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


known safe blower, was killed by city
detectives. Frank Holloway, known to
the police authorities of the Middle West
and Southwest as a robber and swindler,
and two other men and woman, were
arrested.
The appointment of a commission
to decide upon plans for celebrating,
in 1920. the 30oth anniversary of the
landing of the Pilgrims, is provided
fer in a petition filed at the State
House, at Boston. by Walter G. Page.
The petition asks that three commits
sioners be appointed by the governor.
the Pilgrim Society and the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society.
The largest telescope in South
America to be set up at cordova, Ar
gentina, by the government of that
republic The telescope, which will
be constructed in Cambridge, Mass.
is expected to extend the researches
in the southern heavens, begun many
years ago, at Cape Town by Sir John
Herschel The refraetor will have an
object glass of clio millimeters. or 81
inches.
A man and wife living in the viii
were. Monday. caught in the act of
gouging out the eyes of their 5-year
old child with the object of render
ing il more pitiable and thus able to
obtain as a beggar more sympathy
from the public The other Inhabitants
of the village were attracted by the
ehild's screams and when they arrived
found that il had already been blinded
a
woman We're arrested.
William E. Clements. who shot and
killed William L. Lands, who admitted
killing Clements mother. was acquitted
of murder by fury at Redding. CAL
Tuesday. Lands, who claimed seif-de-
fence, was released on bail after shoot
ing Mrs. Clement. He celebrated his lib
Grafton by sitting on a porch where Glenn
ents could hear him and singing An
other Shovelful of Earth on Mothers
Grave" a few days later Lands was
shot dead from ambush and Clements
told the district attorney he did the
shooting I'm not ashamed of It,. he
said. He Killed the best friend aver
had-Iny mother"
A gift has just been announced TO
the biology department of Jackson
College at Mefderd, Mass, of a num-
Der of valuable and rare books on bio-
logical and botanical subjects. four
large microscopes with a collection of
slides and many meteorological speei-
mems mounted for microscopic work.
The collection was owned by Miss
Viekery, an amateur microscopic, who
died in 1907, and the gift Is made to
Jackson by her half sister, Miss Sa-
rah NJ. Loud of So Cypress street,
BrooKline. 1t will be placed in Barnum
Museum in the laboratory used by
Jackson students.
The mystery at the Front street.
Nashua home of Mrs. Harriet L. Dow
ney was solved Monday Mrs. Dow
ney has had more than her share of
going to the cupboard in her cellar and
finding it bare. Replenish it, as she
did regularly, not even bone for dog
gle would remain. The tenement in the
other half of Mrs Downey's home has
been vacant. this month. Monday.
Mrs. Downey's son Perley, made an
investigation and found that someone
had dug an underground passage from /
the empty tenement to the basement /
in the occupied half.
The British Dreadnought Centurion, !
while speeding at rate of 20 knots off /
Portland Bit Eng. before dawn. Tues
day, ran down and sank a small un-
known steamer The battleship return
ed to Davenport, Eng, Tuesday after
noon. leaking badly and with a bat
tered bow, The steamer tried to cross
the bows of the warship, which struck
her we'll forward with such force that
the steamers port light was found still
burning after the collision on the Cen
turians forecastle. The steamer sank
Immediately and no trace of her could
be found, although boats were lowered
and the Centurian cruised about until
long after dawn. The bows of the bat 1
tleship were damaged by the anchor
being driven through the plates.
f. r. Sweetland, for the last two
wears instructor in athletics at the
state University, Lexington, KY. an6
five students were arrested in Lexing-
ton, Monday, on warrants sworn to by
Capt. W. S. Webb.Jr., former coach O
the university team. The arrest grew
out of the offfcila investigation of state
Fire Marshal C. G. Bosworth into the
burning of the private desk of Deaf
Sheridan. the publisher, and G. o. Brox
arrested We're j. >. CHAMBERS, captain
of the 1913 football team. w. L. Hall
secretary of the University Y. M. q
A.; Thomas Robinson, manager of tn
1918 football team; w. c. Wilson, cap
tain of the 1912 basketball team, an
W. c. Harrison, captain of the 1871
football team.
Half an hour after the new lightin
system of Lynn's principal bushes |
streets went into effect. Monda
night, flooding them with radian
white light, a thief stole handba
from woman in the center of tn
section. Following a banquet at tn
oxford Club in celebration of tn
event the new lights were turned o
at s o'clock, and at $50 Mrs f. \
Meaker of the Kensington Hous9
North Common street, reported to tn
police that she had been relieved q
a silver mesh bag containing smaI
sum of money. The installation of tn
lamps was made a festive occasion
the principal buildings and stores be
ing decorated, and about 10000 peopE
nm da1 ha OF 4