Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-09
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Bankruptcy Proceedings

Bankruptcy Proceedings
Two voluntary petitions III bank
ruptcy were filed Thursday in the Unit
ed States District court. George s.
Bradford of Portland. a Maine Central
fireman, was one of the petitioners and
his liabilities were set at S391.SI, while
his assets were S65. William w. Scho-
field, a laborer. claims liabilities OF
$219.60 and assets Of only S11 so. which
are claimed exempt. j. II. Charles of
Portland and Levine's clothing eStab-
lishments of Portland are the principal
creditors
The 1918 Price of Herring
Herring at the weir will cost not less
than $25 per hogshead for the entire
season Of 1918. according to a decision
rea ched by the weirmen's union in
| meeting held at st George last week.
! This is 4 minimum price. and there Is
nothing in the statement made by the
union officials to indicate that there
will be any objection on the part Of the
weirmen to higher prices. 1t is prob
able however, that $500 will be the
maximum price also during the coming
season. for the American government
| has limited the price at which the
expected that they will carry the pro-
| cess of price fixing to most of the raw
materials the packers use, particularly
| herring. In this policy the American
| and Canadi governments are expect
| ed to cooperate. so that the same price
will obtain on both sides of the border.
| and Canadian and American packers
| and weirmen will be placed under price
| 1I,-;
| port Sentinel.
Fire at eastport
| Fire broke out in the residence rf
| Frank a. Havey at Eastport at $50 y.
! NJ. Sunday. and the family including
| Mr. and Mrs Havey and their little
! daughter, were forced to make their
! escape very hurriedly, taking refuge in
| the residence of Capt. GuilfOrd Mitchell
! nearby. The blaze originated. as far as
! is know, in 4 defective chimney, ana
! did most of its damage III the two front
| lower rooms Of the house. tho other
| rooms being injured much less, and
+ mainly by smoke The damage is esti-
/ mated at between $500 and $4,000.
Bound Over for Robbery
! At a hearing before County Attorney
| Archibald at Presque Isle, Thursday
night in the Miliken Tomlinson rob-
berries case, Ulysses Grant, charged
with breaking and entering was bound
over under s25oo bonds. Paul Caron
was charged with receiving stolen
| goods and bound over under bail Of
$o5OO. James l.. Coffin was arrested
! today on a new warrant and at hear
! ing was charged with receiving stolen
/ goods and bound over under $1,000.
! VIM. Rand. also arrested on new war
| rant today. charged with receiving
| stolen goods and was bound over under
| $1,000. Wallace Rand was bound over
as material witness, under $1,000 Cof-
fin. William Rand and Wallace Rand
! furnished bail.
Androscogein Milk Producers
| Tho annual meeting Of the Andros
! coggin branch of the New England
| Milk Producers Association was held
! Thursday in Auburn. The secretary'S
/ report showed 10 locals IN the county.
! with 379 members. officers were elect
| ed as follows: DR.. John A. Ness. Au-
! burn, president; Fred l.. LeaNitt. Turn
! eg, vice president; F. W. philbrick.
| Greene, secretary. Walter II. Sawyer
! chairman Of the Androscoggin County
! Committee of Safety and a member OF
/ the Federal Milk Commission, spok :
/ on the present milk situation of the
! COun,ry.
For illegally Shipping Venison
! In the Emitted States district court at
i.angor THURSDAY oscar a. F'ickett. Z,
| Bangor Inarkctman paid a fine of sac
I and costs. on the charge of shipping
! vcnison illegally to parties III Boston.
Mrs. Jennie II. Anderson, Portland
! News was received Thursday in Port
! land of the death in New York city
Wednesday Of Mrs. Jennie H. Andcl-
SON. aged 81, who conducted the knick-
I erbocker Hotel At Peaks Island for
; nearl, 20 years. She built the hotel,
( after summering three seasons on the
! lsIant and her guests were mostly per,
sonal friends from New York and
/ EroukIyn. where she was formerly in
rho hotel business Two daughters
( Mrs Fred a. Guptil Of ltca. y. \.
, Miss Lillian T., ana Niillam T. ana