Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-13
Maine Gossip

SO dear ~
Z Are, herr. Here" s S
THY heart may be yonder:
Most Of mine is here.
TITS no crime:
Since my baby boy and my wife so dear
Are here! Here"
.Baby birds are flying
Trees are growing bare" ..
Sang the swallow. "soh. how empty IS
Wings are best.
/ shall soar to the blue. for my nestilnss
Are there. There!"
IAN my heart is yonder.
Here is only care" Ger
Cried the man. weary mourner.
with the BEST.
Like dove, to my loved ones Ia nee
All there. THERE
Miss Nellie Haines, niece OF form
er Governor William T. Haines OF TINS
State, will march in the parade IN
Boston on Saturday. Oct. Is. when the
suffrage victory parade VIII De ceie-
brated. There is to be a mass meet
ing in Mechanics Hall, Huntington
avenue at the close Of the parade, 90
p. M. Maine will be we'll represented
not only by the presence of the niece
Of former Governor, but many other
Maine women will march in that pa
rade. Portland women, too, it is whis-
pered will leave for Boston the latter
part of the week and will help 10 repre-
sent Maine in the procession. 10 tnls
end, a very beautiful and pretentious
silk banner Of yellow is being mace a.
the Portland School of Fine Arts
Portland Society of Art, under the dl-
rection of Miss Thompson and those
who have seen it say that 1t IS mace
on a very elaborate scale. members OF
the Junior Equal Suffrage League
members of the Maine Equal Suffrage
League and members of the Mems
Equal Suffrage League will take part
in the procession.
The Eastern Maine Wellesley college
Club recently held its annual meeting
in Bangor with a dinner Officers were
elected as follows: Miss Mary l..
Webster of Bangor, president; MIS-
Joseph Lyman of Orono, vice presl-
dent; Miss Alice NORWOOD OF Ban
gor, secretary and treasurer; MISS
Mary Duren Of Bangor, recording Sec
rotary, and Miss Lucy Gallupe OF Ban
gor, auditor. ..t.
Robert McTier of Portland has gust
been notified by Maj: Gen. Edgerton.
commanding the SD Division at the
Dardanelles, that his nephew, private
J. NJ. McDavid, greatly distinguished
himself during the recent engage
| ments, and especially by volunteering
| to carry a message in the face of a
heavy fire.
| Out going bay fishermen from Bos-
| ton We're asked Monday. to keep
sharp watch for the body of Francis
P. Motley of Boston and Beverly. who
was reported Ito have been lost from
the Portland boat ON Oct. 4. The dis
appearance of Mr. Motley was report
| ed by Charles RetCurtis, neigh
Dor at Beverly and, counsel for the
Motley family. Mr.. Curtis stated that
Mr.. Motley had been lost at sea but
declined to state whether he fell over
board or threw himself from the boat.
Motley, a graduate Of Harvard in 1914,
recently had been sentenced to 80 days
| in Jail for recklessly driving an auto
mobile. 1t was believed by some Of his
| friends that the disposition Of the
case, which had been appealed, had
affected his mind.
| Hon. and Mrs. Arthur S. Littlefield
Of Rockland have gone to the Pacific
! Coast on sightseeing tour which is
expected to last until Dec. l. Their
return will be by the way of the Pa
mama Canal. Mr.. Littlefield is one Of
| Names leading attorneys and is grand
commander Of the Grand Commandery
Of Maine.
The Albanians of Saco have organ
lied a military company and every
Sunday they drill at Gray's brickyard
| on the bank Of the Saco River. There
are 100 in the company. They are uni
formed in khaki. They have already
become quite proficient in drilling.
While they have not yet any guns they
| intend to buy arms later.
The British steamship Murcia sail
ed Saturday from Portland for Avon
mouth with 275,000 bushels of grain.
Just before leaving Capt. Dawson said
that floating mines are more to be
dreaded now than submarines.
| A special communication Of the
Grand Lodge Of Maine, F. and A. NJ,
will be held at Thomaston. Saturday,
October 16, 1915, at 10 A. NJ, for the
purpose of laying the corner -stone OF
the Municipal Building. The Grand
Master. Thomas H. Dodge Of Augusta
will perform the ceremony.
| The program of the notable banquet
to be held at the Falmouth Hotel in
Portland, Oct. IS, is unique. Such an
evening was never planned before;
there can never be another one just
like it. The occasion for the banquet
is the Inauguration of the transconti-
mental telephone service between
Portland and San Francisco. under the
auspices OF the Portland Rotary Club.
The speakers at the dinner will in
eIude Gov. Oakley c. Curtis. Rear Adj
miral Robert E. Peary, Mayor William
M. Ingraham, President Philip l.
Spaulding OF the New England Tel. 4