Oxford Democrat., 1916-05-16

FOR the purpose Of searching the
bottom Of Massachusetts, bay for the
remains OF q steamer which was sunk
| In collision thirteen years ago. Fred
Wallace, submarine diver. Il fitting
out schooner.
Frank l.. Pease stumbled over .
chair In his homo at Pawtncket, r.
T., striking his head against the
kitchen range In such q manner that
he cut open q small tumor above his
eye and bled to death.
Nearly 200 apprentice seamen on
the receiving ship Constellation at
Newport. R. L., were placed In
quarantine at the naval training sta
ton barracks when one Of their num-
ber developed case Of mumps.
That Winthrop, Me-, Is soon to
have the much desired public library
seems to be certain, az Charles M.
Bailey, oil cloth manufacturer. has
offered one as q gift to the town. A
special town meeting has been called
to see II the town will accept the gift.
Being Office girl at the age Of 81
years is the daily work of Harriet nj.
Martin of New Castle, N. H. Twenty
years ago DR.. Towle of Portsmouth
established branch ONCE at New
Castle and she took charge and still
runs all the Doctors business with
the exception of the medical end OF IT..
More than 23. 900 900 bushels OF
grain was shipped through Portland,
Me-, during the past six months.
Richard Price, 90, q lifelong resi-
dent OF Hampton, N. H., committed
suicide by hanging. He was despond-
ent.
Eugene Mcmahon, mill operative,
died at Danyers, Mass. as q result
Of a-fall down stairs. His skull was
fractured.
Frank Leonard, 72-year-old Wild
over OF Sharon, Mass. married Mrs.
Eliza j. D. Adams Of Stoughton,
Mass, II.
The body of Myer Blockman, 81.
cobbler, was found hanging to rafter
| In a room in the rear Of his shop. He
was respondent.
A loss estimated at SIS, 900 was
sustained in fire that destroyed the
plant Of q paper bottle company at
Northampton, Mass.
The body OF John O'Brien, q Sec
ton hand, was found on the railroad
tracks at Maiden, Mass, in bad
ly mangled condition.
Annie M. Crowell, aged 19 months,
of Rome, Me-, found some heart
tablets on a shelf and ate four Of
them. She lived only an hour.
DR.. David F. Atwater, SO. Oldest
graduate Of Yale university, died at
his home in Springfield, Mass. He
was graduated from Yale In 1889.
BENJAMIN Priest of Canaan, Me. I,
celebrated his 105th birdthday. In
spice of his great age his health Is
very good and his faculties keen.
Four hundred pupils marched out
Of a Boston high school in one min
ute when fire was discovered in the
chemical laboratory on the top floor.
Isaac w. Aldrich of West Burke,
VT. !, with his wife. who is nearly 81,
received the congratulations Of neigh
bors and friends on his 102d birth
day.
An explosion Of q tank containing
1000 gallons Of nitric acid partly
wrecked the Industrial Chemical cop-
pany's plant at Providence. Nobody
was injured.
The Boston school committee de-
MED the petition Of Jewish citizens to
have Christmas and certain other
songs removed from Boston school
music books.
An elaborate banquet, interesting
speeches and business session
marked the semi annual gathering OF
the Rutland County Bar association
at Rutland. Vt.
An Italian teamster, known only as
Frank" Austin Bray, IA, and
two horses were crushed to dealh
when a stone crusher collapsed at
Gloucester, Mass.
Fear that she would become q VIC
tim of tuberculosis led Mrs. Margaret
Taylor, AZ, Of Pawtucket, R. l., to
end her life by gas, according to the
belief of her friends.
The American Woolen company
purchased at auction the Linn Woolen
Mills at Hartland, Me-, the price
paid being sos, 100. The new owners
will operate the mills.
Henry Barrett, a railroad section
foreman, was instantly killed when he
stepped out Of the way OF freight
train directly into the path Of an ex-
press at Harvard. Mass.
Patrick J.. Scott, track walker for
the Boston Elevated Railway COM
pany. was struck by q train on the
elevated structure and received In
juries that caused his death.
Prepared foods are In large meas
ure responsible for poor teeth, 1t was
declared at the closing session Of the
nifty second annual meeting Of the
Massachusetts Dental society at Bcs-
ton.
A.. p. Ramshaw, secretary and
treasurer of the Willimantic Conn.,
Trust company, was arrested,
charged with defalcation Of $500
funds Of the bank and alteration Of the
books. u
| More than $500 persons voted that
President Wilson be urged to sever
diplomatic relations with Germany