Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-27

in barn at Agawam. Mass, Monday,
severely shocked the entire company.
Three of the workers, Walter Sheldon.
of Agawam, Rose SWAMI, IS, of East
Longmeadow. and Walter Gilligan. Is.
of West Springfield. were so seriously
injured they were taken to Spring
field hospital.
Col C. c. Wilson, aged g.. former pres
ident Of the United, Wireless Co., died,
Sunday night at 10 O'clock. at the United
States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga,
where he was serving a three-yearss SEN
tence for using the malls In an attempt
to defraud. Uraemic poisoning was Civ
en- as the cause for the colonels death.
A demand for an investigation of the
election of Senators william e. Chiffon
and Clarence w. Watson of West Vir-
ginia was made in petition signed by
Governor Glasscock and others present
led. Monday. to the Senate through Sem
ator Gallinger. the presiding officer. The
petition called attention to charges Of
bribery publicly made in reference to the
election of the two Kest Virginia SEN
ators.
Three people lost their lives during
terrific wind and rain storm that swept
over Cleveland, Ohio Monday. Virgil
Bellows. %. one of a party aboard the
yacht Red Head. was knocked overheard
by swinging boom and drowned. Mi
chaei sheer. 40. was struck down In his
bedroom by a bolt of lightning as he
closed window. John Mulnix. IS, was
killed by lightning on his way to work
Trees were blown down and much prop
erty loss suffered.
| Failure to go to the relief of YES
| sells in distress is a misdemeanor
| punishable by two years imprison-
| ment according to notice sent y
| ship captains. Monday, by the British
| Board of Trade. The circular which
was issued as a sequel to the recon-
mendation of Lord Mersey after the
Titanic inquiry.
| Damage estimated at $4,000 to
| 500, 900 was done to full grown tobac-
| co in the fields in a series of severe
| hail storms that swept over the Hous-
| tonic valley around New Milford. CT.
late Monday. The storms covered an
area of 35 square miles. Owing to the
short crop. this season. practically all
/
! 1t stood in the fields.
Frederick L. Carpenter of Glouces-
| ter. pleaded not guilty to an indict-
ment charging the larceny of $4,000
! when given hearing. Monday. before
Judge Dana in the superior court at
Boston. He was held in $4,000 bonds
for trial. Carpenter Is charged with
disposing of 80 American Bell Tele-
| phone $1,000 bonds belonging to the
estate of his sister Flaw, Mrs. Jen-
ME S. Gookin, who died at Carpenters
| home, in 1909. A warrant was issued.
in February. 1911. but Carpenter dis
/ appeared Carpenter was located AT
Lake Massabesic. near Manchester N.
H.. last Friday. and arrested.
1 Joseph G. Robin, who is in the New
! York Tombs awaiting sentence fol-
lowing his conviction for grand lar
! eeny in connection with the wrecking
of the Northern Bank. is said TO have
| made another fortune through specu-
lations which he carried on while q
! prisoner. With view that Robin
could furnish valuable information In
the case now pending against For
mer City Chamberlain Hyde. the tor
rmer president of the bank was not
sentenced after his conviction. but
was kept in the Tombs and during
| the day time it Is reported he occu-
| MES a room in the criminal courts
! building which is equipped with
Taper and typewriter.