Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-06
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Cumberland Drunkenness

Commitments 10 ~ c3mbhria-o
county all for 1915 for Drunkenness
we-t -, tie srTal!es. 1urlber ever
lEGEn. there having beer -. average
r. cEf.t years If 1bE@-th5 smallest
number 20 and the largest ell
the latter IN 1910, Commitments lot
Violation Of ;ae !lG1o. .aw we.e ZOE.
last rca-- i C4l!. 1.e:a-e Ct efSn;
committed 1c. tt.s l.ad - rIGnSe.
.!e-se 9-o-es agc TIC bes- t.icenc+ Ct
tEs rlslc enforcement Ut The liquor
laws within his COUNTY. Isaore es
I.ecl1iiy IN Portland during the past
3r1T 7-rGer supervision q Sbsr5t+
Eng r. Graham. In hls i-st yea.
1877. he reduced the average o. jail
prisoners 10 s.. which Is tbs smallest
:. eig3l: years, that period showing
an average ot IL and a maximum, OF
Ia. The other increase winch is
, shown II the sheriffs ANNA report
ii inmates at the jail. is whore ees
L. :. l-is oners were 90 ANIMATED last
year. where the average for number
q years has been 50 THIS is ac-
counted for by activity 81 IN fed
aral officers rounding u aiitns while
ia1 wy vas n progress.
Falls TO Death
Failing into The hold Of the steam
er Styliana, which WAS lying at the
wharf, South Portland. taking or
some Of her machinery. John H
Ru-nhau, q carpenter and millvright
y this CITY. vas instantly killed
Thursday. Mr.. Burnham had been
working IN the cabin with another
carpenter and al 1880 started OF, to
obtain & few pieces Of sheathinA Al
. Thursday afternoon he had rot ap-
peared and q search was made for the
missing mn, which resulted in find
ing his lifeless body al the bottom Of
the hold. DR.. George !. Ceer. medical
examiner, was called. and pronounced
i an accidental death resulting in
stantiy. His skull was fractured
John Durham was about s. years Of
age ard came T. this city from, Nor
way about - years ago. For the
greater part Of this time ne had been
employed in the Doten Mills. He
,eaves a widow.
Auburn Golden Rule Gospel
The New Year finds Us in good
circumstances al1ho not YET Qure
tree from debt The work Of helping
men who are homeless and unfor-
iunate during the past year has been
accompanied BY additional. labor and
increased expenses and the high cos,
Of living has in some measure ex-
ceecefi the regular income" The
annual report # Charles a. Brown.
pastor Of the Golden Rule Gospel
mission IN Auburn tells many inter
esilng incidents Of the year. Eleven
hundred and 1Wenty-one have regis
Tered since January !. 1916. averaging
three days each a. the mission, max
ing l0.osa meals, an average Of 50
meals day. and over 5000 nights
lodgings .haTe been given, an average
CT nearly 10 Per night. Two hun
dred and fifty men from Lewiston
and Auburn have shared our hospi-
iality. 700 from other parts Of Maine
and the balance hail from all ever
Nen England. Employment: in Lew
lston or Auburn? has been secured by
eight hundred Of these men. ard the
rest have gone 10 Bath. New Hamp-
shire and NasSa chusetts for work
Twenty eight cvcrcoais. 50 smaller
coats and many pairs Of shoes have
been given 10 the needy and from
cur Free Offering fund, - car fares
10 Jots IN other places have been paid
70 help the men along.