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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
HON. F. {. TMDENKE,
EI-niEk Examiner.
Dies IT PORTLAND HOME

I'5Tt..4T4. at -~.---T1ot-' E--4-3I--
TN. r,.sl'.zla. G.. -or-.er Sca-= LARK *
arr-1e-. El--24r @aun-- --7~ne~ rs
T-ars..L Coun-s. ~a..Toa& a9-:,4.
E-or.lcer- banker 1nc business mn.
resiCe,-- g ms c--y :. -el-s. E4eG TINS
forenoon il ms home 81 nys son.
Leonard : 20 Cor--aaF s--ae,. at-e.
: rnCrsr i.uess. RI H-1s s--Icke-
f-r+ VIZ ..taDerza. WINCH 4aveicpeC
~ uid.- 3u1o -1neuuou;a ap4 from -h;--
n sank L-Ia s-uDo- - G1vs Gg-.
f--1Tn winch he never -aL.ie4 sl.fz5-
cieu1.y to take nuu-ls1E-.71r I- q ncr-
ulzi manner -sv&-a- PHYSICIANS =
consultation and by va-i4d -:'+4: II .aT-s
e2iled 10 bring nm Trough THIS
1rislS.
II VS. born Il -Evernaye. ID S,
-656 Ind MS active carne- OF more
than 40 years left i-s impress or the
professional. business &n6 poli-icl-
hisrCry q whatever cCllyrl1--l-- ne
honoreC AS reacheT LAWYER. orzic.a.
and banker ne gave dcr7oz-s11-a-lon OF
Unborn Yankee sagaclry and Integrity,
a characteristic Of the family taat has
been identified WIKI Leeds and Liver
more near!- L5e years
Ii. T.mbe~lake was educa.ad n the
schools OF his native -0wl and Mon
mouth and Wilec- Academies. As WIS
tae custom VIII coQ1-r~ hc-s IL hta
time farm work IN Summer ma
teaStllnG IL " inter enabled them 70
obtain e1nEs FOR educational purposes
ant as followed this cGsrnrn unr4l ne
was past -. he entered the law or
fee 01 Hutchinson d Savage IT 1879
ana even after mat cun1.rusa teach
I1- and other temporary employ
mant SO Laat he Gould keep OUT o.
debt while qEai11y-ine for PRACTISE q
law lie WIS admitted 70 me Frank
In County Ba. IN 1882 a Farming
III ana opened law Office eariy the
aex-- year Il Philips and his partner
The !ast few years ne remained -nere
was T. P Noble
lis first political posi-lor was
county ar+0-nsv. elected Il 1856 .nd
twtce Reelected Gar terms If cwa
years each Thereafter he Gern+aG
himself q law anc business Until
appointed Starc bank examiner IL
september. 1885. and nc remained =
years in that position From the IN
t:rnaca insight n prominent Name
men and -heir business affairs p-in-
ciraIly II banking circles obtained
during these terms. ne formed the
basis for d thriving business and a
cIi.utile that was Of the Utmost
value II making his Undertaking q
sircreSs
RE was always Interested II po.I1i-
cal matters and was loyal 70 ne Ee-
publican party, campaigning in a
limited way, attending many COZ
ventious and serving on variuus cum
nit1aes. SIX years q member OF the
State committee for FRANKLIN, COUNTY
lie was one Of the nrEf To aunre-
ciate fully what a railroad through
20 EanEeiev lakes would do il de-
veiopment OF that wonderful COUNTY,
as q summer resort for tourists nm.
fishermen and hunting ground fur
1al visitors He devoted uuss en-
ergy a1 -llS venture sac Is rtt.leS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
John Frederick Polar d. Towns Oldest Man-LaH-
Found Guilty of Larceny -Four Counts; Appeals
Pe-Sona-Real Estate Tran sfers

~. --ede-lcR Pollard. Snow
s. 1laes- -.ac. PASSED away a
= -oue q W4-ar street a. about
c!ncG u E-IGay afternoon Febru-
- IL d.. Ii Pollard was born
: 7-,2vL.e i 1875, -ae Oldest snp of
d IL i 80 E-G-1 Cl--r!e- Pollard.
5 Carer. ae-c- q Scotch decent
- -s--.-r ware d sister older and
u S'oI1ge: Dr0cners- Al now dacsas-
"-e-- F-ec was - MS father
-.s1 Ii = # 1e hired ou@ Is a clerk
I. ~ 5-o-a y Sorl Ware. living w-I-l.
- ---.-.-- NC years. Then with
--r1 --an California of l1FekE
ga -..2e-- E~eG gor the mining
=. LIT stirred = -85-. Though he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
OAKLAND

Ms x ? Holman 3 visiting a.sr
parents. Nj and Hrs. O. = Cl~-.s
- Leeds
Ernest Bates is confined 10 IT'S
home q. Oakland Heights sv illness
Alfred Perrin Of the Fairfield rou@
me- VIII : painful. sIcclcer.c Thurs
3a< wh.Ie q work IT. m Emerson 1
Stevens shop. n Pe-~i. Is ar ak
maker by --ade and vas engaged IN
hammering zr axe which came be OK
cIsC hit him on ne hand cutting tn
ap-..s IF he tore finger H va
= Ken ~ the Office q physician
VITO dressed tbs wounG ma IL pres
er- ne - comfortable.
A1-s- e 4 EE-Tncls Enc sas a->u
ip2-e =, with brorch.-.s y i--ps,cv-
inc ana Is Gs.- Ia s-- p tnr = shc~-
rlrae
1irs F7ar Abnn.r i oonaueE n aa-
nom CT High stree V1-s 5;,.r--r.e5
ankle
Ha-rv Higgins Is Confined = MS
home on Main street tv Illness
Mrs. Dennis Earrllz. vino ai.s i..sr
critically iii Win 1T a--ack If grEp.
i IN proving.
Earl Goodwin has returned from
Z business TRIP 10 lewiston 4nc
Portland.
George Perry whc mas been pass
ing several days IL SlzcvheEzn and
Madison on business was guest
Friday Of has sister Mrs Minnie
Livingstone on MS wav 70 ris homo
y No-wav
EIcr. ana Ms F~ad Bunker Of
North Aasor ware calling OF friends
IN tCwr Frl1av.
AlDion Blake mas returned rom g
business -r,p a Boston and New
: ork
IaEIe3 t0well was badly injured FRI
day while engaged in wheeling cual
from tne ard 70 me bulle--enrl a. .ha
Cascade wooisn NIL. SINCE the -ece7r-
snowfall crust mad formed On TOP Of
the coal Cruising i 70 cave III and bur-
Mr. Powell VINO was extricated ny ST
perrin te1oaEt Scot and snrne II the err
pioyes- He was badly bruised and one
.aG was Injured
Mrs. Harold Bridges Is rfIyl.a
ner haIle IN the Fairfield -oad n, IL
ness.
Miss Marion Watson Of East wHtau
has snte-eh the employ OF tfe -ascad..
WOODEN mil
VI. Z Bush. who IF attending Shaw =
Business College, lE Portland. IS pass
ing few GayR = ms hume II 1cw--
Irs- Ernest Bates OF Oakland E4eigil-s
= suffering from an attack Of ne grip
Frank Dyer. pRru,aste- n the Cas-
cade WOODEN mill. passed me weeK end
With mis- family in Faxc-u-t
Abraham Walker. VINO has beer csr-
7ned 70 his home on Main street the
rast rvn weeks with az attack Of IN
susaza mas SO far recovered as &c be
able 10 De out
On accnuut CT he condition OF the
ROADS caused nv the rece-t snDwsrur-r.
funeral se-vices for the late AlcHze
z. Matthew'S were postponed until Sal
uraar afternoon II o clock. vhen they
were held Il The home ~ ms daughter
Mrs.. 3. .. York Of Main street Rev
Weston 2. Holman OF the Methodist
church af.;ciated and the bearers were
Marshall TiIton, 2. !. Libbx. L. : Ear
kat and Harry Atwood The remains
we're placed n thu tomb 20 await
burial
Robert Blake. who has been Visiting
Ass parents, Mr. and Mrs Walter Blake
" Fairfield street, tor : Few days. LEI.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

Eea1 estate traasfers 1o- The week
ending Fenraary =. ere as follows
Simon Norton, saownegaa, .
frank Z Trip. E@w Portland. q ac-as
IN New Portland adjoining land former
II owned M aeorEe G. Sheldon
CeIia Z. Chase, Fi-lstieid. TO periey A
Dun IN. T7tt-sfield. land adjoining So
pfl-omla Barnes place, Pirts;IeI4.
simon : Norton. SkowhegG=. n
Frank L T-ipp. New Portland. land IN
E,r.1.sd.Y1, lha EaH -ot aid Asoph Euzcis-
ms inL
Lena Ii. WAN e. a. skow;lega1l. II
3ar A Dunbar. saowhegan- and On
lgaci. -.zad - WaterviiIe, SkowheEaa.
r7aler Al Link. Harmony. % Hay
4 au-else- Harmon f io- in IR--
m0r.
E4e.ier III Ink, EarTnou--. IN Leroy
=. -.atz-usE. Harmon l0- TT Water
street.. Harmon.
Charles =. Goodwin 70 Josiah Clark
g. al, Skew hogan. e acres III the road
<-nrrl -knw-hegan - soiun in Madison.
leonard = Lincoln. AnEUn. 10 Ea-y
l. Savage. Ansur. land II Worth Ansnn
vftla-e
Tearler 4 Duu-nn. Pi-1sfield- ID Ber-
1ha Z. Davis Dexter. the LeEndsr
Barnes place in F.r-s.ielG.
!. Nnrtnn TarbelI. Pi-.stiei6. GO VII
liam II Osborn. PfE.stieid, land On me
road from Pir.stieiG &c Burnham.
Maude Thompson RUNNER, showas-
raa. TO AIRY Mitchell Hurley. Skowne-
gan. land on Mount Pleasant avenue,
SaEowhegan.
Gala T. r-taae 7;r.sfeil IN Ad.sll
EolGe Tittsftela, tt.e south ane-Inu.-Ih
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

cocoa nuts AID andes WIS serv4l
from. 10 4lG-cE ~00u.
The T-l-sc Eh-.A-..ea Class @. tna
F7a1erlc.-G c...--c.. VII meet With .rs.
2 : 4la-s-5r Te,-1esd4y e,-=n-ng
ali -.2e. l5lHs Hanna, T. P-re VII
- -.a =1r.s soEle -~ue s-5-les ron
Armchair Efe.
-ae :, omen = F0rsig- 4I.saior.1--.-
s0cIetr VIII met with Ms. Nirhols
a he Methodist parsonage AIonc@y ;
afternoon a -.3e
Sunset napier ". 81 Orde~ O. 1ae
Easre~n S-ar- held a regular u1ev1-
,-lG = A2soEl- nal III Friday nigh
On accpC-- C. me illness ~ So mar ?.
mem 9tra. work winch woU}G &c
Deer dune u .1is meeting was post
7uaad 81 l-c aeE- meeting - ..ich y "a
a. TT Marua a..
The Saarc. .lg glu.s Zl4.c v-tt!.
Il IS hannah + PaEa a. he- horne
on LilCE street 5a-urday afternoon.
: puff was -2Gilad and : baked bc2r
supper served. Mrs. Lena Lar. "A
former sunday school teacher was
presers@ L5er coming WIS d SURPRISE
- TIE girls.
Mrs. ". P Crawav entertained
-.--ee cables Il auction a. her homo
N Wafer s-rea- Of sa-u-aa- after
noon Miss Florence Pooler l.ld
honCr scare and received q bea u-.eu,
basket for prize Mrs. Helen Went
worth received the consolation.
-arv pretty handkerchief Refresh
nen1s OF salads. rolls. rea- brownies.
candy aaC r-y.-s were served.
he case OF EIcna-dson rs. -ar.be-t
was cur cinuec OF sa-u-dav morning a
q clock II the ofTices Of T-ial Justice
= Z Lord. L-an.ae was found guilty.
az ,1-ce,,v upon four counts. IN the frs
II which he -eceiveG z saTltence uf we
months Il All and hne Of sic IN me
other ch-ee counts he received Z sell
terce If SIX months in jaiG ana 20 line
Upon eac'. coJlr- Defendant appealed
and WIS heid in ssg4 bonds for The Apr
tern a Il Butter appeared 1o- The
plaintiff and Harold ] Philips Ear de-
ra,darT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
Elizasst, A. riows-t. s~anviile

Swarvi.ie. Feb @o.-Elzlbeth :
widow q John G Howard 6iea
Thursday a. her home IT Swa-vflla
g. me aga Of - years. ~s9e was ho-r
and lived IL her life II Swanvi[le. the
daughter Of Lewis and 5ecsey Nick
e-saa- She rs survived Dy three sons
Colby and Walter OK Swanviiie. and
Arthur IF Belfast also by one daugh .
ter Ms. DaTIa Hamilton % BefraSt
Two brothers John and A,oe-t Nick
ersnr of Swarviiie also SURVIVE Fur -
~ral services will be held CT Suucay
III one p. NJ Few. William Vaughan
officiating. II the roads permit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
CLASSFTED-DISPLAY
District State MaGaggs

Augusta ard .iG~G4-la". Lsu7.sf2- C-e
AuuG-r. Sanford and @u-'--va}e 50Ch
ann. Camden and Belfast, BAT ana
--,4r:SwGLE u. other Gls--ICx rHyIrg
oeer -2keut IN most phenuEnana-.
,lr..gt- and scclrl.-TlugUS aT-e--.3-'IA.- o. -,t
-, n ia-u-s- r.aT.usac -f.~j,-- cc--
l,D-a-tnr,s G+ cH- world Ea'f made a--
-.1r.r ag.l.:I,.s Il 81 -hsG- G,4-T.s- trough
-i..a new SYST zzl s2lsst caDi =. Required.
~ ou-a4r ~ .4s-r- territorial. -.Etrg Is
INVESTMENT. s.C.,-a. c~ merchandise
TIA aZy BUSINESS MN II yuG- ci-r wi
endorse and eco-r1-"-1 Com 2ensa-Ilts.
snrtg.E he rvl- g. mr. Pc -e"- ~
~ 5-=1l-~ ar IN -at.-Suu AZ 10 1ius .EtuH
Street.. Bos1Uu Mass Fuu--n Floor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
WINSL0W
CLARENCE Lelorssr.


Clarence -e'@hloh- a@en :"
a--eT an mess 1F''L IL '-+si-@- - !
lowed Ut pneumonia Pa SEQ ~
+ e. -, e ne hl7Tl+ q IL d ''---' J. r.
AS+-iie JacAsoE- E-'1H' VI .--'.~''
IL resioec' rs -l-hS = 1-lsT ---l'-
10T- VAo y III 'i1'F" e. ''7'7'-- IT, u
s'-ETi',es-' r Inert s'i IItS - i''7',.
ll@SUAE a---'fiutA + 81 I'ul-' =
Ms. jackson -. =" -
F2FIor Il As --t-4' : '''si~N % 80
c.li-TtF o{i'c.-- .t4'-' Ne '+''I'
-iie ----Ae's y. i---t.f --a------oA' -
L----il--z-, i--''l--e@ 1''-z- -''-r-- a,i~ =.
VIC VA re a. l''--''s
Ta-IH-el- Il me '2f'-4 ~ A---'--
~. ---1E "a :. @f'- = ti'o'- mi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

The motion picture "vas sE.s.--i-
rrlentec with and FesI exhibitions were
privately given IN ru-h this country
and Europe in Ehs early r ue-ies
though il was not until 1885 that The
rveErlon mad SO tar advanced as to
make q public exr ibirInn oractlca bic
The latter part Of thar wear tna~
were exhibited in Europe md Amer
s.sg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
"Housework"

Augusta wcnsu who know how 10 cook. 70
sweep and 10 cean VII read the ads dexad
'HoaseEork' II the classification Help Want
ed-Fen2le" u the Journal today. They are
alert for the calls for help by Augusta house
wives.
When you need domestic help. get II The Jour
IA Want Ad Way Telephone 135 and ask -or
q Want Al Taksr Let The Journal make vorr
work lighter and yor home happier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
SPORT NOTES

Danny Lorraine ~ Ea-h VIII NIX
VIII Young Eatido ~ Lewiston n
the Fig Four A. "A III Biddef 7r5 or
tuesday evening IT he -antn bczrt.
Lorraine meets Young Blgsilier q
Woonsocket. z l. N Bidaefnrg a.
ne GO r Boxing cub FriGav even
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

-11.aes when he got
--31-2s tie sent back goa
a-5e some mules and r-tn
~~ sore Until he rnIne home
HI j. WIS by III way u tns
+'-'4- "!ar@ he cau-7t She is5Vsr-
Ills @ea--h. }lcwe7Te-. be
a..@, a4.as A.. gus1a ~tsT-
ew0cl.- vrh.a TzrIpn v-as
- Free children. Charles
F-.. s-g..Gsv. VINO ale6 OF ron
when yoG-E men and q
g. Ias-v I7ol,ar Twurais-
i-0..arG did nor live VERY
ana III -se4 air. Pollard
"a. --4Iua .!r7e, En,i.v Bos-
3 wet an-.L aarne rwsly~-
ne was III. I1Iarher q. q
Now deccnss.G. ana Il
-"4Fs Blanche Pollard. For
.... '-uu.uc his marriage. Mr..
.aa nee ~ rnp farm IN
+H- d;rinE mis- tine with
~ sHwt'G iurrJe fer a
a tie burt IN @;kBw hogan
4r and Ia " h1I.h he lived
LHs 0ea.Ce. He aIsp
o-se adjoining. The FIRST
Va@ =. own NJ Pollard
r1f-4vlsinn store wrri'
5ar aua Their anngl7t hissg
- = - yeaEs longer II tina
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

1--s. James Nirisnr. Ms HAY :
GI-.naal.. Mr. and Mrs. FRANK Rollins.
Ar 4na Airs William D'Narrta. Mrs.
Chester T0lman and e. z. White IRE
confined 20 their homes 10y illness
Ear and Ralph WcbDe: Of Free
dom. VINO are employed al the pulp
mill AZ Benton, are Stopping X the
nome OF their amt Mrs irving Tyler
al East Winston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
X. Il Heselfon passed Saturday

X II Eieseit0n passed Saturday Z
Gardiner.
{. It Chandler. who I1as 'eer! n
rpu-r, fsr a wseE past returned To lis
home u Bastnn or Sa-v-aav
Arthur <. Lirtleaaid. a promlrUrz-
arro-ney- II gockiand- SeweN
saadaccks and e-s-Ar1orneE- Genera
C,vr-r,s = Topper II BootAbT Efa7-
Dor. Ralph .. Brewster Of Portland.
arrgrnev III la, and Philip F. Chap
man Of the Chapman Na1iona. bank
il, Fsvyrt and were IN Town on SHt.ir-
snv In consultation with Associate
Justice e J. Dunn.
-he xlE5er Esther circle o. t-1e
ssarl,ofI1gt church held lis regular
r,,ry,tlaly meeting Wednesday evening
us4h Miss Caroline ToZier al the
,,or,a AZ Mr.. md Mrs. John Jenkins.
Ar .3tt. ~isse OF the bustzesE session
the members busted themselves sew
,nr FOR rhe Italian settlement Ii
Tsn,.ls while Miss Bertha Howe
IND q chapter on Alaska that conn-
-.-,- being studied ny the circle 81
rnte tlrna. Following this a very c.
,fcions lsnch u sandwiches, caAl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
Frank Eveie.r

FRANK Eveieta. who has been en-
1Ioyed g the store Of Proctor &
Bowie dfeG On the 1Sth a. his home
q EOrridgew after IT Illness
rom pneumonia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

For several evenings after school
my small daughter persisted II cum-
ing home with an exceedingly VI
kemp looking child Cpcn azkfnr
her why she was Possessed 20 60
with such g dirty child she replied:
oh. mother. I like TO go with her
cause = makes me look cleaner than
aI."-Exchan-e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

grocer p glszI-..sa. THIS E-st store Of
Nj PaIla-c's he purchased t--uI :. =.
Arnold. = a3jOined me building nov
occupied by the Curtis millinery
store. This Nj Pollard purchased
for s-20o and when he SOL : RECEIVED
s. aao rascirlouIa- % VI. Pollard S
aa+-l-v and the growth c. -he own
Tire building was moved b. J :. Ae--
riil 10 tins bank If -h4 Asrnaoec
where Z WIS made I11o ., dwelling,
still II use. Al the Tine Ct his coz
I-- ID Show hogan Lne~e we-e but 1Our
stores II the towr. me drug store o.
Isaac Dyer ana three others.
Altar gong OIL Of tae grocer
business. Mr.. Pollard handled produce
five or SIX years anC -her ran The
wool pulling business al the old tn
merry near the Edo nov torn down.
for nui-e q nur her Of YEARS. handing
80 500 or Al U0e peIts a yeilc. Fellow
ing TINS ne Went into the wool tUsi-
nass that being about 80 yea-s ago
and was actively engaged II Ibis
business un-l -wo wears ago last
Occobe~ AZ he lime of MS retire
rneut ne was the oldest wool buyer IT
1.1e stare as wei as the oldest man II
-kuwhecan. Though there Is ND one
LIVING Now v-ao was Z the -owu when
Nj. Pollard came here. he mas man
friends among me younger people o.
rne tpw-s. 8esIGa ms Gallagher
Blanche. who mas made her nanIe
with heS a1ner on X z41s- street he IS
survived ey his cider daughter Mrs.
Mary Pollard -wonbiy Of Fullerton,
Calf by two granddaughter MrG,
= illIaIn I4.or Of A1rZposa. Ca. Mrs
u. Clifton Boring Of Los ANGELES and
great grand son Kenneth Pollard
IdioI. son oE Mrs. william Idlor.
F7unera. services VIII be he'd from c-s,s
home On Monday a. T. Al Rev
Charles r McEIhIney OK ma FEEDER
a.ed Church VII conduct r:2a service
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

s.. tals camplsta E.-acra-r o. waa "a
nrC u@e-s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23
he Want Ad Way Has Been the Road Big Profits AUGUSTA People

-s y51- want az. select ehs
,+~z@ir- F-c- 1ne fici be
4. a-= anane Or senc r to
81. .-L-7ai Before 3 ?. M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-23

- t-'T7 TT Tv-BouEh. aar mid ers
facilities r. ruick handling Gcrlcl
su--de1.-.a. L. IersEaI-- -el. ~ ~
~ Us j.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-06-03
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

SAN JUAN, PORTO RIco-captain
Pedro j. Pauu. adiuaut of the Porto
Rico Regiment was Shot ana instantly
Killed by Private LpopoIdo Padiun
when the soldier became suddenly n-
sanc. PadilIa then committed sui
eide.
LOWELL, Mh55-owing to a sud.
den lack of order, tuc Lawrence Manu-
featuring Company employing about
1000 persons and operating the largest
individual hosiery plant iu the world.
announced that 10 would curtaH pro
duction beginning at once, and IN is
therefore expected that q number OF
their employers will be laid Off.
ANTWERP-The Olympic Stadium.
completed three months ahead of time.
was officially opened with a gymnasuc
exhibition by 600 men and girls. most
~ Belgians vast crowd was pres-
ent 90 witness the games
MINNEAPoLis.-Prices Of flour de-.
clincd % cents barrel in Minneapolis
to $14.7J for family brands. Ten DAYS
ago the price was S1G2O.
MEXICO ctTY.-Adolfo de Ia Huer.
tn, governor OF Sonora. was named
President nd interim of Mexico by the
extraordinary session Of Congress. lie
received 224 votes, against 2S for Pa
bio Gonzales.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-06-03
INDICTED FOR
PROFITEERING
Government Accuses New York
and Massachusetts Concerns
With TRIPPING 1919 Prices
HUGHES is 10 AID DEFENSE
American Wool Firms With President
Held on Lever Act Charge-Head
Said to Draw enormous"
Salary and Commissions.

New York.-The American Woolen
Company OF Massachusetts, the
American Woolen Company of New
York, and William NJ. Wood, presi-
dent OF both companies, were indicted
by federal grand jury under the
Lever act on charges of profiteering.
The indictment contains IA counts,
each dealing with the sale of wooden
cloth at a price charged to be exor-
bitant. The cost and sale prices
quoted show transactions that netted
the woOlen companies more than 100
per cent profit.
Herbert c. Smythe, special assist
ant United States attorney general in
charge of the prosecution said the
governments investigation had re-
Vealed that besides enormous" sala-
ries from both companies, Mr.. Wood
in 1919 received $5l5,4S2.S6 in com
missions. This is charged as a part
of the manufacturing and selling ex-
pense
He further asserted that the com
panies made an increase in cost of
cloth of more than 300 per cent over
the prices for 1919 1t was in this
class OF materials that the companies
are charged with obtaining profits of
more than 100 per cent. In the goods
manufactured during the present
year. Mr. Smythe said the inquiry
showed prices 80 per cent above all
costs
Former Justice Charles E. Hughes
has been retained to take charge of
the defense.
At about the same time that this
Indictment, which was held to be the
most important of the sort yet found,
was returned, announcement was
made that the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals had just returned an
opinion upholding the constitutional
ity of the lever act as war measure.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-06-03
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

President Wilson transmitted to Con.
gress without recommendation. an
offer Of j. Pierpont Morgan of the
ght Of his London residence as an
American embassy buildina.
After less than three minutes consider.
alton, the senate passed the annual
pension bill, carrying S279.OOO.OOO
The measure now goes TO conference
for adjustment Of differences.
BY order Of Attorney General Palmer.
indictments against Charles w.
Morse and others In connection with
the alleged illegal sale Of the steam.
ship John Mccullough, were dis.
missed.
Col. 7. r. Donaldson Of the lnspeetor
generals department, Washinoton
went to Philadelphia to take 20 tbe
local angles Of the war departments
inquiry into the escape Of Grover G
Borgdoll
Efforts 20 break nationwide blockade
Of freight due to the conoestlon ~
freight cars were begun At a series
Of conferences IN Washington and 2o
Of the larger cities throughout the
country.
The civil service retirement biu nro
vidino for retirement and pensionloo
of government employees was sloned
by the President.