Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-12
BELFAST
Islesboro People in Assault and
Battery Case Before Belfast
Judge M e m Der of Ford
Peace Party in Town

| Fred 0. Dodge of Islesboro was before
Judge Maurice ". Lord yesterday after
noon on complaint Of Mrs. Edith Pendle-
| ton. wife of Orrin L. Pendleton of Isles
boro. Mrs. Pendleton charged the de-
fendant with having assaulted her. chok-
ing her and otherwise roughly using her
! in attempting TO eject her from his motor
/ boat on June 3d. Mrs. Pendleton al
| legged that she went to the boat landing
where Dodge kept his launch and at
tempted to dissuade her husband from
making the trip to Belfast with Dodge
where they were going to attend dance
in East Belfast. She said that when
Dodge came down 70 the boat, after she
was there, that he used her roughly and
nearly choked her TO death and pushed
her ashore. She introduced two witnesses,
Rufus Pendleton and Leon Engstrom. but
these witnesses, while corroborating a
portion of her testimony. denied that
Dodge attempted to choke her,
In his own behalf Dodge denied this
also and said that the complainant went
aboard his boat and began a search fo-
his gasoline tank. Just What her motive
was he was not sure, but it looked to him
as if she was going to do something to
put his launch out Of commission il pos
sible. He admitted that he used some
force in putting her off Ills boat but not
more than was warranted in removing
person who was attempting to injure his
property. He said that she and her hus-
band finally left the boat together.
After hearing the testimony and duly
considering the matter, Judge Lord de-
cided that Dodge was technically innocent
of the charge of assault and battery and
he was discharged. Owing to the facI
that Mrs. Pendleton appeared very much
in fear Of the defendant, however he was
put under $500 bonds to keep the peace for
one year. particularly as regards the COM
plainant. He willingly gave the bond
and furnished sureties. Mrs. Pendleton
was represented by Seth Norwood OF
Brooks and the defendant by H. c. Bus
sell of Belfast.
! Mrs. Ada Morse Clark OF Palo Alto,
/ Cal, was the guest Monday and Tuesday
of Belfast relatives and friends. leaving
this morning for Warren, where she will
visit before going to the West. Mrs.
Clark has but recently returned from
The Hague, where since last August until
the 18th Of May she has been assistant
secretary of the Ford peace commission.
which was. Of course, ended with the
entrance of the United States into the
war. She sailed for Europe last year with
the Ford peace party as delegate, hav-
ing for some time prior to that been pri-
vate secretary for Dr. David Starr Jor-
dan. for many years president of Leland
Stanford University and an ardent paci-
ln1a
gate with the Ford party and made a
hurried trip across the continent to sail
from New York Her experiences with
the party and her work with the commits
sion in Stockholm where she remained I'M
til last August are most interesting. In
her opinion Germany has drawn on her
last resources and failing to make peace
/ with Russia cannot hold out long now.
Mrs. Morse was graduated from the vi
naihaven High school in the class with
Miss Anne NJ. kittredge, whose guest she
was last night. She left soon after her
graduation for California where she took
a course at Leland Stanford. marrying
soon after being graduated. She lived
for three years in Hawaii, where with
Prof. Clark she was engaged in educa-
/ tional work, and upon his death she be-
came private secretary to the American
consul in one Of this cities in Japan
where she spent three years. On her way
home from that country she travelled
around the world practically alone,
spending over a year en- route. Mrs.
Clark is an artist having made a special
study OF Japanese painting, and has also
written a novel of japanese life.
IT., ~
Clark stated that the ridicule of the news
papers in America was entirely without
foundation. The alleged quarrel among
the peace delegates which was made so
much of was entirely untrue and the par
ty was received with the greatest cere-
niony ard dignity in Sweden, Denmark
and Holland. Mrs. Clark told a good
deal OF interest in regard to the spy sys-
tenn of Germany and said that the women
spies are most to be feared. They are
very clever and interruptions, hesitating
at nothing to gain their ends. On her re-
turn to America she sailed from Rotter.
dam, in the northeriy route, outside the
danger zone. sailing close to Iceland and
touching at Halifax on this side, landing
at Hoboken. The ship bore some 1000
( passengers. about 100 of which were
Americans and the remainder mostly
Dutch bound for the Indies. The ship was
conveyed through the danger zone and
had no mishaps during the trip She is
very enthusiastic over Stockholm, which
she considers a most wonderful city in
which to live. With it's long days, lasting
until II midnight, its fine operas and IA
: cilities for culture. The Hague in her
opinion is Just the reverse. with its sod
den skies. with clouds always hanging low
and everything dull and cherries She
saw while in Stockholm the exchange
Of prisoners between Russia, Germany
and Austria. IS trains a day for many
days passing through the city with the
mutilated blind or insane prisoners, unfit
for further service to their countries.
sent home to die or. worse yet to living
deaths. She said it is reported authenti-
cally abroad that the Germans are send
ing men with one arm or one leg back
into the trenches to fight with what power
they may have left. mutilated though
they may be- and in her belief the end Of