Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The keel plate of Great Britain's
2sth ship of the Dreadnought class
was laid Monday, in Portsmouth dock
yard. The vessel has not yet been
named. She will be the largest bat
tleship hitherto constructed in Eng
land, displacing between $4,000 and
10000 tons.
BY the breaking away of an ice foe.
100 fishermen have been driven out to
sea near the village of Ganjuscciau,
Russia. No trace Of them has been
found by the small boats sent out to
their rescue. 1t is believed that they
have all been drowned in the Cas-
plan Sea.
The steamer Northwestern. oil
laden. from Port Arthur. Texas. and
With % men aboard, is hepelessy bat
Ting with the sea off Cape Lookout,
n. c. Both propellers are gone. The
revenue cutter itasen sailed. Monday
afternoon, from Beaufort, y. C, to
the steamers assistance
Nelson, Hotel, more than 100 years old,
one of the landmarks of New Market, N
J, was practically destroyed by fire,
early Sunday. The fire was caused by u
tel for nearly a half century. and it was
widely known stopping place in early
days. being on the old post road between
New York and Philadelphia.
a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
crashed into Pittsburg & Lake Erie
train i'll the railroad yards, at New
castle. Pa, Monday, and five persons
We're reported killed. among them be-
ing Engineer James Cannon and Fire
mau Cunningham. 2agga gemaster j.
L. Croft, Railway Mail Clerk Carna-
han, and Conductor j. n. Ellis have
been taken TO the Shenango Valley
hospital at Newcastle, badly, hurt. An
open switch caused the. accident.
With the thermometer registering IS de-
grees below zero, Carl FauIkenberg, n
17-year-old fugitive from the Minnesota.
State Industrial school at Red Wing,
Mimi. rode IS miles on the pilot of a lo~
connective and was nearly frozen to lfsith.
He was found In a Chicago hospital, sun
day. Faulkenberg's hands feet and face
We're frozen, and he is in a serious con-
diton from exposure. The youth escaped
from Red Wing, Thursday last. Passen-
gers on the train took up a collection
for him.
The Rev. James Mahon, pastor of st.
Joseph's Roman Catholic church, died at
Newport, Saturday, after an Illness of
many months Father Mahon, a promi-
nent figure in the life of the city, mad
been in Newport since 1906. He exerted
wide influence over his parishioners,
among whom We're a large number of the
summer residents including Mrs Regi-
maid Vanderbilt. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Oelriehs.
Father Mahon had officiated at many
large weddings. including that of Peter
Martin and Lilly Oeirichs. The funeral
will be held, Tuesday morning.
The ocean towboat Mars. which
| went ashore at Point Allerton. Satur-
day morning, was fioated, Monday
morning. by the united efforts of five
towboats. An unsuccessful effort to
float the boat was made at high wa
ter. Sunday night. During the night
the crew of 10, assisted by the men
from the stony Beach life saving sta
| ton, threw overheard so tons of coal
which, with a timely shift of wind to
the east, made Monday mornings eff
| ferts II success. The tug was not badly
damaged.
Ira Webb died Saturday. az Melon
ough. n. Y, aged log years Mr.. Webb
was the Oldest voter of New York state
on his 101st birthday he occupied the
platform when Governor Hughes spoke
| at Binghamton. Until the last election
| Mr.. Webb always walked from his home
TO the polls and cast n straight Repub-
lican ticket. Except for the last few
months he retained his physical ability to
a wonderful degree, working in his gar
den each day during the summer. He
had wide personal acquaintance with
many prominent men through the south
erp tier
| Four day patrolmen Were imme-
diately dispatched by electric from
Haverhill, Mass, to Lawrence, Mon
day morning, when Mayor Moulton
| received n request for aid from Mayor
Scanlon The men We're from the day
| patrol end other patrolmen were to be
later sent in the day IL needed. Or
ders were received at HaverhiIl at II
o'clock summoning Co. T.. Sth Regi-
ment, and the riot call was sounded
on the fire alarm. The members o.