Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-10

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Howard and Fred osgood, drug
gists, arrested at Oakland, Cal. in the
government crusade against ilIegiti-
mate traffic in medicines, pleaded
guilty, Monday, in the federal court.
They viii be sentenced. Tuesday.
The two marines attached to Admi-
raj Southerlands fleet, who We're ar
rested by the Mexican police in I'll
juana, Mex, sunday, after a street
fight with Z Mexican, We're released,
late Sunday night. The Mexican was
sentenced to 80 days in Jail for assault
on the biuejackets.
Two fires at Winnipeg. Man. early,
Monday, caused losses aggregating
$780, GOO, The wholesale hardware house
Of Mackenzie Brothers ard tent fac
tory adjoining were damaged $50 1000 \
short time earlier the building occu-
pied by the Saturday Evening Post
was burned causing a loss of $4,000.
While doing stunts late, Sunday aft
erno0n, Gerald Lyons, aged IS, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Lyons of 239 Is
lington street, Portsmouth, narrowly
escaped instant death by an electric
shock. and is at the Portsmouth hos
rital in n serious condition. Young
Lyons and his cousin. Marcellus Cas-
sidy. were engaged in climbing the
steel towers which support the high
tension wires of the Rockingham
County Power & Light Co.. where they
cross the tracks of the Portsmouth,
Concord Railroad.on the Bragdon farm
ia Greenland.
Chief Of Police Converse of Man
chester. Mass, sent to Gloucester. sun
day afternoon, for City Marshal Po-
land. That official, accompanied by In
specror Sullivan, went TO the Man
chester police station and there found
Claude Hoeg and Edward Cloutman,
both of Marblehead. who are held on
charge of breaking and entering. From
one of them City Marshal Poland says
he secured a confession that they had
broken into a number of cottages at
Fernwood, West Gloucester. On their
return TO Gloucester the officers pro-
ceeded to the Fernwood station and
found that seven cottages had been en-
tered and thoroughly ransacked. Moth
ing of value was found on the pris-
oners. An assortment of keys was
found in their possession.
Rev. Herbert L. Gale. Baptist
evangelist was stricken with apoplexy
while attending q ministers meeting
in fremont Temple. Boston, late Mon
day, and died soon after at the Relief
hospital. Mr. Gale was born in Hav
Grill, IS years ago. From a shoe sales
man he turned to Y. M. e. A. work
and was secretary of associations at
Springfield and Worcester. His evan
gelistic work began II years ago and
~ Hal f,savaIad 4r1o,Irl1 fhrplyDbpnf New
England and Canada, While for time
he was i'm Cleveland and in Peoria, Ill.
For seven years past he had made his
home in Medford. A widow, one son
ana two daughters survive.
Miss Alys Meyer, daughter of the
secretary of the navy. is a saleswo-
! man of high ability in additional to
being a favofite in official sosiety.
I She has established a record in the
sale of Christmas Red Cross stamps
the proceeds of which will so to the
support of the anti-tuberculosis cru
SADIE in the District of Columbia. Mon
day. Miss Meyer turned in to the
American Red Cross $35 as the re-
suit of her sale of $500 stamps, Sat
urday This established the high rec
ord ON local sales, the previous record
being held by Miss Descha Allen,
daughter of Major Henry T. ALLEN. Y.
S. a. Miss Meyer is putting..i in long
hours behind counter in the CORR
dor of a down town Office building and
declared, Monday, that she would en-
coed her Saturday record, before
Christmas.
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