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Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
OAKLAND.

The third evenings playing in the
card tournament between the Modern
Woodmen and Knights of Pythias oc-
CURED Tuesday evening in the A. O.
L. w. hall. Just as in the two pre-
vious evenings the Modern Woodmen
won, this time by the smallest mar
gin, only 16 points separating the two
teams. The detailed score follows:
Herbert Kelley and Henry Hutchinson.
NJ. W., lost to w. z. Pride and Frank
Mairs, *. of Ps, 81 to 100 in pitch:
n. Robinson and r. s. Barrett, NJ
W., won in So from Joseph Jordan
and Alden Moore, X. P's., by a score
of 80 to 0, and Frank Marsh and \.
Goodell. NJ. W., won from John John
son and I. f. Johnson also in 49,"
20 to TO- The H. of P's. We're more
fortunate in Bid whist, j. H. Morse
and J. E. Morrisette winning from
Grover Love1oy and l. Talberth, NJ.
W., SO to 49, while in cribbage, J. A.
Hallet. NJ. W.. won from Geo. Boyn-
ton, x. of P, 1000 to 9s2. The Mod
ern Woodmen are now 172 points
ahead. The next evening for playing
win be Jan. 27. This will decide the
contest
The funeral of the late Albert F.
Batchelder will be held at . P. NJ.
Thursday at the Universalist church.
The services will be in charge of Mes
salonskee Lodge, +. and A. NJ, the
members of which are requested to
meet at the hall at / o'clock.
Anson Lewis of Portland is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lewis.
James Nickerson, who has been
working at Fort Fairfield, passed
few days at home.
Henry Srlell has gone to Staceyville
to work for the Katahdin Pulp &
Paper Co..
The Oakland Woolen Mills Co. have
closed all of the rooms, excepting the
weave and finishing rooms. These VIII
probably be closed within week for
an indefinite time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Grand Jury Will Re-
turnFindingsinC inCourt
Today===No lntima-
ton of True Bills.
Work Only Partially Completed
Refer to MoyeT Deportation.

Houghton. Mich, Jan. 14-Findings
of the special grand jury which has
been inquiring into the lawlessness III
tho copper strike region will be re-
turned in court tomorrow rms an
nouncement was made tonlSht py
George Nichols, the special prosecutor
who has been in charge of that branch
of tho states judicial machinery.
No intimation was forthcoming as
to whether any true bills would be in
cluded in the report at this time. Cd
servat!ons Of the last few days, now
ever. make it practically certain that
some indictments will be given out.
Most of these, il is expected, VIII De
secrt until the persons named therein
have been arrested.
There is also a possibility that the
grand Jury will include in its present
ment some reference to the deporta-
tien of Charles II. Moyer, president,
and Charles Tanner, auditor OF the
Western Federation OF Miners. Hints
were thrown out last night that lndict-
ments have been voted against Two
men alleged to have been concernd IN
that episode and it was reported today
that they were ready to stand trial
and. IN fact shoulder entire response
bility for the affair.
The, other returns are expected to
embrace charges of varying degrees
members of the Western Federation
of Miners. Practically every man who
has been in charge of union activities
is prepared to face trial.
The returns viii be made before
Judge P. II. O'Brien Of the circuit
court.
That the grand jury work is only
partly completed was evidenced by
the fact that additional witnesses have
been summoned TO testify tomorrow.
Then, too, one of the important cases
of lawlessness, the killing of three
British subjects at Painsdale, has not
yet passed the coroner's inquest stage.
Largely because of the slowness of
the local authorities in acting on this
affair British-Americans have been
urging the British ambassador at
Washington to call on the federal gov
ernment fer action. 1t was announced
that the Grand Lodge of the Sons of
St. George has sent letter of this
tenor to Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the
epistle having resulted. from repre-
sentations made by local branches OF
the order
Rioting was renewed in the village
70 Ahmeek, in Keweenaw county. to-
night. AS a result of the clash between
deputies and strikers, 90 men and one
woman were arrested and charged
with violation of the circuit courts in
junction against picketing.
The trouble occurred in front of
Union store and under circumstances
similar to the disturbance of "a hours
before. Non-union workmen were jeer
ed as they were returning from work,
and the mounted deputies escorting
them thereupon attempted to disperse
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
sEARsPoRT.
Mariner Lodge, +. and A. NJ, insta"s
Death Of Mrs. Margaret Hewes.

Serasport. Me-, Jan. 1A-(SpeciaD.- Tine
installation of the officers-elect OF Marri-
ner Lodge, F. and A. M, was held last
night and many invited guests, families
of the members of the order. were pres
ent. Charles Kneeland of Stockton was
the installing officer assisted by odwaro
Wentworth of Mariner Lodge as grand
marshal The officers: w. NJ, James
C. Duncan S. W., Renfrew wilson, -
w. storey Trundy; Treas, Ii. Z,
Holmes; Sec. II. e. Bangs; ). D., Erh-
nest Murphy: ]. D., Joseph Laliock'
chaplain. Edw. Wentworth; > 81 haiph
Moody: ]. s., George Towle; tyler, wilson
West. banquet followed, the commit
fee of arrangements being James c. Dun
can Storey Trundy and Renfrew Wilson
During the installation, music was inter-
spersed by an orchestra made UP OF r.
A. Nye. Miss Lena Nye, Arthur Young
BRADLEY Weboer, Fulton Mckinney ana
Ralph Gilkey
The funeral of the late Margaret Sulii-
van Hewes wife of Nathan d. Hewes OF
waltham, who died in that city on sun
day. was held here yesterday, Rev. Frs.
Mccarthy of Bangor and Kealey OF wa
teryille officiating. The bearers were old
schoolmates of the deceased, c. o. Saw
yer, Albert Kane and w. NJ. Parse, and
her nephew. Arthur Sullivan of Boston.
Mrs Hewes was formerly OF searsport
but since her marriage in 1893 had lived
largely in Waltham. Besides her nus
band she is survived by brother. John
Sullivan of this village, and by three SIS
ters. Mrs. hugh MeInnis. Miss Julia Sui
livan of Waltham, Miss Kate Sullivan
of Searsport She was dearly beloved
and her death is a cause for great mourn
ing by all who knew her. especially her
immediate relatives. She came nearly ev-
ery summer to her old home here, where
she kept up her girlhood friendships.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the City National Bank was held yes
terday with 121 shareholders represented
Selwyn Thompson, C. p. Hazentine and
V. A. Simmons were appointed commit
| tee to sort and count votes. Cashier
Wescott presided and w. H. Swan was
elected chairman. The following direc-
tors were chosen: Hon. W. B. Swan, A.
A. Howes, V A. Simmons. selwyn
thompson, 1HOS- W. SHoiieo -
Walden, Elmer A. Sherman and Ira NJ
Cobe of Chicago. In board OF directors
the following were elected: President
Hon. w. B. swan: cashier. Clement w
Wescott w. B. Swan was chairman. II
was voted that the matter of joining the
| regional banking system and of taking
! stock in the nearest bank under the new
currency laws be left with the directors
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
SKOWHECAN.

Rev. S. F.. Emerson Tuesday nlght
was installed secretary of Somerset
Pomona. Grange for the goth time. Mr..
Emerson was initiated as a member
of the subordinate Grange in 1888. The
next year he was installed in ONCE
and has served in an official capacity
either in Skowhegan Grange or the
Somerset Pomona or the State Grange
continuously from then until the pres
ent time. He has been Installed In OF
flee in the Grange so times. He has
been installed as secretary of the
Skowhegan Grange Is times. Mr. EN-
erson's record for attendance is re-
markable. During IA years of the IL
that he has been secretary OF Somer-
set Pomona he has not missed meet
ing.
Mrs Henry Manson of Clinton has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary f.
Archer, for the last three days.
A joint installation of Parmenas
Encampment and Carrabassett Lodge,
I. 0. o. F., was held Wednesday eve
ming District Deputy Grand Master
Eben Miller of Norridgewock was the
installing officer and was assisted by
w. b. Longley of Norridgewock. Grand
Patriarch Sherman l.. Berry of Water
Vile installed the officers of the En-
campment, assisted by DR.. Peabody,
grand Junior warden Of Richmond, as
sisted by Grand High Priest Willis A,
Bailey, Grand Senior Warden Hugh
Hurley, Grand Treasurer Edward
Spear and Grand Scribe A. r. Jewett
The officers of Carrabassett Lodge
are: Noble grand, Eugene c. Tarbox;
vice grand, S. M. Cover. recording
secretary, A. G. Bussey; financial Sec
retary, Eben B. Chase; treasurer, c.
M. Lambert; trustee, A. A. Porter; Of
ficers of the Encampment: Chief
patriarch, A.. G.. Bussey; senior war
den, M. L. Greenleaf; junior warden,
Harold Bradley; scribe, John Healey.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fire of unknown origin early
Wednesday did nearly $4,000 damage
in an Atlanta, Ca, warehouse dis
trict.
Arguments over the Limitation of the
liability of owners of the Titanic were
closed Wednesday in the supreme
court.
Because his wife refused to go on
trip with him Will Simons killed her
mother and himself Wednesday at their
home near Hamlet, N. C.
The Bulgarian Parliament was dis
solved Wednesday by the premier,
DR. V. Radoslavoff, because the OPP
position refused to pass a provisional
appropriation on account.
Mrs. George C. Lee, grandmother of
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, died
Wednesday, aged so years, at Brook
line, Mass. She was the wife of the
late Boston banker.
While turning over rubbish in the cell
lar of grocery store at Baltimore where
he had been employed for 10 years, Wal
ter Mettle found more than $500 in notes.
They had been buried many years.
The bishops of Belgium have issued
a joint letter condemning. "the tango
and other degrading dances which are
threatening to invade Christian homes
and the more and more accentua ted
immodesty of feminine dress.
Miss Bertha NJ. Bordy of Brookline,
Mass, has been elected dean of Rad
cliffe College, IL was announced
Wednesday night. Miss Bordy's ap-
pointment was a surprise, as Miss Car
eline Humphrey has been acting dean
since the death of Dean Goes,
Directors of the New York, Chicago
& st. Louis Railway, known as the
Nickel Plate, Vanderbilt line,
Wednesday passed the annual divi-
dend on the common stock. At this
time last year a dividend Of A per cent.
was declared.
After walk of some 1000 miles along
winding roads from New York City to
Ithaca In weather at times below zero,
V. G.. Ghankin, a Sophomore in the Cor
nell College of Civil Engineering. at
Ithaca, n. Y, was in a serious condi-
ton in the university infirmary Wednes-
day suffering from exposure. Ghankin
is working his way. through college.
| George J.. Fowler, IS. who said he
was q student of Villa Nova College
/ gave himself up at police headquar.
| ters at Baltimore late Wednesday. Hs
confessed that he recently passed
about 25 bogus checks, that he robbed G
house in Philadelphia and that he stol,
a horse and carriage in that city.
4! A two-story wooden building occu-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
WATERvILLE.
Second Boys =
Banquet of Season.

Bringing with them all the boyish en-
thusasm of the winter and brimming
with a good get-together spirit, almost 100
boys ranging in ages from 13 to 20 gath
cred at the vestry Of the Free Baptist
church Wednesday evening for the sec
ond boys banquet of the season, held
under the auspices Of the Y. M. c. A.
From 6.15 until 1t was time for the sup
per which willing hands were preparing
in the dining rooms below, the boys sang
with John B. Northcott at the piano and
l.. Harold Stevens at the stereopticon
machine Words and pictures were pre-
jected on the screen in the vestry and
the boys, all seated well together, lent
their young voices to great chorus that
could be heard from without the build
ing.
The real fun began when the lads be-
gan eating. They brought lots of good
cheer with them and they brought their
appetites, too. and 1t would not be at all
surprising if some of the Mattresses
thought that they brought the neighbor
appetite as well.
Secretary Northcott after the ice cream
and cake had been finished gave a brief
and informal talk on Heroes" beginning
with the modern football and baseball
heroes and going up through the line to
Jesus Christ, who should be the great
est hero in the eyes of all boys. The
committees:
Ladies committee-Mrs. F. E. Drake.
Mrs. Frank Sedgeley Mrs. L. J. Bowler.
Miss Clara Chapman.
Waitresses-Miss Sybil Cole, Miss Ella
Graves, Miss Emma Frost Miss Nellie
James, Miss Ida Bunt, Miss Fausta Grin
dali.
Adams, Stanley Wallace, Alfred Cham
belsain, Donald Lanigan. Floyd Preble.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15

The other indictments found by the
grand Jury which have been made
public but in which the respondents
have not yet been arraigned, are as
follows:
Wilbur F. Berry of Waterville. two
indictments.
Walter H. Libby of Portland, cheat
ing by false pretenses.
Annie Christensen, alias Annie Tar
box. of Portland, larceny.
Albert L. Fuller of Portland, break
ing, entering and larceny.
Patrick F. Malta of Portland, non-
support of wife and children.
Albino Amabilie of Portland, seduc-
ton.
William Grant of Yarmouth, inde-
cent and immoral practices.
; James Coype of Portland, larceny
from the person.
William C. Corcoran of Portland
breaking, entering and larceny
Winnifred May Harnden of Port
land, larceny, two indictments.
George F. Martell of Portland. as
sault and battery. .5 zz,,5- F...t
William Grant of Yarmouth, rape.
Valentine Connolly, James O'Leary
and Ramsay O'Connell, all of Lewis
ton, larceny from the person.
Albert A. O'Connor of Portland, OBJ
structing an officer.
Warren G. Personette of Portland, non
support of wife and children.
Frank Sullivan, alias Frank P. Sulli
van, of Portland, obstructing an officer.
Richard Flynn, who was bound ovel
to the superior court on the charge o
larceny. was discharged today, no indict
ment having been returned against him
Felix Napolitano bound over for as
sault, was also discharged, as no indict
ment had been found against him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Suspected Typhus
Case On Big Liner.

New York, Jan. 14.-When the steam
er Kron Prinzessin Cecilie arrived in
quarantine this afternoon, one of the
steerage passengers, a girl is years old,
was found by a health officer to be
suffering from fever. Clinical indica-
tions led the officer to suspect the case
as typhus. Though a meteorological
examination, made in the quarantine
laboratory, did not fully bear out the
original diagnosis The suspected pas
sengcr and II others who occupied the
same compartment on the ship, were
removed before the vessI was allowed
to proceed to her pier. The fever sus-
{ peet was taken to Swiburne island,
while the 12 contacts were sent 10
Hoffman island. where they will be
held for observation. T
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Belfast.

Belfast, Me-, Jan. 14.-(SpeciaD.- De-
spite the zero weather, a large num-
ber attended the installa ton of Au-
rora Rebekah Lodge which followed
the supper held at $50 last night. Fol-
lowing supper the following officers
were installed by Mrs. Cora M. Fair
banks Of Unity, district deputy pres
ident, assisted by Mrs. Libby OF Unity,
as grand marshal, and by members Of
Aurora Lodge as other grand officers:
Noble grand, Mrs. Annie Lindgren;
vice grand, Mrs. Annie Patterson; sec
retary, Mrs. Annie Adams; financial
secretary. Mrs. Effie Harrison: treas
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
LAST BITTER COLD TONIGHT.
Cold Wave Lingers East of Allegheny
Mountains.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE cold wave
fingered east of the Allegheny noun
tains today with a parting freezing
blast over the middle Atlantic states
and New England, but to the west
ward temperatures were rising stead
lily and in some places were again
above the seasonable average.
The last Of the bitter cold of the
present snap is predicted for the East
tonight and Thursday the mercury is
expected to rise all along the line with
fair skies everywhere except in the
Lake region where SHOWS are probable.
Light frost was felt again last night
over northern and central Florida.
rains and SHOWS have set in on the
Pacific coast but elsewhere the weather
is pleasant and steadily growing
warmer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Secretary of Trades Federation
Defies Police Behind Barricades
In the South African Strike.

sis, any attempt to storm their strong
hold. The windows and doors were par
ricated with boxes filed with bricks
Openings were left for rifle fire. othef
boxes were filled with ammunition.
The defenders are subsiSting chiefly oil
fruit. quantities of which are stored III
the hall. They also have stale bread
Many of the men were dressed only II
trousers and boots. 1t was evident from
their gaunt, hungry faces that they were
already suffering hardshlps from the
siege.
The proclamation of martial law
throughout the Union of South Africa
i'm response to the declaration of a
general strike by the Federation of
Trades. is regarding as making the
issue clear one between the state
and Syndcalism, or the system OF or
ganized sympathetic strikes.
The origin of the dispute between
the railroad employees protesting
against the policy of retrenchment in
troduced by their employers has been
lost sight of in the great sympathetic
labor war which has brought the
trade and commerce of the colony Vir-
tually to standstill.
From last evening the employment
of such epithets as .'scab' and
.blaclxleg" was prohibited under pen
atty of punishment while any attempt
to intimidate persons willing 10 work
was forbidden.
Newspapers were debarred from
publishing false or alarming reports
calculated to promote ill will between
the disputants.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15

Johannesburg. Union of South Al
rica, jan 1.-THE siege of Trades
hall. where Secretary Balm of the Fed
Grafton of Trades, and a band of his
supporters are defying the police from
behind barricades constituted the MAN
feature of the strike drama today. Aft
er the hall had been raided by police
and detectives this morning without
avail, great crowds gathered and the
police were compelled to make several
bayonet charges. owing TO the aggres-
sive attitude of the people. many OF
whom were slightly injured.
With the final bayonet charge the
police cleared the entire neighborhood
and a Gordon of police with fixed bayo-
nets was thrown around the hall. The
position of the besieged Balm and his
friends is serious, as they are cut off
from all supplies.
Balm came out of the hall this eve
ming strolled nonchalantly about the
cleared space in full view of the po'
lice and re-entered the hall without
any attempt being made to arrest him
The police commander explained that
he had no intention of again attempt
ing an assault on the hall, for he con-
sidered that the 300 men in it are as
good as in Jail.
A bomb explosion occurred today at
Denone injuring three mounted troop
ers and several strikers arrested by the
police near the same place were res
eued by their companions, but were
subsequently re-arrested by the troops
The Transvaal railway authorities are
maintaining a partial service and are at
tempting to insure an adequate supply of
food and fuel The bakers are determin-
ed not to strike for the present, but they
refuse to bake the special constables One
firm, however, has declined to be bound
by this agreement. The miners continue
to stop work as fast as their shifts end.
The department of mines announces that
1t will keep the mines running and has
no intention of sending the natives home.
A correspondent found a remarkable
scene inside the hall tonight. The 800 in
mates were all fully armed. They ex
pressed themselves as determined to re-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
CUMBERLAND co. GRAND
JURY INDICTS SIxTY-FIvE.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 14.--At the Jail
oners in custody in the superior court
this forenoon respondents in IL of the
SIS indictments returned by the grand
jury yesterday pleaded guilty and one
pleaded nolo contendere. Seven plead
ed not guilty. Sentence will be i'm
posed at the close of the term.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
returned 65 indictments, of which 81
were made public. None of the indict-
ments for violation of the liquor laws
were made public.
Among the indictments returned
were two against Rev. Wilbur F. Ber-
ry of the Christian Civic League.
charging him with criminal libel upon
Justice George F. Haley of the SUI
preme judicial court. Mr.. Berry has
not yet been arraigned and no attor-
neys have yet entered an appearance
in his defence, but II is rumored that
William b. Shelton of Lewiston will
be one of his counsel.
Those who pleaded guilty to .indct-
ments when arraigned this forenoon
were as follows:
Maxwell S. White of Portland plead
ed guilty to an indictment charging
breaking, entering and larceny of jew
elry valued at s245 from the store of
Abraham Bernstein.
George G.. Colan of Quebec pleaded
guilty to an indictment charging him
whit breaking, entering and larceny
of $50 worth of mileage books and
tickets from a Maine Central Railroad
station.
Edward Conley and Albert l.. Fuller.
indicted for breaking and entering and
the larceny of $40 in money from the
store of John j. O'Brien, pleaded guilty
Peter Di Ori through his attorney,
Charles G. Keene, pleaded guilty to
the charge of lascivious cohabitation
with May O'Connor. The woman was
| not arraigned this forenoon.
Michael j. Foley and Albert l.. Full
| Ter of Portland, indicted for breaking
| and entering the store of Augustus c.
| Webbcr, and the larceny of $2450 worth
of cigars. tobacco and groceries, plead
| ed guilty.
Edward J. McGrath, indicted for lasciv-
| ious cohabitation with Nina Carleton,
both of Portland, pleaded guilty. The
woman has not yet been arraigned.
William II. Dobbins of Dover, through
his attorney, r. E. Harvey, pleaded gull
ty to the charge of breaking, entering
and larceny. Arthur Z. Follett, indicted
with him, pleaded not guilty through his
attorney, James A. Comedian.
Edward l.. j. Mckinley pleaded guilty
to two indictments, one charging him
with breaking, entering and larceny in
the night time, and the other with as.
sault with intent to kill Upon Officer Her
man A. Hanson.
Peter J. Larkin pleaded guilty to ar
indictment charging him with malicious
mischief in kicking in the window of Mo.
rims Lunch.
Joseph G. Fischer OF Portland pleaded
guilty to larceny.
Joseph w. Welch and Mary E. Dono
van pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging them with lascivious cohabita
tion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15
Brockton Shivers.

Brockton, Mass, Jan. 14.-Experi-
encing the coldest weather in the his
tory of the Brockton weather bureau
since it was established in 1885,. with
an official minimum of below and
unofficial records varying from 10 to
16 below. the school department closed
all grades of school below the fifth.
Only two trains arrived from Boston
this forenoon and they were two or
three hours late.
Street cars were delayed from one
half to one hour.