Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-10

CAV, in New York before supreme
Court Justice Lehman directing his
wife, Theresa Margaret Dougherty, to
produce their two. children, William
ard Richard, in court at New York.
He says she has left him and taken
them away. The petition says that she
and her mother, Mrs. Jean Clark
Owen. smoke cigarettes constantly in
the presence of the children, and that
Mrs. Dougherty sent one of the boys
away from the table on one occasion
because he said Ladies don't smoke
cigarettes. The papers say that Mrs.
Owen holds herself out to1 be ply
sician.
Ben Lear, Jr., first lieutenant of the
18th Cavalry, who has been selected
by the war department as one of the
ofiflicers of the United States army to
go tie the Olympic games in Stock
holm, Sweden, was an officer of the
1st Colorado when that regiment went
to the Philippines, Lear's home had
been in Pueblo, where he had been an
officer of the I'd Colorado, which was
consolidated with the LIST for the pur-
pose of making up regiment to be
offered to the government for service
in the Spanish War. After the close
of his service in the volunteers Lear
enlisted In the regular army and has
been advanced to his present position.
John r. Stanchfield, personal attor-
ney for the late Edwin Hawley, who
left no will, announced, Thursday aft
ernoon. that all the elder relatives OF
Mr. Hawley have waived their right
I'D
have petitioned to have Frank II.
Davis, William p. Hawley and w. S.
Crandell appointed the administrators.
4 bond of 81, 900 was furnished by
surety company. He added that all the
heirs We're in perfect harmony. and
that nothing will be done to disturb
the estate. The administrators. he said,
will conduct the estate along the lines
of Mr.. Hawley's formulated policies,
and there is no danger of liquidation OF
securities. A trust will be created to
manage affairs of the estate, the value
of which is now estimated at from
so 900 to s15,000,0 900.
More than 100 women met at the Y. NJ.
c. A. assembly hall at Brockton, Thurs
day, to consider plans for a movement
for securing funds by which 1t is hoped
SIS, 900 will be raised for building for
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. Mrs Rufus z. Keith, president of
the directors of the Y. w. c. a., presid-
ed. The speakers were Rev. Alan Hudson
of the First Congregational church, who
first started the movement; William y.
Boyden and Mrs. Keith. The gathering
voted that the directors of the association
confer with Mrs. Samuel j. Gruver and
other women interested in the movement
relative to an actual start of the COM
paign.
Public hearings in the second senato-
rial investigation into the election If
Senator Lorimer were declared closed.
Friday, by Chairman Dillingham; of e.le
Senator Lorimer investigation committee.
Attorney Haency, representing Senator
Lorimer, was given permission to file a
brief to the effect that the senator's cleo
ton was adjudicated before the present
investigation began and it therefore could
not be the subject of a second investiga-
ton, The inquiry has proved to be one
of the most exhaustive ever made by a
Congressional committee. In the eight
months hearing abou, 10000 pages of
printed testimony were taken. constitut-
ing about 100000 words 1t is estimated
that the stenographers' fees alone reach
$4,000. The closing hour of the hearing
was a yeritable love feast.
George J. Kerr. one of the four Pat
erson men convicted IL years ago of the
murder of Jennie Bosscheieter, was re-
leased from the New Jersey state prison.
shortly after midnight Saturday morning
Kerr will have completed his 15-years
sentence, after allowance for good beha-
vior. The actual time served was IL
years and days. The releasing of Kerr
at the unusual hour of midnight was at
his request, in order to avoid publicity.
He said he had no intention of making
any statement to the public, because he
had been advised by his friends not to
talk