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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

Pittsburgh, May "a cut of %
cents barrel was announced in the
principal grades of Pennsylvania
crude oil.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
FISH ARE BITING
AT PHILLIPS LAKE
TWO GOOD LAKERS TAKEN
WEDNESDAY-WATERA AT
RECORD HIGH PITCH

Fishing is on at Philips lake
although the water there is very high
the highest ever known, it is said.
Two boats We're out Wednesday, May
2 and both had results. One occupied
by Harry Mcdonald and a Mr.. Peavey,
which was out about all day, brought
in a six pound laker. DR.. and Mrs.
c. M Thomas of Brewer were out
only two or three hours and came in
with handsome four pound laker.
The high water has seriously affect
ed the John l.. Parker cottage, where
the most damage was done. The
water rose to six inches above the
floor Of the cottage and things were
pretty badly soaked. The underpinn-
ing of the cottage was badly washed
out. The water in the lake rose to a
point 20 inches higher then ever known.
The fill in front of the Hooper
camps was washed away by the flood,
as was also the bulllhead which VIM.
Irish of Brewer had built to protect
his cottage farther down the thorough
fare.
DR.. L. S. Chilott lost one of his boats,
which was picked up by the rising wat
err an carried off, nobody knows where.
The screen at the Egery mills outlet
of the lake has been entirely carried
away.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
LOWER PITCH NOW
IN MACH|AS RIVER
Machias, May 2.

Machias, May 2.
There has been a slight decrease in
the pitch of the Machias river in the
past "A hours and the flood conditions
in this section are much improved,
although the absence of bridges is
holding up road traffic and with the
suspension of railroad transportation
this section is virtually isolated from
the rest of the state.
The big Whitneyville bridge has
gone out and many of the bridges up
the river as we'll. All the streets in
the downtown section are flooded
and business has been largely sus-
pended.
The building containing the local
office of the Pejebscot Paper Com
pany has been twisted and turned but
stu remains on the foundation. The
big safe of the company in the office
furnished the additional weight that
prevented the building being washed
away. The office has been trans
ferred to the Chandler building,
which is On higher ground.
All train service both east and west
has been disrupted for three days.
Wednesday night a work train from
Calais reached this town. Thursday
morning work trains left Eastport,
Calais and Washington Junction and
the roadbed will be given thorough
going over.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
NOMINATIONS BY
GOVERNOR BAXTER

Augusta, May 8.
Governor Baxter Thursday nomi-
mated himself as a justice Of the peace
and as notary public and these nomi-
nations will be in line for confirmation
at the next session Of the governor and
council which will be held May %.
Other nominations made by Governor
Baxter Thursday were as follows:
Augustus o. Thomas, Augusta, state
superintendent of public schools.
Henry II. Hastings, Bethel, chair
man of the board of prison commits
SionerS.
Lewis A. Burleigh, Augusta, mem
Der of the State Park commission.
E. B. Winslow, Portland, trustee of
the Maine School for the Deaf.
Enoch o. Greenleaf Portland, dis
closure commissioner.
William p. Husband, Jr., Portland
member of the state board of ac-
countancy.
Charles e. Goosh, Lubec, Humane
agent.
Clarence e. Harrington, Rockland
licensed detective.
George II. Allan, Portland, chairman
of the board of registration.
Leo G. Shesong, Portland, F. Villa
Fair, Bangor, Leon C. Robinson, Bing-
ham; Chloe f. Hubbard, Portland,
Frank A. Morey, Lewiston, Fred p.
Sargent, South Gouldsboro, Frank o.
Dean, Waterville, Roy C. Thompson
Pressure Isle, notaries public.
Ernest e. Bowen, Morrill,, George r.
Pierce, South Portland, justices of
peace.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
DEATH IN PORTLAND
OF MACH|AS JUR|ST
Passing of Hon. John F. Lynch
Highly Esteemed Lawyer and Man
of Letters-Nearly 70 Years Old
Machias, May 3.

Machias, May 3.
Hon. John Il. Lynch, a leader of the
Washington county bar and one of
the oldest attorneys in this section, if
not the Oldest, died at the Falmouth
Hotel in Portland Tuesday, May l, at
. o'clock after an illness of several
weeks.
Mr. Lynch was born in Harrington
but the greater part of his life was
spent here, where he had law office
for many years. His age at the time
of his death was n years, IL months
and % days
Mr. Lynch was not only a successful
lawyer but a trial lawyer of exception
al ability, being one of the ablest in
his line in eastern Maine. He was a
Democrat in politics, had been a can
didate for Congress and at the time of
the death of Senator William z. Frye
was candidate to succeed him, the
appointment by Gov. Plaisted going to
Obadiah Gardner of Rockland. He
was an author and his book The Ad-
vocate, enjoyed very liberal sale, the
entire edition having just been ex-
hausted. AT the time of his death he
had second work in preparation for
the press.
He is survived by his widow; a SON,
G. l.. Lynch of Springfield, Mass pres
ident of the Cherryfield Lumber Co.;
daughter, Mrs. David w. Campbell,
Ind, of Minneapolis, Mimi. two sis
ters, Mrs. Morey Gardner of Machias
and Mrs. Annie Walling of Machias,
and half-sister Mrs. Caroline E. S.
Porter of Machias. Owing to the
suspended train service due to flood
conditions it cannot be determined
when the body will be brought to this
place for burial.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
FLOOD DAMAGES
AROUND HARTLAND

Hartland, May 3.
MANY thousand dollars worth of
damage has been done here by the
overlooking waters of the Sebasticook
river. Beginning Sunday morning,
soon after the rain which started the
night before, the water rose steadily,
an continued until Tuesday morning,
when it reached the highest mark ever
recorded in the history of the town.
Late Sunday afternoon and nearly all
the same night, it increased at the rate
of about two inches per hour. Tues
day room it showed signs of falling off,
and barring more rain, it is expected
to fall off as rapidly as it arose.
One street, Georgetown, is. COM
pletely submerged in about two feet of
water, and the inhabitants of this sec
ton are obliged to use boats when
leaving their homes. Many families,
in fact have moved out during the
flood. Billings and Bridge streets are
impossible, and Commercial, Main and
Mill streets have been damaged con-
siCerably by the water.
The Hartland mills of the American
Wooden Company were forced to
close down. the water having submerg-
ed the entire first floors of several of
the buildings, including the boiler
house.
AS yet no bridges and dams in the
village have been lost, though all of
them have been badly damaged. In
the rural section, however, many
bridges have been destroyed.
dam in Wellington, within a few
miles of this place, gave away Sunday
afternoon which partially accounts for
the rapid Use of water here during Sun
day night.
The Harmony division of the Maine
Central~S Railroad, which passes
through this town, made one round
trip, Monday, but has since suspend
ed its schedule, probably until the
latter part of the week, owing to a
washout near Pittsfield, where the
train left the track suspended in mid
air in several places. The first mail to
reach here since Monday was brought
late yesterday by the Hartland-St. AL
bans stage which made it's way to
Pittsfield via st. Adams and Palmyra.
This is such a long, hard drive, how
ever that Postmaster Weber is con-
templating transporting the mail to
and from Pittsfield with a canoe until
train service is restored. Several cot
tages on Great Moose Lake have been
toppled over, and great many cords
of fitted stove wood have been swept
away both from the lake section and
the village.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
BUCKSPORT NEWS OF A DAY
BuckSDOrt. Nav g.

Bucksport, May 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Randall ar
rived on the Tuesday morning train
and went to their cottage at Alamoo-
sock.
r. G.. Marks returned Tuesday
night from a business trip in Bangor.
Philip Carroll of Southwest Harbor
has arrived and entered the employ
of John II. Montgomery, druggist
Capt. Charles Gregory has arrived
home from Boston. Capt. Gregory
was chief officer on the steamer Sea-
conett that was sunk in the recent
storm.
The schooner Hazel Kinds of the
Nicholson fleet, Capt. Twitchell,
sailed May 2, for Newfoundland
where she will take on balance of
crew and then go to the Grand
Banks.
The e. M. C. S. Baseball team ex-
pect to open the season here Satur-
day with Bar Harbor.
A large building about 100 feet
long passed Bucksport about $50
Wednesday afternoon, apparently
one that had flooded from up river
during the recent freshet.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
TO ADVERTISERS

The American owes an apology to
its local and foreign advertisers. 1t
is possible only to print this week
the legal advertising, delay in the
publication of which would delay for
ii month the settlement of estates.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
YACHTS
BEING RECOVERED

Ellsworth, May 3.
The yachts that were carried out
Wednesday are being. gradually re-
covered. The break in the Brimmer
bridge dam is found on measure
ment to be $50 feet long and two
gates and one sluice way were taken
out. Engineers state that Graham
lake, whose waters were held back
by this dam must now empty, which
will require a period Of some ten
days.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
NOTES

With the going out of the wing of
the upper dam Wednesday night, an
other lot of logs owned by Whitcomb,
Haynes 81 Whitney, and many cords
of pulpwood owned Ivy the Lincoln
Manufacturing Co., went down river.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
PAPER PRINTED THURSDAY

While this paper carries the regu-
lar Wednesday date, it is printed on
Thursday, and carries the story of
the flood to Thursday morning.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

the literacy immigrants
was won when Mrs Anna Francem aged 81 Of Jugosav
leased from Ellis Island after having
tanned months until she learned forty
times Francem and her children
ships for deportation
Island writs of habeas
to her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bonnert, in Akron Ohio
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

The booms on the rivers, from the
upper dam at the Falls to Brim-
mer's bridge, two miles above, have
itself
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

The gale Sunday night caused
havoc which at any other time
would have been deemed consider
able. Trees were uprooted all over
town, and at the home of Mrs. Mary
Michaelis, on Bridge hill one
crashed through the stable The roof
of the sleeping porch at Fulton j.
Redman's house on the Surry road
was torn away, carried over the
house and large trees, across the Sur
ry road, where it fell, cutting off the
light and power wires of the Blue
hill circuit. The flag pole at the
high school was blown down.
There We're eight feet of water
coming over the lower dam at the
height of the flood.
The overflow at Royal and Center
street caused several thousand dol
lars damage. The houses of the
Misses Baker, George r.. ODER, Ed
ward Hamilton, Mrs. Emma McFar-
land the Silva house, owned by Fred
A. Patten, and the c. e. Higgins
house were all badly damaged, and
lawns and driveways were washed
away. The flood pointed out the
necessity of protection at this point.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES
 NOW GO TO COLUMBUS
Recorl Number Of Pacers and Trot- ters Ready for Meeting
 Single G Entered

Columbus, Ohio, July 23.-With more horses on the ground than ever have been present before the opening of a July Grand Circuit meeting here. everything was set for the first card of the five-day meeting which opens tday.
 Most of the noted trotters and pa cers of the country were ready to start during the meeting and the list was regarded practically complete with the announcement that Single G., famous free-for-all pacer, will be able to race after a two weeks lay off due to an injury at North Ran dall, July z. Margaret Dillon, also here, will be unable to race because of an attack of laryngitis. Single G will start against Hal Malone, Sir Roach and John Henry, in todays free-for-all.
 Three other races, including the Neil House Stake for 2:06 trotters, are on the opening days card.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
BOTH LEONARD AND
 TENDLER FEEL GOOD
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slight advantages in height and reach, but these probably will be counterbalanced by the champions greater agility.
 Won Title i'll 1917.
 Leonard has ruled the lightweight Kingdom for the past six years win ming the title from Freddy Welsh of England, in 1917 by a knockout in the ninth round. He has successfully defended 1t against all of the leading contenders since that time. Willie Ritchie of San Francisco who lost the crown to Welsh attempted a come back in 1919 but was stopped by Leonard In the eighth round of a bout at Newark, N, J. Among Leon ards knockout victims in the past few years have been Charley White, Richie Mitchell and Rocky Kansas while he also has gained decisions over Kansas, Pal Moran and Joe Yelling.
 Outside of his encounter with Tender last year, Richie Mitchell gave Leonard one of the hardest fights of his career, in a bout more LHdH l"o ycdlo d6o dI Niduiooh Square Garden. Dropped three times in the first round, Mitchell arose to swing right to the jaw that floored the champion for count of nine. Leonard weathered the storm and won by knockout in the sixth round.
 Last year Leonard aspired to well terweight honors but lost on foul in the 18th round of match with Jack Britton, the veteran who later lost his title to Mickey Walker.
 Has Had 19S Fights.
 Leonard began fighting in 1912 and record brooks list 19S engagements, of which 63 were won by knockouts He was knocked out twice before be- coming champion once by Joe Snug rue in 1912 and again by Frankie Fleming iR 1913.
 Tep1ler has engaged in about 125 bouts since 1914 winning 23 by knockouts and most of the others by decisions. He has never taken the count of 10. He has fought and beaten most of the other leading lightweight contenders.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
CITY LEAGUE HAS
 TWO GOOD, TWO BAD
tContinued from Preceding Page)

game in the very first inning when Slim Politis. missing a heavy swing, turned completely around, his bat striking the kneeling catcher terrific blow on the head. Hayes was rushed to the hospital where seven stitches were required to close the wound. He was to have an X-ray taken today to ascertain If their Is a slight fracture of the skull. Seifel finished the game behind the bat. Pete Fusari, who had to fill in shortstop when the players were switched around did we'll field ing perfectly and getting a single in three trips to the plate. Satalino, who generally gives good account of himself at first base, had an otf-day Saturday and in addition to having one error chalked against him, he muffed couple of throws to the bag that should have been outs. He also had bad day at bat, getting on base only by virtue of being hit. Middleton also had bad day at bat and famed twice. Beagle. the heavy hitting first sacked of the Pirates, succumbed twice to Chants curves. but also got two nice singles to make up for it. Seifel had a number of passed balls that were costly and Chant had two wild pitchers. one of which cost a run, letting Beagle get in from third. On the other hand, the Rangers showed flashes of brilliancy and in the field Middleton was whirlwind, figuring in a double play and having six as- sists, all difficult ones. J. Sheehan, at third base for the Pirates, also was busy boy with seven fielding chances six of which he completed.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Floyd Johnson Eager
 To Fight With Firp0

Asheville, N. C., July 23.-Floyd Johnson, who was knocked out by Jess Willard, says that his manager. Charlie Cook, is attempting to ar range a bout between himself and Luis Firpo in New York some time between August 15 and Labor Day. Should Cook fall to match him with the Argentinian, Johnson says, an ef- fort will be made to interest Tommy Gibbons or Gene Tunney. Johnson and his brother, John A. Johnson left Asheville yesterday for New York to attend the Leonard Tender fight. af- ter visiting their aunt, Miss Leila Paterson. Johnson declared that Jack Dempsey would have no difficulty in disposing of Firpo.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Chance for Reds to Cut
 Lead While Giants Rest

New York, July 23.-This morning the Giants had a lead of three and a half games over Cincinnati as a result of the victory of the former over the Philies yesterday while the Cardinals were beating the Reds. The Giants play one game today at Philadelphia, and are idle tomorrow and Wednes- day, while the Cincinnati club is busy with the Cards today and tomorrow, and with the Dodgers on Wednesday. If the New Yorks should lose to the Phillies while Cincinnati took all three games from its opponents, the Giants lead would be cut to one and a half games on Thursday morning when New York begins its second invasion Of the west
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
International League.
FANS 5000 BATSMEN
By Striking Out Five Yesterday, Wal ter Johnson Breaks All Big League Records For Tanning Men.

Washington, July 23.--By flaming five batters in yesterdays game with Cleveland, Waiter Perry Johnson, washington's premier pitcher and dean of American league hurlers, passed the 5000 mark in strikeouts.
 A major league record was estab- lished by Johnson several years ago when he passed the mark of 2.297 strikeouts made by Christy Mathew son during his IT years with the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds in the National league.
 At the beginning of the present campaign. his 16th in the majors, Johnson had hung up a record of 2,932 strikecuts.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
FALCONS LOSE SUNDAY
Taylor-Atkins Team of East Hartford Takes New Britain City Leaguers Into Camp, Score to 2.

The Falcons of this city went to East Hartford yesterday and returned with the small end of to score, having been defeated by the Taylor Atkins team. Sayres, who twirled for the victors, was in rare form, flaming seven Falcons and holding the heavy hitters down. Lavoie, the "A center fielder had a good day at bat, getting two hits in four trips. Jervis. in left field for the Falcons, had four put outs. Summers famed seven and Kania three. The score:
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Western Teams Have Edge
 In Sectional Contests
By The Assoclated Press.

New York, July 22.-The western sections of the two major leagues continue to hold their advantage in the inter-sectional series brought to a close yesterday in the American league and Saturday in the National league. On the seasons inter-sec- tional combats the westerners in the senior league lead by 107 to es while in the junior organization the advan- tage of the western auartette is only six games, the count being ss to ss.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

They met in the office of the editor of the Echo des Sports, where they had gone to discuss to proposed fight between them for the benefit of French laboratories, Carpenter turned his back on the Senegalese without replying, left the room, en- tered his limousine and went home. Ski departed few minutes later in street car for Montmartre.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
'Batted for Barnes in sth. xRan for Bsgwell in 9th. EBatted for Fillingim in sth.

Two base hits, southworth, Neis, Deber- ry 2: three base hit, Ford; home run T. Grif1th; sacrifices. High g. French double plays, Ford R. Smith and McInnis 9; Johnston, French and Fournier; French Johnston and Fournier; Dickerman and Fournier; High, Johnston and Fournier; Boeckei, Ford and McInnis; left on bases Boston 6. Brooklyn S. base on balls off Barnes {, of Fillingim 1, of Dickerman 4; struck out, by Barnes 1. by Dickerman 4 ;; hits off Barnes 10 in innings off Fllin- gim in 1 inning; wild pitches, Barnes 1, Filiingim 1; losing pitcher. Barnes; umpires Finneran and Phrman; time. 1:5s.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
CARPENTER SNUBs SKI.

Paris, July 23.-"Hello, Georges, |" was the greeting of Battling Siki to Georges Carpenter this week when the prize fighters met face to face for the first time since their famous en- counter of last Sept. 24 when Car pentier was knocked out in six rounds by the black man.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

Two base hts, SchlIebner 2, Hauser. Matthews. EzEell. Dykes; home runs, To- bin, McManus; stolen bases Tobin, McMan- us; sacrifices Gerber. McManus. seversid, Wright double plays, Dykes, scheer and Hauser; left on bases. Philadelphia 14, St. Louis 10; bases on balls, of Naylor ,, of Wright 4, off Heimach 1, of Ogden l.; struck out. by Heimaeh 1; hits of Nayler In 2-3 Inning, off Heimach 10 in 5 l-3 in- nings. of ogden 3 in 3 innings wild pitches, Heimach; passed balls, Brussy, severeid; losing pitcher. Nayior; umpires, Nallln and Moriarty; time, l:5i.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
MOHAWKS TRIM SAINTS
Manager MulIen's Team Goes Down to Defeat at Hands of Their Hosts
 in Silver City.
in Silver City.

The Mohawks of Meriden easily defeated Manager Frank Mullen's St. Mary's team from this city in Meriden yesterday. the score being s to 3. The outfield was in terrible condition, but each team was equally at a disadvantage. Jaglowski was touched up 16 bingles, three being for extra bases. For the Saints, Cherpack, Donahue and Seigee starred at bat and Simons got home run. The score:
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
NO.HTr NO-RTN GAME

Beckett, July 23. - Camp Greylock defeated the Lenox nine by a score of g to 0 in the first no-hit, no-run game ever played on the camp grounds Twice the Lenox team had the bases loaded. Fulgione. who has had sore arm since coming to camp, pitched his first game of the season. He pass ed but two and struck out 10, not al- lowing a hit.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

Washington ~. ~................ l01 900 1o0-s Cleveland .........,........ o0l 900 o00--l
 Two base hits, Nambssanss, summa, Brewer ?; home run. Rice; sacrifices Bush. Johnson. Lutzke: double plays, Wambs- ganss. J. Sewell and Brewer; ]. Sewell, Wambsganss and Brewer; Summa and Brewer; Coveleskie. Wambsganss and Brewer; left on bases, Washington l. Clevs- land II; base on balls. of Johnson 1, of Coveleslie 1; hits. off Coveleekie 6 in s innings off Edwards none in inning; struck out, by Johnson 5, by Coveleskis 1. by Edwards 1 losing pitcher, Covsleskie; umpires, Hildebrand and Owens; time, 1:&o
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
Braves f4-5, Dodgers Or

Brooklyn, N. T., July 23.-Boston and Brooklyn divided double head CT yesterday, Marquard pitching the Braves to a fl to 0 victory in the first while the Dodgers captured the second to 5. Dickerman gained his first victory in nine starts for Brook lyn in the second contest, which was also featured by seven double plays. Score:
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23

Two base hits, sheely. Kamm; stolen base, Harris, shanks Schalk, Mostil; sacrifices, Collins; double plays schalk to sheely; Pit tenger to Fewster; left on bases, Boston 6, Chicago IS; bases on balls, of Ehmke T. off Leverette i: struck out by Leverette 3. by Ehmke 3: hit by pitcher. by Leverette tFlagstead): by Ehmke tCollins); by Mos til, (sheely): umpires Rowland Ormsby and Dineen; time, 2:0s.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
34 1. Cincinnati.
'Ran for Hargrave in 7th.

xBatted for Donohue in Tth.
 Cincinnati ................. 900 900 oee-o ST. Lotus .................. 0l0 0le o10-2
 Two base hits, Hargrave, Bottorniey; sac rihce. Myers; double play Toporesr to Hornshy to Bottoniley; left on bases. St. Louis s, Cincinnati 6; bases on balls. or Haines ,: struck out. by Donohus 5 by Halnes I; hits, oil Donohus in [ innings, of Benton l in 2 innings; hit by pitcher. by Haines tBressler and Hargravel; wild pitch, Haines: losing pitcher, Donohus; um- pires Klem and Wilson; time, 1880,