Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-29

Were married. Saturday, at Seneca
Castle, near Phelps. N. ", by Rev. c.
NJ. Adams of Phelps. Mr.. Lawrence
was recently elected a. delegate to the
Republican National convention. They
met year ago when both were work.
ing In the Maine local option cam
pagn.
The May term of the supreme court
will convene at Alfred, May T. There
VIII be three Democratic county onicers
In attendance for the first time in half
century-Sheriff Dr. Harry A. Wey-
mouth, County Atty. Nathaniel b. Walk
| er and Clerk of Courts Lucius " SWEET
County Atty. Walker will present the
evidence that may be obtainable against
| Charles 0. Emery of Sanford, for three
years Democratic sheriff, on charges of
bribery and attempted bribery The new
county attorney will try the case il an
| Indictment is returned
Capt. Walter NJ Erwin of the five-mast-
ed schooner Dorothy b. Barrett has
. equipped his vessel with a wireless tele-
| graph plant, by means of which he &C.
| quainted himself with practically all the
| facts connected with the sinking of the
| Titanic while sailing up the coast from
| Newport News with a cargo of coal.
Capt Ervin's operating plant is in his
statcroom. where he can receive and
send messages at will and by this means
keep himself In touch with weather
ports and the news Capt. Erwin COM
menced to learn telegraphy about three
years ago. He has plant which is cap
able of sending 150 miles. His vessel is
the only sailing craft in the merchant
marine equipped with wireless, 1t is be-
ilieved.
The height of the water in Moosehead
lake is $50 feet. the highest at this sea-
son for several years. No serious dam
ger of freshets is anticipated. owing to
the fact that the snow in the woods is
rapidly melting, and unless heavy rains
, come the lake will not rise much higher.
| The ice is weakening and 1t win be only
Il short time before the fishermen will
be able to enjoy the sport Conditions
for log driving are ideal, too. and about
| 500 river drivers are now at work. The
| Kennebec Log Driving Co. reports that
there are 1876. 900 feet to be driven. H.
100000 of this amount being left over
from last year. when low water bothered
| the lumbermen.
| According to revenue officers on
duty on the northern border of the
| State. the high price of potatoes has
been a great temptation to smuggling
/ and large supply is being brought
across the Canadian line. Four resi-
/ dents of Bridgewater. Chas Ketcham,
/ Jas. Ketcham, Chas. Lewis and Henry
| Holmes, were before United States
| Commissioner Reid at Bangor, Sat
urday, charged with smuggling pota-
| tees. The men were arrested by Spe-
! c;al Collector w +. jerks of Honlton,
I assisted by Deputy Collector B. Il.
Kelley and Cistor E. Peters. The Of
| ficers also seized a pair of horses, a
| farm cart and about SO bushels of po-
tatoes. John Corey and Chas. M. Gill
man. both of Blaine, were also ar
raigned charged with assisting in
/ smuggling goods. All were held for
| the June term of the United States
district court and were released on
| bail.
| Leona M. Marshall and Ada b. Mer-
| cier pleaded guilty to mansaughter in
the supreme judicial court at Calais,
Saturday afternoon, and were SEN
fenced to three years each in State
| prison. The crime was committed on
| March so, the victim being the six
| day-old child of the Marshall woman.
| Twenty indictments were returned
| by the grand jury, a number for the
| alleged sale of liquor. Rodney Gray
of Addison, who entered a plea of
guilty, was given one year in State
prison on the charge of breaking and
entering the Maine Central Railroad
station at Harrington in September.
| In the case of James D. Pottie ct al
VS.. the Liverpool & London & Globe
| Insurance Company. verdict for the
plaintiffs amounting to 1890 was re-
turned The case concerned insur-
ance on the plaintiffs stock of goods
| in store at North Perry.