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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18

| it win Be remembered, Nay 8. 1879.
In 1900, when the automobile IN
dustry was beginning to show eonsid-
cradle life, Seldom brought suit
against infrineers and was sustained.
n 1900 there were numerous "auto-
mobiles lyou had to use quotation
marks then) humping about the
streets Of large cities Following the
courts decision which upheld the va
lidity Of the patent. there vas formed
in 1901, the Licensed Association Of
Automobile Manufactures. which
undertook (under license from the
patenteel to prosecute infrineers Of
the Seldom patent, with the proviso
that whenever the patent was adj
judged invalid bgza court Of last re-
sort. the licenses should lapse and
the association dissolve.
Big Legal Battle Begins
Henry Ford vas doing some busi-
ness in 1901. He and his group de-
cided that they were not affected by
the decision and that they owed moth
ing to Seldom. Very soon one Of the
biggest legal battles in this country
began. Two years were spent in TAX
ing testimony; and when the testi-
mony was all IN, it made SO large
volumes. Henry Ford's shahre Of the
expense was $155,000. The court dis
posed Of the case in short order. de-
claring the Seldom patent valid on
the ground that Seldom held the pat
emit granted to him By the United
States. Besides, II was held that after
so years of experiment, no gasoline
motor car had been produced which
did not depend for success on Sc
lection and organization Of parts iden-
teal with or equivalent to the made
by Seldom in 1879. Mr.. seldom was
right when he said to one Of his
mechanics about 1895 CATER on of
his road engines had turned over),
eWell. we certainly have got hold Of
new power"
n 1909, the Seldom patent had not
much longer to run. The patentee had
had the good Judgment, or the good
luck to go slow with his application
for Is years, and then push it for all
it was worth. In 1911s just before the
patent was to expire, he was finally
reversed. The Ford group was held
not to infringe and It was all up with
the Licensed Association Of Automo-
bile Manufacturers.
Court Gives Opinion
In 1911, the court said bluntly, SIN
1895, when the Seldom patent was
granted. it disclosed nothing new.
Others had then made the patentee's
discovery, and had reduced it to prac-
tice in ignorance of what he had done.
While he withheld his patent. the
public had learned from independent
inventors all that his patent could
teach. No other such instance is
known Of an idea being buried in the
patent office, and then a patent is
sued useful only for tribute"
But it can not be disputed that the
patent office issued the patent to
George Seldom, no matter if the date
Of issue is 16 years after the date Of
his first application. It can not be
denied that, only year or two be-
fore 1911, very good judges thought
the patent worth sustaining. How
much money Mr.. Seldom drew from
his patent, while the market lasted,
would be hard to determine. The
amount must have been very large.
It is a strange case of patent rights
asserted and upheld at exactly the
proper time.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18

tribute aarfn 6
many years The
man was George
3 siSeldo Of
Rochester, N. Y.
an attorney at
law an inventor,
and q business
man.
George B. Sell
don had q very
good school edu-
cation at Roches-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor; What It Has Done; Where
Il Stands on Problems Of the Days
Its Aim and Program; Who's Who
in the Banlks Of the Organized
TolIers. etc.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18
w.

THE FAMOUS SELDOM PATENT.
This IS the remarkable story Of how
one man used his business sense and
his inventive genius 50 As 70 make
the automobile industry pay him
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18

Q.-When Is Labor Sunday?
AIN 1909 the American Fedora
ton Of Labor designatea the Sunday
preceding Labor Day as Labor Sun
day and the churches of Americh
were requested to devote some part Of
the day to a presentation Of the Ia
Dor question. Central bodies were
urged to cooperate with churches to
secure large attendances. II. 1910,
the A. F. Of I. urged Jews and
Seventh Day Advsntista to celebrate
the day on Saturday, their Sabbath
Q-What is the highest political
office ever attained By a member Of
organized labor in the United States
A.-The Secretaryahip Of Labor,
held By ". B. Wilson, member 81
the United Mine Workers, and 81 the
president Secretary, James J. Davis,
member Of the Amaleamated Asso.
citation Of Iron. Steel end Tin work
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-18

81 ALEXANDER j WEDDERBURN u. PRESIDENT OF THE
LEAGUE OF AbIERlCAN INVENTORS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
DIR. Erdman Named
Moderator General
Presbyterian Assembly

Columbus, Ohio, May 21-Dr.
Charles r. Erdman of Princeton this
afternoon was elected moderator of
the general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church in the U. s. A.. He
was one Of three candidates nomi-
mated.
DIR. Erdman was elected on the
second ballot. His election is re-
garded as a victory for the conscr-
natives.
The vote was DIR. Erdman received
470 votes on the second. 1t took Asa
to elect.
DIR. S. A. McAfee of Berkeley, Cal,
received 400 votes on the second ball
lot, and Dr. Harry c. Rogers of Kan
sas City 16.
DIR. Erdman was given an ovation.
the commissioners rising in their
seats and Spplauding and shouting
as the victory was announced.
DIR. Erdman sought the office as a
candidate of the peace party pledged
to restore harmony in the Presby-
terrain church by quiet. orderly
methods. He is a professor of prac-
teal theology at Princeton Univer-
Sity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
Officials Re-check
Continued from Page One)


blanket, got onto the couch and
wrapped herself up.
In an hour and half the man re-
turned and although the lights were
on and she could see the movements
of the man, she could not describe
him, other than that he was medium
heighth and that possibly he wore
a gray suit. When the man returned
he came through the window into
the dining room. The adjoining
room is the living room and he en-
tered that, where Mrs. Towns was
lying.
Then it was that he came to the
couch where she was lying. He pull
ed UP her eyelids, shook her, pulled
down her blouse to feel of her heart.
Then went up stairs, came down.
took a key from his pocket, pulled
down the blinds, went out and lock-
ed the door. He had fiashlight in
his hand. After time she heard
the flames crackle upstairs. She
got up and got cape and went out
through window.
Later when the firemen arrived
they found Mrs. Towns wandering
about in dazed condition.
A man, who has followed every
fine point of the developments in
of the opinion that the man when
he returned to the cottage did not
examine Mrs. Towns to determine
if she was dead, but rather If she
was alive. He also further offers
the theory that Aida went out with
the man, willingly, because he was
maybe some one she knew. was not
afraid of, feeling that she could
perhaps talk with him, reason with
him and get out of the predicament.
The friends of Miss Haywood say
/ that she is q most quick witted wom-
an and resourceful and they feel
| that maybe she believed she could
cope with the situation by going
along quietly and without restraint
with the man. He further theories
that the now missing woman was
calm enough to select from a key
| ring a key with she fitted the door,
after which she went out into the
| night with the man. All this theory
| is based upon the story which Mrs
| Towns told.
! During the last minute of con-
| seriousness Mrs. Towns was asked II
she wanted to change her story in
any degree and she said that there
was nothing different to tell. She
was asked If she wanted to see her
daughter and she replied that she
| did not. The bank books of Mrs
| Towns may be placed in the hands
of the investigating authorities, al
| though the value of them in the
bearings of the case has not been
disclosed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
Many Americans
In Presentation to
British ROYALTY

London, May 21.-(AP)-Nearly a
thousand matrons and debutantes,
among them numerous Americans,
were presented to the king and
queen at Buckingham Palace at the
first royal court of the season. This
is already known as the gold and
silver court" from the prevailing
colors of the gowns.
It took close on to three hours
before all the guests had assembled
within the palace, which for the oc-
casion had been converted into YER
liable bower of blue hydrangeas and
pink roses. These being the flowers
especially selected by the queen.
PUnctually at $50 o'clock the royal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22

lake suppostion might mean the man
took his victim to the shore, forced her
into a boat and rowed to deep part
of the lake and returned to the shore
alone. The missing rowboat from the
upper end of the lake, which has later
been accounted for, may have been
his means. Then again, the boat which
Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin, the 75-year-old
woman living on the shore of the lake,
thought she saw going across shortly
before the fire alarm was rung in, may
have some connection with the case.
The man, rowing his way from the
scene of his depredations with his I'M
willing companion beside him. may
have reached the other side of the lake
and there made his getaway over the
road
Around the finding of the piece of
cfeesecloth, found bound tightly
around a small tree near the burned
cottage, may be also woven a theory
that might sound as plausible. There
the man may have tied the woman
while he returned to the cottage to as
certain the extent of his dastardly eff
forts and to endeavor to cover up his
crimes by flames.
AS it stands now, tomorrow morning
may see the dawn of brighter day
towards the solving of the Lake Ma
ranacook mystery. With the promised
Improvement of Mrs. Towns much is
expected in the way of aid in finding
the answer. The curtain will roll up
on a fresh start, the chief actors will
resume their parts anew and it is
hoped and earnestly expected that be-
fore the sun rolls down behind the
hills overlooking the scene Of the
triple crime Miss Aida Hayward, a
girl who never had an enemy in the
world, as everyone says, will be found
safe and sound and that the man will
be brought to justice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
NOTED SLEUTH
CONTINUED from Pace One)

children, May Hayward Moulton and
Guy Hayward. The codicil of the will
also gives Miss Hayward the house
hold goods, the silverware and the
linen. 1t has been mentioned that
Miss Hayward owns some fine dia-
monds. Some of these she inherited
from her father and her mother and
it may be that some of them she
purchased.
Corps Of Newspaper Men
Men and women from various
Maine and Boston newspaper offices
were at work on the case Thursday.
Among those on the assignment are
Charles Drury, Boston Herald; John
Donovan, Boston Globe; Harold Ben
nison, Boston Traveller; Fred Thomp-
son, Boston Post; Edward Sullivan.
Boston American; James Jones, Bos-
ton Herald; Ernest Hill, Boston Ira
Weller; Maurice Solomon, Boston Am
erican; Jack Williams, Boston Post;
Charles Snyder, p. & A. Service;
Sam Conner, Miss Theda Dingley,
Lewiston Journal; Charles A. Max
we'll, Portland Evening Express; Mr..
Dame. Portland Press Herald.
Baby Born in Hospital
In the midst of sorrow and uncer-
tainty which hangs over this erst-
while quiet village, tiny human
life came into being, about 2 o'clock
Thursday morning. The little baby,
girl, was born at the Community
Hospital to Mr.. and Mrs. Gae of
East Readfield. She first saw the
light of day under the same roof
which houses the woman whose life
Is fast ebbing away. AS the angel
of death was lowering over the big
white house the angel of new life
came perhaps as a tender messenger,
bringing to Borrowing hearts
thoughts of comfort and cheer,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
State House Chat

Hon. Hodgdon c. Buzzell Of Bel
fast, president of the senate OF the
SIND legislature, and Senator'S Har-
mon G. Allen of Sanford and Charles
B. Carter of Auburn were business
callers yesterday at the State House
Bryant f. Jones, agent in the
State forestry department, left on
Thursday morning for Dead River
and the Carrabasset district on
two days inspection trip.
Arthur F. Long of Hallowell VIII
leave Sunday morning for Saddle
back Mountain where he Will be
employed as forest Waterman dur
ing the summer.
Lewis S. Black of Gardiner leaves
today for West kennebago Noun
tain where he will serve as forest
Waterman for the summer.
Miss Aida A. BarroWs, assistant
director of the division of social n.y.
giene, state department of health,
will give an address this Friday
evening at Biddeford at meeting TO
be held under the auspices OF the
Parent-Teacher Association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
| Dismiss Petition
For Jitney Route
IClintOn-Waterville

The Public Utilities Commission
issued an order Thursday dismisslng
the petition of Clinton B. Thurston
of Clinton for a certificate permitting
him to operate a motor bus line be-
tween Clinton and Waterville, serv-
ing Benton and Fairfield.
"By order of this Commission a
public hearing was held at the Of
fees of this Commission at the State
House at Augusta on May 20. 1926
says the order of the Commission.
From the evidence submitted at the
hearing it appears that the petition
er desires to render service in the
territory which is now being served
by the Maine Central Railroad Com
pany.
"In this case. the applicant has
failed to show any substantial de-
mand for the proposed service, and
after consideration we feel that the
petition should be dismissed"
Grant Petition of Bert Durgin
The Public Utilities Commission
yesterday granted the petition of
Bert Durgin, seeking a certificate to
operate a iitney line between Jack
man and Skowhegan, serving The
Forks, Caratunk, Bingham, Scion,
North Arson, Madison and Norridge-
wock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
EAST WINTHROP

The annual Field Day and Reunion
of the Thursday Club was held On
Wednesday at Wapanachki Lodge
the delightful home of Mr.. and Mrs
w. c. Packard. The club was much
pleased to have with them, Mrs
Florence Waugh Danforth, the state
Federation President, also Mrs. Hal
of the Current Events club from
Hallowell. A fine dinner was serv.
ed at the noon hour in cafeteria
style to about 45. The following pro-
gram was presented: singing 'Siai
Spangled Banner" club; sketch Of
our National President, Mrs. Mary
Dickinson Sherman, Mrs. Fanne
Hewett. A fine talk was given py
Mrs. Danforth on the Federatloh
work, followed by discussion. MIS-
Hall then gave an interesting tax gu
club work; reading. Maine, NY
Maine" Eugenia Titus. the "a,
was an ideal one and everyone nau
a most enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dysarf wer
guests Sunday of Mrs. Martina An'
breth.
Mrs. Harry ,Cushman and htis s
son Harry, Jr, visited in Ricnm0nu
Saturday. = mn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mace ana nIus
daughter Waynetta and MI. any
Mrs. Charles Hewett passed Monda'
in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Wheeler 81
enjoying an auto trip to Bar haf00'
and other places for a few Gays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22

procession. headed by the kim !.
uniform of a colonel Of tie = 10
Guards and the queen in Eorss a,as
court costume, entered ths .sssous
room to the strains Of the nsti ,uas
anthem. siolal
The members of the royal fe,,,,
grouped themselves behind a ~
Majesties and the presentation aeif
with the diplomatic circles, sssa
The presentations continual -.
nearly eleven o'clock, forn,in.s ala
most brilliant and imposing
After the court ceremony SUNNI s.s .l
served in the several state roorr Nas
the palace: the king and queen n !, y
firing to their own Apartments ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22

in his automobile in company with a
friend. Directly after that he drove
to his home, located on what is COM
monty called Niger hill, put his car
in the stable and went into the
house and went to bed. Mrs. Ger
trude Heath, the mother, is very
attractive New York woman and
looked very charming Thursday
morning when interviewers called.
She was dressed in a common black
house dress and was in the throes of
house cleaning and papering and
painting Mrs. Heath recalls seeing
the fire and she thought she would
MT call the boy because he hadn't
gotten to bed until late and she
wanted him to get up early the next
| morning to do some narrowing.
Clues Tell Little
A powder puff, pink edged, was
found near Jenkins Cove, which is
about a thousand feet from the
burned cottage and at the point
where a trail leads up into the
woods over the hill. 1t is under
stood that Mrs. Mazel Sprague, Mrs.
Towns daughter, identified the pow
der puff sthat of her mother.
| Another battling find was piece
of cheesecioth, from four to five feet
| long, which was wound tightly
around a tree. The twigs on the
| tree had been freshly broken and
/ this find was about 500 yards above
| the cottage.
Dog Covers Same Ground
The dog which did such remark
able work, Wednesday in following
| the trail up through the woods from
| the Haywood cottage to tire Heath
barn on Niger HILL was again put
into action Thursday forenoon. He
went through the same steps as he
| did on the previous day, following
! the trail up to the Heath place, in
| through the shed door and stopping
at the floor of the barn, lying down
| and refusing to go on. This dog Is
owned by Benjamin +. Hodgman. a
member of the Lewiston police force.
| He goes by the name of Sergeant
and is q cross between a collie and a
German police dog. Scent from
stockings and shoe owned by the
missing woman started the Lewiston
dog merrily on his way. He appear
ed to be unerring each time in his
direction.
The state highway police, under
the direction of Chief Sanborn, went
to Whitefeld, late Thursday after
noon to interrogate Whitefield man.
The man, who is service man,
married and has a family, and is en-
gagged in farming in Whitefield, was
engaged by Chief Sanborn and his
police in a brief interview. The
outcome of the meeting did not re-
veal any startling information.
An abandoned automobile was re-
! ported as found in Pennington,
Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Small
of Franklin county was called and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
Decide Cases for
The Restoration and
Revocation of Auto
Drivers Licenses

The State Highway Commission
Thursday, voted to suspend the driv-
ing license of George Pratt OF Hal
lowell, who was arraigned IN the
Augusta municipal court May on
the charge of driving an automoblie
while under the Influence OF 1ntoxi-
eating liquor and was bound over TO
the Superior court, probable cause
being found. The license Will be
suspended pending the findings OF
the superior court.
Driving licenses were suspended
indefinitely in the cases of Raymond
Lightbody of Waterville and Marion
Ellis of Dexter. Mr.. Lightbody was
arraigned in the Gardiner municipal
court May 9, 1925. on the charge of
reckless driving and paid the fine
imposed by the court. Mr.. Ellis was
charged, on complaint, with operat-
ing a motor vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
The Commission refused to re-
store the drivers licenses in the cases
of E. Bradbury of Saco, George Nc
Hugh of Sanford and Herman Over
lock of Litchfield, all charged with
operating motor vehicles while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
The Commission voted to restore the
driving license or Chafles Ropeson
of Caratunk.
The Commission voted to revoke
the driving licenses of Malcolm Nc
Lean of Portland, charged with reck-
less driving, and Fonnie Devlin OF
Orrington, charged with reckless
driving and speeding: and to indeh-
nitely suspend the licenses of Eme-
lien Beaulieu of Lewiston, charged
with reckless driving, and Lionel
Belanger of Westbrook, charged with
reckless driving. The Commission
suspended pending the findings OF
the higher court the drivers license
Of Guy Emmons of Sanford, charged
with driving a motor vehicle while
under the influence of intoxicating
liquor, and disposed in the same
manner of the case of Harry Naimen
of Gardiner, who was arraigned In
the Gardiner municipal court April
8 on the charge of operating motor
vehicle while under the influence Of
intoxicating liquor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
SHEPHERD DEFENSE
DENIES ATTEMPTS
INFLUENCE JUROR,

Chicago, May 21.-(AP)--pa,....,
nation to speed up selection Of |. ~
to try William D. Shepherd an a.. ~
dictment charging he fed tvr,..,
germs to his wife's youthful ,,.s
William Nelson McClintock "a 49,
he might obtain the youths sf.saa ass
estate, was expressed today by de,ss.'
counsel, but adjournment Of 49,.
found their intentions negated o,,s
two tentative jurors were locksa
over night instead of the three an III
of the preceding days Of the trial
The first panel Of four jurors ann.
emily was agreed upon late TO-DAY -
William Scott Stewart, of defansa
counsel, accepted their tender nv ~
sistant States Attorney German II,
the prosecution hurriedly reconsidsrsS
and removed one of the men bv ava,
cising it's fourth peremptory challeps.
In accepting the four men Stewart =.
fused to question one of them ana
that man also was removed by stats
peremptory challenge Just prior 70 n.
journment
II will demonstrate by actions th,t
1 want this case put through to 4 4.
cision," said Stewart. Il will accent
the first IL men rendered me BY TIM
prosecution. 1 want this talk OF iurv
tampering halted. We have nothing
to fear as to the outcome of this
trial"
Philip Barry, a venireman, reported
to Robert e. Grove, the state attor.
ney, that he was .'approacheds by
man who said he was acting In behalf
of Shepherds defense.
The defense denied 1t had tamper.
ed with Barry and pointed out he,
was a former federal secret service
agent an not acceptable as a juror.
The county grand jury which In.
dicted Shepherd met in special ses-
sion again today to investigate fur.
Their the disappearance of Robert
White, claimed by both prosecution
and state as material witness.
Arthur Byrne, a private detective
employed by the defense attorneys
was reported to have told the grand
jury that he had talked with White
prior to his disappearance. White
Byrne was reported to have testified,
stated his life had been threatened
and that the story he had told con.
Meeting Shepherd with c. C. Fai-
man, proprietor of the small Nation.
al University of Sciences, was con.
cccted because of intimidation
Byrne said White gave the defense
attorneys an affidavit withdrawing
his original statement.
Faiman, indicted with Shepherd
but granted a separate trial. Testified
that for a promise Of 100000 from
the estate of young McClintoek he
gave Shepherd typhoid germs and
taught him how to STAY the youth
with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22

at Bangor to do a general contract
ing and engineering business; capt.
tai stock $4,000. all common; SSoo
paid in; par value Of shares $loo;
three shares subscribed; directors
President, Chester A. Ring, Jr, OF
Bngor; treasurer, Chester A. Rlhs'
and Carl Z. Ring of Bangor.
Central Neihart Mining Co, Or
sanized at Portland to carry on the
business of mining, smelling and pre-
pairing for the market, silver, lead,
zinc and other ores; capital stock
$500 900, all common; nothing paid
in; par value of shares 81; five
shares subscribed; directors-Pres-
ident, p. E. Coyle of Brookline.
Mass; treasurer, H. P. Sweetser OF
Portland; J. H. Gilbert of Boston;
e. c. Ranmsden of Westboro,. Mass;
and NJ. G. Comedian of Portland.