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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Delhi, India, Out
rage a Mystery

Delhi India, Dec. 24.--The attempt
on the life of the yieeroy and vice
refine. Baron and Lady Hardinge, by
an Indian fanatic. yesterday, kept the
police and the civil authorities of the
imperial city of India busily oeeu-
pied. throughout the night
large number of persons have been
arrested on suspicion of participation
in the outrage.
In the course of the investigation it
has been proved that at least $50 peo-
pie were gathered at the back of the
premises from which the bomb was
thrown at the viceroy and vieereine.
In the vicinity also was a large crowd
composed of natives. There was an
immediate scramble after the explo-
sion of the bomb and confusion pre-
vailed everywhere.
No special police arrangements had
been made for the occasion and only
the ordinary native police, command
ed by British officers were on duty in
the streets.
Scores of theories are abroad in re-
gard TO the affair. Some believe that
the attempted assassination was the
to avenRe what he considered the in
suit of the removal of midas capital
from Calcutta to Delhi. The transfer
of the Imperial headquarters to the
ancient city of the moguls has Ger
tainly aroused an extended feeling of
appropriately in many places.
The incident generally is regarded as
significant of the peril to which any
vieerey or high official of India is sub
jected in crowd in any Indian city, now
that anarchy has permeated certain
classes of the very mixed population OF
the Indian empire The bomb was of the
ordinary type, but it contained large
ntrnber of screws and talking-machine
needles, some of which when dispersed
by the explosion struck the helmets OF
the men belonging to the battalion of the
King Royal Rifles, who were drawn ur
in line along each side of the street. None
of the soldiers, however was seriously
hurt.
sASbplletin ssnsd. this morning, by the
doctors in attendance on the viceroy says
-ssBafon -Tiarainge passed a restless
night, It was necessary to relieve his
pains by injections of morphia. He SUI.
ltIfu nttic lever, last hlsht, ana mont
was present, this morning. 1t was fount
at the operation, yesterday evening, tina
the muscle under the shoulder blade wa,
rather severely torn
A further bulletin issued, this eve
ming. said:
The yiceroy's progress during the
day has been satisfactory. He had nc
fever. He slept throughout the morn
ing and feels much more comfortable
Some of The fragments found in his
wounds, have been found to be meta
portions Of the howdah.
Altogether two persons We're killed
by the bomb and 10 injured. The sec
ond person killed was native hoy
who had climbed tree to watch thu
procession.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
FAIRFIELD.

Mrs. r. c. Clarke is in Boston pass
ing a week with friends in that city.
She will be joined there later by Mr..
Clarke, who has been at the Heinz
Cos. plant at Pittsburg, for which he
travels.
Mrs. w. r. Staples of Rockland is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jacquith for few days.
Arthur r. Messier of Lewiston and
formerly of this town, passed away,
Sunday, at his home. He had been in
i'll health during the summer, but had
been gaining lately, and was at He
bron. Mr. Messier had worked in Wa
terville for several years and then
went to Lewiston, where he had had Il
drug store since. He graduated from
the University of Maine and the Mas
sdchusetts College of Pharmacy. Mr.
Messier was to have been married in
January to Miss Stella Dostie of this
town. Miss Dostie was with him at the
time of his decease.
Miss Leaora Prentiss, who teaches
AT Hebron Academy, is passing Christ
mas with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Laforest Prentiss, in Benton.
A Christmas tree for the children OF
the Sunday school and an entertain
ment was held, Monday evening, at tho
Methodist church.
Mrs. Edwin Parkman and daughte,
Ethelyn of New Hampshire are the
guests of relatives in town.
l The funeral of James Nickerson, who
was drowned, Sunday. while skatinf
| with Miss Christine Vaughn on the
| Kennebec river, was held, Tuesday aft
| ernoon, at the home of the decea sed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
LOCATED BY BALLOON,
Old Frisate Philadelphia, Sunk OF
Tripoli, in 1904.

According to q cable dispatch to the
| Herald from Rome dirigible balloon
has been able TO locate the frigate
Philadelphia, which was sunk OFF Tri-
poll in February. 1904. during the Bar
barry war. Lieut.-Comander Richard
d. White, naval attache to Rome, is
on his way to Tripoli. and his report
will determine the Navy Departments
action.
Tripoli became involved in war with
the United States in May, 1901, the
Pacha having demanded an increase
in the annual tribute of $S3, 600 which
the American Government had paid
since 1898 for the protection of COM
merce from piracy. The increase was
refused and squadron of four ves-
sells, under Commodore Richard Dale,
was sent to Tripoli. Lieut. Stephen
Decatur was on the Essex, one of the
vessels of the squadron. After per-
forming effective service in restrain
ing the Barbary powers from modest
ing American vessels, the Essex re-
turned to New York in July, 1902.
Upon arrival Lieut.. Decatur joined the
frigate New York, and sailed again for
the Mediterranean. The lieutenant
later served on several other vessels
on that station, and in February, 1904,
led an expedition into the harbor of
Tripoli. which was pronounced by Ad-
miral Nelson as "the most daring act
of the age
In October, 1903 the frigate Philadel-
phia, Capt. William cambridge COM
manding. ran aground among the reefs
of Tripoli while chasing a corsair, and
could not be extricated The Tripoli-
tans boarded her, making her entire
crew of 315 men, all told, prisoners.
She was fioated and moored in the
harbor close under the guns of the
forts. In December Capt. cambridge
sent a message to the blockading
squadron suggesting that an expedi-
ton be sent into the harbor to destroy
the Philadelphia.
Lieut.. Decatur was selected to lead
the expedition. A little ketch had been
captured, and a crew of eighty men
was selected. On February 16 1904,
the ketch appeared off Tripoli. Near
midnight, as the ketch drifted slowly
under the bows of the Philadelphia a
sentinel hailed her. Lieut. Decatur
sent two men in a yawl with line to
the frigate's fore chains. The Ameri-
cans We're recognized and the rope was
cut, but Lieut.. Decatur and the crew
managed to board the Philadelphia.
The naval officer leaped into the rig
ging, but within ten minutes he stood
upon the quarterback, master for the
moment of a frigate. Then the order
was given to set fire to the Philade-
phia, and in ten minutes she was
abaze. Decatur and his crew escaped
to the ketch and made their way out
of the harbor amid the rapid firing and
falling shot of 141 guns. Not a man
was lost in the expedition. Decatur
was promoted to captain that day, and
Congress gave him sword New
York Evening Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
STEAMERS MERTON
AND OCEANIC COLLIDE.

Philadelphia, Dee 24.-The steamship
Merton, which sailed, today. from Phil
adelphia for Liverpool, and the Brit
ish steamer Oceano, bound for this
city, from Nafvik. with a cargo of iron.
collided, tonight, in the lower Della
ware bay at Cross Ledge shoals, 70
miles below Philadelphia. Fearing that
the vessel was badly damaged. Capt.
Hin of the Merton ran her nose in the
sand of a narrow shoal. but later start
ed for Philadelphia under the steamer S
own power. The Oceano. whose bow
was stove in and is leaking badly. al
so proceeded upstream and passed
Ready island shortly before midnight.
At the place where the collision oc-
curreG, Delaware bay, is 25 miles wide
and the nearest life saving station is
at Lawes, % miles below. Answering
wireless calls for assistance the life
savers from this station proceeded to
the scene, but We're informed that help
was not required and that both YES
sells would be able to reach Philadel-
pnia without assistance.
The Merton has 22 first cabin and 1913
second class or steerage passengers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Christmas Gift
To Newport, r. |.

Newport, r. L., Dec. PA Christmas
gift of nine acres of land. comprising
the old King estate in the heart of the
clty and assessed on a valuation of
$l06,620, was made to the city of New
port, Today, by George Gordon King,
big real estate owner and prominent
member of the Protestant piscopal
church.
The estate is given for the purpose
of public park and playground, with
the reservation that the peoples Ii
brary may occupy the large brick man
sion in the center of the property and
that the Civic League may have the
use OF the garage. which is a commo-
dious building, with $4,000 square feet
of land surrounding it.
The gift vas made known, today, in
a letter from Mr.. King to Mayor Pat
rick j. Boyle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

ford. Mass, one inch az Concord and
threatening at Bangor.
one Of the features of the storm
was the unusually high tide. Com
ing in the full moon the northeast
gale piled up a mass of sea water
along the coast, that threatened low
lying wharves, flooded marshes from
Cape Cod to Scarboro, Me. The tide
was one of the highest since 1905.
The storm came on the third ami
vcrsary of Il disturbance which badly
damaged the coastwise fleet.
The weather bureau, at 8 a. NJ, re-
ported the storm center off Cape Hat
teras and moving northeast. The high
est wind velocity at a. NJ, in New
England was at Block Island. So miles,
and with 2S miles at Nantucket.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
Continued from Page one).

lihGod that roast turkeys will go un-
eaten than that any person will need
go without food. Music will be pro-
vided in hospitals, asylums and jails
as usual.
The exclusive social clubs of the
wealthy are planning ehildren's par
ties and Christmas trees for almost
every day between now and New
Years. p
Managers of the Salvation Army, the
Volunteers of America and other or
CARNATIONS announce that this year s
preparations exceed any in the past.
The Salvation ARMY began the disrri-
button of 2O00 baskets of food today.
and VII feast thousands in its halls
tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Trenton, n. j., Dec. 24.-Congress
probably will be called into extraor-
binary session by President-elect
Woodrow Wilson. shortly after his in
auguration. perhaps, on March Is, and
the principal legislation that will come
before il will be tariff revision.
After a two-hours conference with
Speaker Champ Clark, the President
elect declared, today, that he would
endeayor to meet the wishes of DEM
ocratic leaders in Congress, who, he
was informed, was anxious that the
interval between the two sessions of
Congress be as brief as possible.
Mr., Wilson announced before he left
Tor Bermuda that he would call the
extra session to convene Not later
than April 18th" AS to the exact date,
he said, he would consult the wishes
OF the Democratic leaders in Congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Officer George Simpson of the Wa
terville police force rounded up Peter
Quincy, who has been before tho
court on various charges many times,
for the larceny of a gun. suitcase and
$12, from one Henry Knox. woods
man, last Saturday. 1t is alleged that
Quincy snatched the suitcase. while
an accomplice got into a scuffie with
Knox, in front of q. downtown store.
Quincy was found guilty and was
fined $25 and costs, amounting to $50
and III default of payment was sent
to Jail for three months. officer Simp
son vas on the hunt for the accom-
plice, Tuesday, and expected to &C.
him soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Christmas in Town.

Lodge meetings scheduled for
Wednesday INCLUDE Samaritan Lodge.
/. 0. o. F., Modern Woodmen o.
America, Daughters of Veterans.
Knight Templar service at II NJ. The
Y. M. C. A. will keep open house for
all young men of the city who are
not at home that day, and cordially
invites them to come. Services at St
Marks church will be at $50 and 10
A. M, with a Christmas tree in the
evening. The Opera house will keep
open as usual and will doubtless be
attended by many.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Packing House Victims OF
Other Clever ManipulatOrs.

the group which IS said to employ
more than 50 field agents III various
cities east of the Mississippi river.
The specific charge against Fellers
and Fmkleman was that they had used
the mails 10 defraud the Riemer Lum-
Der Co. Of Cincinnati. last June. Other
cities in which the men are said to
have operated are Philadelphia, Chi
cage, Cleveland st. Louis and New
Orleans.
Follers and Finkleman were released
on S500e bonds to appear for hearing
before United States commissioner,
Jan. > Post office inspectors said the
rlen obt@ined large accounts from big
firms for collection. They obtained ad-
vancvs for collection expenses, accord
ing to the officials. ana, it is alleged,
then failed to make collections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Extra Session OF Congress
Probably for March Is, 1915.

Mr. Clark is understood to favor
March Is as the day to begin work.
The sooner we get started. the bet
ter" he told the President elect.
While the speaker said the time of
the present session would be con-
sumed with appropriation bills leay-
ing the bulk OF the Democratic pro
gram and platform pledges to the new
Congress, he concurred with Mr.. Will
son that the tariff should be the fore
most subject to come before the spe-
cial session.
The speaker was delayed by the
snow storm in reaching the State
House. He found the Governor wait
ing for him for luncheon, however
and the two Democratic leaders sat
alone in the private dining room of
the Capitol, talking earnestly for two
hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Some time after midnight. Monday
morning, when Lester p. Lund of the I'M
dertaking firm of c. T. Lund & Son al
Nashua, n. H., commenced to prepare ,.it
body of George Woodman for ST ipment
to his home at WATERFORD. Me-, h detect,
ed signs of life. Considerably 81 artled
Undertaken Lund telephoned fer the
same ambulance that had brought Wood
man to his place short time before anS
he was taken to the Nashua hospital
where he received the attention o6f sur
geons and nurses until his dea,a, oc
cured at 6 O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. "A dozen
large business concerns, including the
Carnegie steel Co, and several great
packing firms in cities of the East and
Central states have been defrauded
through collection scheme Of up
wards Of s3Oe,0oe in the last few
months, according to r. Is. Mundelle
a post office inspector of Chicago, who
arrested w W. Fellers and Joseph
Finkienlan here. today on charges of
using the mails 10 defraud in connec-
ton with their alleged Illegal opera
tons
According to Inspector Mundelle, a.
Fl. Freeman. arrested in Chicago and
held to the federal grand jury under
500 900 bonds, and F. H. Wendler ar
rested III st. Louis, are the leaders in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
A WHITE CHRISTMAS
FOR new ENGLAND

Boston. Dec PA white Christ
mas was practically assured for New
England with the arrival at dawn.
today. of storm from the Gulf of
Mexico.
Snow began falling in Southern
New England. shortly after midnight,
and gradually extended to the north
asst. as the disturbance mo.ed up tho
cast. as the disturbance moved up the
coast. The s A NJ. weather report
showed 4 inches CT snow at New Bed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

DR.. c. NJ Weber who has been
appointed superintendent of the new
Edward Mason dispensary of Bow
doif College on India street, Port
land. is a graduate of Coburn CLASH
cal Institute. in the class of 1901, He
was born in, Richmond. June I, 1882,
the son of the late DIR. G. F. and Al
lie NJ. (Ham) Weber, and secured
his early EDUCATION in the common
schools of Fairfield. He was gradual
ed from the Maine Medical School in
the class of 1910.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Shapleiah Grange.

Officers for 1918 have been elected by
Shapleigh Grange as follows: NJ, III
mer E. Abbott; o., Adelaide V. Pray;
Lee, Minnie A. Staples; Stew, Guy A.
Mann; Asst. Stew, Harley c. Hooper;
Chap, Winnifred G.. Crediford; Treas,
Irving 7. Bradford: Sec, Cecilia A.
Bradford: G.. X. Ralph Goodwin; Ce-
res, M. Agnes Abbott: Pomona, Laura
h. Mann; Flora, Lena NJ. PiLlsbury
l.. A. s, Mrs. Harley Hooper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

the remaining three games and con-
sequently did no better than tie
Princeton at two points for each side.
Columbia, on the other hand. showed
championship form against Yale. de-
feating the New Haven team by Big
TO z, the best score yet recorded in
this tournament. The standing to date:
Harvard won tx, lost 41a; Columbia
won 5, lost g. Yale Won AZ. lost ia
Princeton won Z, lost 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
DON'T HURRY OR WORRY
iAs MsaIs-Dyspepsia Follows.


A serene mental condition and time
to thoroughly chew your food is more
important if anything than the kind
or quality of food.
Sufferers from indigestion should use
Il. f." Atwood's Medicine
MY husband in years back always
had a very bad stomach but in the
four years that he has taken Il. f.
Atwoods Medicine he is able to eat
anything that he wants without any
bad effects. give it to my children
also"
Mrs. Fred McComb, Foxcroft. Me
% cents for large bottle at the store
A sample free by mail If you have
never used ii.
L. r. MEDICINE CO. Portland. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Rev. Henry c. Turner solemnized
two weddings, Tuesday evening, I'M
uniting in marriage Frank Linwood
Parady of East Lynn, Mass, ana
Edith McGrath of Fairfield Center,
and Emery X, Merrithew and Sadie
simpson, both of Wateryille.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK.
Broadway Covered With Four Inches
OF SnoW-Traffie Hindered.

New Haven, Conn. Dec. 24.-The
heaviest snowstorm of the season pre-
walls in Connecticut, today. 1t set in
during the night and by daylight more
than six inches had fallen in some
districts. Trolley service and other
traffic is badly hampered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Christmas will be passed quietly III
Waterville. There will be services IN
all the Catholic churches at the usual
hours, with early masses in addition
for those who have to work. Christ
mas programs will be carried out in
mayn of the other churches. and the
observance promises to be worthy OF
the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
The College Chess Tournament.

New York, Dec. 24.-To the surprise
of onlookers at the continuation of
play in the 2lst annual intercollegiate
chess tournament, today, Harvard. af-
ter scoring one game by default, ow-
ing to the absence of Van Vliet of
the Princeton team, lost two out of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Next year the new president of
France will be elected. When the
times arrives, which happens once in
seven years, the two houses get to-
gether and indicate their choice in
secret ballot. This does away with a
lot of popular enthusiasm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Christmas Tree at
The Baptist Church.

About 200 rosy checked youngsters,
trimming with the spirit of Christ
mas, gathered in the Sunday school
rooms of the First Baptist church, at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
HEAVY STORM.
Heaviest of the Season Prevails Ir
Connecticut.

New Jersey and Delaware are, today,
covered with from six to Il inches of
snow, with no present indications of
a let-up in the storm. Steam and troll
ley traffic in many parts of Pennsyl-
vania is impeded by high drifts.
In Philadelphia there We're six inches
of snow, at A. NJ, and in the coun-
try districts the snow is being drifted
by a 22-mile wind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Mrs Albert C. Barrows, Miss Ellen
f.. Clark and Miss Saliie Barrows OF
IIaverhill, Mass, are the guests OF
Mir and Mrs. n. H. Barrows for
Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Fred 4. Hill. student at Harvard
Medical school, arrived home, Tuesday,
to pass the Holidays with his parents.
DR.. and Mrs. j. +. Hill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Henry Reynolds chef at The Elm
wood, went, Tuesday, to Augusta, to
officiate at a family gathering as San
ia Claus, a part which it is said he is
very proficient in taking,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Christmas exercises. which were
much enjoyed by the large number
present were held in Notre Dame
church, Tuesday evening. Whist and
moving pictures were features. \
midnight mass was concluding
event.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Miss Alice Donovan. chief operator
at The Elnwood, went. Tuesday eve
ming, to Gardiner, to pass Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
HATHAWAYS VS.. TIGERS.
Tigers Defeat Hathaways by 40 Pins
At Casino Bowling Alleys.

The Tiger five trimmed Tuesday even
ing, the Hathaways by 40 pins at the
Casino alleys Clukey of the Tigers roll
ed the largest total The score:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

r. o. Sawyer OF Stockton Springs is
the guest of his son Bernard at The
Elmwood.-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Thomas Greenway of the Wyandotte
worsted mill, went to New York, Tues
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Stated conclave of St. omer Com
X. T., will be held at 7.3o z.
NJ, Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

G. II. Lewis of Lewiston was {
Tuesday visitor to Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
Covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
DeIaware-TrolIey Traffic lmpeded.

Delaware-Troliey Traffic lmpeded.
New York. Dec. 24.-New York was
struck. today, with it's first blizzard, this
winter. \ snowfall which began short
~ after midnight continued, at o'clock
when Broadway was covered over foul
inches deep and whirlwnd made traffic
conditions about as bad as could be.
Suburban trains We're late, shipping was
practically tied up and street traffic was
almost at "A standstill, during the early
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Arthur MCGOWAN has gone to New
York to pass Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

MI. and Mrs. w II. Cook have re-
turned from Boston.