Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-28
STATE HOUSE,
Many Pardons Asked Of
Governor and Council.
Col. Morton, Formerly Of First
Maine, Not Retired.
Go. T. Second Infantry, Under Arms
At Pennington.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Wednesday, March 80, at 10 A. M.

Council. which will be held next
Wednesday, March 80, will be devoted
TO quite an extent to pardon matters.
There are in all nine pardon cases. in
which four of the hearings have been
assigned for the coming meeting. and
on the remaining five, petitions for
which have been presented within a
comparatively short time, hearings will
probably be assigned.
The names OF those to whom prison
and Jail life have become irksome, in
furious to their health" and who think
that they have been punished enough,
etc, are Charles NJ. Palmer Of Port
land, who is doing 10 years at Thomas
ton for rape and laSciviOus CO. ha bita-
ton; George f. Benson of Belfast, who
is serving seven years at Thomaston
for assault with a dangerous weapon
with intent to kill; Anthony A. Nc
donald of Dresden. who is serving two
years at Thomaston for breaking, en-
tering and larceny; George w. Pierce
Of Lewiston, who is serving 80 years at
ThomaSton for attempt at murder;
Alexander Rector of Rockland, who is
serving four years at ThOmaSton for
breaking, entering and larceny, and Ell
Dcit W. Dates vi ftlCfifldHu, w no Is
serving five years at the same place
for manslaughter The others who ask
for pardons are serving Jail sentences
for violation of the prohibitory liquor
law and are John ellis and Hlaire
MERCER of Rumford Falls and John B.
NORM of Biddeford
The military authorities of the State
n, fl,. he, 49,
Guard in general will be interested to
learn that the retirement of Col.
Charles Morton from the military ser
vice of the United States with the
rank OF brgadier general, which was
reported March IS, was not that of
Col Charles G. Morton who formerly
acted as instructor of the Guard and
who in 1898, during the war with
Spain, went South with the First Maine
Infantry as its lieutenant colonel.
The Col. Morton, who was retired
was appointed to the Military Academy
July |, 1868, from the state of Missouri.
His native state was Ohio, where he
was born March Is, 1916. His Civil
War service was in Missouri Volunteer
Regiments.
Col. Charles G.. Morton. according to
the last army list and directory. is on
duty at the army and navy general
hospital at Hot Springs. Arkansas Col
Morton was born in Maine. Jan. Is.
1861, and was appointed to the Military
Academy from Massachusetts, July /.
1879. He served as second lieutenant.
first lieutenant. captain and major in
the Sixth Infantry from 1883 until 1906.
when he was detailed to the inspector
generals department. serving there un-
til Nov. 90, 1909. when he was promot-
ed to the lieutenant colOnelcy of the
Fifth Infantry and is No. 1879 in the
lineal rank OF lieutenant colonels In
1897 when a first lieutenant Col. Morton
came to this state for duty as an in
Structor, with the National Guard. He
remained in that position until the
Spanish War in 1898. when he went to
thlckamaugd park as lieutenant
colonel of the First Maine Volunteers.
co. X, I'd Maine Infantry. Capt. -.
y. Belcher commanding. located at
Pennington, was ordered out Satur-
day by Sheriff Hastings of Andros-
coggin county to proceed to Chisholm
as precaution against possible
trouble on account OF the strike at the
plant of the International Paper Co.,
bu, later the order was changed and
the company was held under arms at
it's armory \ great deal of credit is
due capt. Belcher for his promptness
of action as in less than three hours
after receiving the order he had mus
tered three officers and i3 men and
had the company ready to entrain.
A notice which has been filed at the
Office of the secretary of State certifes
that at a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Walpole Rubber Co.,
which was held at the principal office
of the company at Kittery March %. it
was voted to increase the capital
stock of the corporation from 600
to $1,000 0O0. of which $l,500.0ad should
be common stock and sl,5e00OG pre-
ferred stock other notices have also
bene filed as follows:
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Marstcn Lobster Pound Co, held
at the company's Office in Portland
March Q. it was voted to increase the
capital stock of the company to $50
coo.
At special meeting of the stock
tn. company's office in Augusta March
10. it was voted to increase the capital
stock of the corporation from SI5.ooo
to 500 600 consisting of 1000 shares OF
tie nar value of 500 each.
Tho following corporations have filed
their certificates of organization ut the
office of the secretary of State:
Clinton Manufacturing Co. organ
lied at Pittsfeld for the purpose OF
manufacturing and dealing in person.
al property, with $4,000 capital stock.
of which $500 is paid in. Officers:
President and treasurer. Ellis Hey OF
Boston, Mass Certificate filed March
70. 1910.
Tailby-Nason Co, organized al
South Berwick for the purpose of con-
Quoting a general manufacturing. i'm
porting and exporting business with
500 600 capital stock. of which $50 is
paid in. officers: President and treas
urer. Fred A. Hobbs of South Ber-
wick. Certificate filed March 2s, 1910
Maine Industrial Corporation, organ
;znd at Portland for the purpose OF