Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-03
About the State.

AOO0S Su0 0SaSSs
George Kodaui, Japanese photogra:
pher, Who murdered Miss Helen Wood
Smith, formerly Of Bangor, at Salinas,
Calf, has been sentenced to lie In
prisonment. It was shown that the mo.
tive of the crime was robbery. Kodani
confessed.
Mayor Utterback Of Bangor declares
that conditions In that city With regard
to tho enforcement Of tho prohibitory
law are UNDESIRABLE, and has instructed
the police force Of the city TO SEQ that 1t
10 enforced to the letter after the first OF
November.
Sheriff King F. Graham Of Cumber-
land was knocked down and run over by
40 automobile carrying liquor which he
Was trying to hold up. One OF the men
In the Car pushed him OF the running
board, and the car struck him. he was
considerably bruised but not seriously
injured. The Car and the men 10 1t got
away.
John O'Donnell of Melrose, Mass, was
run down and killed on the state high
way at York Beach Sunday, by an auto.
mobile owned and driven by A. F. JAG.
quernin Of Kennebunk. Jacquernin was
placed under arrest pending the coro-
ner's inquest. O'Donnell was 60 years
old. He had summer cottage at York
Beach.
A man who had given the evidently
fictitious name of Fred Goshton shot
himself fatally ct . lodging house In
Portland Wednesday. He had made the
clerk register for him, so that there was
not even bis handwriting to aid In iden'
LITIGATION, but through the revolver
which he used he was finally identified
az j. Cloutier, q resident of Canada but
somewhat known In Lewiston.
Residents OF Carney's Point up the
east side OF the Kennebec above Bath,
now receive their r. r. D. mail by troll.
ley, several of the residents there living
back from the road, having put upa
cable, or endless chain, which runs from
the road where there were formerly hvt
family boxes. Now the carrier places
the mail in bag and sends down the
bag which the residents sort and divide
A young Canadian boy residing a.
mpobello Island, near Eastport, at.
tempted to give Wild West exhibition Of
rope throwing last week but neglected
to unite one end OF the long rope from q
COW, and when the animal became
frightened and started on wild run the
boy was badly cut and bruised. The
noose.end OF the long rope became
caught over the boys foot when the COW
ran away.
Much sympathy is being expressed foi
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmot Briggs of Little
ton, who lost their young son as the re-
suit OF q burning accident, late Monday
afternoon. The little fellow wandered
away from the house to potato field
where potato tops had been burned dur
ing the afternoon. 1t is thought that 10
some way his clothing caught fire
When found he was terribly burned and
lived but few hours.
There will be no Thanksgiving turkey
in Aroostook this year--nOthing but po-
tatoes and pork fry, seasoned with
hunk of gingerbread and drink of tea,
is the lament Of the Mars Hill View
When q turkey gets up around 40 cents
q pound that Is going some-they roost
high for the average farmer. With po'
tatces bringing only 80 cents q barrel,
Just the cost Of producing, the turkey
will have to roost and continue to roost.
Hugh d. Lsppin, treasurer of the ].
j. Lappin Co., grain dealers In Portland.
sustained injuries while cranking bis
automobile Sunday, which resulted in
his death few hours later at local
hospital. The gear of the machine had
been left in and when Mr.. Lappin moved
the engine the automobile started and
crow ded him against the side of the ga
rage. His hip was crushed and he sus-
tanned internal injuries. Mr.. LappiD
was As years old and is survived by
widow.
The GOODNESS and presence of mind
with which Mrs. Emily Cote of Bidde-
ford met the occasion one day recently
at her home.in that city, when she had
to face FIRE, is worthy OF special men.
tiop. She was up about $50 and war
frying potatoes for the family breakfast
when the fat in the spider took fire, thu
blaze quickly catching on some OF the.
children's clothes hanging near the
stove, making what looked like the start
Of q bad FIRE. Mrs. Cote calmly went
into another room, seized two pieces oil
carpet, went back to the kitchen, laid
ono on down In front OF the stove, threw
the other over the spider and carried II
to the yard, where the fat burned mer.
rily away, then went back to the kitchen
again where she fought the blaze until II
was subdued, without any other member
of the household knowing anything
about It. Mrs. Cote sustained several
painful but not serious burns about hei
hands and wrists.
An interesting case has recently been
settled In court at Skowhegan which has
been In process for many years. The re-
suit has been that neither side wins.
Several years ago farmer at Skowhe.
gan claimed set of beam steelyards
that were valued at IS. The farmer
owning them would not give them up
and the matter was taken into court.
It first was tried in the trial justice court
and verdict was given the defendant.
The plaintiff appealed and in the su-
preme court 1t was continued and more
specifications filed. 1t finally reached
trial and the verdict was for the plaintiff
and then the defendant appealed to the
law court. 1t was sent back for new
trial and in the meantime both men
were obliged 20 mortgage their farms to
pay their legal bills. When 1t was again
taken up In the Somerset court, the pre-
siding justice ordered that the case be
thrown out OF court and the steel-yards
into the Kennebec river where they now
recline. The two men are both dead, the
property OF each being sold before they
died to settle with the courts and attor-
nsys.