Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-21
SPARKS FROM Maine WIRES
Portland Dry Dock

! Portland Dry Dock b.
establishment at Portland of a drv
dock either of the floating or craving
type That will not only accommodate
vessels of the size being constructed
III inns and other sections Of the conn
Try lof the United States Government
put those as well which are engaged
III lhe transatlantic service. was =
matter discussed Monday morning a,
conference held in the Portland
Chamber of Commerce rooos ~
conference was attended bv Co,one,
r y stevens, field agent of the Emer-
sehcy fleet Corporation: United States
senator Frederick Hale, Mayor Chan
man. members of the special commit
veg on harbor development of the
| BOARD or managers of the Chamber nj
commerce; the committee appointed
W Governor Milliken. Clinton r
| SWEET, general manager of the Port
iahd snip Ceiling Company, and 9th :
ers interested in the project,
Goes to France
i>eF. chester b. Emerson. for soma
F'dS PASTOR or the First Parish Con
eeationai church at Saco. who has
pieachen frequently at the Conereea
'1oi'ai church in Portland and is NOW
pastor OF the North Woodward (,on
Sregational church in Detroit Mich
mas oeen granted a six months, Iea We
ol absence and win sail for France
Jan 4 where he will preach the gosne,
- .ie lhited States soldiers in camns
anu nuts. He will do this work unao,
me supervision of the Y. M r
since the outbreak OF the war g. ~
| peen his ambition to helm in some
anu recently he learned that if ponic,
pO''lpie TOT MIN to go to France
pedch 10 the Sammies. If tho
- would grant him a leave from,
! oulF' IL was voted unanimous,, -
alioW. MN to be absent half WOO
! Win pay. Unless sometime
NC expects TO return to America in ,ho
summer. There is much wo,L .h.,
can DC done by cIergymen in E,ranoo
az present and it is expected that no
VII ne busE all the time he is .uo,
Blinded BY Lights " away
Blinded BY the lights on an .,,.o,..,
I winch carried no DINNERS ,no.a
Bert L. Vining, driving hi, 49, 80
1Dou' 80 sunday afternoon struck A
Iofse attached to a buggy driven nv
oeorse l. Poole Just as Mr.. Poole drove
oi'o 'he track from Elmwood avenue
9carporo. within a few hundred foot ~
MS sons house The horse was k;Iad .na
! the top buggy overturned and damaged
MIS- Pooier was with her husband but
fortunately both escaped serious injury.
! III - r. wentworth Of Scarboro was
, caiied and found no broken bones. al
| though Mrs. Pooler complained Of n lama
shoulder
(. y. farrar Of Dorchester
The sad news was received Erida y
oF CHARLES I. Jackson at Bath of the
apparent sudden death in Dorchester
OF Edwin 9. Farrar. who. for the past
81 years. has been coming to Rath
! win clothing for the Boston firm of
T.. r. smith & Co., and considered one
Oh tne hnest fellows on the road and
VIII De greatly missed by his legions
VI irlends IN all parts of New Engla nd.
re leaNes a wife. who was Miss Jo-
sephine Webb of Gardiner, Me-. also
one son. Leslie Farrar Mrs. Farrar
IS sister of G. r. Webb of the firm
of Rogers G. Webb of Boston who
named one of the feet of schooners
puiit az the Bowker yard for Mrs. Far
iaf' VINO was always a prominent fig
ufe at all The launching parties of the
Nebp fleet. The funeral was held
sunday al 80 i. NJ. at his home. IA
hlngsda!e street. Dorchester. Mass.
Mrs. E. +. Bachelor Of Bangor
Inc ueath of Mrs. Emma F., wife of AL
DION z Bachelor, occurred suddenly
ABOUT noon Sunday at her horne. Ga Elm
street Bangor. She was born and had
lived all her life in Bangor Besides her
husband she is survived by two daush-
tiers. Mrs. Harry Langham and Mrs. J. p
johnson, both of New York: also a
brother and two sisters. Mrs Ellen Clew-
ley OF Los Angeles. Mrs. Lizzie AverilI OF
Kansas City and Geo. rogers who resides
in the West. She was member OF All
Souls church and held in high esteem
by many friends
Radio Buzxer Practice
The course in radio buzzer practice re-.
Gently offered by the department Of cleo
; ertcal engineering OF the University Of
! Maine az the request OF the War Depsrt
ment is meeting with excellent success.
Thirty-seven men are now receiving In
struction and practice in receiving and
sending wireless messages and fttins
themselves for more extended training
| later in the federal service. The majori.
ty OF these men are students, although
several others not al the university are
availing themselves of the opportunity.
| A class room course in the theory OF
wireless biography will begin next week
for those wishing to know more Of the
theory OF the subject, as well also an eve
ming class in buzZer practice for thos.
who are employed during the day. This
evening class will probably be held in
one of the school rooms in Orono.