Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-04
son, a member of the House of F
resentatives.
CHARGED With Assault on Wife.

son. a member of the House of Rep-|
resentatives.
With Assault on Wife. i
Thomas Lawler of New Auburn wasI
before the Auburn municipal COURT
Monday morning. charged with ASSAULT
upon his wife With knife. Mrs.I
Lawler unable to appear. Witnesses
testified that Mrs. LAWYER was founaI
suffering from severe wounds on herI
head and neck and their dauGh-|
ter said that when she got home hefI
father and mother were fighting. LaH-I
Ter was sentenced to 60 days in Jail.
A. C. Snow of Summer street, Au-|
burn, was arraigned Monday charged
with burying a dog alive, on CONS
plaint of the agent of the Humane So
ciety. The defense was that he hadI
just shot the dog and did not think
he would live long. The dog was shot
Friday afternoon and was found Sat
urday by a young man who dug hin1
up and took him to q veterinarian, whoI
killed him. Snow was fined the costs
of court and ordered to bury the dog1
Howard Bracket. register Of deeds
of York county and a prominent cit |
lZen of Cornish. died at his homeI
here Monday after an illness of two.|
weeks, although he had been in poosI
health since he had an i'll turn in his
office at Alfred last fall. Mr.. BrackettI
was serving his third term as registe.1
of deeds and had intended to be Il
candidate for the Republican nomina
ton again at the primary this yearI
He was born in Limerick, March 22I
1885, the son of Timothy and Elizabeth
Cobb Bracket, and he leaves a wife1
two daughters, Mrs. William Hatch o |
Cornish and Mrs, Fred Robertson o |
Roxbury, Mass, and one sister, MrsI
James NJ. Haley of Cornish. His faith
er after moving to Cornish. engaged
in the business of clothing manufac
turing and after the elder Brackett',
death, Howard and his brother Isaa.I
succeeded to the business.
Raised Wage Order.
. A warrant was issued in Dextef1
Monday by Recorder Robinson C. To-
hey of the Piscataquis municipa
court for the arrest of A. P. Russell of
Orono, who is charged with raising
an order for wages issued by LadcI
Bros. for s25 to S125. The order was
eashed Saturday afternoon by Samue
Sanford who gave Russell Sis for thel
paper. Russell had been employed by
Ladd Bros. in their lumber camp ir
the Sebec Lake region. In talking ovebi
the telephone to the Ladd camps Mr.
Sanford learned that the order called
for SIS. Russell is said to have n
wife and children in Orono.
Christian Endeavor Anniversary.
The 33d anniversary of the organ
ization by ReV. DIR. Francis e. Clarl
of the first Christian Endeavor Society
as a part of the work of the Willistor
Congregational church, of which hi
was then pastor, was observed Monday
evening at the Park street Presbyte
rian church, Portland. Rev. DR.. Alex
ander Jackson, pastor. Rev. Bowles|
Green, pastor of the Central Square
Baptist church. gave an historical
study of the movement and was folfI
lowed by Rev. G. c. White. Rev. DR.
Ernest W. Burch and Rev. w. B. Tut
hill, who spoke briefly. There wa!
special music and a large attendance
S. S. Engineer Dead.
Asst. engineer Harry Bowers, aget
35, of the British steamship Tesspool
who shot himself through the templs
yesterday, died at the Maine Genera
hospital, Portland, Monday. He wa
writing letter to his wife in England
when he fred the fatal shot and NJ
one on board the steamship has tn |
slightest idea what prompted him Z
take his life.
Annual Food Fair, Bangor.
The annual food fair and winter car
nival of the Bangor Council of United
Commercial Travellers opened in Cit.
hall, Bangor, Monday night with
large attendance. The hall. many I
the business places and the Union sta
ton were elaborately Illuminated will
incandescent lights. The fair wa
opened by an address of welcome b,
Samuel T. White of Bangor Council
Hon. Charles F.. Bragg, president of tn |
Chamber of Commerce, spoke upoi
general business and civic improve
ments. He announced that word ha
Just been received of the success
Bangor people and Congressman
Guernsey to secure an additional ap
preparation for the new federal pulid
ing, to make it all granite instead o
the rear walls of brick as in the specl
fications. The contractor has been no
titled to prepare for the changes.
show was given by profes
sionai talent. The fair will eontinuf
the week. better oa
bies' contest will be feature.
Trefethen Not Candidate.
Il will not be a candidate on tn
Republican ticket for any Office saleI
Ex-Sheriff NJ. w. Trefethen of Souti
Portland Monday afternoon, referring
to a report that he might run for coun
ty commissioner. Mr.. Trefethen Is.
Progressive, and his name, his frienoV
say, has been mentioned as a possipi'
candidate for sheriff of Cumberland
county on the Progressive ticket.
Portland Liquor Cases.
Persons against whom indictment
were found by the grand jury OF TN
superior court of Portland, alleging un
lawful possession of Intoxicating
ouor were arraigned Monday and, VIII l
few exceptions, pleaded not guilty
James Small pleaded guilty and wa
Aned 800 and costs. Albion d. Wilson