Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-31


| of the Gloucester fisherman. lingo
mar, who for six days was adrift at
! sea off Sable Island, was brought
here this morning by the schooner
! Marion Macon. His legs and arms
were badly. swollen from the expos
ure and he was carried to hospital.
Braintree, Mass, Dec. 30 - Up -
| Mrs. Mary Barton ended her life by
| inhaling gas today, writing g, note as
she lapsed into Inconsistencies.
my head is gone" and Il can't
think" she wrote before the writing
trailed away. The body was found
in the kitchen of her home. Key
holes and chinks had been covered
and all the gas cocks of the range
turned on. Several months ago
| Mrs. Barton attempted suicide by
slashing her wrists.
Lowell, Mass, Dec. 30-fP)-Low-
ell police today instituted civil &C
ton in an attempt to force the city
treasurer to pay them wages at the
rate of Sc a day as recommended by
the superintendent and approved by
Mayor Donovan early In December.
The writs are returnable in superior
court, East Cambridge, on Feb. z.
1927, which means that the members
of the department face at least Ave
more unproductive paydays before
the case is called. All police payrot1s
since Dec. have been held UP by
the finance commission.
Benton Harbor, Mich, Dec so-(F
Benjamin Purnell, leader Of ths
House of David colony, was bound
| over today for trial In circuit court
on charges of criminal assault made
| by Mrs. Bessie Woodwork. of Ben
ton Harbor. former member Of the
| colony. Il
Providence r. l.. Dec. s0--tRR
Lorraine Shaw. a squatter living for a.
generation or more on the land
known as Kirwins Beach. Edgewood.
was burned to death this morning
when the shack where he made his
, home was consumed by flames. Shaw
| as II years old and a fixture Of the
section. He dug clans and kern
ducks, and even those to HON he
supplied sea food or eggs knew moth
ing of his life. The police received a
| telephone call that relatives will re-
move the bod to New Hampshire for
burial.
New York. Dee. 30---f]-The Brit.
ish freighter Clearton, which sent
out an S o S last night when its rud-
der was gone and its engine disabled
today was in no immediate danger
and drifting between 200 and 500
miles off the Virginia coast. the In
dependent Wireless Company re-
ported. The wireless company said
the S. S. Berlin and the Martha i,
Washington had answered the Clear
tons call but that the captain Of the
British freighter had refused their
offers of aid due to the heavy expense
involved in a tow.
New York, Dec. S0-P)-Three
prohibition agents attached to the
staff of Chester P. Mills, Federal pro-
hibition administrator. were arrested
today on charges of shaking DOWN
holders of liquor permits. The men
are Jesse j. Harvey. Josiah Dixon and
Richard Warner. They were held in
$500 bail each for appearance be-
fore the grand jury January IS.
Evansville, Ind, Dec. 30-(P)-A
10. Sanders, former editor of local
newspaper, was found guilty by a
jury today of compromising prosecu-
tons The penalty was fixed at 30
days in Jail. Sanders is alleged to
have accepted $50 from a man ar
rested for Bookkeeping, promising him
that he would have the charge trans
ferred from the state courts to the
Federal court where it would be
quashed. The former editor MAIN
tanned he was the victim of a nolitj-
cal plot and his attorneys In their
final arguments 10 the jury charac-
terized him as another Don Mellett'
conducting lone crusade against
wee. The state countered with the
assertion that Sanders used his
edltorShip as means to acquire
power over politicians and law viola
tors.
Boston, Dec. 30-(P)-word was re-
ceived by relatives here tonight of the
death last Friday at Boseman, Mon
tana, of Wesley w. Coe, 1904 Olym-
pic champion in the shot put. He
was 46 years of age and a native OF
this city. In addition to winning an
Olympic championship in 1904, Coe
was member of the American olym-
pic team of 1908 He claimed world
record for distance of 40 feet rs
inches with the IL pound shot but it
was disallowed on technical grounds.
Middlebury, VT, Dec 30.-fP,--
Governor-clect John f.. Weeks and
Mrs. Weeks closed their home here to-
day and left for Montpelier, where
Judge Weeks will take the oath Of
Office as governor next week.
Rummerheld, Pa, Dec. 30.-fF)-An
engineer was killed and his fireman 1.
believed to be dead under the wreck.
age as the result of one freight train
running into the rear of another on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad here to-
day. The engineer was John johnson
of Sayre, Pa. driver of fast freight
running between Jersey City and Buff
falo. His fireman is Michael Lanran
of Pittston, junior at Lafayette COL
lege.
Haverhill Mass, Dec. so--fps-s
Ezra G. Packard, aged Sc, committed
suicide this morning by banging him
self in the kitchen OF his home ~ on
Linwood street. He was found nv his
wife. Mrs. Sophie Packard short1,,
before this morning in a ],nesi,rs.
position on the kitchen floor tbs rans
Tied on doorknob. He had heen 49,
several hours, according to MaS,os1
examiner DR.. Francis w. Anthnr.
according to mepbers ss the fami,y.
Packard was DIES Andont Aoniiiy.'