Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-07-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

With more than 1000 delegates pres
ent from all parts of the United
States, the 18th annual convention of
the National Dental Association met,
Tuesday, at Kansas City, Mo. The
convention will be in session four
days.
Peter j. Duffy, former sergeant in
the New York police department con-
victed recently of bribery, was SEN
fenced, Tuesday, to serve not less than
three years nor more than four years
in Sing Sing prison. The court grant
ed a Today stay of execution.
John Cummiskey an attorney of Es
canaha. Mich, was killed wher an au-
tomooile turned over near Nadeau,
early Tuesday. cummiskey was choked
to death under the wind shield. Newton
Spencer, who was driving the car
was badly hurt, but will recover.
Several hundred iron molders struck.
Tuesday, at Cincinnati, for an In
crease in wages from 1925 to $3.50 a
day. It is believed that by Wednesday
every iron molder in the city will have
walked out This will affect pattern
makers and will. it is said. include 30,-
600 men.
The Society of American Woment in
London, Tuesday. gave luncheon at
the Savoy Hotel to welcome Walter
Hines Page, the new United States
ambassador. and Mrs. Page. Many of
the prominent ladies of the American
colony were present as we'll as a num-
ber Of men guests, and the entire staff
of the American embassy.
Theodore Leslie, II years old. used
his dog "Spud' as a buoy, Tuesday,
and rescued Alfred Meyers. cot
tager at Atlantic City. N. j., from
drowning in the ocean after a hard
struggle with cross currents which had
overcome Meyers. They were swept
two blocks from their starting point
and reached the beach badly exhaust
ed.
The New York Bar Association, Tues
day, asked the appellate division Of
the supreme court to disbar Former
State Senator Stephen ]. Stilweh,. con-
victed of having solicited a bribe from
George H. Kendall, president of the
New York Banknote Co., and senterlcl
ed 10 serve from two to four years in
Sing Sing prison. Stilwell is now in the
Tombs, his sentence having been stay
ed pending a possible confession in
volving grating of other legislators at
Albany.
L Full reports of Brig. General PERISH
ing,s campaign to disarm the Moros,
| which eliminated in the battle at
Ragsak. received at the war depart
ment, Tuesday, give accounts OF the
heroic conduct of American troopers
fighting in the mountain fastness with
sayages, sometimes numbering be-
| tween 5000 and 10000. Hand to hand
Icombats with Moros armed with bi.-
| rones and spears were frequent in
which not savage surrendered and
| the encounters were ended7o only by es-
| cape or death.
| Testimony that the material used in
| the construction had beep used before.
| was given, Tuesday, at Lawrence at
| the inquest resulting from the drown
ing of II boys when the runway to the
municipal bath house collapsed. last
week. Carpenters who had worked on
the bath house said that old material
was used in building. the runway.
| Franz Remick, city claim agent. who
| mace an investigation, expressed the
opirion that the walk was not Duilt
sufficiently strong and several poys
who witnessed the accident. described
| what they saw. The inquest will be re-
sumed. Thursday.
The authorities are bafied over the
death of Alice Crispell. the l9-year-old
girl. whose body was found III Har-