Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-05-30

the color OF Yale IN the single scull
race and class events and later beat
Cornell In the freshman race and fea-
ture events Of the regatta for varsity
c-ews.
Two WATERFOWL, Nass., residents,
Mrs. Thomas Nally and Thomas r.
Chambers. are dead from drinking
impure milk. and forty other Water
town people are seriously III nom the
same cause.
The torpedo boat destroyer Samp-
son, built by the Fore River Ship
building corporation. on her builders
trial at oProvincetown, Mass, made
29. u, the government requirement
being 20. so.
The Merrfck -Hadley mills of the
American Thread company ct Aol.
yoke, Mass. have placed in operation
10, 900 additional spindles. These
machines occupy a building formerly
used as a storehouse.
The trial of Mrs. Hattie e. Oakley,
charged with the murder Of one man
and attempted murder Of another. in
sending them poisoned cream puffs
through the mail, viii begin at
Woonsocket, r. l.. May 20.
During the month Of April 7S mar
riages were performed in Bellows
Falls, vt. SO in March and since the
beginning Of the year 152. OF the 73
marriages which took place In April,
20 were from outaide the state.
Charged with the murder of Mrs.
Annie Pearson, the wife Of his en-
ployer, at Needham. Mass. Gastave
A. Person, q farmland, was ar
raigned, pleaded not guilty and was
held without bail for hearing May q.
A new worlds record for butter
producing by cow has been made at
Montpelier, Vt, by Fluella Mech
thilde, Q Holstein- Priesian bred ami
NAL, owned by Dr.. J. G.. Whitney,
with . production Of SS.31s pounds
In seven days.
William Keane and Michael T.
Ford. employed as car repairers by
the Boston Elevated railway, were
crushed to death In q car barn when
a large prepayment street car split
q switch. The rear truck crushed
the men against wall.
The suspension from Dartmouth
college OF Francis 8. Wilson, editor
ln-chief of the Dartmouth Jack-o'-
Lantern, student publication which
has been outspoken against the
facultys support Of preparedness
measures, was announced.
President Wilson nominated WI
Ham H. Finn as postmaster at st.
Adams, Vt.
One thousand trees were set out at
sharon, Mass. 500 being white pine
and 800 red pine.
IN one of the coolest May days OK
perienced In years Athol, Mass,
teamsters wore their fur coats and
snow fell.
George H. Newell, manager Of the
Maine branch Of the General Film
company at Bangor, was drowned
while canoeing alone.
Five-year Wilfrid Grand died
ut Concord, N. H., as the result OF
burns sustained when he poured kero-
sene on q hot stove.
John Warren, who spent more than
fifty-twe years behind prison bars for
the murder of his 17-year-old wife,
died at Willimantic. Conn.
Mrs. Nellie H. Farmer. widow OF
Ernest U. Farmer, left a bequest
that a fountain for birds be erected
on her grave at Poultney, VT.
Dependent since the death Of his
wife few months ago, John ]. Dug
gan, so, was found dead in his bed
in a gas filed room at Boston.
Peter Mercogliano, on trial at Bos-
ton for second degree murder. plead
ed guilty and was given nine months
in prison. Mercogliano shot Peter
Paone.
Eva L. Brown Of Marlboro, VT,
won a verdict of $465 against her
father in law, Albert G. Brown, for
pay at the rate of $3.50 a week for
Homework services.
AS q climax to festivities in honor
Of her marriage to Annicia Mancini
at Milford, N. H., Anna Grahuco
.no-ad &ho oontapto ~ a hOftIo Of
disinfectant and died.
Five thousand persons cheered as
the supply ship Bridge, the first real
ly large steel ship ever constructed at
the Boston navy yard, slid down the
ways and into the harbor.
Governor Mccall of Massachusetts,
signed the bill to limit interest and
all other charges on small loans to 3
percent month. The bill will go
into effect in thirty days.
The four-masted schooner Ada
Brown was sold at Boston for $105, :
600, which is SAT, 200 more than the
original cost of the schooner when she
was built fifteen years ago.
The New Haven railroad gave no
tice that, beginning on May Is, 1t
will impose a freight car charge OF
| s. per day per car in addition to the
regular demurrage charges.
His skull crushed by the project
ing roller of machine. George 8.
Smith, 81, of Peabody, Mass, .
foreman in a leather factory, died as
he was being removed to hospital.
In attempting to jump to safety
after the engine tender. together with
nine freight cars, had been derailed
at Waterbury, Conn. ]. F. Grimes,
fireman. was crushed and died later.
Mrs. Della Lee, 26, died from in
juries received when she was thrown
from an automobile at Boston. Jo-
seph P. Sando, owner and driver Of
the machine. Is charged with man
slaughter.
The Boston city council ended ten
weeks slashing of Mayor Curiey's
| 323. 657 ,531 budget by passing it with
reductions totalling t591, 900. OF
which more than $3.50 900 is cut from
the payroll. ~
Sixty thousand persons were pres.
emit at the solemn high military me-
mortal mass to the memory of de-