Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| ton CT, was elected snitragan DlShop
on the 18th ballot.
Franklin L. Amy, member of the
| firm which publishes the Fail River Eve
ming News. died suddenly of heart dis
ease, early Wednesday, at his home on
Rock street, Fan River, Mass. Mr.. Amy
was Is years old and leaves widow
and several children. He was an officer
| and director i'm n number of corporations
| Howard Malcolm Dow, one of the
| est-known church organists in the conn-
| try, died, Wednesday, at the home of his
SON Arthur NJ Dow, at Pelham Manor,
| IN Y Mr.. Dow was 10 years of age. For
| % years he was organist of the Church
| of the Unity in Boston, his native city,
and later played at the Second Unitarian
church. He was n 32d degree Mason and
| for nearly 40 years was grand organist
of the Grand Lodge of Masons.
| Paving a visit to his father-in-law
| to inform him of the arrival of a son
and heir, Giuseppe Farina, aged *
years, was shot and killed on Hanover
street in the North End, Boston. The
police are looking for Pietro Biucato
aged years. the father-in-law, who,
| they claim, did the shooting. Farino
| eloped with the Biucato girl a year
| age.
Two persons We're killed and more
than 50 were hurt when a Western &
Atlanta excursion train, running from
| Calhoun, Ga, TO Chattanooga, Tenn,
was wracked. Wednesday morning,
neal Dalton, Ga. The dead are Fireman
| Holcomb and an unidentified section
employee. The injured We're taken to
Dalton. The cause of the wreck is not
| known.
| Distinct earth shocks were field at
Augusta, Ca, at Columbia. 5. C, and
Savannah. Ga. at $50 A. NJ. Wednes
| day. Houses were rocked and the
sleeping inhabitants were roughly
awakened when their beds moved sew
eral inches Three shocks We're felt,
| each lasting about Is seconds. So far
as reported little damage was done
land no person was hurt.
Carries Davis. Boston, who holds the
House of Correction escape champion
ship, was sent to state prison.
Wednesday. for three years. During
his four months at Deer Island. Davis
made five unauthorized exits in order
| to free himself from an 1smonths
sentence, only to be captured and re-
turned to his cell. Judge Stevens told
Davis, Wednesday, that he would find
| the state prison a harder proposition
than Deer Island.
The London strike leaders apparent
| " misJudged the situation in calling
a national strike. No more men went
out, Wednesday, and the only ports
| seriously affected are Southampton.
Bristol. Swansea and Manchester or
| these the trouble al Southampton Is
| less a question of supporting the
Transport Workers Federation than
an ontblGze of long smouldering local
| grievances. The government has final
| " decided to take no parliamentary
action.
| The British steamer Berwindvale.
| Capt Adams. arrived at Newport
| News, Wednesday with the captain
| and nine men of the crew of the
| foundered schooner Fannie Prescott
| of Stonington, Conn. The men were
rescued from the top of the cabin of
the waterlogged schooner, Monday
| morning. after having been without
| food and water for nearly three days.
The Prescott was bound from Savan-
nah to New York with load of lum-
Der
In the women's National Champion
ship Lawn Tennis Tournament at the
Philadelphia Cricket Club at Philadei-
phia. Wednesday, Miss Eleanor Sears
of Boston reached the final round by
defeating Miss Mary Merrick of Phila-
ldelphia The other Boston representa-
Tive, Miss Marian Fenno. was put out
by Miss Mary Brown of California, in
straight sets. Mrs. Barger- of
New York, and her partner, Mrs. Fred
iSchmitz of Englewood, n. j.. gained
a victory in the doubles over Mrs. w.
| II. Pouch and Mrs. Elizabeth oMore,
former national champions.
| The Congress of Chamber of COM
lmerce of the British Empire, Wednes-
day, adopted the proposal of the To-
ronto Board of Trade in favor of pref
erental trade within the British En-
pire by f22 votes against 9. Fifty eight
Chambers of Commerce abstained from
voting. Another resolution urging trade
reciprocity and close trade relations
between the British West Indies, Can
AIDE and Newfoundland, in view of the
approaching completion of the Panama
canal, was also adopted. The next con
gress is to be held at Toronoto in 1915.
No evidence was offered by the de-
fence in the trial at Boston. Wednes-
day, of James c"Big Lem'o Strauss
nieder, who is before jury in the
superior criminal court on a charge
of conspiring to defraud Samuel But
Ter, a Boston junk dealer out OF
$500. William r. Scharton. counsel
for Strausnieder, began his final ar
gument. late in the day, and had not
finished at the close of court. Assist
ant District Attorney McIsaacs will
close for the government, Thursday
| Mr.. McIsaacs was required to elect
which of several specifications he re-
lied upon for conviction and announc-
ed he would claim the government had
proved larceny at common law.
Sergeant Richter Of the German
cruiser Stettin. returning to New York
from Brooklyn to his ship with num-
Der of other German sailors, early
Wednesday, sprang from a street car