Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-25
THE ALLEGATIONS
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vertisements are to the petitioner I'M
known, it is declared In each of these
counts.
The complainant further alleges
that payments were made and liabili-
ties were incurred with the know
ledge and consent of Mr.. Gould, to
various persons named in the bill of
specifications; that expenditures
| were made for campaign buttons,
posters and banners, for hotel ex-
penses, for automobile hire that the
! Gould Business Mems Club with
headquarters at Bangor made ex-
psnditures amounting to many dol
lays; all of these sums not being In
cluded in the return of expenses, and
together with the amount stated in
the return, totalling more han the
$500 permitted by law.
Asserting that it Is impossible at
the present time to specify these al
legged expenditures in det?" the COM
plainant AYERS that he will develop
and bring out at the hearing before
the secretary of State on Friday
manv such additional expenditures
and liabilities Incurred either by Mr..
Gould or his agent or representatives
acting with his knowledge and con-
sent.
. The Bill of specifications
The bill of specifi cations filed by
Rev. Mr.. Leigh opens'.as follows;
State of Maine, Arthur F; Leigh,
Complainant, vs., Arthur X; Houio'
And now comes the said Arthur
F. Leigh, complainant, ana specines
the matters complained OF aaginst
the said Arthur r. Gould. respondent,
in, h to nd th9t before.
at and since the primary election OF
November 1, 1926, in connection with
his nomination as Republican, candi-
date for the office of UnitedS States
Senator and the procurement. there
Of,
II. The said Arthur r. Gould
made expenditures and INCURRED
liability, and expenditures were
made and liability was incurred with
the knowledge and consent Oft the
said Arthur R. Gould, to the publisher
of the Portland Press Herald, pub
lished at Portland, for political lad-
vertisements in said paper. the exact
amount of such expenditures or
liability incurred are to your petit
toner unknown, which said eXpensAs
the said respondent did not irclud,e
in his return of expenses as made AMI
filed with the Secretary of State"
Specifications to 81 inclusive are
exactly like the first except that the
names of the following newspapers
are inserted: Portland Evening Ex-
press, Piscataquis Observer publish
ed at Dover Foxcroft, Aroostook
Pioneer published at Houlton, Houl-
ton Times, Independent Reporter
published at Skowhegan, Star Her
aid published at Pressure Isle, Aroos-
took Republican publishe dat Carl
bou, Portland Sunday Telegram,
Portland Sunday Press Herald,
Bridgton News, Ellsworth American,
Kennebec Journal Bangor Daily
Commercial, Bangor Daily News,
Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston
Daily Sun, Waterville Sentinel,
Madison Bulletin, Biddeford Daily
Journal, and the Biddeford Weekly
Journal.
The other allegations are as fol-
lows:
"22, The said Arthur r. Gould
made expenditures and incurred la
bility in aid of his said campaign,
and expenditures were made and liza
bility was incurred, with the know
ledge and consent of the said Ar
thur +. Gould, to one Fred O'Con-
nell of Bangor, one George L. Emery
OF Blddeford, one Frederick w. |
Hinckley of Portland, one Frank P. |
Morrison of Bangor one Elizabeth |
Sheehan of Bangor, one Thomas |
kennon of Portland, one Cyrus |
Blanchard of Wilton, and to various
other persons, whose names are at |
the present time to the petitifo4- -
unknown, and all of which exp endl-
lures were made and liability In
Cured to promote his candidate y as
United States Senator in the psrimary
lection held on the first day fof No
'ember. A. D. 1926. which said ex-
penditures the said respond ent did
not include in his return of expenses
as made and filed with the Sjecretary
of the State of Maine.
"23, The said Arthur TR. Gould
made expenditures and inc urred liza
bility in aid of his said campaign.
and expenditures were mad lie and IL
ability was incurred by otI aers. with
the knowledge and conset mt of the
said Arthur r. Gould. fol,s campaign
buttons. posters, and bare ners; the
names Of persons. other : than the