Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-16

Many men gather at the Bath Iron
Works gate now mornings hoping to
get work packing and shipping ma
chinery and equipment sold at the
recent auction.
Wilfred Lottinville Of Biddeford
has an interesting collection Of coins.
He has liberty half dollar with q
lettered edge dated 1878, and a lib
erty cent of 1895. He also has a
flying eagle cent of 1858 and a half
dime of 1850, as we'll as few inter-
esting foreign coins.
The killing of hundreds of
grackles, possibly by poisoned corn,
reported at Concord. N. H., follows
closely on the finding at Birch Point,
near Wiscasset, last week of scores
of dead grackles. The most likely
explanation here was that the feath-
cred creatures, which many call
blackbirds. had been eating buds on
newly sprayed apple trees and were
poisoned by a lead arsenate solution.
Competitive events will feature the
annual rodeo Of the Cumberland
County Council. Boy Scouts of AM
erica, plans for which are nearly
completed. The affair will be held,
as usual, in the Portland Exposition
Building, and the date of this in
teresting event, which is a red letter
day for the scouts. has been set for
Friday evening, May Z. George H.
Vinall of Deering High School, will
be the chief judge of the competitive
events.
Daniel w. Cony Of Augusta, chair
man of the Democratic State COM
mittee, was in Houlton on Wednes-
day and at a meeting held in the
Office Of James c. Madigan, the cam
didacy of Sheriff Howe was heartily
endorsed. The candidacy of Frank
A. Peabody for the office of con-
gresham from the fourth district on
the Democratic ticket was also en-
dorsed. Members of the state COM
mittee from Pressure Isle, Fort Fair
field, Caribou and Mars Hill were
present at the meeting.
Although they have practiced as
attorneys in Federal as we'll as state
courts for years, William r. Pattan-
gall of Augusta, John G.. Clifford Of
Lewiston, and William F. Merrill of
Skowhegan, appeared before Judge
John A. Peters in the United States
District Court at Portland, Wednes-
day, In the same manner as noviceS
asking for admission as practition-
ers. This is because of new rule
| requiring conformance with almost
extinct regulations. The trio were
admitted.
The sheriff's office should receive
great deal of credit for the able
manner with which the finding of
the body Of L. B. Hodgkins of Farm
| ington, in the snow near kingman
was cleared up, says The Houlton
Times. Mr.. Hodgkins had been In
| the sheriff's Office late on the even
ing before leaving Houlton and as
/ the man was in need of money Sher-
| if Howe had loaned him ten dollars
in the form of a check. This check
/ was found on the body and the
sheriff identified it and took over
all the details of notifying relatives
and other necessary arrangements.
The check was returned to the sher-
if by relatives.
! Edward F. Roberts Of Lewiston
has been appointed instructor In
bacteriology and pathology in the
Yale Medical School. Mr.. Roberts
| is the son of Mrs. Blanche w. Rob-
erts, librarian at Bates College. He
was educated in the Lewiston
schools, graduating from Jordan
High school and from Bates College
| in the class of 1923. Since his grad
uation Mr.. Roberts has been taking
graduate work at Yale. He was a
brilliant scholar at Bates and was
| prominent in athletics. being captain
Of two Bates championship hockey
teams. He recently gave an address
before the Connecticut branch of the
American Association of Bacteriolo-
gists on the subject. THE Relation
ship of the Endotheliel System to
Precipitin Formation
The feature of the meeting re-
Gently held by the Saco chapter Of
the Unitarian Layman's League was
an old paper read by Judge George
A. Emery on General Lafayette's
| visit to the state of Maine. The
reading of this ancient paper by
Judge Emery proved to be very in
teresting to the members on account
of its splendid story of Lafayette's
visit to Biddeford and Saco, and
Judge Emery added much, more To-
cal setting to the story by his ex-
plantations of the old buildings that
were standing at that time in both
cities. He Is considered one of the
best authorities on the history of
| ''ye olden times" in that locality.
The paper was written by Mrs. f.
| M. Patterson. past matron of Thorn
ton hall, now residing in Saco.
State Senator Frederick W. Hinck-
ley Of South Portland, who has a
controlling interest in the Bath Iron
Works, was in conference Wednes-
| day with two parties who are inter-
ested In the property and are con-
sidering 1t as an available location
| for industry. The conferences were