Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-04
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Petitions in Bankruptcy.

man. LlaDllltleS, $olA. Assets, $Sof,
of which $3.50 is claimed exempt. List
ed creditors Randolph, Augusta. Clin-
ton. Gardiner and Windsor. Attorney
0. B. Clason, Gardiner.
Charles |. Buzzell of Benton. farmer.
Liabilities. s5177. Assets. $2964, of
which Sass is claimed exempt. Prin-
cipal creditors listed Fairfield Savings
Bank, George Buzzell of Benton, Ralph
Bran of Detroit. William Fletcher of
Waterville.
A New Corporation.
Illinois Rubber Co, to manufacture
and deal in all kinds of rubber goods.
Capital stock. $4,000: par value. 500:
paid in. nothing The officers are the
usual members of the Corporation
Trust Co.
Bankruptcy Proceedings.
a petition as a voluntary bankrupt
has been filed with the clerk of the
United States district court at Port
land by Walter NJ. Kurdish, Gardiner.
laborer. Liabilities s499; assets, 500.
Listed creditors of Skowhegan, Au-
gusta and Gardiner. Attorney, NJ. f.
SaWtelle of Augusta.
Auto Victim Sues for $1,000.
Mrs. Lydia Carter of Lynn. Mass,
and Louis Noultsos of Springvale
Thursday brought suits against Harry
Carr, the Sanford jitney bus driver
who Wednesday ran down Noultsos'
car on the Springvale road. for dam
ages aggregating $1,000. Mrs. Carter,
who is at the home of her sister, Mrs
A. n. Mason, at Alfred, seeks to re-
cover $4,000 for personal injuries. She
is suffering from a fracture of the
right forearm and three broken cartil-
lagos in her windpipe, in addition to
| bruises which may result in perma :
nent facial scars. NoultSoS sues for
$1,000 for injuries to his person and
property. The papers were served by
Reputy Sheriff Haven A. Roberts.
Willis Baker. Wedding at Bath.
Fred A. Willis of North Bath and
Mrs. Ella Baker were married at
T. NJ. Thursday at the brides home,
Is Cummings street, Bath. by Rev T.
n. keWley Of the Beacon Street Meth
odist church. Only immediate friends
were present A reception followed
Mr. Willis for many years was we'll
known game warden. His wife is a
dressmaker.
Woman's Congressional Union.
The Maine Branch of the Woman's
Congressional Union was organized
Thursday at Portland. Mrs. Robert
Treat Whitehouse presided. and there
We're representatives from nearly
every part of Maine. Mrs. Florence
, Kelley of New York spoke. The State
president will be selected later.
Sanford Mans Second Auto Accident.
n. j. Brisson of Sanford, who was
injured in an automobile accident on
Main street. Sanford, about a year
ago, was injured Thursday night in
the third accident Of the week near
Pine Haven Park His carriage, in
which We're also his three children,
was struck by an automobile being
driven by Wilfred l.. Asante, pro-
prietor of a meat market on Main
street. Mr.. Brisson suffered several
bad bruises on the face and back. but
none of the children We're severely in
jured. The carriage was demolished
| The horse cleared itself from the
| wreckage and has not been found yet
Ezra Whitney Of RockIand.
! Ezra Whitney, one of Rockland's
| wealthiest residents, died at his home
on Cedar street. Rockland, Thursday
aged 90. He was born in Letter f
Township. now Madrid. whittier his
grandparents had come from Con-
nccticut to build up new fortune in
an unbroken wilderness. His grand
father. on his mothers side, was a
| Continental soldier and fought at
Bunker Hill. Ezra came to Camden
20 years ago and laid the foundation
of his fortune by driving Yankee no.
ton cart. He established similar
business in Rockland which nc sold
later to engage in the wool business
! AS a buyer of pelts Mr.. Whitney be-
came widely known throughout the
State. He paid as high as 52i: cents
! for unWashed fleece wool and as low
as IS cents He had also sold washed
wool as high as 81 a pound. He re-
tired in 1904 and devoted his attention
to his large property interests. He
was a Mason.
James A. Greenacre Of Bangor.
| James A. Greenacre, well known
retired business man, died at his
home in Bangor Thursday after a
brief illness. aged ~. He was for
more than 50 years in the fruit and
produce business on Pickering square
One daughter Miss May Greenacre of
Bangor survives.
/ Andrew J. Wessen Of Auburn.
| Andrew j. Wessen died at his home
on Spring street, Auburn, Thursday
after a varied career fraught with ad-
venture. He was born in Bristol
Eng, July %, 1850. Following the
death Of his mother and the second
marriage Of his father he went to sea
at the age of Q. and for 80 years trav-
eled all over the whole world, being
shipwrecked, shanghaied, on mutiny
ship, and having many thrilling ex-
periences. In 1869 he had yellow
fever at Santiago Cuba and thus be-
ing immune he volunteered in 1898 to
go to Cuba in answer to President Nc
kinley's call for nurses for yellow
fever stricken soldiers. He received a
personal letter of thanks from Presi-
dent Mckinley. For the last 80 years
he had lived in Lewiston or Auburn,
and followed the profession of nurse
for a long time. For the last 10 years