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NORTH SHORE BREEZ 
Vol. V. No. 38% 
WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NORTH SHORE |(@) 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1907. 
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24 Pages. Three Cents 
INDICTED FOR ASSAULT AS 
RESULT OF AUTO: ACCIDENT 
As the result of the efforts of the 
Manchester police and the Safe Roads 
association, of which members of the 
summer colony are the chief movers, 
Charles S$. Dewey of Chicago, has been 
indicted by the Essex County grand jury 
which sat at Lawrence last week. ‘The 
charge is assault. 
This is perhaps the first case where an 
indictment has been found for assault on 
account of reckless driving of an auto- 
mobile. This case is also note-worthy, 
because it brings to light one of the in- 
stances in which owners of automobiles 
coming into Massachusetts from other 
states have, after being mixed up in some 
accident, immediately left the state and 
thus become immune from the ordin- 
ary process of the laws of the common- 
wealth. It is expected that unless Dewey 
returns voluntarily to answer to the 
charge, the governor will be asked for 
requisition papers to bring him aere from 
Chicago. 
The accident occurred July 15. U. K. 
Pettingill of Boston, the well-known ad- 
vertising agent, was going in his auto- 
mobile from Magnolia station to Magno- 
lia. He was passing a carriage coming 
the other way when an automobile came 
up from behind and attempted to pass 
between the carriage and Mr. Pettingill’s 
car and, while so doing, collided with 
the latter vehicle, so as to throw Mr. 
Pettingill and his chauffeur out of the 
car on the ground. The chauffeur suffer- 
ed from concussion of the brain and Mr. 
Pettingill was seriously injured. Notwith- 
standing this, the automobile continued 
at the same pace, without stopping to see 
what had happened. 
It is likely that the matter will come 
before the next sitting of the grand jury, 
which is at Salem the coming week. 
TO USE A MEGAPHONE 
At last something has been found 
which may be used effectively in modify- 
ing the sound of the fog whistle at 
Baker’s island. It is a megaphone. 
The protest recently sent to Washing- 
ton (not the special town meeting pro- 
test) has resulted in an investigation be- 
ing ordered. While the government has 
no intention of discontinuing the fog sig- 
nal or in any way lessening the safeguards 
to mariners passing that dangerous section 
of the coast, the officials are anxious that 
the residents on tne opposite shore and 
vicinity should not be unnecessarily dis- 
turbed, so experiments have been ordered 
to see if the sound cannot be lessened 
without impairing the value of the 
whistle in foggy weather. 
Yesterday week the tugboat Confi- 
dence came down to Salem from Boston 
and there took on board Rear Admiral 
George C. Reiter of Washington, chair- 
man of the lighthouse board; Comman- 
der E. E. Wright, inspector of this 
lighthouse district, and Commander 
Fletcher, who will shortly succeed Com- 
mander Wright; Maj. Burr and Sec. 
Daniel D. Morss of the Boston chamber 
of commerce. 
On reaching the island experiments 
were made with a big wooden shield and 
also with megaphones which served to 
direct the sound of the whistle away from 
the shore. The shield proved to be of 
no value in reaching the desired result, 
but by use of the megaphone the sound 
of the whistle was greatly modified, and 
this arrangement will probably be 
adopted. 
Admiral Reiter started for Washing- 
ton Saturday. He said he had no power 
to abolish the whistle, but that he would 
do everything in his power to lessen the 
sound. It is thought the megaphone will 
solve the problem and that it will be 
adopted as a means of diverting the sound 
from the shore. 
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CATALOGU 
Repubican Caucus. 
Everything passed off serenely at the 
Republican Caucus in Manchester Tues- 
day evening. here was no contest of 
any kind on and only one ticket was pre- 
sented for the various delegations and 
town committee. Fifty-two votes were 
cast. 
Raymond C. Allen was elected per- 
manent chairman of the causcus and Ly- 
man W. Floyd, clerk. Geo. S. Sinnicks, 
Albert Cunningham and Fred M. John- 
son were the tellers. The balloting closed 
at 8.30. Senator Shaw arrived at the hall 
just in time to add his vote to the others. 
‘Fhe same town committee as last year 
was elected, with the exception that R. 
C. Allen was substituted for Alex. Rob-- 
ertson, who has left town since last year. 
The ticket: 
STATE CONVENTION 
Jeffrey T. Stanley 
John W. Campbell 
COUNCILLOR CONVENTION 
Walter R. Bell 
John W. Carter 
County and Districr ATTORNEY CONVENTION 
Edwin P. Stanley 
Patrick H. Boyle 
SENATORIAL CONVENTION 
William W. Hoare 
Horace Standley 
REPRESENTATIVE CONVENTION 
William W. Hoare 
Raymond C. Allen 
George S. Sinnicks 
Duncan T. Beaton 
Lyman W. Floyd 
Charles O. Howe 
REPUBLICAN Town COMMITTEE For 1908 
Jeffrey T. Stanley 
Walter R. Bell 
John W. Campbell 
Patrick H. Boyle 
Edwin P. Stanley 
Raymond C. Allen 
Alfred C. Hooper 
George S. Sinnicks 
William W. Hoare 
Cottage Gardens. 
The committee of the North Shore 
Horticultural society have awarded the 
prizes for cottage gardens in Manchester 
as follows: W. S. Patterson, Lincoln 
street, Ist; Jeffrey’ S. Reed, Beach 
street, 2d; Percy A. Wheaton, Norwood 
ave., 3rd. A certificate of merit was a- 
warded Garrett Coughlin. Norwood ave. 
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