Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-23


fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, and
to insure the landing of fish in mar
ketable condition a big tank has beep
constructed in the hold of the schoon-
CIR capable of keeping thousands of fish
alive. This tank is is feet WIDE 20
feet long with depth of 5 feet The
vessel viii leave in few days for
Havana in command of Capt +.
Brideau.
With National President Edward r.
Kearney and several past presidents as
guests, the 18th annual convention of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the New Eng
land Association of Stationary Engi-
neers was held in Pawtucket, r. J..
Wednesday. Mrs. Ollie Heckiar of New
Haven. president of the association
presided.
In the Central Falls district court
at Pawtucket r. l.. Tuesday, Judge
Choanet found Or. Llewellyn u. chand-
Ter of that city probably guilty OF per-
forming an Illegal operation upon Mrs
Bertha Richards of North Attleboro,
which caused her death at the Park
Place hospital. Pawtucket, May IL. The
defense was that the woman was treat
ed by the defendant to relieve her suf-
fering after she had performed an OPP
Grafton upon herself Or. Chandler was
held for the grand jury in $1,000 bail.
which was furnished.
There is TO be no delay in the prose-
cution of the governments antitrust
suit against Herman Sieleken and the
other members of the Brazilian eof-
fee valorization combine" To prevent
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Wise. at New York. Wednesday, filed
what is Known as an expediting certih-
cate. This will have the effect of re-
moving the monopoly action from the
Federal district court and placing 1t
within the jurisdiction of the 4th dis
trict Judges.
More than q dozen motor boats have
been seized at Boston by Deputy
United States Marshal Cameron, be-
cause the owners have not paid penal
ties ranging between 81 and 50 each.
whit costs of about $40 for THE failure
To have proper fire eXtinguishers
aboard. Asst. United States Atty. Shea
had filed informations against the
boasts for such violation of the federal
law, but the owners have not yet paid.
The boats viii he sold to satisfy the
penalties and costs unless the owners
settle at once.
While at work on an electric light
pole ON Beacon street, Plainville.
Mass Tuesday morning Lincoln War;
rem of Sheldonville. lineman in the
employ of the Folklore Electric Light
Co, received Il shock from a wire car
rying 23o0 volts. When the power was
x-a.r. "A 20,
see the man make his way down the
pole unassisted. Warren was removed.
that afternoon, to the Massachusetts,
General hospital in Boston, where it
was reported late that afternoon, that
he has an even chance to live.
So affected by the shame of having
been arrested, charged with having
sold liquor at her home at 231 Harrison
avenue. Boston, that, after she had
been released on bail furnished by her
husband, she drank earbolic acid, the
woman who was taken to the City hos
pital. early Tuesday morning, under
the name of Mary Finch. was identified
after her death by her husband as be-
ing Mary Callahan. When she was ar
rested she broke down completely and
sobbed bitterly while being booked at
the station house. She was released
within a short time, but shortly after
midnight drank the poison, dying Tues
day forenoon.
Edward D. Pomeroy. an aged man
living on the side of auckland noun
tain. u short distance from North
Adams Mass, was buried. Tuesday,
in coffin which he constructed him
colf WOO re foll ha "A ia
not wish disturbed, owing to the fact
that six mems were setting in il, and
he did not wish them moved until aft
er the eggs were Matched. When Pome-
roy fell sick, last Sunday, the doctor.
who was called to attend him. after
looking at the patient, said that the
case was serious. Pomeroy begged and
pleaded with the doctor to save his
life for only two weeks. so that the
hens in the coffin would not be dis
turhed.
The Australian convict ship Success,
built III 1890, and now under repair in
Cork harbor, Ireland, is said to be the
Oldest sailing vessel in the world. But
this record for longevity is easily
beaten by the Princess Mary which
conveyed William Ill to England in
1858, and was then over half a century
old. The Princess Mary served as the
principal royal yacht until the middle
Iof the seventeenth century, when she
was sold to a firm of West Indian
traders Later on she was used as a
collier, and was still in excellent con-
dition when she struck rock near
South Shields and was totally wreck
ed. This occurred in 1927. the ship
being then nearly 200 years old.
After being idle for "A working days,
the 10000 mine workers throughout
the anthracite coal fields of Pennsyl-
lyania resumed work, Wednesday, un-
der the new wage agreement. Some
collieries are not in condition to be
placed in operation, but it is expect
ed that in a week or two mining will
have reached its normal condition.
While misunderstanding are looked
for under the new agreement, no seri-
GUS bitches are feared. In the Hazel
ton region, men engaged in stripping
work, where coal lying near the sur
face is taken ont in the same manner