Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-08

! being placed in the wagon Fiorentino
forced his way through the crowd and
fired. His motive Is said to have
been revenge.
Cambridge, Mass. June 7-LP)-
! When Joseph Dudas refused to di-
vide with his wife the profits Of his
liquor business she informed the po-
lice. In East Cambridge court today
Dudas was fined 500 for illegal man
ufacture of liquor. Police witnesses
told the court the mans wife had
sent for them Saturday. A raid on
the house resulted in the seizure of
a still and a quantity of acohol Mrs.
Dudas, called to the witness stand,
! said her husband had refused to give
her any of the money realized from
his liquor stocks.
Nome, Alaska June 6-P)-
Bringing a tale of cannibalism and
| starvation among the natives of In
dian Point, Siberia, across Boring
Strait from Alaska, Captain Ira
| Rank. of the motor ship Trader has
Just returned from a trading cruise
to islands along the Siberian coast.
Three hundred natives died of star
walton last winter. Captain Rank
| diet of their own comrades. relatives
and dogs. Many of the natives kill
ed their wives and children with
knives and then ended their own
lives rather than resort to canni-
balism.
Boston. June 7.--(P)--When Thorn
as Magee of the South End slipped
on q sidewalk he started something.
! 1ar !, 81,
| ultaneously breaking bottle and
| igniting a pocketful of matches. He
picked himself up and started to run.
Smoke and fire streamed from be-
I, hind him. Patrolman Crowley. who
! shifted something wrong took up the
pursuit. finally overtaling Magee and
| eXtinguishing his clothing. All that
was last night. Today Magee is IN
the city hospital recovering froRl
painful but not serious burns.
Nome Alaska, June 7.-(P)-The
friends Of Col Umberto Mobile. who
piloted the 4Amundsen- Ellsworth
dirigible across the North Pole from
! Europe to Alaska, expressed a belief
, here today that he would organize an
! expedition to hunt for land in the
Arctic wastes north of Alaska. Al
though those aboard the N6rge fall
ed to sight any land in the Arctic,
| Mobile said that he believed such to
exist. A public reception and dance
was given by Nome Catholics here
Saturday night in honor of Mobile
and other Italian members of the
| Norge crew. An Eskimo orchestra
furnished the music.
Worcester Mass, June 7.-(Pl-Rev.
Arthur o. Rinden of Iowa and his
| tiancee, Miss Gertrude Jennesse of
| Dover, \. H, are to represent Central
Congre sational church of this city in
the mission field in Central China. to
| succeed Rev. DR.. Robert A. Hume of
! India, who has been supported many
years by Central church. DR.. Hume
| was expected to arrive in Worcester
yesterday out his boat did not dock in
Boston until this morning.
Halifax June 7.-(F-After drift
ing four days and nights in dory,
| Daniel j. Wilson. member OF the
crew Of the Gloucester fishing schoon-
er Commonwealth landed today at
| Drum Head, 40 miles west of Canso.
Although suffering from exposure and
lack of food. the fisherman was in
good physical condition. it was said.
Arrangements were being made today
to have Wilson returned to his home.
Webster, Mass, June 7-(Pl-Mrs.
Ursula Nowosdlla. aged Sc. OF, this
town, was instantly killed taday when
she. was struck by a handcar on the
I New Haven Railroad bridge over the
z French River and fell down 30 feet
Into the rapids below, where the body
/ was recovered in the water with the
skull fractured and her right arm and
! right leg broken. The handc tr was
I operated by James HusseL of Webster
and riding with him were Arthur Kali
ashtaslli and Francis Concti, railroad
! men. on their way to work. Hussey
tried hard to avert the accident when
he saw the woman on the bridge, but
he was unable to stop the car because
Of the slippery rails.
Baltimore. June 7.-(P)-The sched-
uled 10-round bout between Young Bob
Fiazsimmons and Tom Roper, heavy
weights, was stopped in the sixth
round by Referee Buck Alexander to-
night. after he had warned the fight
| ers several times against stallng.
Cleveland. June 7.-lP-Bryan Dow
ney, who will fight Augie Radner at
the Olympic Arena here tomorrow
night, is looking forward to q chance
at Tiger Flowers, middleweight cham
pion. Downey, his managers let II
be known, expects to register vic
tory over Radner as a stepping stone
toward a bout with Flowers. He will
so 10 rounds with Radner.
New York. June 7.-(P)-Fran<lin
| w. Cristman, former state senator of
| Herkimer. y. Y. was named today by
| organized dry forces as their choice
as an independent Republican candi-
date for the United states Senate in
| opposition to Senator James Wads-
worth, Jr.. the incumbent Announce
/ ment of this was made by Orville S
| Poland, head OF the legal department
/ of the Anti-Saloon League of SNew
York.
4 Boston, June 7.-(P)-Cuvier Grover
! Flint, who once advertised himself for
lease as slave" and who recently
! filed maria e intentions, is not to be
l married The 26-year-old Newbury
street clerk, grandson Of the historian
! John Fiske visited City hall today
| and cancelled the wedding intention
/ notice he filed there recently. Rather