Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Heart future, hrought on by the eX-
| ertion Of trying to walk against the
| high wind. Thursday night, caused the
| death OF Miss Susan +. Copeland, for
| many years a public school teacher ir
Newton, Mass. She was 80 years old.
Tom Gum. the Chinese aviator, was
probably fatally injured, Thursday. in
fall Of 1000 feet at the aviation
meet at Oakland, Cal. He landed 200
| yards outside the aviation field fah-
| ing on a pumping station.
The derelict destroyer Seneca left
| New York Thursday, to search for
| the derelict ship Erne, last reported in
| Lat. Il, Long. AZ. by the steamer
| Ccstrian, which arrived in Liverpool,
| Feb. y, from Boston.
Total losses in the Houston, Tex, fire
| We're S6500,000; total Insurance 4,560,000
! These figures We're taken from nearly
complete compilations, thursday, of To-
| cal insurance men Salvage from the
| burned district is counted on to reduce
the actual insurance payments 10 near
| ly 100000
| 1t was "Reclamati0n of Drunkards"
| day in Salvation Army circles in
| Manhattan, Thursday, and as a re
| suit more than 1000 men were dragged
| away from the saloons and taken to
! the Army headquarters. where they
| were dined and talked to by the
| teachers Of the Army.
| Colleges in all parts Of the country
We're represented at the list annual con-
vention of the Chi Psi fraternity wmch
| opened at Boston, Thursday. The ses-
sons Will continue three days and a fine
| program has been prepared by the New
/ England members, the concluding event
| to be banquet at which Elbridge T.
| Gerry of New York will preside
a record was established in Los An
| geles. Wednesday, for the quick sale
| of lemons and oranges. Seventy-tive
| carloads Of fruit containing 640o, 500
! oranges and 10000 lemons, We're auc-
| toned of for total of $4,000 at the
| rate Of one carload minute. The
| growers got spot cash. The oranges
| brought an average of S1.S5 q box
| \ number of dynamite bombs We're eX-
| ploded by striking taxieab chauffeurs 1T
| Paris, Thursday. in the garages of the
| Taxi Motor Car Cos. which have not ae-
| cepted the terms of the strikers Two
| ofncials were injured. Many cars were
| burned and otherwise damaged. Neither
| the companies nor the strikers show
| signs Of giving way. The conflict has
lasted since Nov. 2S.
Jules Vedrines broke the speed rec
| ord for monoplanes, Thursday, at Pau,
| France. flying 100 kilometers in 81
minutes, and 200 kilometers in / hour
| and Is minutes. The previous record
| for 100 lsilometers t62 miles) was made
| by Bathiat at Douzy. Jan. 26. when
| he covered the distance in Al min
| utes. % seconds. The 200-kilometer
record was made at Pau, Jan. "a, by
Maurice Tabutefu, in 1 hour, "a min
| utes and p seconds
A piece of roast chicken caused John
| Dowd's death. Thursday. at Newport.
| r. I. 1t became lodged in the mans
| throat and he choked to death. Dowd
was 20 years old A widow and three
| children survive. He was well-known
| to summer people here as he was one
| of the first men to drive a carrYal
| around the city with sightseers.
Nearly 200 delegates from nearly all
| the large colleges in the country gath
cred at Springfield Mass, Thursday, To
attend the opening session of the three
| days convention of the Alpha Delta mi
| fraternity Numerous entertainment
|
| Fridays program will be carried out
| at Amherst, opening with a session IN
| the, college hall.
The AIlNew England vhecker team
won its second match in Il years,
/ Thursday night, at Boston, defeating
| the Boston team in the annual WASH
! ingtons birthday tournament by %
games. The New Englanders were
| greatly assisted by large delegation
| of Maine players. At the election OF
officers of the New England Checker
| Association, the officers elected were:
| Pres, j. W. Bolton OF Lawrence; vice
| Pres, Edward B. Hanes Providence;
| Sec, John H. Finn of Lynn; Treas,
| Willis G.. Hill of Nashua, n. II.
| The lower branch of the Virginia
| General Assembly Thursday, passed
| the Jordan enabling act, which pro-
vides for a state wide prohibition cleo
tion when one-fourth of the voters
| who participated in the last general
| election petition therefor. An election
can be forced by 27,000 names to the
| petition. Although the prohibition
element solidly supported the measure,
| a substitute declaring for state wide
prohibition on July 1 next by legisla-
| tive enactment was Qelealed. Ine
| fight now will be transferred to the
Senate. which is said to be hostile.
| Stirred to activity by the sudden death
| within five days of seven infants ami
the serious illness of nve others in the
| hospital section of the Brooklyn Nursery
/ and Infants hospital, the police and
Coroner Glinnen of that borough have
/ begun a thorough investigation. An au-
/ topsy performed by Coroner's Physician
I Charles L. Wuest Thursday, disclosed
traces of an irritant poison in the stom-
achs of two children who died, Tuesday
last, DR.. Wuest said he would seek i'm
mediately to have his discovery con-
firmed by chemical analysis of the con-
I tents of the infants stomachs The theo-
! ry on which the investigators are work
! ing is that the poison was contained in
/ milk given the infants. The death of
another infant at the institution was re-
ported, Thursday night, making a total
of eight. The police and coroner have
decided to take no steps in the case un-
: til the exact cauSp Of tha daathS