Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-17

r. l., was adjudged bankrupt, Thurs
day, in the United States district
court IT Providence, on a voluntary
| petition. The schedule showed assets Of
| SCI, 100, and liabilities Of s27. 955.
DIR. Avery + Lambert has been
elected dean of Middlebury College at
| MiddIehurY Vt. to succeed the late
| Walter f. Howard. DIR. Lambert has
been assistant professor of zoology at
Midlebury He is a Dartmouth grad
| uate and at one time taught in the
| birmingham (Mass.) Normal school.
Whit Will probably stand as the rec
ord catch Of big fish by Manchester,
| y. H., party. this season, was brought
| in, Wednesday, by u fishermen re-
| turning from an outing at the eamp
| Of Gorham Humphrey Wolfboro No
| less than 81 lake trout, aggregating
| in weight 200 pounds, We're displayed
| as the outcome Of the trip
Former Justice Henry A. Glider
sleeve was appointed guardian for Mrs.
idasieiine Fore Astor and Langdon p.
| Marvin WIS appointed guardian for
Williams Vincent Astor, by Surrogate
Fowler, Thursday, at New York. The
1 SdssiliIiiS HIPS VIII continue DnlX I'M
til the viii of John Jack Aston is nd
| mitted to probate. The action was tax
en- on the motion of Mrs. Aslor and
| Vincent Astor.
Following az argument over some
work at the Pacific Mills print works
| at Dover y. Il. Wednesday, Edward
| NJ. QuaBy was stabbed in the breast
BY another employee. He received
| three wounds but was able to walk
| to Doctors Office to have them dress
| ed. The police have a warrant for the
arrest Of Gakormis Gornidillis. who is
| charged with assaulting QuaIey Gor-
nidillis was discharged from the print
| works Immediately after the affair
rhe Standard oil Co. paid a fine of
100000 10 the clerk Of the supreme
| court at jefferson City. Mo-. Wednes-
day. as result of being prosecuted as
a trust. There is motion pending
| before the court asking that the com
| pany be permitted To pay the fine. with
| all costs of the prosecution, and that
| the order ousting il from the state
Sbe withheld so long as it obeys the
laws The Republic Oil Co, which was
also found guilty, is expected now to
| pay Is fms.
on night schools in the rural dis
| tricts of Kentucky. members of the
| State Association of Country School
superintendent. base hope of elimi-
| mating d large portion Of the states
adult iRiteracy. The association, Thurs
day. read with much interest the re-
per. of what Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart
of Frankfort KY has accomplished
by such means in Bowan county, in
which she is superintendent of public
instruction. She has succeeded in KEEP
/ ing the school plant well employed.
each night learning" the elders,
| whose children occupy it during the
day
/ Striking laborers from Newark made
an unsuccessful sortie at Montclair. y.
| j.. Wednesday. their object being to
| induce the men employed on the new
Gleniield Park 10 quit work When
the strikers, numbering about So en-
tered the town they were met by a de-
| tachment of police. The men made no
effort to carry out their program. Be
fore reaching Montclair the strikers
had an exciting experience in Glen
| Ridge, where two Belgian police dogs
| were called into play to prevent inter-
ference with workmen. The dogs were
| muzzled, but when they dashed at the
| gathering Of strikers the fnen retreat
| ed in disorder. The dogs are trained to
] knock men down by running between
| their legs. and some of the fleeing
| workmen were tumbled by the ami
mails.
l Miss Mary Jerson, seamstress in the
1 Cheshire Girls School at Waterbury
| CT, is i'll with smallpox, and has been
isolated in IL small building erected
| Wednesday afternoon. The disease de-
| veloped, Monday. and before then, for
several avs, she had been mixing with
the students, SO there is considerable
| speculation as to the extent of the ex-
| posure. Nearly 50 students have left
| town since the announcement was
| made, although next Saturday was the
| day set for the Cheshire School min
| strel show. 1t was TO be in the Town
| haH. Several more cases of smallpox
[are expected to develop within "a
| hours. The town is a small one, in
| which the inhabitants are constantly
| thrown together
| The Greenfield Savings Bank at
L
three years ago because Of por inovest-
ments, viii be re- opened, this year.
| Savings PaRk Commissioner Thorn
| dixie conferred. Thursday, with the
| trustees of the institution. After the
| conference was concluded. the follow
| ing statement was issued: 1.-THE bank
is now absolutely solvent. The COM
missioner will authorize the opening of
! the bank some time during the pres
| ent year but the exact date has not
yet beer determined When it is OPEN
| ed it will be proportionately the
strongest in the state for LIQUID and
available assets" The institution has
several thousand depositor The as
sets now due the depesitors amount to
approximately $500 900 George C.
Lunt of Greenfield was elected a trus-
/ tee of the bank and member of the
investment committee at the meeting.
CAPITAL JoTTINGS.