Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-04
Excitement Caused at Al
tempted Alrestin Bingham
Busy Day for Supreme Court
at Tuesdays Session.
Several Surprises In Election OF
Officers Of Telephone Co.

Considerable excitement was aroused
in Bingham Monday. when Deputy
Sheriff Harry H. Lessore attempted L.
arrest Guy Howard on the charge %
Illegal transportation Of liquors Les
sore fired first into the air and then al
Howard but without effect for Howard
ESCAPED LeSsOre then obtained Il Wal
rant from the Western Somerset lnu-
nicipal court for the arrest o! thf"e
Bingham citizens, Joseph G"nnorS
John Connors and Eugene Collins, on
the charge OF obsuucting him In tn
performance OF his official duty, as IL
was unable To arrest Howard ulasslst-
ed and these men threatened any by
stanoers who should help him. These
proceedings grew out OF Deputy SieF-
if Gilmore Walker seeing Howard
while he was travelling south on the
Somerset railroad one day last week.
and noticing his actions and a suSpi-
cicus looking grip he carried. Howard
got On the train at Moxie, bat appar-
emily knowing he was watched, Junp"d
off before the train reached Bingham.
leaving mis- grip Walker sei4"d the
grip. found il contained liquor in pint
bottles. and Immediately went To
Skou hogan and sent the warrant to b.
served BY Lessore as before mentioned.
Howard is still al large. The three 9TH
err respondents, were arrested Tuesday
and will be given hearing before
Judge F. F. Lawrence.
Harold Howell. an instructor in the
Cnauncy Hall School, Boston. returned
Tuesday morning to resume his posi-
ton after passing two weeks with his
parents. Al
Frank L. Ames met defeat aionday,
when at the annual election of the
Somerset Cooperative Telephone Co,
Willis Hobart of East Madison was
elected manager for a term Of one
year at salary of $1,000. Mr. Ames was
the father of the company and mana
ger for seven years. This meeting
brought crowds from all parts of the
county. there being about a thousand
people present. the largest gathering
held in Norridgewock in several years.
The. other officers elected We're: Pres
ident, Judson Packard o: Skowhegan:
clerk. Fred Magoon of Scion: treasurer,
s. H. Beal of Cornville, auditor, p. s.
Longley of Scion; directors, Ansel Hol-
way of Norridgewock, Judson Packard
of Skowhegan; George H. Foster of
Canaan. w. w. Creation OF Starks, VIII
lis c. Hobart of Cornville, L. f. Board
man Of Scion, II. B. Whipple of Bling
ham.
The members of Golden Rod Branch,
!. S. S., voted to send s. Tuesday to the
State president to be used for Grip
pied member of the society, and $l5
was also voted for the relief OF needy
families about here. The Branch has
received its annual gift from a Show
hogan citizen of 800 for needy chill
drnn and, on Christmas eve, the treas
urer received an envelope containing
s2o for Sunshine" The committees
for the next two months We're appoint
ed a. follows: Relief, North side. Mrs.
Minnie Wheeler, Mrs. Ella Davis;
South side. Mrs. Georgia Pooler. Mrs
Efie Paine; flowers, Mrs, Emma Len
ahan. Mrs. Mabel Hussey. The next
meeting will be held Jan. r.
A postal station to be known as No.
is to be established IN Skowhegan
village on the south side of the river
in the South Side grocery store. on the
corner OF Main and West Front
s'4eNto. II VIII NC ieauS ioI use rep'
]. This has been brought about
about through the efforts of the SHOW
hogan post office. It is considered one
OF the greatest Improvements that has
come here for some time. 1t will ben
eft everybody in the village and espe-
cially those living on the south side
OF the river. The station will accom-
modate patrons the same as the main
post office excepting in the delivery OF
mail. This is the first postal station to
be established in the county.