dental electors names from the pafIot.
was begun. Monday. stipulation was
entered In the case of \. r. Cru2en, an
other defendant. alleged in the complaint
TO be interested in the Capital News and
To control its editorial policy Ctuzen in
his answer had denied any interest in the
newspaper. In the stipulation il was adj
mitted that CruZen had represented to
political leaders and others that lie had
control of the paper.
Flames threatened to lessen the Joy of
Christmas in Webster Mass, Monday,
when an express car from Boston, heavi-
ly laden with Christmas gifts. including
2500 children of the Mill village. caught
fire en- route. today. Some of the pack
ages were destroyed and others damaged.
but Mrs. Slater's consignment and near
Ivy all the other gifts were untouched by
the flames. Mrs. Slaters gifts, this yea.
to the children of the operatives of 5.
Slater's Sons, Inc, mills are 25oo 81 bills.
The blaze started when a lamp in the ex-
foil unl,u
a. Daniels. the express messenger. was
slightly burned.
Attorney General Garmody Monday
turned over TO state Comptroller Sob
merd 1t Albany, \, y, 5000 certified
check as part payment for the $4,000
unaccounted for by Gen. Daniel l.,
Sicyies as chairman of the New York
Monuments Commission. The check
vas signed by Airs. Sickles Under an
agreement made by the attorney gen
erals office and Stanton Sickles, son
| of General Sickles. the balance of the
money unaecornted for is To be paid
in two or three weeks.
An automobile owned and driven by
Or. b. f. Roller. the wrestler, struck
and fatally injured Mary Kurnicki, s
years old. i'll Chicago, Sunday night
| Dr.. Roller was driving Mrs. MerI-
weather to the home of "A family of
| poor children where she intended to
| leave q box of toys as a Christmas
| remembrance. Near their destination
| the little girl tried to run across the
| street in front of the machine but was
| hurled to one side. The child was TAX
en- ia a hospital, but she died in a
:, short time.
Prince Ludwig. the new prince re-
| gent of Bavaria, sent an autograph
| letter to the Bavaran premier. Mon
| day, vetoing the movement to place
! him on the throne as King. He de-
| clares that he desires Loyalty to admin
| lister the Inheritance beaueathed To
| him by his father and therefore, in
| view of the popular movement in re-
| gard to the regency, he expressed cat
egorically his desire that nothing
| should be done for the present in the
| matter.
/ After threading labyrinth of
i dark passageways, battering down
doors and finding themselves block
| ed by an impossible steel barrier.
| Captain Frank Ainsworth and q
| squad of United States immigration
| inspectors found four Chinese slave
] girls. Sunday in an improvised pris-
| on, in San Francisco, formerly used
| fro gambling houses The raiders
| found passageway entering through
| two secret panels. which led them to
the room where the girls were con-
cealed. 10y Wee, Chinese of local
| prominence, was arrested on charge
of having harbored the women. 1t
was learned, Sunday night, that since
| recent raids, the price of slave girls
has risen and that az much as $4,000
apiece is being offered for women.
Chicagos Christmas this year, it
| is estimated, will cost about $20 O0O,-
600, making it the most prosperous in
the history of the city For gifts in
Guiding toys. it is figured that $l5,-
100000 will be spent. Dinners. wines,
| liquors and tobacco are expected to
add about $1.500,000 while the re-
| mainder will be made up in gifts of
employers TO their employees. Mer-
chants declare that prosperity appears
| to be general. nearly everyone hav-
ing money and spending 1t without
complaint, regardless of the fact that
prices are generally higher than a
year ago.