Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Eight thousand dollars in registered
money packages was stolen from mail
pouches at the Canadian Pacific Rail
way station at Regina, Sask.. Tuesday
The carrier. who took the pouch from
the post office, missed the train and
then left the pouch containing the
money on the station platform.
Three men were reported killed anC
property damage estimated at $50, 0Ol
was done by an electric storm, Tues.
day, at E1gin, Ill. Four stores were
unroofed by the wind, the steeple oi
the First BAPTIST church was blown
down and much damage was done tc
telephone and telegraph wires.
With the election of officers on the
program. Tuesday, at Denver Colo
delegates u the Goth annual conven-
ton of the American Institute OF
Homeopathy for time laid aside tho
discussion Of scientific subjects. Early
Tuesday, DR. Dewitt c. Wilcox OF
Boston appeared in the lead for pres
ident.
A man unknown at Concord. y. IT,
committed suicide, ut noon Tuesday,
electric ear on the road from Concord
to Penacooi and near the latter place.
He was of middle age, large ana
strongly built, and on his person was
found Il pay envelope of the billiard
Co, address not given, made out TO
James Moran.
The committee which had charge of the
International games held III Grant Park,
at Chicago. last week faces Il deficit OF
$4,000, it became known. Tuesday. Ever
EFT G. Brown. one Of the manaein" com
mittec. attributed the principal loss 10 the
failure of the polo tourney which had
been planned He said the committee fig
ured on receipts of $40 $50 from the POLO
tournament.
Tools and machinery used by the gem
eral contractors for the Cape Cod canal.
the Furst-6'lafk Construction Co. were
badly damaged in fire which burned
the companys machine shop at Bazzards
Bay. Mass, Tuesday. Considerable in
convenience aud delay with canal work
may result. The cause of the fire * not
known. The loss is estimated At from
5000 to slooee.
of the StnrteVant Blower Works al
HYDE Park, a company controlled by
Gov. Engene " FoSs, visited The Of
fee of the state Board Of Goncilia-
ton and Arbitration. at Boston, Tnes
day. to seek the mediation Of that
hcdV. Previous to declaring 4 STRIFE
the employees refused to submit their
case Ia the state board because two
of the three. members had been APP
pointed To office by Coy. Fdss.
Because il contained criticism Of the
course of President Wilson and Attor-
ney General MeReynolds in connection
with the resignation, of United states
District Attorney John l.. MeNabe, the
report of the federal grand Jury at
san Francisco, before which was pre-
scented the evidence in the Digs and
caminetti white slave" cases. the
postponement of which led To Nc
Nabe's designations was rejected. to-
day. by Judge William c. Van Fleet IN
the United states district court. Judge
Van Fleet declared he would not Per-
nit the report as it stood Ia become a
part of the court record and erdeted
another report he submitted.
Charged With conducting a white
slave traffic IN bringing ito girls
from Nashua % Tyngsbofo Mass, t"r
immoral purposes. Florence Welcome
tried to commit suicide by taking cor
rosive sublimate at the Lowell police
station. While detained for United
States officers, who were 10 take her
to Boston. Prompt treatment saved
all al a
have conducted an illegal traffic in
with Florence Welcome was
to have appeared before the Lowell
police court. but did not materiaiiZee
and was defaulted
"Saloonless United States" in 1920
is the goal sought by the Christian
Endcavor Society, which will meet,
Wednesday, at Los Angeles, in annu-
al convention. This will be the key
note of a campaign to be launched at
the convention. il was announced, on
Tuesday. The society would have IN"
United States dry" before 1921 as II
fitting observance of the 300th ami
versary of the landing of the Pilgrim
II was predicted that at least
$4,000 persons from all civilized cen
tiers of the world. 1000 of them Cali
fornians, Will take part in the con
yention.
The officers and cadets of the Ar
gentine training ship Presidente Sar-
miento spent the greater part of Tues
day inspecting the new Argentine
battleship Rivadavia, which is re
ceiving the finishing touches At
the hands of her builders at the Fore
River shipyards in Quincy. Captain
Horacio Ealloe, commander of the
Saimiento. accompanied by the Arr
gentine vice consul ut Boston, William
McKisser, made his official calls on
the commandment of the navy yard,
Governor Foss and Mayor Fitzgerald
before inspecting the new Dread
nought.