The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-05-04

erty.
| Clifford J. Pattee of Belfast. Republican
candidate for county treasurer Of Waldo coun-
ty, has filed his primary nomination papers.
and is the only Republican candidate.
The colored nature prints in Woodcock's
seen anything finer in that line, and they have
only to be seen to be appreciated.
Roscoe Arey recently made quite an addi-
ton at the rear of his fruit, confectionery
and ice cream store on Phoenix Row. and the
interior has been made very attractive.
Darn the war, darn the emperors, darn the
kings, darn the darned fools generally.
| But you don't have to darn the Holeproof
hose. sold only at The Dinsmore Store.
| This is the house cleaning seaosn, but in
stead o. repeating the usual chestnuts we will
merely call attention to the exhibition of the
many articles needed in the work in the win
dow at A. A. Howes Co.'S.
Miss Sabra B. Dyer. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George B. Dyer of this city. will present
dramatic Interpretation of 1.-THE Master
Builder" Saturday evening, May 9Th. in Irving
Studio, School of Expression. Pierce Building
Copley Square, Boston. Cards of invitation
have been received by Miss Dyer's Belfast
| friends
Morris L. Slugg, who has taken an active in
terest in the movement for State Militia
company in Belfast. and was the first to sign
| the petition, forwarded the papers to Adjutant
General Presson at Augusta Monday There
were SO signatures. and opportunity will be
given for some to join later if the company is
authorized.
| The annual banquet of the Belfast Board of
! Trade will take place at Memorial Hall OF
May 18th. Covers will be laid for $50, and the
guest of honor will be Walter B. Moore
executive secretary of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce and will speak on "What the
Board of Trade Can do for Belfast. An orches-
ira will furnish music during the banquet
Elon B. Gilchrest. Irving T. Dinsmore and
Clement W. Wescott are the committee having
charge of the affair.
Judge Fox in the Superior Court yesterday
refused to modify decree ordering Arthur
Everett Small to pay his wife, Marion Camp
bell Small, $40 week for the support of her
self and two children. and also denied her mo-
ton for allowance of counsel fees. Small ia
editor of periodical which suspended publi
cation last October. and is now travelling in
an effort to reestablish publication by June.
When the order was made his income was So
600 year. but IS now greatly reduced Mrs.
| Small lives at 60 Pearson avenue, Someryille
The couple formerly lived at Belfast, Me.
and in Lexington.-Boston Globe.
Mrs. Small, who came to Belfast last sum-
| mo with har huahop1 Ioto
chusetts and began a suit for divorce and
decree Was granted as above. Soon after this
suit was entered in Massachusetts Small en-
tered suit in the Waldo County Supreme
Court: Arthur E. Small, libt, VS. Marion c..
Small. Richie for plaintiff; R. F. Dunton for
defendant No action has been taken in this
case.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The steamer Coastwise.
Boston for Norfolk, was obliged to anchor in
Boston harbor April 26th because the fremen
and coal passers had gone on strike. Wages
were recently advanced, that of firemen from
$35 to as per month and coal passers from ss5
to $40. The sailors now get $40 per month and
the oilers $50. The Coastwise finally got
away after detention of two hours The
Marine Engineers Union has declared gen.
eral strike unless still higher schedule of
wages is put in force and steamship interests
are considering laying up their steamers, de-
spite the present scarcity of tonnage and the
urgent demand for vessels. The freight
money the new American steamer Edgar R
Luckenbach will earn on the cargo of 900. 600
cases of oil she is to carry from New York to
Australia will amount to more than $500, 1000.
which means that she will pay about rs per
cent of her cost on her first voyage. :. The
schooner T. M Nicholson. Capt Charles Greg
DRY of the Nicholson fleet, sailed from Bucks.
port April 25th for the Grand Banks, the first
of the fleet to leave this season. :. The four
masted schooner Northland of DAT tons. bui]t
at Rock!and in 1906 to carry paper for the
Great Northern Paper Co from Cape Jellison
to New York. recently came under the control
of Charles W. Morse and has sailed from New
York for Piraeus, Greece, with cargo of coal,
the freight money on which amounts to about
$4,000. Some 1900 tons of the cargo was
bought on account of the vessel owners at 81
per ton in New York, which is to be sold in
Greece at $50 per ton, and the entire profit on
the trip is reckoned at is nearly 100000. .. An
$4,000 charter has been made for the four
masted schooner Augustus H. Babcock for
voyage to the west coast Of Africa with gen.
eral cargo. The sum exceeds by $4,000 original
cost of the schooner in 1904 Crowell Thur
low of Boston own the Babcock =. The four
masted schooner Estelle Krieger sailed from
Boston for Africa. Tuesday with 8 cargo that
includes 80 automobiles. 100000 gallons of
rum, tobacco, flour and lumber. The four
masted schooner Magnus Manson has been
sold to the McIntire Lumber & Export Co. of
Mobile for $4,000.