Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-28
SPARKS FROM maine WIRES.
Reappointed Deputy Collector.


Nathan c. McCausland, for 16 years
deputy collector of internal revenue
for the district Of Oldtown, and re-
Gently reappointed by Collector Seth
w. Jones of Portsmouth, has forward
ed his resignation to take effect March
1. Mr.. McCausland extends thanks
for the honor of reappointment, but
says under the present regime it be-
longs to a Democrat.
In Saco Police Court.
Grant Maloon of Boston, an agent
for. the Duffee Co. of Boston and
townsville, N. Y, was given a hearing
in the police court at Saco before
Judge C. Wallace Harmon Monday
forenoon on a charge of false rep.
resentation. Probable cause was
found and he was ordered to furnish
500 sureties for his appearance be-
fore the grand jury in May. His ar
rest was made at the fnstigation of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warren Scam
man of Saco. They solved a picture
puzzle in the daily newspapers ad-
vertisng the sale of house lots by the
Duffee Co., having an office in Boston.
Shortly after they were notified that
had won a lot and Mr.. Maloon called
and they bought an adjoining lot to
the plot they won. paying him SIG.
kinefeId Bridge Unsafe.
The chain bridge across the Cara
bassett river in KingfeId, Me, is con-
sidered unsafe and notices have been
posted by the seleetmen forbidding
the crossing of more than one wagon
at a time, or of loads weighing more
than six tons. 1t is necessary to d.
vide the heavy loads of lumber at the
bridge and traffic is greatly delayed at
times. The chain bridge had gone
down twice under a heavy load in
years past. The matter of new
bridge will be discussed at the town
meeting in March.
Bangor Chamber of Commerce.
A membership contest was started
Monday morning to increase the rolls
of the Bangor Chamber of Commerce.
1t is planned to get ESQ new members
to bring the total up to $780, The
teams are made up of five men each
and are captained by Harry d. Ben
son, c. A Robbins, j. G. Utterbach
Everett F. Rich, William H White
more, Joseph /. Mutty, Fred Crowell,
Edwin T. Emerson and Arthur G. An
derson.
Takes Woman to Jail.
Deputy Sheriff John A. Titus of
South Paris came to Lewiston Mon
day and took Mrs. .da Kokkonen,
who has been at the Central Maine
General hospital since Dec. q, back to
the oxford county Jail South Paris.
Mrs Kokkonen is charged by coro-
ner's jury with having shot her hus-
band. Otto Kokkonen, Dec: q at West
Paris She also shot herself and was
brought to the hospital here for treat
ment. She has fully recovered from
her wound While at the hospital no
one has been permitted to see her ex-
cept her pastor. Rev. Charles Julien OF
West Paris, who came here week
after the shooting and interviewed
her in regard to the disposition of her
child
Celebrate 49th Marriage Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Cove, the
oldest married couple in Arrowsic,
celebrated their 49th wedding ami
versary at their home Monday. They
received many callers and were the
recipients of postcard shower. while
their telephone was kept busy with
calls from their friends in Bath and
vicinity. Mr.. Cove, who is Grand
Army veteran, was born in Edgecomb,
the son of Elijah Cove, and served in
Co. F of the 2Sth Maine Regiment. On
Jan. rs, 1865, shortly after returning