Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Cambridge University fifteen,
Tuesday, defeated the oxford Univer-
city fifteen in the annual Rugby foot
ball match played at the Queens Club
grounds. The Cambridge team scored
10 points against 3 by oxford.
DeForrest Moores, a former teller in
the Stamford Trust Co. at Bridgeport.
CT, pleaded guilty to having embeZ-
zied $1i,632 of the funds of the insti-
tuition and was sentenced in the Fair
field county superior court to states
prison Tor from l year to 10 months.
The five barges that broke away from
the tugs Wyoming and Patience off
Highland Light in Mondays gale We're
and taken into Provincetown, Mass,
where three barges had been anchored.
Toma Barnes and Floyd Turney, Ne
groes, are under arrest at Peoria, H., on
suspicion of having robbed Joseph
Merchonk. a New York diamond mer-
chant, of s27, 500 in uncut diamonds and
$500 in currency in Chicago, Sunday
night. One of the Negroes had 800 in
500 bills in bis pockets and 1t is said
they changed sloo bill in Springfield.
Charles Hamilton, alias Hamilton
Dutch pleaded guilty al, Concord, n.
H.. Tuesday. in the United States dis
triet court, to an Indictment charging
the breaking and entering of the
Claremont post office on the night of
Sept ~, 1910, and was sentenced to
two years in the federal prison at At
lanta and tospay a fine of $1,000
No solution has yet been found for
the ministerial crisis in Japan, brought
about by the resignation of Lieutenant
General Uichera, minister of war. 1t
was announced. Tuesday, at Toxic
that Marquis Masayoshi Matsukata, a
former premier, who was offered the
post of premier, has refused to acceut
il.
Four indictments charging forgery and
larceny were returned Tuesday, against
Edward II. Hosford, former treasurer of
the James Donovan slipper Co. of Ever
EFT, Mass. by the Suffolk county grand
jury. Hosford was arrested a week ago,
charged with the larceny of $4,000 from
Frank E. Paige, Boston dealer in vel
vets and felts. When arraigned he plead
ed not guilty and was held for trial in
bonds of $4,000.
double drowning tragedy occurred
at East sullivan, n. H. Monday night.
when Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Fifield,
prominent residents of the town, were
drowned as the result of breaking
through the ice while skating on Boil
ster pond. The body of Mrs. Fifield was
recovered about midnight and the body
of her husband was recovered, Tues
day.
The Bingham Copper Co, whose Stock
Exchange value six years ago was $751;
100000. was sold, Tuesday, to Harry NJ.
Stonemetz, chairman of the reorganiza-
ton committee, for $4,000. The $4,000
will pay all creditors in fun and will
leave the old stockholders in a position
to enter new corporation The proper
ty of the company is located in Utah.
Charged with failure to comply with
the law regulating wireless commune
cation on a steamer. Capt Frederick
Shepherd of the British steamship
Winifredian, from Liverpool, was ar
rested, Tuesday, at Boston. 1t was
alleged that the defendant had not ar
ranged efficient communication be-
tween the bridge of the steamer and
the operator in the radio room. Cap
tain Shepherd was held in $500 bonds
for d hearing, Jan. u, by United States
Commissioner Hayes.
The Spanish naval program has just
been decided on according to a special
dispatch from Madrid. 1t will comprise
three Dreadnoughts of 21,000 tons each,
two destroyers, nine torpedo boats and
three submarines. All the vessels are
to be constructed in Spanish ship
yards. The work is to be begun as soon
rs the battleship Alfonso XIII has
been launched at Ferrol. The new
Dreadnought Espana, which was
launched early, this year, is to be de-
livered. in April next.
Mayor Charles G. Shedd (Republi-
cam, won out in three cornered con-
test at Keene, N. H., Tuesday, be-
ing returned for his third term With
1876 votes to 1888 for Joseph Madden.
Democrat, and 1865 for Charles C.
Sturtevant, Progressive. The Progress
! sives had waged a stiff campaign and
had candidates UP for nearly every Of
| flee. They elected only one alderman,
| the Republicans securing three mem
bers of that body and the Democrats
bone. The Republicans also elected u
Emembers of the common council while