Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-24

Miss Lucretia G. Hayden. a we'll
known resident OF Wakefield. Mass
was found dead in bed. Thursday. hor
s9th birthday In preparation Tor
birthday party profusion of flowers
had been received at the house a large
number of eengratalatory messages
bad been received, and several rela-
tives and friends had arrived TO par
|tieipate in the festivities Miss +fav-
den appeared to be in excellent healf3
when she retired, "Wednesday night
When her niece called her, Thursday
morning. there was no response. ana
investigation showed that she had dice
sometime during the hight.
George II. Kelley, 80. of Court street
and James l.. Lynch, 81. Of Bowdoin
street. Boston, on Il charge Of steal-
ing two Bibles valued at sl5.5l from
the rooms of the Massachusetts BIZ
bic Society We're arraigned in the mu-
nieipal court. Wednesday, before
Judge Wentworth. lynch. on plead
ing guilty, got four months at Deer
island. Kelley, pleading not guilty.
was held in 5000 for a hearing. tomor-
row. Two men who tried To hand
them morphine at the Court square
police station, John u. Tohey. 81 OF
Causeway street, and James A. Do
heFty. 6. of Dorchester. were sentenc-
cd to four months in the Charles
street sail FOR possession Of morphine.
The Ipswich. Mass, police are look
ing for John Fedo, 80, who paid a
fine of SIS in the local court. NAV Z
IN ala of III I
John Birdsel. Birdsell was stabbed
in the head and q few days ago
piece of the knife was found lodged
under his skull. He died. yesterday.
at the Salem hospital and now Fedo
is wanted on a charge of manslaugh-
ter. The assault occurred on MAJ >.
when a number of men got into a
fight at Steep Bank on the Ipswich
river. Rirdsell was stabbed and Fedo
was arrested and arraigned before
Judge Sayward in the district court.
As result of an attempt to take
his life by slashing his throat with a
razor, Michael J. Hayes, of IS Rus
sell street. Maiden, Mass was COM
mitted to the Danvers Insane asylum.
Wednesday, by the@AIalden police. ii
being declared that the man was
mentally irresponsible for his act The
man had been hrooding over the
fact that he, was unable to secure
steady employment and if affected his
mind. His condition was such that he
was placed in a straightjacket and tal1-
EN- TO the police station. where he was
placed in padded cell and later was
removed to the Daneers Insane asy-
lum The wound In his throat did not
appear serious and he will suffer no
i'll effects from the attempt on his life,
Hard coal of domestic sizes will go
up % cents a ton as the result
of the wage increase granted to
the nine workers, who have just re-
sumed work after Al days of idleness.
This advance will probably obtain
the year as the mine own
ers. at a recent meeting. announced
that the cost Of production has been
materially Increased. During the re-
cent layoff new machinery was install
ed, and IL other ways the companies
have advanced their expenses. An
lother new element in the cost mem
toned is the employment of extra
hosting engineers. compelled by re-
cent legislation. which limits the work
ing day.
For sailing frcm New York without
a wireless operator ON Dec. &c last,
Capt. Il. ID. tombstone of the steam
ship Sabine of the Mallory Line was
fined $100. Wednesday, by Judge May
er in the United States district court
Capt. tombstone pleaded guilty. The
Sabine. outward bound from New
York to Gulf ports, anchored at Quar-
antine and there awaited her wireless
operator until nearly gnightfall. The
man failed to appear, and rather than
lay at nchor over night Capt. john
stone decided TO proceed without him,
leaving Instructions that the operator
should go by rail 10 Brunswick. Ga,
which was the first port OF call of the
Sabine. The operator did this. but as
Brunswick is more than 200 miles from
New York. and the law requires a
wireless operator where so or more
passengers are carried more than 300
miles without landing. Capt. Johp
stone had technically violated the law.