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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
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STATE OF MAINE

kESNEBEC, S.. SUPERIOR COURT
IN TERM. Augusta. April sth. 1915
Cassie B. Damren. Lib't, We. Roy Y.
Upon the annexed wri. and Libel. il j.
ordered b. me. the undersigned. Justice
Of said Court that notice thereof Re
given to the Liselee BY publishing an
attes,ed copy o. the same. or an alb
s'ract thereof together with this order
thereon, three weeks successfully IN the
kennebec Journal. newspaper printed
in Augusta in said County of kennehec,
the last publication 20 be thirty DAYS
at least before the next term Of SAID
Court. 70 be holden at Waterv!lle within
and for said County Of kennebec. on
the second Tuesjay Of June next. that
he may then and there appear in SAID
Court and answer thereto il he see -.
Attest: FRED EMERY BEANIE.
Justice Superior Court.
COPY OF LIBEL.
The Libelant alleges tina, she was
married TO the said loelee at Portland
in the State of Maize on the I'd day of
c1ha bited in this state after their said
marriage: that the Ebeiant resided in
this State when the cause Of divorce &C
crued as hereinafter set forth, and had
resided here in good faith one year prior
to the date hereof: that the iibelant has
ever been faithful to her marriage obi
cations. but that the said libelee has
been unmindful Of the same: that on tre
I'd day of January. 1913 he utterly de-
serted the libeiant without reasonable
to the filing. of this libel: that on, the
divers 9th osher r. days and times since Ell Their
intermarriage the said lihelee commit
ted the crime OF adultery with one
whose name is to your Hbelant un-
known; that being Of sufficient ability
he has grossly, wantonly and cruelty
neglected and refused TO provide suit
able maintenance for your libelant: that
he has been guilty Of cruel and abusive
treatment and extreme cruelty towards
her, as follows. to wit:
That one child has been born to them
during their said marriage. now living
viz: Victor Russell Damren, age SIX
wears. Wherefore. she prays that a d.
yorce from the bonds Of matrimony be-
tween herself and said libeiee may be
decreed. and that the care and custody
Of their miner child Victor Russell Dam
rem may be given to her: also that rea-
Of his estate: or in lieu thereof that a
specific sum be paid to her by him.
And the iibelant further alleges that
she has used reasonable diligence to as
certain the present residence Of said
iibelee. but is unable to do 60. and does
"o' CASSIE BEULAH DAMREN.
KExxEBEc. So. April 5th oe A. D.
1sfs.-The said Libelant made oath that
the above allegation as to the residence
Of the Libelee is true.
Before me.
:. ". HUsEEY.
(SeaD Notary Public.
libel.
Xttest: C. ". JONES. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

tional three quarters million books
overseas Of which 100000 must come
by gift. AS the army depends on us,
our reputation Will stand or fall in
the next few months. Present slack
ing in now OF gift books prexen,s
genuine crisis. VIII you undertake at
once to raise 5000 books in Maine:
Fresh fiction chief need"
Such books as those by Ralph
Common. Zane Grey. Kipling. OHenry.
Stewart Edward White. Jack London.
Oppenheim and Joseph Lincoln are
most called for. and as far as possible
we ought To be guided by these auth
ors in making our selection" says
Librarian Dunnack in his communi-
cation 70 the Librarians.
Il am very sure that the librarians
Of Maine will unite in making good
my answer TO the above telegram.
wired that Maine has never failed in
answering every demand made upon
her in connection with the war. We
will furnish the 5000 books"
"Of course you will realize. az / do.
that this IL most difficult undertake
ing. and II we succeed II will call for
the cooperation Of every library in
Maine. II single one fails to enter
upon this work with enthusiasm. we
must certainly meet with defeat.
AL books are TO be pocketsd and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
CORNVILLE

Frank G. Folsom was found IA his
home IN an unconscious condition
about ( Wednesday afternoon by a
near ne.ghbo-. DR.. Eiiingwood was
called also Mr.. Folsom's son Bertrand
q Skowhegan. Nr. Folsom had been
IL his usual health and was in the
.soit Of going into his neighbors
house and telling them If he was to
Il away from home but Mr.. and Mrs.
Gould were away Tuesday and there
fore were not alarmed at not ssein 2
NJ Folsom moving about and seem 2
nis curtains drawn though, him away
Until Wednesday they became alarm ed
AID Investigating found him. The
coctor thinks he must have been un-
conscious for sometime and is in a
very serious condition.
Mrs.. John Scot. is on the sick lis.
this week
Maurice Whittier met with quite
severe accident while melting some
babb.t- The liquid exploded into his
face nearly putting out one eye.
Some Of the friends OF Mrs. Frank
western remembered her birthday
Tuesday By post card shower.
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Under $4,000 Bonds

Harry Wilbur Delano Of Enfield was
arra;gned before Judge Blanchard IL.
the Bangor municipal court Thursday.
charged with statutory offence
against his l2-year-old daughter. Alb
bic ~. Delano, the complaint being
signed by his son, Vernon Frank
De!ano. who recently returned home
after IL months service with the
American army in France. The Of
fence alleged was committed on April
2, and the witnesses for the State
were the little girl. her mother and
brother. Delano waived examination
and was held under probable cause in
5000 bail for his appearance at the
September term Of court. In default
Of bail he was committed to the coun-
~ jail. The accused was arrested at
Enheld Wednesday night by Deputy
Sheriff Frank s. Mason who arrived
there Thursday morning on the 100
train. e. p. Murray appeared as his
counsel at the hearing, the State be-
ing represented by County Atty
Blanchard.
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the State to realize The t'g-es
this movement until it IS II Aa'-1
and at work-yoU- plan = 'c-P1
hensive and will reach ever P@~l
OF the State. open Up a''2-ss
activity and place a.ou2G - VI
men a wall OF Wholesome i-1-'-.
which cannot help b.: ::..aa TX >,
ture richer. Your plan !en1S -.
admirably to the program q: e.-,'
ton Of the State AMI ferns . VIZ
some complement thereto -.
From State Assessor {. : seq
former Master Of State Gra.s'
The splendid work o. he ~
Young Mems Christian .As<'e'-'.]
in their boys conferences. n 5t'..]
college students, rail-oa! men. va
business men. woodsrea ard 0'-s]
cannot be too highly ooE"lea-'l
and l feel that every t,'z:-
Maine should assist tbs asSNI
SO far as their means ana aa!i"
permit in the grea, worA !; IS ~
to do"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

April 14th is sane. car. compre-
hensive. and well manned and di-
rec,ed- 1t has the endorsement of
the leading business men and the
leaders Of thought in our State"
State Insurance Commissioner G.
Walden Smith-"And the superb
plans outlined in your further pro-
posed program Of expansion. Man
Making and up-help Of the boys and
men Of good old Maine. is so glori-
olsly inspiring that it seems as
though all needed to be done was to
say the word and everybody will be
ready to go into the campaign for
what? The greatest work in the
world, helping the boys"
From Councillor Of State Willis E.
Swift am glad Of the opportunity
to endorse the Y. NJ. c. A. and to
commend its good work. Through
it's various activities it reaches and
holds our boys and men. creating a
stronger feeling Of uplift in every
community which Is fortunate
enough to have q 7. N. c. A. To-
Gated in its midst. It makes for
better manhood and for better citi-
zenship and merits the support Of
everyone who has the best interests
Of our State at heart"
From Federal Director Of L. s.
Employment Service Charles 8.
Hichborn-"From the standpoint Of
this service we feel this to be a most
excellent work and we further think
it is eminently fitting for the Y. NJ.
c. A. organization to carry on Just
this sort of program"
From Examiner in Charge Winfield
S. Wood Of U. S. Employment, Serv-
ice-'T heartily endorse this hove
ment of the Y. NJ. c. A. Also I VIII
say that the Maine State Federafion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
CANAAN

Mrs. Julia Thornton is the guest of
her daughter. Mrs. Eva Nelson at
Clinton.
Miss Christie Lewis returned Mon
caE' 70 Lewiston after visit with her
Parents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lewis.
Mrs Irving Davis returned home
from Waterville Friday.
Marion Small has gone to Water
VILE where she has employment in
the Harris bakery.
Mrs. HartweiI Peavey is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Don Ames in
Fairfield.
Mrs. G. p Mckinney Of Portland
was recent guest of her sister,
Mrs. Harold Foster.
Minnie Williams of Waterville is
passing few days with her parents
Ir. and Mrs. George Williams.
Levi Decker passed Saturday and
Sunday at Willie Rolfs.
Margaret Peavey has gone to
Skowhegan where she has employ
ment for time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
ENDORSEMENTS OF
Y. M. C. A. PROGRAM

Endorsements Of the Y. NJ. c. AS
Maine Reconstruction program have
been pouring in upon Waterville
Headquarters Of the Y. n. c. A.
A few brief abstracts from these
endorsements follow:
L. S. Senator Bert II. Fernald-
You have, connected with the asso-
citation. as officers. some of our best
men. both morally a; 1 financially.
And am glad indeed to have the
opportunity to endorse, in highest
terms. your organization"
L. S. Congressman John A. Peters
"A person who gives either time
or money to your cause is helping,
not only the young boys and men,
but is helping himself and the com
munity. Your work represents an
important and valuable power from
which we all benefit. / should feel
that property was less valuable and
rights less safe if your organization
should 60 out Of business"
President Leon F. Higgins Of the
Maine Senate-"I certainly do ap-
prove OF your program and trust you
will be able to carry it into full force
and effect, as it will tend to make
for the betterment Of the future men
Of this State"
President George c. Chase Of
Bates College-"If Maine is to de.
velop and utilize her great natural
resources. il she is to have a happy,
prosperous. intelligent. consecrated.
and influential citizenship. she must
at this crucial time give herself with
intelligent. self-denying and conse-
Grated effort to the attainment OF
the results for which the Maine
Y. NJ. c. A. is now systematically
organizing. The plan outlined for
the campaign upon which we are
asked to enter from April 7th to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
Opportunity Farm Drive

Lester s. Hess has been elected
superintendent Of Opportunity Farm
at New Gloucester. and solicitors
soon to begin canvass to raise
10000 to carry forward the work
OF the institution. Mr.. Hess comes
from Pennsylvania and has by study
and training fitted himself for ex-
pert agricultural work. He was In
the United States military service in
1913 and was discharged Last jan
uary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
NOTICE

The Maine State Board of Examina .
ton and Registration Of Nurses Will
hold examination for the registration Of
graduate nurses at the State house. Au-
gusta. Me-, April 1911. 1913 at 10 o'clock.
Application blanks may be procured
from the SECRETARY and should be filed
at least ten u0D days prior to the date
Of examination.
RACHEL A. METcALF, r. n,
Sec.-Treas.
G. MAC. Hospital
,.,.,,,., / y~stoa: Ne.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

Labelled before shipping 70 your CEN
ira. station. We viii furnish very
library with these labels ard poc>s,s
AS fast as you have the books
Labelled and pocketed forward them
70 your receiving station. Each re-
csiving station Will have directions
where to ship the books
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

The Sanford selectre7 aaHo-.
Wednesday that they ha's 80. ~.
Wilfred A. Clark of IL Alien - -
Sanford. as chief of po'!'s O. -.
ford. He will begin his Gl.'es
day night. Mr.. Clark has ~ 4,
resident Of Sanford seven year, I'D
all of that time has beei 'h'f ~.
as a conductor ~ the A;.iH" "a
railway. He went 10 SAM u" -.
Everett, Mass. For severai IN
was connected with the fo n
Maine railroad as a braN h. B
sor nearly :our years was VIZ
y. y. n. II. & II. II. f. Co
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

Of Labor. through its executive
board, is doing the same"
From State Superintendent Of
Schools Augustus Q. Thomas--I,
may be difficult to get the people of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

Abundant Health is assured when
there Ii good blood in the veins. Hoods
Sarsaparilla In the medicine to make
good blood. Begin taking II nov. i IS
and will do you great good. 6harnens
the appetite, stesdtss the nesves.-Aov.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
DIED
New Sanford Chief

In D1mariscotta-April 4 Ns'''
wife OF D. Manley Hilton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12
State HOUSE
5000 BOOKS
FROM MAINE
FOR SOLDIERS

State Librarian Henry z. Dunnack.
the war library supervisor for Maine.
Friday sent an urgent request TO all
Librarians in the State for books. en-
closing the following telegram from
the war library director asking the
people Of Maine to provide 5000 VOL
umss By the nrst Of July for the SOL
diers who are yet in France:
by the drst Of July the American
Library association must ship sddf-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

American Eagle Fire ms. Co.
SC Maiden Lane. New York
Assets Dec q. ISIS
Stocks ard Bonds CActGsl
Marke, value De-. g. 1879 s-s 90 ;,
Cash in Ot:ce ard Bank. Ssi2 \
:. gents Balances -............ 6J.ES !.
Iare.es: and Rents ........... 5-ay
Gross Assets .. Sl.a5S.e =
Deduct items not admitted =. ...7..se
Admitted Assets . .. s3-2: ~ 81
Liabilities Dec. =, ls-s
Ne: Unpaid Losses ........ s2-4 SIS
Jnearned Premiums ....... -
II otLer Liabilities .-..... &a%3 dS
Cash Capita. ...... 100 fstl o.
S---.uS over all Liabilities aH.5.e L.
Total Liabilities ana Surplus ST.; NJ 5
.aw3t
MACOMsER. FAIR & WHITTEN,
Agents, Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-12

Alliance Insurance Company
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Assets Dec 3, 1915
Stocks and Bonds ......... s. IS. eSS:s
Cash in Once and Bank -. rs 3ss %
Agents Balances .......... S:sI5Sa
All other Assets .............. 4S II
Gross Assets ............ s..@g - =
Deduct items not admitted. Ia U2 .
Admitted Assets .......... S.Nl .:5.-5
Liabilities Zee. 81. 1915
Net Unpaid Losses ......S 45i Se5s
Inca rneG Premiums ... -ES.ca
Al other Liabilities ...... &4s.5i
Cash Capital Observation-Disclosures. .501G .,
Surplus over ali liabilities. l2;e 413 IS
Total Liabilities and Surplus SSH. 49,
-aw5t
MACoMsER. FARR & WRITTEN,
Agents, Augusta, Maine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-25

An investigation of the supply, price and delivery of ice for this pres ent summer.
 (a) Private investigation Of com mittee conducted by trustworthy y agents.
 (b) Public hearings to which whole sale and retail ice dealers and per sons now or recently engaged in wholesale or retail sale of ice in the eDey be subpoenaed and an opportu- city be subpoenaed and an opportu- other persons having valuable infor- nation on the subject to give the tame to the committee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-25

derselling designed to force 1t out of
 business All said and done, your
 committee believes in spite of the vii
 cissitudes of it's somewhat novel plan.
 that if the Centerfreze enterprise had been let alone, 1t would have wealth
 cred its difficulties and would now be
 reliable and substantial source of ice supply to the city, and in local
 hands. Proof of this lies in the fact that its present shrewd management. will not consider any sort of offer of sale.
 Beyond any doubt, the ruthless
 methods of the sinister and powerful natural ice combine in this state, made the harried local dealers glad to get out of the business altogether. On the other hand, the impressive list of its victims has made new ventures in the Ice trade too precarious to be at
 tractive to those having capital to in vest. The net result is that with abundant local waters upon which could be harvested the highest grade | of natural ice and this stored against unfavorable seasons, and with a fine field for the development of artificial | Ice production, we face a serious To-
 cal shortage about once in each four years.
 Within the bounds of tudicious Sui6Ct JOuI llIluS IL Ol- ficult to adequately describe the con- | duct of those primarily responsible
 for present conditions. The Berk- | shire Ice Company is a foreign cor | poration. Its principal Connecticut | office is at Number 427 Housatonic Avenue, Bridgeport. Connecticut. It's ] President is a resident of the State l of New Jersey and it's stockholders | are residents both of New Jersey and i Connecticut. A large amount of it's stock is held by the President and General Manager of the Mountain Ice Company, so-called, of New Jersey, which is a strong and powerful con- cern operating principally in New Jersey and New Yrk.- The majority | of the stock of the Berkshire Ice | Company is owned by one Harry w. | Walker of Bridgeport, Connecticut, | and his immediate family. MT. Walk | CT is the General Manager and quite | evidently has been given CARTE | BLANCHE by tae directorate. This | latter conclusion is forced upon any | one reading his testimony before the | Committee. His statements and ex- | plantations found in the record in | variably give the impression that he | owes accountability for his conduct | of the Berkshire Ice Company, to | himself alone.
 MT. Walker and his family have l acquired in this State many other
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-25

crops. which may be normally h~r-
 vested in the locality and marketed
 for considerably less than half of cost of artificial production. On the other
 hand, an entire dependence on nat
 ura1 ice would be equally dangerous on account of the failure of the crop
 in seasons like the past one, and this happens on an average of about once in four years. Undoubtedly New Eng
 land in the last % years has experi- enced change of seasons. Our win ters are not nearly so severe as for merly and so natural ice crops, es- pecially hereabouts, are considerably
 more of a gamble. The. following is a
 list of years in which there have been shortages of ice in Southern New Eng
 landd, since 1870:
 1870; 1874; 1s76 1880; 1886; 1889; 1890;
 1894; 1899: 1906; 1913; 1919.
 Outside Competition as an Element in Local Shortage.
 There is every reason to believe,
 that but for outside competition in the
 local market, notably the competition
 of the Berkshire Ice Company, so-
 called, and the methods of that com petition covering a period of the last
 12 years, the local ice trade would have so developed both the natural and the artificial supply that the situation this summer would not have been nearly
 so dcute. In recent years store houses of local ice-dealers have burned down almost systematically. In near ly every instance the owners refused to rebuild because even at the low cost of harvest and market, the bus mess had been made unprofitable. With these houses replaced and with the extension of business reasonably incident to a fair success which might
 have been attained but for outside hindrances, there would now be ample storage facilities so that there could
 have Dcen brought over from a, bump CT s a. on like last year, a sufficient surplus to prevent a serious local shortage.
 A similar cause has restricted the development of local artificial produc- tion. The constant threat of paraliz- ing competition with natural ice, has
 prevented those already in the bus mess from enlarging the capacity of
 their plants, while the solitary ven
 ture in the direction of new artificial plants succumbed to a systematic un-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-25

large ice plants and concerns in one
 way and another. Sometimes these
 properties have been bought outright;
 sometimes they have been acquired
 by purchase of outstanding indebted
 ness against them, and not infre-
 quently owners have been forced to
 sell Always the manifest purpose
 has been to secure Berkshire Ice
 Company domination of important
 territory. Wherever the whims of tho
 management dispose them not to
 take the actual title of a dealer who
 Is inconveniently in the way, a defi- mite tonnage of Berkshire Ice is allot-
 ed to his normal supply, as the price of continued existence. A threat of
 ruthless underse1ling and the power
 to indefinitely continue the sames are
 the form of duress to which the vic tims have no choice but to yield. Sucn practices which might be detailed
 far beyond the appropriate volume of this Report, have resulted in the complete domination of the Connecti- cut Ice Market by a combine com posed of Berkshire Ice Company and its affiliated and subsidiary concerns, including the properties owned by
 MT. Walker and his family. New Ha- ven is chief among it's victims. More over, it's considerable foreign direc- torate and the freedom from invasion
 by the other large ice combinations, warrant the suspicion, at least, that Southern New England is allotted ter ritory to the Walker interests.
 Available Ice Supply.
 Unquestionably, as already point ed out in this report, there is a short age of ice so far as local supply is concerned. There Is no great short age, however, of supply from the sources intended ultimately as the
 only source of supply for the entire state. The Berkshire Ice Company has more than double the entire quantity of ice it ever puts out in the Connecticut Market. By the state ment of it's own Manager, the Com pany has only slightly less than the largest amount of natural ice ever sold in its history to it's whole trade for a single year. Not allowing for house shrinkage, it has 15,000 tons more of natural ice than it's average annual output. We are advised by reliable and experienced ice men that by no reasonable possibility could house shrinkage amount to 15,- 900 tons on the quantity and under the conditions involved. In spite of the Company and it's subsidiary and aff1l- lated concerns harvested on Connecti- icut waters last season nearly three