Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-27

srr,-icc from Nantucket to Siasconset
on thc island by G. L. Folger. q native
w. +. A. Fmlay, prominent real es-
tate broker of Boston, committed sui
eide by taking poison ON his wife's
| crave in Forest Hills cemetery,
| "Wednesday. rather than go through
| THANKSGIVING day without her. Fin
| Law had broodcd over his wifc's death
| for several months and told neighbors
| IN Newton that he missed her Ter
| rihly".
| James II. Wilson of Bethel, VT.
graduate of the University OF Ner-
mont i'm the class of 1911, and now
| principal Of the -.fnosberg- High
school. was elected, Wednesday. AZ
| Ra,rlingtan. VI, as the next Rhodes
| scholar from Vermont. Wilson is the
| second of his family to receive the
| homer. his brother, Rev. Charles G.
Wilson Of Burlington having preceded
him.
| The chairman of the Democratic ward
| committee. Boston. voted Il to | ri a spe-
| cia1 meeting Wednesday night. To re-
| Quest MAYOR John +. Fitzgerald to he a
| candidate for reelection at the city cl@c-
tion in January. iy the same vote, 1t
was agreed to request Congressman
Iames f. Curiey to Withdraw his candi-
dacy for the mayoralty.
Mrs. Hermanus Splits of 656 East Sth
street. south Boston. arrived from Ant
werp in Il dying condition on board the
steamer Marquette, Tuesday afternoon,
and was rushed to the City hospital In
an ambulance, which had been summoned
!, n S-f.a-,.g =
ed "A wish that she might die in America
and her husband was determined that
her wish should be gratified.
The entire registered mail WAS stolen
bv a band Of thieves from train ap-
proaching Bricg. s;ilesia. Tuesday eve
ming. one of the robbers used the simple
device of pulling the emergency signal
which brought the train to standstill
and while the train crew searched the
coaches the other members of the gang
entered the mail car, seized the sacks
and walked off nnoticed. 1t is thought
the cash booty was small.
Upwards of 25,Oo0 pounds of turkeys,
valued at 5000, at the retail price of
20 cents a pound. were condemned.
Wednesday, at Philadelphia. by the city
According to Dr. David McKibbin, chief
of the meat inspection department of the
bureau OF health The condemned trr-
keys had spoiled while in transit, be-
cause sof the warm weather of the last
week All of the condemned turkeys
were sent to a fertilizer plant.
No attempt was made, Wednesday, by
stockholders of the Producers Oil Co.
the oil producing end of the Texas COM
pany, to hold their annual meeting at
Houston. Texas, or will be until after
Injunction proceedings are disposed of
The injunction restrained the Industrial
Securities Co. of Maine from voting his
holdings of the majority stock in the
Producers Co., and charged state trust
law violation by the Producers and Tex
as Co. The injunction hearing is set
for Dec. l..
John Wait, aged 80, who lived on his
fathers farm in the north part of Perd.
VT, was killed about 80 Monday after
noon, in the woods near his home by
what is thought to have been stray
bullet from some deer hunters rifle. Aft
er dinner Wait went into the woods back
of the house to get a load CT wood and
soon a rifle shot was heard in the yicin-
ity. His team came to the house in Il
few minutes with a part of Il load OF
J wood on the wagon. His father. Ira s.
Wait, promptly set out to ascertain why
the team ran away and found his son
dead beside the woodpile with a bullet
hole through his head.
A breach of promise suit against the
estate Frank Il. Sherburnc who kill
ed himself, two years ago, while he
was assistant master of the Lowell
High school, was entered. Wednesday.
at Lowell. Mass. by Miss Jennie l..
Carter OF Wakefield, formerly a teach
er in the Boston public schools. Miss
Carter asks damages of $4,000 She al
legeS that she was engaged TO marry
Sherburne when he committed suicide
! and that by resgning her position in
order To prepare for the wedding she
| deprived herself of means of earning
a likelihood az well as subjecting her
self 10 considerable expense.
Reading of the text book of the
Mazdaznan. sun Worshippcrs Cult,
occupied the entire day in the trial
| in the federal court ut Chicago of OF
| toman Zaradusht Hanish high priest
Of Mazdagnan. The book is branded
as Objectionable by the prosecutors
and Hanish is on trial for sending it
| by express in interstate commerce. A
| crowded courtroom in which many
wcmen were interested auditors, gave
close attention while two district at
| tcrneys took turns in reading the
Oriental philosophy expressed in the
| Twelve Lessons" into which the book
was divided. The reading will be fin
ished. tomorrow.
Charged with being u stowaway, lit
Tie Lucia Barbagallo, a 10-year-old
Italian girl. was taken from the
| White Star Liner Canopic at Hoosac
| Docks, Boston late Tuesday after
| noon. to the immigration detention
| station on Long Wharf. Tears were
streaming down the childs face when
| she was told that she would have to
go back to Italy. Enrico Cannucci. a
waiter in the steerage department of
| The steamer. was placed under arrest
| by immigration Inspector Arthur w.
| Hoe for attempting TO land an unde-
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