Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

WIN Total tuTolllIieNl ol soitiS-
what more than 400 Wesleyan Uni
versity. Middletown, Conn, began its
S3rd collegiate year, Thursday. Pres.
ident William A. Arnold welcomed the
returning and new students at chapel
exercises Thursday morning.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels view
ed, Thursday, the proposed site for
a navy yard in the Greenvile section
of Jersey City to replace the present
New York navy yard, which is said -
be rapidly outgrowing its quarters.
Thomas F. Riley. until few days
ago, president of the New England
Association of the Amateur Athletic
Union, died, Thursday. at his home in
Cambridge. Mass. Death was sudden.
Mr.. Riley was 80 years old and IN
his youth was actively prominent in
rowing and athletics.
Everett II. Wainwright. IS years of
age. was shot and killed, Thursday
night, at Worcester. Mass by his
brother, Benjamin, 20 years old, in the
presence of younger brother, David.
| 10 years of age. Benjamin claims it
was accidental. He is charged with
manslaughter.
Gabe +. Parker a Choctaw Indian
fof Academy, Okla, first man of his
race to be register of the treasury, was
sworn into office, Thursday. His sig
nature will appear on all currency and
he declared he regarded his appoint
ment as a signal recognition of the
Red men.
Two robbers entered the jewelry
store of ]. J. Thompson, at Grand
Rapids. Mich. early Thursday night
commanded the clerks to throw up
their hands and when they refused
opened fire. john A. Thompson and
Ed Smith fell dead and Paul Town
send was probably fatally wounded
! The bandits escaped.
| Representative Hinebaugh Of Illinois
!, chairman of the Progressive Congress
| sional committee, Thursday, brough
to a conference of Progressive mem
bers of the House a message from
| Colonel Roosevelt endorsing the plan
of the House Progressives for the mex
| Congressional campaign and renewing
his declaration that no amalgamatiol
of the Progressive party with the Re
/ publicans would be considered.
1 Charles DeYoung, general manage
i of the San Francisco Chronicle, dice
Wednesday, at San Francisco. Chas
i De Young was the son of Michael II
DeYoung. proprietor of the Chronicl
and one of its founders. He was
native of San Francisco, 80 years ole
and unmarried. Mr.. DeYoung WI
one of the prime movers in plannin
for the Panama Pacific Exposition
and was a member of the exposition
directorate.
The Massachusetts branch of tn
American Federation of Labor close
Tits 4-days convention, late Thursday
at Fall River, Mass, after voting dow
a resolution, intended to substitute
Legislative agreement for the presen
, legislative committee of three. TIL
salary of Secretary Treasurer NJ.
Joyce of Boston was increased fror
$1,000 year to $500. Several mino
RESOLUTIONS We're approved.
Frank S. Streeter of Concord, \
H., one of the members of the Unite
States section of the Internatlona
Joint Commission, having Jurisdictio
over boundary disputes between thi
country and Canada, has sent hi
resignation to President Wilson, VIII
has accepted it, to take effect, Oct.
No successor has as yet been decide
upon and reports that an entirely ne
!, | membership from the United State
was to be named were declared at TT
. White House to be unfounded.
G The Interstate Commerce Commissio
o FRIDAY. directed that "all individual
d firms, companies and corporations owl
ing or operating cars and other vehicle
:, and instrumentalities and facilities
: shipment or carriage of property in il
!, terstate commerce" be made defen
|, Iants in the commissions investigate
> of private car lines and the allowanc
g pair to them by the trunk line ra
: ways. The private car line invest
: cation was begun by the commissi'
IS more than a year ago on complai
: that the operation of such car lin
IS was unreasonable and discriminate
J. and that the allowances to them
Ie the trunk lines were excessive.