Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-12

Boston Americans. Sheer was drafted.
last year, by the Washington Ameri-'
cans. but sent back for more expert
ence
Carelessness in replacing a leaky
gasget caused the accident aboard the
hattleship Louisiana, off Newport, r..
L., recently, when the bonnet of big q
sea valve came off and threatened the
ship with scuttling. This was the re-
port, Friday, of the boaSd of inquiry.
Secretary Daniels addressed a letter
to Frank w Steeling, engineer OF the
vessel and Machinist Henry A. Low
ell ,admonishing them to be more care
FIJI in the future.
Mrs Beatrice A. Saunders, the H.
nanciai secretary of the Woman's So
eial and Political Union, was liberated
from prison, Friday night, at Lon
, don, for the second time Her first
release on license occurred, June 20.
and she was re-arrested only two
days ago. Abstention from food and
water so greatly weakened her that
it became necessary 70 get her at Ill.,
erty. Mrs Saunders term OF impris-
onment is Is months.
| Charles B. Duborow of PhiladeI-
Charlestown bridge to Boston light
and return. Friday. distance OF "a
miles. was obliged to quit after hav-
| ing been in the water more than four
hours The water was rough and SO
cold that his limbs became number
| before he finally permitted himself
to be taken into boat off Long Is
land Head, about half way to the
| light
! Former State Senator Stephen j.
/ Stlwell of the Bronx. convicted OF
bribery in connection with efforts to
pass certain Stock Exchange legisla-
| ton. and John r. Anhut, convicted of
bribery in connection with an at
+, tempt to secure the release of Harry
| X. Thaw from the Matteawan In
sane Asylum, were disbarred from
the practice of law. Friday. by the
appellate division of the New York
/ supreme court.
! The grand jury that Investigated
the conditions at Sing Sing state pris-
! on, at the direction of Gov. Sulzer.
completed its work, Friday. at White
! Plains, N. Y, and handed down an
indictment against Lyman s. Gibbs,
the prison store keeper. and three
other Sing Sing attaches John S.
Kennedy. former warden, was indict-
ed. Thursday. for alleged neglect of
duty and on other charges. Gibbs
surrendered himself and was admit
ted to bail The others indicted have
not been arrested.
| Former Police Captain James K
Price. known during his command of
the West 37th Street station, New
York. as THE car of the tender
loin. died, Friday in New York.
from paralysis, aged Sc years. He had
| been in turn, boilermaker and SOL
der before joining the Metropolitan
police force. During his military SER
vice Price took part in hard fight
/ ing against Apache Indians in the
| southwest and he introduced swarlike
methods into his police work favor
ing the night stick as a means of
preserving order in his district. Capt.
Price retired in 1902 after 28 years
| service.
Only about 5000 acres of national for
est land have been burned over so far.
this season, according TO reports. Fri
| dav, to the forest service at Washing
ton. This area is an infinitesimal pro-
| portion of the total acreage contained
| in the 163 forests under federal super
vision. The record encourages the hope
that the fire loss, this year, will be
| small. Conditions everywhere, except
in the Southwest, it is said, are more
than ordinarily favorable. Four fires
I are burning in the Coconino forest.
EAriz., and during the past two weeks
there have been IS fires on national
| forests in Arizona and New Mexico.
f. A hydro-aeroplane Swimming the sur
face of Lake Erie and the Niagara river
near Buffalo, N. Y, Friday afternoon.
1 played prominent part in the Search
4 for the bodies of five canoeists who were
| drowned off Windmill Point, last Sun
day. The flying machine rapidly .elimi-.
mated outlying territory from the neces-
sty of further search and boatmenAconv
| fined their efforts to comparatively
small stretch with the result that three
bodies were recovered. The bodies foufi1
were those of Carl Goodrich. Reginald
Mcmahon and Albert NJ. Kayner, v4ii of
Niagara Falls. The body of Thomas
Bropy was recovered. Thursday. The
body of Edward Reichert is missing
Increased imports int9z the Philip
/ pines in the 10 months ended. April
|
customs receipts ofyvthe insular gov
eminent. This is. Explained in figures
received, Friday. by the insular af-
fairs bureau ofrthe war department by
the fact that the increase was in ex-
ports from America and was at the
expense OF foreign exporters trade.
American goods enter the Philippines
free of duty and the customs reve-
nues suffered proportionately. Whilo
the increase in American imports was
lgreatest in weat flour, the imports in
Southern cotton cloths grew, from 81
to 20 per cent. Altogether the inn
ports from the United States were
valued at $2O,SO0.0O0 compared with
| $16 100000 during the corresponding
period of last year. AT the same time
the export trade of the islands show
ed a large increase, being approx
mately $2,500,000 greater for the 10
months than for the 10 months in the
preceding year.