Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-04
News CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings n Various Parts Of
New England

i New England
, Nellie Roberts, IL, was struck and
killed by an automobile at Worces.
Ter. Mass.
! Enslo Smith, IS, was struck anc
instantly killed at Gloucester. Mass.
} by jitney bus.
| Ervil Cross, 6, was drowned In 9
canal at Cambridge, Mass, while
playing on a wharf.
! A carload of chemicals valued al
about $4,000 was destroyed by fre on
the New Haven tracks at Boston.
| While playing on wharf at Bev-
erly, Mass. Frank Ferrier, 4, fell
into the harbor and was drowned.
| Pierre Desjardines, 8, was drowned
at Salem, Mass. when he fell from a
sewer pipe extending across the South
river.
The prospects are excellent for q
large cranberry crop on Cape Cod.
Bogs are blossoming heavier than for
years.
Frank Luciano was found guilty OF
manslaughter in shooting to death Eu-
genio Covino, . business associate,
at Boston.
The New England association.
Loyal Order of Moose. elected as
president w. r. French Of Haver-
hill, Mass.
Martin Cornelissen, who shot him
self In the head with a revolver in
the lobby of the Hotel Essex, Bos-
ton, died of his wound.
Stopping In the road to wave fare
well to his playmates, 4-year-old
Henry Behecz was instantly killed at
Lowell, Mass. by an automobile.
Ernest W. Cox, advertising man
ager for a Boston firm, died from in
juries received when his automobile
hit an express train at Scarboro, Me.
Max Werner. charged with man
slaughter in csusing the death or
Charles w. Hall at Bridgeport, Conn. :,
was released under $500 bond for
trial.
The body of 4-year-old Ella NC
Donald, who disappeared May 8, was
found in a meadow in the town OF
Mariaville, Me. Death was due to
exposure.
Henry H. Levenson Of Boston was
elected grand master at the conven-
ton OF the Independent Order, Sons
of Israel. No one opposed him for
the Office.
jeremiah Williams, IS, long lead
ing factor in the wool trade in Bos-
ton, died at his summer home at
Swampscott, Mass. He was a native
OF Boston.
Antonio Disrist. charged with the
murder of Max Weinstein, a special
officer for the Boston Elevated rail-
way, was held without bail for the
grand Jury.
The police are looking for the man
who slashed Antonio Romano with a
knife in a Haverhill, Mass, pool
room. Romano will not give his as
sailant's name. ..
Manchester, N. H., the Queen
City of New Hampshire. and East
port, Me-, the gateway to Canadian
provinces. have adopted the day
light saving" plan.
The business men Of York, Me. >.
are threatening to boycott the city OF
Portsmouth. N. H., unless the city
makes speedy repairs In the highway
leading to the Portsmouth bridge.
For the purpose of filling the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Burleigh OF Maine, whose term would
have expired in 1919. a special pri-
mary will be called by Governor Cur
It's.
John Brown, Q deserter from the
United States army, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment for killing VIII
liam H. McFadden at West Bridge
water, Mass. Robbery was the mo-
tive.
A white whale, the first of the kind
caught in Massachusetts waters in at
least twenty years, was brought to
Boston from Cape Cod. It is about
eighteen feet long and weighs l50O
pounds.
Miss Laura Leonard, principal OF
the West grammar school. ended her
forty fourth year as teacher In the
Maiden, Mass, schools with the
closing of the schools for the summer
vacation.
Admissions by Lucius Robson
cause the Maiden, Mass. police to
believe that Mrs. ,Maryett T. Smith.
81, who was found dead in bed In her
home in that city, died from fright
when Robson broke into the house.
The New England sanitarium At
Stoneham Is instituting proceedings
to avoid paying taxes. on the ground
that It is a charitable institution. The
purpose is to try out q law passed by
the Massachusetts legislature in 1915.
Albert H. Watt, Newton. Mass.
will have to pay the SIS. 900 verdict
awarded Ralph H. Herrick, Boston,
by a jury for alternating the affections
of Herrick's wife. by decision OF
the supreme court overruling Watts
exceptions.
The French war horse mart at the
Union Market stockyards at Water
Itown provided las mounts for the
Massa sachusetts militia. enough. It -
claimed, to make up the shortage OF
cavalry horses.' The horses were
picked from herd Of 1900.
Receivers were appointed Tor ~
Sichel Provision company, Boston.
The plant OF the Shirley me-
Lumber company was, burned. Ths
loss is $50. 200. ~ sN
Daisy Higsson, II, was instantly
killed at Billerica. MASS, when On
automobile struck her. ..S''
Lawrence Mcauinness. %. Of Con.