Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

spirit of Christmas eve. For three
successive years now. the Traveller
has appeared on Christmas eve with
crime news unobstrusively tucked
away on the back pages, or inside
pages. More than half of page one
today was given over to Christmas
stories.
New Haven. Conn, Dec. 24-(P)-1
Because her son was bitten by a
monkey, alleged to be the property
OF Joseph Maresca, Mrs. Catherine
kennedy of this city, is suing Mar
esca for $500 for medical care. The
boy was standing in front Of Mar
esca's pet shop admiring it's inmates,
according to the complaint, when the
monkey, on a leash, came out and
bit him on the calf of the leg.
Greenwich, Conn.,, Dec. 24-R -
Police and f1remen continued their
search today at the ruins of Ely
school, destroyed by fire yesterday.
In an effort to find Granville Lin
garde, who has not been seen since
the school blaze. Lingarde, employed
on neighboring estate, responded to
the fire alarm yesterday morning
and was seen to enter the burning
building several times. He could not
be found, however, after the blaze
had been extinguished.
Fall River, Mass, Dec. "a up -
Eight hundred operatives employed
at the Barnard mills are out of en-
ploment today as the result of a
strike of 100 weavers, and also the
posting of notices in the various de-
partments of the plant that it will
remain closed for, an indefinite per-
lod. According to a statement issued
today by William Mcnamara, secre-
tary of the weavers"~ union, the
weavers previously were paid at the
rate OF 81 per cut for weaving spot
cotton, but first reduction was
made When the management of the
plant announced that in the fture,
the price paid would be 90 cents per
cut. This was followed with anoth-
er reduction Of 10 cents per cut.
t1tchburg, Mass, Dec. 24-P)-
Roy Fowler of Barlow, Fla, alias II.
"A. Meyers, was sentenced to IS
months in Jail in district court today
on charges of robbing pre- payment
telephone coin boxes and carrying a
loaded revolver. Stanley Hickman,
who was arrested here after Fowler
had been trapped by the police with
the aid of an electric buzzer, was de-
faulted. 1t was said illness prevent
ed his appearance in court.
Tilton, N. H., Dec. 24-(P)-Reuben
Gotta of Franklin was instantly kill
ed this morning when the empty
lumber motor truck he was driving
was struck on Shaker Crossing here
by a southbound Boston and Maine
express. The crash also disabled the
locomotive and the train was held up
until another was obtained. Gotta
leaves a wife and child in Franklin.
Haverhill, Mass, Dec. 24-(P)--Fire
which swept the Lafayette Hall
building in the business section of the
city did damage estimated at 100000
this morning. The blaze apparently
had it's origin in one Of the dressing
rooms off the hall stage but as the
auditorium was not used last night,
firemen We're unable to see how the
fire started. Stores on the ground
floor were heavy sufferers from wa
ter and smoke. The building was
owned by the st. Jean Baptiste So
ciety and was built in 1892.
Holyoke, Mass, Dec 24-(P}-Ten-
ants of an eight apartment block in
East Dwight street who have feared
rent raise since their landlord
visited them recently and asked the
number Of men, women and children
in each family, were agreeably sur
prised today when he sent a turkey
to each household, the size of the
bird depending upon the size of the
family.
Bridgeport Conn, Dec. 24-(P)-
Frank Butler, clothing department
manager of the Rowland Dry Goods
Company, was instantly killed early
this morning and companion, Mar
garet Smith, 81, was seriously injur-
ed when the automobile in which they
were riding, was completely demol-
ished in a head-on collision with a
one-man trolley car. Butler was
married and socially prominent. The
girl, who after admittance to a hos
pital, regained consciousness, told
police that she was singie.
Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 24.-(P)-A
cold wave was entering Arkansas to-
day at the tail end of period of
excessive rains which have flooded
lowlands, inundated highways, swept
out highway and railroad bridges and
caused other property damage ex-
pected to reach several hundred thou
sand dollars. ivers and other
streams in the state continued to rise
today after having caused four
deaths from drowning and more rain
was forecast for the eastern part of
the state today.
New York, Dec. 24-(P)-Scores of
homeless waits in New York and
London will have real home this
christmas, with father and mother
all their own, as a result of record
rush of childless couples toe adopt
children. Twenty-Five youngsters,
many Of them nameless, have ridden
the tide of Christmas favor for Or
phans in New York homes, two of
them becoming heirs to fortunes and
socially prominent. Adoption papers
for 16 youngsters were signed here
in surrogate's court and only legal
formalities remain to complete the
adoption Of six others. In each case
the applicants have asked that all