Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-11-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES


Arthur B. Richardson of Rocklanu'
who has been in charge of the Stand
ard Oil Co.'S. agency in Moscow Tor
nearly three years, has been ordered
home by the New York Office. He Will
come by the way Of Siberia, accompa-
MED by his wife, who has been with
friends in Norway since the revolution
in Russia.
81 for Dead Bull
Nelson Wyman at Lubec. seeing the
other day what he thought was buck,
fired, but found he had killed yearling
bull He hunted up the owner with vi
sions of all kinds of trouble and big
cash damage to pay. The man who own
ed the bull did not appear at all an
noyed. Did We bleed him in good shape?'
he asked. sure replied Wyman.
We'll here's a dollar for your job-I
was going to kill the critter anyway il
could find him
Arrest Portland Woman
Katherine Sheider OF ao2 Congress
street, Portland, who after telling the
liquor deputies that she was going 10
Bangor gave them the slip Tuesday at
the Woodfords station. according TO their
allegation. was arrested Wednesday on
an unlawful possession charge and gave
bail for her appearance is said to have
been connected with bag containing
four quarts Of whiskey, four quarts of
alcohol and half pint of gin which was
abandoned on the platform of the Wood
fords station. She was accosted at the
Iuion station by the deputies and said
she was going to Bangor The deputies
renal led on the train, however, until
it reached Woodfords. and they say their
quarry also got off there.
Killed In Broekton
Jacob ID. Hatch. former resident
Of Bangor. was accidently killed in
Brockton. Mass, Monday night. when
he was on his way to take the Boston
boat for a visit in Bangor. His body
was found on the New Haven rail-
road track under the Huntington av-
enue bridge. Just what happened to
cause his death is not known. but his
body was badly mutilated. Mrs Hatch
was born in Castine. August /. 1858.
He is survived by wife in Brockton;
one daughter. Mrs. Harry Estes of
holden, and two sons. Harold and
Heman Hatch of South Brewer. Three
sisters. Mrs. Lafayette Perkins of East
Orrington, Mrs. John Hatch of Penob-
scot and Mrs. Fannie DevereauX Of
Castine. and two brothers, Elvin Hatch
of Philadelphia and Harry Hatch OF
Brockton, Mass. also survive him. The
remains were sent to CaStine Thurs
day for burial. Mrs. Estes. Mrs. Pcrk-
ins, Harold Hatch and Heman Hatch
left Wednesday by automobile for
Castine to attend the burial.
Plenty Jamaica Ginger
There may be a great shortage of su-
gar in Hancock county and a scarcity of
a great many staple products, but there
is apparently ~ great scarcity of ia
maica ginger This Is evidenced by the
fact that Wednesday afternoon Sheriff
Wescott returned from the modest town
of Bucksport with ~ dozen bottles. This
shipment, evidently, intended as sub
stitute for the liquor supply forms a
most mysterious consignment. There are
&c cases in the lot and not a name ap-
pears to in any way indicate to whom
the shipment should have gone. On the
,ther hand no one has come forth to
claim il. Just why it should be shipped
into the Penobscot river town is not
nnown
Two Die In Day
William II. Fields, aged - years, retired
veteran truckman of Bath, died at the
Bath city hospital early Wednesday
morning after a long and suffering ILL
ness. His death followed that of his wife,
Mrs Hope NJ. Fields. which was reported
Tuesday night by less than p hours. Mr..
Fields was born in Bath. April 21. 1889, a
son of the late William S. Fields, a truck
man. He followed in his fathers foot
steps and continued in the trucking busl-
ness until last January when he sold out
to George Jewett and retired from active
business life. He was In active service Js
years. thus placing him in the front ranks
of veteran truckmen of the State. The
changes he witnessed in the business life
of Bath have been many and there is
scarcely man in bushes today who was
In trade when Mr.. Fields first started his
trucking business He loved to recall the
times before there was any railroad into
Bath, when all the business was done by
stages or by water and well remembered
when the railroad was put in. 1t was the
old Portland & Kennebec road and the
depot was down near where the present
ferry slip Of the ferry is located. He
also used to like to recall the days before
there were any steamers running to
Boothbay Harbor and the islands. all OF
the business being done by Samuel Dom
nell in a boat propelled by oars. He was
always a prominent truckman at the rail-
road station and the steamboat wharves
and had a large patronage. He did all
the carting for the Percy firm for A
years a record probably never exceeded
By any person similarly engaged in the
state. He leaves an only son, DR.. Charles
s. Fields, at home.
Pied For Permit
Failure of John NJ. McGrath of Mex
leo. Maine. a student in the Bowdoim
Medical School. and Miss Florence E.
Farwell of South Portland to file mar
riage intentions five days before the
day they had set for the Wedding
came very near preventing wedding
bells ringing" for the couple Wednes-
day. However. Judge Charles l.. Dom
aEue of the Probate Court. Portland
listened m