Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. John Clement Shrinel
of West Newton, formerly OF Ellsworth
are receiving congratulations on tn,
birth OF daughter, Phoebe Elizabe th
born Aug. II.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold H. Clark and sor
Richard, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, are visiting
Mr.. Clark's sister, Miss NJ. A. Clark. Mr.
Clark was. unexpectedly called to Wash.
ington Monday.
| Mrs. Carrie BeIistty, Mrs. C. E. Bellatty
| With three daughters, and Miss Margaret
Franklin OF Roxbury, Mass, are at the
Bellatty cottage at Contention Cove. Mr..
Bellatty is expected the 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. DeLaittre arrived
Saturday after two weeks at the Castine
normal alumni encampment at Sandy
Point, for short visit with Capt. Addison
Maddox. They will leave to- day for Bar
Harbor and vicinity.
Fred, the eight year old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert N. Cushman, who has been in
the Bangor hospital for treatment for
mastoid assesses in both ears, is i'm
proving. His parents hope to bring him
home the latter part OF the week.
Robert 2. King and Ludike Hall OF
Ellsworth, who are with the LIST Maine
heavy artillery, have received appoint
ment to the officers training camp at
Plattsburg, N. Y. 1t is expected that
they will receive Q furlough from their
regiment for the three months training
at Plattsburg, beginning August 27.
Rosie Shaplei9h and Winnie Brady,
aged fifteen, both OF Ellsworth, we're last
week committed to the industrial school
for girls at Hallowell, on complaint of
Juliette Nickerson, agent for the preven-
ton OF cruelty to children. Both ap-
pealed, and bonds were furnished for
their appearance at the October term of
the supreme court.
George w. Leavitt, the veteran Massa-
chusetts horseman, known on every big
track in the country, was in Ellsworth
one day last week to call on T.. Ii. Greedy,
his friend OF more than forty years 1t
will be remembered that it was Mr..
Leavitt and Mr.. Greedy who brought the
famous stallion BingeD, then yearling,
Irom kentucky 10 Maine.
The Ellsw orth dramatic club, under the
management OF Fred +. Cooke, will make
its fifth annual appearance Thursday
evening, Aug. 80, in the five-act drama,
EAST Lynne" Though the play is an old
one, it has especially been selected as it
has never been known to fail in bringing
forth crowded house. The cast will be
supported by Miss Doris Halman in the
Iual role OF Lady lsoaene and Madam
Vine. The remainder OF the cast has beer
suitably selected, and will be announced
later. The proceeds OF the production are
to be used in furnishing carpet for the
stage, most needed addition to the i'm
provements already made in the hail.
Donaqua lodge, K. of p, will have an
important meeting this evening, which
will be in the nature Of district meeting,
as all the lodges Of the district are invited.
Knights are expected from the lodges at
Prospect Harbor, West Sullivan, Bar Har-
bor, Seal Harbor, Bluehill aud Sedgwick
There will be a reception TO the grand
lodge officers resident in this district
Grand Chancellor Roy Z. Haines, Grand
Master OF Exchequer Embert C. Osgood,
both OF Ellsworth; George &. Pierson and
Charles j. Brown Of Ellsworth and James
Scott OF West Sullivan, OF the grand fin-
ance committee on credentials. Officers
OF Donaqua lodge will be installed by
George f. Lutz OF Old Town, district dep
uty. Refreshments will be served.
At the Bijou this week, Thursday
matinee and evening, will be seen the
worlds greatest comedian, Charlie
Chaplin, in the four-reel burlesque on
''Carmen;" also Selig Tribune OF late
war news. On Friday will be seen Mabel
| Taliaferro in ssThe Sunbeam and Satur-
day "rhe Coney Island Princess" A
feature OF unusual interest, and one which
has been running successfully in all the
large cities, "The Wolf Woman" will be
shown next Wednesday, matinee and
evening. Thursday, Aug %, another big
feature in seven reels, "Enlighten Thy
Daughter" Tonight the Triangle Co.
will present Dorothy Gish, the star of
''The Birth Of a Nation" in the five-reel
feature, "The Children of the Feud."
Matthew Mcconnell OF New York, who
has been with Prof. H. {. Emery in
Russia for eight months, is the guest for
a few days of former Chief Justice l.. A.
Emery. Mr.. Mcconnell has just returned
from Russia, and his description OF con-
ditions there during the Russian revolu-
Iion and since, is interesting. His belief
that the Russian army cannot be de-
pended upon to fight brings little comfort
to this country. The great mass OF the
Russian army is illiterate. They simply
know that they have thrown off the yoke
OF the only authority they have ever
recognized, and are free, and freedom to
the great majority Of them simply means
that they are free tc do just as they please,
regardless OF the revolutionary govern
ment, army officers, or anyone else. II
they don't want to fight, they won't, and
recognize no power to compel them to.
German domination OF Russia has no ter