Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-13

all ship was named. was still alive.
Germans would not be allowed to
sink American ships with impunity
and there would be no shilly-shally ..
ing with Mexican brigands.
1t is recalled that the late Senator
William P. Frye was outspoken In his
opinion OF Germany's conduct during
the trouble in Samoa and it is rather
a strange coincidence that the ship
bearing his name should be Illegally
destroyed by a German cruiser many
years after that event.-Bath Times.
1t is safe to remark that the people
along the Boothbay-Ba route were
glad on Thursday March II. to see
the Nahanada opening the seasons
run.
A great deal Of interest has been
shown the country over in the daily
plurges into the Kennebec which
Young Mcneil of Bath has been max
ing all winter The Bath Times
Thursday said:
Young Mcneil, il is said. last fail
had talk with local physician on
| the subject OF his daily dips through
the winter in the river and the doc
tor told him that if he persisted Nc
Neal would be a dead man by spring.
but McNeal has made good. gone in
to the icy river every day for a
plunge and rundown and has gained
in weight and health. He is still
| taking his daily dip in the kennebec
and has not missed day all winter.
Houlton potato buyers are paying 6J
cents per barrel for Mountains and
% cents for Cobblers. The B. & A.
shipped from March . to S inclusive
50 cars from Houlton. New York
wholesalers are figuring that about 10
| per cent. of the crop remains to be
shipped and about 100 days IN which
TO do it. The present dealings are on
the basis Of - and IS cents per bushel.
delivered Harlem river and Maine
Central shipments at As to As cents,
with the movement rather slow.
The Passport Sentinel runs the fol-
/ lowing under the heading One Born
Every Minute:
Professor LePlant. alias Alfred J..
Cadatia, the Belgian hypnotfst and
/ healer who was around Lubec a few
weeks ago. performing all kinds Of
wonderful cures. or rather promising
20 make such cures. and obtaining
money from a number Of differen.
parties in town. and out through the
cfrenotn his
fairy tales" has been rounded up and
locked UP in the Penobscot county jan
at Bangor, on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. y
number OF people got Bit here, one
woman paying him SO to make her
shorter, and when she complained to
him that she was not getting any
shorter, he calmly told her that she
vas SO shorter" Another paid him
$3.50 TO grow hair on her chiidren's
heads. but he failed to make good;
and she was that amount out. Prob
ably from fear of ridicule. his victims
made no complaint to the police. 9TH
erwise he would have been arrested
before and some Of the citizens would
have been money in. although it does
to believe such Wonderful tales as he
was putting out, they deserve to lose
their money.
Capt. Joseph Sewall OF Bath was
the first master of the Bath ship
William P. Frye and is OF cours
taking great interest in the reports
concerning the sinking Of the ship
by the German cruiser and Is much
disturbed over the death OF the
| beautiful ship Of Capt H. Il
Kiehne he speaks in most enthusiast
tic terms. Capt. Kiehne was for
number of years with Capt. Sewall.
starting in as a boy on the Edward
Sewall and afterwards in the Will
liam 2. Frye as mate kiehne was
a bright and courageous sailorman
and his advancement was rapid. For
a time he retired from deep water
sailing ships and went in steamers
but later returned TO his first love
and was selected to command the
FRYE. He took her out from Balti
more TO Seattle to load grain foc
Queenstown. Capt. Kiehne is Of Ger
man descent but was born in Balti
more. His father was a captain and
managed fleet of small sailing YES
sells engaged in the southern trade.
1t is recalled that the Frye was the
last command Of the late Capt. James
f. Murphy.
Private Walter Crossdale Of the Uni
ted States recruiting service has been
assigned to the Bangor Office from
Dover. y. H. replacing Private James
Bennett. who has gone to Dover Pri-
vate Crossdale left on Wednesday for
Pressure Isle where he will work for
a week, then going to Dover and Fox
croft.
Mrs. Jennie E. Wyman. wife Of the
late A. Lincoln Wyman, who commit
ted suicide at Livermore Falls last
year after discharging both barrels Of
double barreled shotgun at Howard
p. Berry, tax collector OF that town,
has petitioned Judge Morrill, Of the
Androscoggin probate court for an al
lowance from her husbands estate.
She was represented by Tascus At
wood. Her petition was opposed by
Mr. Berry, who claims bill against
the estate for the injuries done him by