Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-14
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Jack Johnson, the American Negro
pugilist, arrived at London, Saturday,
| from Paris to visit friends
High winds and heavy seas on Lake
| Michigan, Sunday, prevented resumption
| of the hydro-aeropiane flight from ChIoa-
| go to Detroit.
| The French aviator Leon Letort
! made a flight from Paris to Berlin
| without stop. He left the French
capital at 40 A. NJ, Sunday, and
landed, at Ito p. NJ. at Berlin.
Two electric trans crowded with
passengers on their way to a bull fight
at Irun. a Spanish frontier town, col
lided. Sunday. Ten persons were
killed and so wounded, many of them
seriously.
Nine year-old Lena Stoddard OF
Lowell, the deaf and dumb daughter
of Henry Stoddard of II Reed street,
is dying at the Lowell hospital from
injuries she received, Saturday after
noon, when Lawrence bound electric
car struck her, on First street, hurting
her a distance of 10 feet.
Sylvania Pankhurst was released from
Hollaway jail. London, Sunday night. as
Pankhurst was sentenced, July s. to three
months Imprisonment for indictment to
commit disorders. June 20, when she led
mob to Downing street to attack the
official residence of the ministers.
Nine persons were drowned and
more than a score of others rescued
in the waters adjacent to New York
City, Sunday. Among those who lost
their lives were Michael n. Arida. q
wealthy manufacturer, who was
drowned while bathing in Hampstead
Bay. and Theodore Peterson and Guy
Sandfor6, whose canoe was swampcd
in the Hudson river.
Rain in the fourth and fifth inning
Of the Congressional ball game. Satur-
day afternoon, at Washington at the
American League park was the only
think that stopped the Democrats from
defeating sthe Republicans worse than
20 to 1. All efforts of the Republicans,
VINO we're helped out BY few DEM
ocrats. were unavailing to stop the
hard hitting Democrats.
trench 400 feet long, ~ feet wide
and five feet deep was opened on the
State Insane hospital farm Danvers,
at 445 P. NJ, Saturday, through the
agency of 200 pounds of dynamite,
which was exploded by electricity.
The trench is located in the meadow
near the settlement of cottages. and
when fully cleared of mud and de-
hrs will be utilized for running wa
ter from the meadows into Ipswich
river
A bonfire, started by two Italians in
lumber pile back of garage at Syr-
o cuse, n. Y. Sunday, caused fire
which did more than 100000 damage to
90 buildings. Practically the entire
plant of Kane Rotch machinery man.
ufacturers was ruined. w. +. Kane.
member of the firm, was overcome by
smoke while trying to secure some val
liable patterns. He was rescued by
firemen. Eleven residences and the
Centenary Methodist church were
badly damaged.
A general alarm fire in Chelsea, Satur-
day night drove 25O families from their
homes, necessitated the calling Of appara-
tus from Everett and Revere caused a
property damage of $4,000 and threat
ened with destruction the section bor-
dered by Arlington and Auburn streets
back for a quarter of mile. The entire
fre-fighting force of the city bent its en-
ergies to check the blaze which started
in the rattan factory of Fred THESE,
which stands at the corner of Arlington
and Auburn streets, about o'tlock.
Sparks from the fire lighted a second in
the immediate vicinity.
In appealing to Secretary Daniels of
the navy for the abolition of the pre-
scribed physical test, the monthly 10
/ Il, dan1 NV nf
the ranking officers as an inconven-
fence and positive nuisance. Regard
less of the approval of the surgeon
generai of the navy and leading off,
GERS of the navy and marine corps. the
matter, which has been in the hands
for a month, and has led many to be-
| lieve that he is inclined to let the ne
cessary hike stand. The original test
was prescribed by ex-President Roose-
velt and required a 50-mile walk or a
| 50-mile ride every three months. Intlu-
| ence on the part of the navy lobby
succeeded in getting ex-President Taft
' to cut it down to % miles and finally he
made il TO-
Four persons were killed and a score
of others hurt, Sunday night. when
Baltimore e. Ohio passenger train, the
Wheeling Chicago express west-bound.
crashed into Cambridge and Byesville
Interurban street car at "a crossing in
East Cambridge, Ohio. The street car
was demolished. The dead are: Fred Ra-
ney, 26, of Cambridge. Ohio; Dola Fair
child, 49, Of Cambridge. Ohio; William
Carter indianapolis, Ind, and Edward S.
McNeily, Columbus Ohio The accident
| was caused by storm. The conductor
J of the street car ran ahead and signalled
the car to come ahead. He IS stated to
have seen the headlight of the oncoming
passenger train but believed it was
lightning flash.
The English prison mission every
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