Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-02
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! Washington, July ii. H. Rossetei,
vice president and general man
aver of the Pacific Mail & Steamship
Company. today was appointed Ill
rector of operations of the Shipping
Board.
Washington. July 1.-Charlns ].
III. S. Marshal for the New Hampshire
district.
St. Louis Mo, July 1.-Walto1
Cruise, outfelder with the st. Louis
Nationals, received word to day to re-
port to his draft board at Sylacauea.
| Ala. for special examination. He had
originally be placed in class three.
| Manchester, n. H.. July John B.
| S. Davie, state commissioner of labor,
has arranged a conference between
! agents Herman Is. Straw Of the
Amoskeag Mfg. Company, and Lewis
! Dexter of the Stark Mills, which are
shut down because Of the refusal 20
work Of an essential part OF Their
employees. and "A committee Of the
strikers for tomorrow morning at &c
o'clock is called.
! New Yorp. July l.-f,ntranCe into state
! politics of the single tax parry was an
nounced here tonight when the state
! committee, issuing call for a state
convention at Albany July % and p. de-
clared that a full ticket Will be put IN
the field for the fall election. A poll OF
nan -,
state was predicted by the committee
men.
Chicago, July 1.-The "educs tional
| jubilee" of the Methodist Episcopal
church. which was Instituted 10 months
ago to raise 500 600 900 for Methodist ed
ucational institutions by July 3, 1915,
has collected s27 900 900, it was announc-
! ed here today The drive was directed
| by Rev. John W Hancher of New York
| London, July 1.-Two hundred .Ameri-
can women at the workroons of the
American Red Cross today put the fin
! ishing touches on 3C0 baseball uniforms
and sent them to the american camps
| i'll Great Britain go that they could be
distributed among the teams which will
play baseball on July 4.
| San Francisco July With a bal
| let wound through the heart tie
body Of Colonel James W. Clinton,
I. S. A.. was found here today in
| the apartment Of his physician,
where he was a guest. Colonel Gin
ton returned recently from France.
where he was assigned to special az
~ with the French forces. He WIS
awaiting assignment.
Louisville, Ky. July 10. H.
Wathen, president Of the Louisville
American Association Club, TODAY.
announced that he had purchased
Cyrus Barger, former manager Of
the Memphis team Barger. q
pitcher, is former member of the
Brooklyn Nationals.
Columbus, Ohio. July 1-Pittsburg
defeated Cincinnati Q 10 here TODAY
in an uninteresting exhibition game.
Billy Southworth. Pittsburg re-
cruit from the Southern League was
the hlttlnG star getting home run,
a three-bagGer, double and a
single in five times at bat
Boston. July 1.--Orders received 20.
day at the British and Canadian re-
cruiting mission will permit the Gu
lstment OF hundreds of men who have
been rejected because of impaired
vision, loss of certain fingers. ard
other defects. Men who wear glass
es and who can see we'll with them
will now be accepted. 1t is eXpecto. 7
that most of those rejected will again
submit TO an examination as all were
volunteers.
Kearney, y. j. July l.-Announce-
ment that the Henry Ford plant. to
be erected here tor the manufactr .
Of submarine chasers and patr u
boats. will be the largest Of its kind
IN the world. was made by repre-
sentative of the Ford interests IT,
night. The government. he said, has
approved plans for a $1,000 000 fac
tory. and ground will be broken this
week.
Moscow, Friday June 14-(By the
! Associated Press)--The Irkrainian
government has sent note 10 the
German ambassador urging that the
! Crimea be included within the bound
aries of Ukraine. The new Crimean
government is Mohenmaden. and has
| expressed a desire 10 be placed I'M
| der the protection of Turkey. This
| is alarming to Ukraine, the commerce
of which requires Crimoan ports.
Aver. Mass. July 1--Sergeant
! Charles Schnabel of New York, who
was born in Germany and became a