Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-31

New York to Massachusetts of Gefnn F.
Farmer, indicted on is counts in Boston
for alleged larceny and fraudulent
schemes to swindle lovers of rare books
was granted. Monday, by Gov Dix at
Albany. 1t is claimed that in Boston
alone Farmer and several colleagues who
are still at large, secured over 1850
The syndicate operated in various parts
of the country.
ID. r. Deaton, one of the Is men
charged with the assassination of Ed.
Callahan. the Breathitt county ex-
sheriff, was placed on trial, Monday,
at Winchester, KY, after a jury had
been accepted by both sides. Deaton
pleaded not guilty to the indictment
and the court was adjourned until
Tuesday, when the statements of the
attorneys and the hearing of testimony
viii begin.
The battleship Arkansas, which landed
President Taft at Key West, Sunday, ar
rived Monday, at Havana, where the
ships company will spend New Years
day. Later the ship will proceed to the
New York navy yard to make ready for
the approaching mid winter cruise of the
fleet to the West indies. The Delaware,
which conveyed the Arkansas on her
Panama trip, after landing her passen-
gers in Florida, sailed directly for the
New York navy yard.
The Theodore Roosevelt criminal libel
case against George A. Newett, editor
of Iron Ore, paper published at Ishpem-
ing, Mich, will be postponed Tuesday,
it was announced, Monday, at Marquette,
Mich, until the disposal of the colonel's
civil suit against the editor. Isewett is
charged with having published an alleged
libel injurious to Col. Roosevelt and per-
sonal reflections on his character. The
civil suit is scheduled to be heard in
February.
The steamship Edernian arrived in
BueEos Aires, Argentina, Monday,
with the crew of the British steamer
South Atlantic on board. The ship
wrecked sailors were picked up in mid
Atlantic, after they had abandoned
their vessel, which left Barry, Wales,
on Nov. -, for Buenos Aires Accord
ing to Lloyds the report that the
Edernian had rescued 26 of the crew
of the Norwegian bark Nordstern, is
erroneous
Diego, Cal, for the body of Ned Kline,
a musician of thee ruiser California,
who lost his life, Sunday, attempting
to rescue Miss Anna Hidden, who was
drowned. Kline and Miss Hidden were
standing on a rock, taking photo
graphs when the girl fell 20 feet into
the ocean. Kline sprang after her and
was dragged down in the surf Miss
Hidden's body was recovered. Kline
enlisted from Memphis, Tenn.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, Monday, suspended proposed
trans continental freight tariffs adj
vancing rates on lumber from British
Columbia and Alberta, Canada and
oregon, Washington, and other North
western states shipped through Colora-
do gateways to Eastern destinations.
The effect of the proposed tariffs
would be to advance the rate from
Portland, Ore, to Chicago from So
cents a hundred pounds to so cents.
and frcm Portland to New York City
from IS cents to $1.0S12. Rates between
other points show similar advance.
Tie federal court docket at Valdez,
Alaska, was cleared, late Saturday
from the failure of the Washington
Alaska Bank of Nevada at Fairbanks,
two years ago, when a verdict of not
guilty was returned by instruction of
the court. in three cases against Frank
w. Hawkins, receiver of the defunet
bank Hawkins was charged with
making improper disbursements of the
banks funds after he took charge as
receiver. Of the 80 indictments return
ed against seven former officers of the
bank, only one resulted in a convie-
ton.
An explosion of the boiler of a ro-
tary snow plow on the Great North
ern and an avalanche that wrecked
a stalled freight train laden with
Oriental imports for the East on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Railroad complicated conditions, Mon
day. in the Cascade mountains, where
the Northern trans continental roads
are fighting one of the worst billiards.
in the last 20 years. Five men were
injured, two probably fatally, in the
boiler explosion and one man was Sc
vereIy hurt in the avalanche. The
Milwaukee Line probably will be
blocked several days, but the Great
Northern expected to get trains
through, Monday night.