Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15

the White Star Line, has contributed
| $4,000 and Mrs. Ismay 5000 as the nu-
cleus of fund which Mr.. Ismay sug-
gests that the Earl of Derby, lord mayor
OF Liverpool, should initiate, in order to
provide pensions for the widows of sea-
men who lost their lives while serving in
vessels of the British mercantile marine
| John +. Dietz of Cameron dam fame,
who. last fall, was sentenced to life i'm
| pfisonment on the charge of numbering
| Oscar Harp, deputy sheriff, during the
siege OF the Dietz homestead, must re-
main in prison according to ruling.
Tuesday. of the supreme court of Wis
consfn. which refused to reverse the
judgment of conviction.
The White Star Steamship Line has
chartered the steamer Algerine OF New
foundland to operate in conjunction with
the Canadian government steamer Mont
magny, which landed three bodies at
Louisburg. Monday. and sailed to renew
The search for bodies of other Titanic
victims. The Algerine will sail from st
Johns, N f., with orders TO continue the
search as long as, there is the slightest
possibility OF finding a body
number of villages, including Bal
vanilos, Varalja and others in Tran
sylvania, were practically RACED to the
ground and many of the inhabitants
Killed and injured by a cyclone which
swept over the district, Monday eve
ming out of $50 houses, $50 were re-
dueed 10 ruins. Four bodies have thus
far been recovered and the number of
those seriously injured is very large
Other villages were also greatly dam
aged,
Thirteen men were killed in a cave
in at the Norris mine at Ironwood
Mich, ut 11.30 P. NJ, Monday. While
they were working in a pit, the ground
started TO crumble. Rushing Into an
other DRIFT which they believed would
be safe, the men were buried. The
drift in which the men lost their lives,
had just been re-timbered. One of the
racks worked loose and the timber
gave way. releasingi a mass of earth
and ore. IS
The Prince of Wales. who has been
staying at Paris for some time with
the Marquis De Broteuil. intends to-
leave for Toulon, June 10, and will
embark on board the French Dread
n9ught, Dauntop, the flagship of Vice
Admiral Augustin Boue De La Pey-
rere The Prince will spend three days
on the battleship, witnessing the evo-
lutions Of the French fleet in the Med
iterranean. These are to be carried
out under the direction of Admiral De
La Peyrere, former minister of ma
rine.
Four workmen were injured. two
probably fatally Tuesday. at Spring
field. Mass, when a 115-foot section
of the corniee on the fourth floor of
the new municipal building. now being
constructed, fell The men who were
at work on the cornice dropped to the
street, so feet below. Recent rains are
believed to have loosened the mortar
which held the cornice in place. Ed
| win McGaugh and Alton F'iske. ma
| sons, were so seriously injured that
physicians believe they Will die John
| Haggerty, a mason, is suffering from
a broken arm and possible internal
| injuries, while Arthur Laland, IAN cleo
| trfeian, was badly cut and bruised.
| A temporary stay was issued by the
! appellate division at New York. Tues
day, restraining the warden of Danne-
more prison from removing Folk f.
/ provides for holding Brandt in the
| Tombs until the question of a perman-
| ent stay or the question OF bail can
be determined. pending appeal to the
i court of appeals of the writ of habeas
| corpus that was obtained on the ground
| that the former valet of Mortimer
| Schiff. the banker. sentenced to 30
| years in prison for robbery. was Civ
Ell, an improper sentence for the act
| committed
| A subcommittee of the Massachu-
| sets legislative committee on railroads
reported to the full committee, Tues
| day. a bill permitting the Southern
| New England Railroad. of the Grand
| Trunk system, to extend its lines to
| Boston. The extension proposed by the
| Grand Trunk officials comes in three
| directions-~from the southwest from
| the authorized line from Palmer to
/ Providence; from the northwest from
Bellows Falls VI. and also from
| Blackstone, Mass The bill was adj
| vocated before the committee on rail-
| roads by a number of business organ
| izations in the state and by President
| F. Fl. Fitzhugh of the Southern New
| England. While the principal opposition
1 came from the representatives of the
| New York, New Haven & Hartford.
Two burglars, who desired only to be
Well dressed. broke into Sinnot Broth
ers' general store at Jericho, r. l..
| early Tuesday, and departed wearing
/ complete outfits of the best clothing
in the stores stock The men showed
great discrimination in selecting the
clothing that fitted them best and the
styles they preferred, as it was found
that, although the goods had been dis
turbed only two complete outfits Were
missing. No attempt was made to Sc
cure any money or other vaIuables and
the burglars old clothing was left ir
the store.
Frederick II. Carpenter city forester
of Taunton and curator of the Bristo
county Academy of Science at Provi-
dence, r. l., waived examination in tbs
district court, Tuesday. on the charge
of forgery and was bound over to the
grand jury in $4,000 bonds. Carpenter
who is prominent as a civil engineer