Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES


DR.. Bertha Lewis of Bryn MaWr.
member of a prominent family and a
noted worker for suffrage and in well
fare movements, was killed III an auto
mobile accident near her home at
Philadelphia. She was riding in a sta
ton hack which crashed with a coupe.
A despatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Petrograd says the
Russian Minister of Commerce has in
troduced in the Duma bill under the
terms Of which the government will de-
vote 10O,O0O,O0O rubles toward the Gre
alton of Russian mercantile fleet.
King Alfonso absorbed by his oc-
equations, has been unable 10 give the
necessary number of sittings to Carlo
Nasquez, who is engaged in painting
his portrait. Senior Vasquez, however.
has solved the difficulty by using a
wax figure.
Because SO did not come when he
was in Jail and needed it to get out
John w. Hanley sought $4,000 from
the Western Union Telegraph Co, New
York, in the supreme court.
The Charter Revision Commission at
49, 49, MN, ~. l SetllS npDbltSSiN
divided on some of the proposed char
ter features, and while some recon-
mendation is probable it is possible
that nothing concrete will col out of
the committee.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick A. Cast. for
many years on the faculty of Re
formed Theological Seminary, is dead
at Lancaster Pa, at the age of 80.
He held the chair of Hebrew and Old
Testament theology and was recog-
niZed as one Of the leading authorities
on Jewish history.
The Common Council at Mt Vernon.
n. y. recently passed an ordinance
compelling licensed taxicabs to dis
play the new rate cards furnished by
the city The ordinance provides that
persons need not pay charges unless
the cards are displayed or if the driver
demands an excessive fare. The pen
atty clause will probably soon he test
ed in the courts.
The Grover Cleveland Memorial AS
ISOLATION, which now owns the Pres
byterian manse in Caldwell. n j.,
where Mr.. Cleveland was born is ar
ranging to celebrate March IS. the
SOth birthday of the one time Pres
ident. with patriotic exercises.
Miss Marjory Hall, who was engaged
in nursery work in this and other
cities for many years, died of pneu-
monia while at the home of friends
in Waterbury, Conn. For 16 years she
had been secretary Of the National
Federation Of Day Nurseries.
James Geeary. rs years old is dead,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Duland. 50 years
old, is in a critical condition in Flow
err hospital as result Of accidental
leaking of gas in the kitchen of the
furnished room house at No. 1913 East
Eighty second street, New York city
Mechanics worked all Sunday on a
great concrete cap on the Hudson
River Siphon of the new Catskill
aqueduct. The cap was clamped down
to seal the tube so that water can be
turned into New York in case of
emergency. Three shifts of workmen
were assigned to hurry the work
All persons who are in charge Of
neighbor hood centers on the west side
New York City have been invited to
Building for the purpose of organizing
neighborhood centre league, similar
to the Federation of Parents Asso-
Citations in the public schools.
j. H. Everest, lawyer, Of Oklahoma
City, Okla, has employed agency de-
tectives to search in New York for his
son Raymond B. Everest, who disaD-
peared in New York on January %,
after having withdrawn $500 from
the Chase National Bank Mr. Ever
est believes his son has met with foul
play.
Charles f. Lathrop and Mrs. Lathrop
Of New York City observed the 6Sth
anniversary of their marriage by at
tending church services in the morn
ing and receiving relatives and friends
in the afternoon in the home Of their
daughter Mrs. r. l. Bevan. No. II
South Arlington avenue. East Orange.
Mrs. Bertha f. L. Osteyee. daughter
of Seth Harris Lay. was married in
Westfeld. n. j., to Frank Parker
Stockbridgn managing editor of the
Evening Mail of New York city.
George Sylvester Viereck has sent n
printed letter to all pacifists urging
them to follow the leadership of Will
liam Jennings Bryan in the effort to
keep this country out of war.
The Majestic Motion Picture Co. has
begun an action against Douglas Fair
banks to recover s250,000 and another
against John Emerson. director of mo-
ton pictures. to recover 100000 in the
supreme court. Both proceedings are
for alleged breach of contract.
At a mass melting of the alumni and
alun1nae Of Erasmus Hall High school
in the auditorium of the Girls High
school, Nostrand avenue. Brooklyn. n.
". resolution was addressed to the
Board of Education asking the APP
pointment of Miss Kate E. Turner as
principal Of Erasmus Hall.