Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-15
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES,
xtend RockIand Trolley Line.

The extension of the RocklanG. South
Thomaston & st. George Railway from
! artin.s Corner to South Thnmaston
fllage hegan,- Thursday. The sleepers
re on the ground and the rails and
solley equipment have been shipped.
! is planned to complete as much Of
le read as possible before winter
leather stops the work South Thorn
ston at a recent special townmeetins
oted not to lend its aid by the pur-
lase OF bonds, but the necessary
mount has since been taken hy feiti-
e1s "a 81
Too Many Courts in Rumford.
..e >..san Is made by Col. George. d.
isbee. lawyer in oxford county,
lat three terms Of the supreme judi
= Il court year are unnecessary for
xford county. He thinks that one
zf,rr1 might safely be eliminated, and
tf,p two remaining one should be
ED AZ Rumferd and both should be
ithz u grand jury Next. tits his idea
hat,s the present. municipal court Q
nmsard should eifher be made SUI
crior court With Il jury. or else the
aunt j. should ioinawith Androseogsin
4untV 10 secure n Superior court. with
risdictien over Eastern Oxford coun-
:. 10 hole at least three terms, each
ear. at Rumford. with both a grand
I'd 4 traverse jury. Recent increase
legal business in this section is at
he rant of these suggestions.
Burned Riding Motorcycle.
Harold Campbell. one of the liquor
deputies on Sheriff Graham's staff. was
BADLY burned about the left arm and
,aek. late Thursday. His motorcycle
aught fire as he was riding in the
town. II Scarboro. He was taken to his
,ome in Knightville. .SSwhere he will be
J ID mp for several days.
Mould Put Ban on Brown Tail Pre-
vention.
4 test ease to determine what trees
he selectmen ofsa town may cut down
. rid the community of the brown-taii
10th is before the superior court. Mrs.
abba GaoId Woolson, a prominent
Windham woman. has brought suit
against Charles II. Anthoine, chair
man of the Board of Selectmen In
Windham. She says he caused to be
removed some elm trees insfront of her
residence, while the State allows the
;eIectnleu# only 10 cut down apple trees
hat are ne longer useful, and wild
.herry trees. The case is on trial be-
fore a jury. Many Portland people,
prominent socially, Nere present.
Capt. Andrew Adams, East soothbay.
Capt. Andrew. Adams. 56. q sea cap
tain, died at his. summer home in
East Boothbay Wednesday night
after an illness of several months. He
was born in East Boothbay and
went to sea as a young man. He was
rapidly promoted till he became a
master. Some of the vessels Capt.
masted schooners Andrew Adams,
Mary L.. Newhall and Henry F.
Kreger. He gave up the last named,
last summer because of ill-health.
A widow, two daughters, Mrs. Clar-
ence Race and Miss Lena Adams.
both of Portland, and son, An
drew Adams. Jr.. of East Booth
bay. survive. He was an attend
ant of the Methodist church and a
member of Bay View Lodge of
Masons of East Boothbay.
Henry J. Conley of Portland.
member of the bar of Cumberland
county, filed. Thursday, through his
attorney, Hon. B. f. Cleaves of Bid
deford. his answer to the proceedings
for his disbarment instituted by At
torney General Scott Wilson in the
supreme court. He made a general
denial of all the charges He claim
ed that instead of profiting by his
connection with the cases cited by
Mr.. Wilson he was actually the poor
er because of them. Mr.. Conley said
items in his charges deemed unfair
by the attorney general were the re-
suit of adding the fees from term to
term. He acknowledged in one in
stance a wrong entry by mistake but
he said he tried at once to have it
In once case cited by the
attorney general the lawyer explain
ed he added IS extra to his bill be-
cause while away from his office in
the interest of his client he lost that
sum by not responding to a call for
his services as bail commissioner.
Brewer, Me-, Ice for Boston.
stack of 5000 tons of ice owned
by a Brewer concern, which will not
be needed for the local supply, has
been sold to Boston company and
will be shipped at once.
Public Requests to Church.
The will of Hon. James Cunningham
was filed. Thursday, at Portland for
probate. The public beauests We're:
One thousand dollars each to the st.
Elizabeth's Orphan Asylum and the
Holy Innocents' Home for Infants,
and $4,000 was left in trust with the