Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-04
BELFAST.
Camden Boys in Trouble
In the Municipal Court.
City Government Discusses New
School Building Proposition.
Local Boy Wins Prize at colby..0ffi-
GERS Of Temperance Legion.

Belfast, Me-, Dec. 3.-(SpeciaD.- -
Medal Winchester and Raymond Sea-
vey of Camden were before Judge
Knowlton, Monday afternoon, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. The young men, scarcely
more than boys, came to Belfast a
1 week or ten days ago, and sold to
Fred Gray horse and wagon. Later.
they were arrested in Bangor for
stealing the horse from a Rockland
| stable where they had hired it for
the day. After their arrest they were
taken TO Roc6land, where the case
was disposed of, and Mr.. Gray, who
! had been swindled cut of his money,
got out warrant. They We're brought
to Belfast, Saturday. and the case
continued to Monday. In the mean
time they remained, over Sunday, in
| jail. Monday, Judge Knowlton found
| probable cause and bound them over
| to the January term of the supreme
| judicial court. Neither could raise
The 500 bail, Monday night, and were
committed TO Jail. A noon, Tuesday.
they were still in jail with the chances
against obtaining bondsmen. They
We're defended by Arthur Ritchie. who
claimed that they We're simply out on
a spree, got a little joyful and did not
realize the extent of the crime. They
did not willfully intend to swindle.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Belfast city government was held,
Monday night. and several members
! of the school board appeared and dis
cussed the matter of the proposed new
| school building. According to the
will of the late Lena Pierce Frederick,
whose bequest will be the foundation
of the new building, committee was
appointed to act and within a week.
the school board will have perfected
plans ready for the committees ,ap-
prevail.
The funeral of the late Helen S.
Read, wife of George T. Read will
take place, at P. NJ, "Wednesday,
at her late home in Congress street,
Ashley A. Smith of Bangor. officiat
ing. Mrs. Read died. Monday, after
an illness of several months. She was
born in Gloucester. Mass, the daugh-
ter of David w. and Susan (Allen)
Stanhope, 50 years ago. Besides her
husband, three sons, Arthur and Nor
man of Portland, Clarence Z. of Bel
fast, and one daughter, Miss Louise
of Belfast, also one grandson, Garlic
ton H., son of Clarence z. Read, two
brothers and a sister survive.
Arrabella, widow of Charles Brad
ford, died, Sunday at her home in
Knox.
Miss Isabel CHM passed the week
end with friends in Camden.
special meeting of the ladies of
the G. A. r. will be held, Wednesday
afternoon, following s. dinner at noon.
Department President Mary r. Tar
box of F'ryeburg, formerly of Belfast,
and Mrs. Phoebe Hatch also of Frye
burg, official inspector, win be pres
ent officially.
William H. Gray and Miss Lulu c.
Slower We're married at $50 p NJ,
Saturday, at the home of the groom's
sister in Main street, Rev. A. A. Blair
officiating. The young couple will re-
side in Belfast.
Lester Hale of East Belfast, at one
time a crack member of the Belfast
basketball five, has recently won the
William r. Marsh prize of $50 at Col
by. The contest was a paragraph
theme May as the Month and as the
Individual" The essayist received
not only the prize but the highest
commentator from the committee
and Prof. White of the English de-
partment.
The following officers have been
elected by the Loyal Temperance Le-
gion for the coming year: President,
Marion Waterman; vice president,
Baptist, Hazel Perkins; Congregation
al, John Durham; Universalist, Mary
Chalmers; Methodist, Wallace Pen
fileton; secretary, Dorothy ingalls,;
treasurer Willard Jenneys; captain
Cuthbert Wilson; ensigns, Eva
Dutch, Howard Pendleton. Janet
Chalmers, Carl Wood, Adelaide B.
Howard; monitors Ada Curtis, Frank
Downes, Margaret Rogers, Ernest Ey
erett. Herbert H. Rogers; superin-
tendents, Evangelistic, Vivian How
ard; flower mission, Arlene Curtis;
Sunday school, Violet Everett.