Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-29
SPARKS FROM maine WIRES
Canadian Pacific Freight WrecI

Canadian Pacific Freight Wreck
Eleven cars of q Canadian Pacific
freight train left the rails and made
. bad wreck tearing up the road bee
for some distance. between Chest"r
and Woodland stations, 10 miles west
of Maltawamkeag about 80 Friday
nigh. No one was injured. Il is I'M
derstood. Three G. p. Il. trains We're
sent through Bangor Friday night
thence to Northern Maine junction
and NJ The 3. & \. to BrownNille
junction, giving the passengers =
free ride of about 10 miles to get
around the wreck.
Bankruptcy Proceedings
The following petitions in bank
ruptcy have been filed with Clerk
Warren in the United States district
court in Bangor:
w Manning Armstrong Of WASH
'hurn, innkeeper. Secured claims, A'O
Unsecured 5000.
Ernest T.. stevens Of Mars Hill Ia
borer. Secured claims. none. Unse-
cured, S1270,45.
Lewiston High Honor Parts
Principal Thurstcn of the Jordan
High school at Lewiston Friday an
lrounced the honor parts among the
graduating class. The first eight stu
dents in the order OF their rank VIII
he speakers at the graduating cXer-
cises: the last three. because of their
high RINK, received honorable mel
tion. The rank OF ALL which repro
sents 4-Nears average, was hlSh'
The honors We're rs follows: carr
Everett Purinton, $50 per cent; Johh
William Ashton, &.lI. David Den
nett Thompson, %. -; Clifford Sesah
g31S: Lilli Ella Herring. 93.oo: ram
Ices Muriel Wills, 1901; Marion Mac
AusIand, 90 IS: Lucille Addie Gooins'
tec 80: Maude Wordsworth. 90o': l-an-
ia Marcott, S9..3; Lucien Ma'''''e'
1913. $1,000,
ate IT. Burrowes' Three Wills
Three wills were filed frloa! at
land by David snow. attorney l"r INC
widow of F.. T. BurroWes, "eai'hH
screen manufacturer OF Portland WHO
| died six weeks ago, The signature IS
missing from the most recent WILL uate"
during his stay in washington nos
initial late in the winter. Each IS phrae-
cd in turn to revoke all former Wills
Letters testamentary were taken OUT
soon after his death. 1t being oehe't"
no will was in existence. TINS VIII Ne
oueathes all his property to his WIDOW
There are two sons The disposition OF
all three is pending, hearing to be held.
saeo Farm Buildings Threatened
! rour sets of farm buildings on the
Simpson road, North Saco. were threat
eued by fire late Friday afternoon whei
fire which had been started to burn
to rhN S2lAnI
and burned over many acres before 1t
was checked The fire started on the
Mrs Maud Written farm and was with
, in 200 feet of the buildings when stopped
by the tiremen who had been summoned
, from the central fire station. seven
mites away. The Eremen. assisted nF
farmers also succeeded in saving Two
sets of buildings owned by IL. {. dral-
fam and another set owned ny j. +.
Merrill. Only little damage was done
TO the woodland back of the Whttcn
place.
;, Junior Promenade at v. Of M.
Although much depleted by the war.
tho iunior class Of the University OF
Maine held its annual promenade FRIDAY
night in the gymnasium with the usual
elaborate arrangements. The patron
esses were: Mrs. James s stevens,
Mrs F. r. Lang. Mrs. j. ~ Hart. Mrs.
! con :. Merrill. Mrs. J. II. liuddilston,
: Mrs Rush Hamhin Mrs. Ella J. Mason.
Mrs T. G. Kelley. Mrs. Kate G. Esta-
brooke, Mrs jeanette II. Harrington.
| At the annual junior chapel Friday the
elections from the sophomores to the
Honorary Society Of Junior Skulls for
oil
G. Stures. Thomas Davis Myron Mitch
err, Emerson Lawry. Cony Duncan. Os-
car Whalen Charles Clark. Samuel Col
Inns, Hugo Cross and Clyde Stewart.
No Glass Found in Stomach
Investigation and analysis by Mar
shall =. Cram. "A Bowdoin chemist.
has failed to find trace Of either
glass or poison in the stomach of
Bernadette Stanhope. aged 3, whose
death two weeks ago at Portland, was
: such as to cause suspicion. Particles
resembling ground glass like those she
had eaten the day her fatal illness be-
, gan. United States investigators have
) ferreted this and several other alleged
ground glass cases without detecting
such authorizations in food specimens
submitted.
Death of Ernest L. Lyman
Rela;iv in Bangor were notified
Friday of the death of Ernest L. Ly-
man in Denver, where he went for his
health two years ago. He had been
connected with Bangor banks. He
was a 32d degree Mason and member
of all the Bangor Masonic bodies.
Burial will be in Portland.
Mrs. Harry Ross Granted Divorce
divorce was granted by Justice
A. NJ. Spear in the Supreme Court at
Bangor, Friday to Mrs. Sylvia Engel
/ Ross from Col. Harry Ross of that
| city on the grounds of cruel and abus.
i've treatment. Col. Ross was former
~ State senator, has served on the
Executive Council and Governors
STAFF. He is now in the mining bust
t ness in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Ross is O
daughter of the late Hon. William
Engel Of Bangor. ex-Mayor and mil
lianaire lumberman. They were mar
ried about Ave years ago and are
prominent in Bangor society. :