Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-09-05
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings IN Various Parts Of
New England

New England
Frank H. Amber, 8, was drowned
at Maiden, Mass. while swimming.
William McMulkin, 8, was drowned
at Portsmouth, N. H.. while bath
ing.
Michael j. Kaleta, aged ., walked
into clay pit" at Everett. Mass. !,
and was drowned.
Fire destroyed the farm buildings OF
Charles w. Shirley near Manchester. .
N. HI, with loss Of $4,000.
Kenneth Cornwell, 3, was struck
and killed when he was playing on
the railroad tracks at Salem, Mass.
Michael Coleman, 35, q brakeman. I.
died at Boston as a result Of injuries
received when he fell from a freight
car.
Rupert Crockett, Z. Of Wakefield, +,
Mass. died from an attack OF lock-
Jaw after being kicked in the face
by q horse.
Ffske Warren returned to Boston
after having started single tax COL
ony in Andorra, the Oldest republic
In the world.
Benjamin T. Pickard, IS, q mer-
chant and real estate owner, dropped
dead of heart disease ih his store at
Haverhill, Mass.
Counterfeit half dollars, fine imi-
tations Of the genuaine, are In cir
culation around Arlington, Lexing-
ton, Bedford, Billerica and Lowell.
Mass.
Guy Small, under arrest in connec-
ton with the murder Of Mrs. Emma
Turnbull, was held at Bar Harbor, 1,
Me-, without bail for the action OF
the grand jury.
Boston was the fifth city in gains
for postal receipts in July. the cities
leading Boston being New York,
Brooklyn, Detroit and Chicago, In
the order named.
Practically all Of the summer camps
In Maine, which have at the present
time some 1900 or more girls and
boys in attendance, have announced
an extension of time.
Fears that the waters Of Whalom
lake, the only swimming place
Fitchburg, Mass. has, and where
thousands bathe in the summer, Ia
polluted, has caused a scare.
Guy Murchie was elected chairman
OF the executive committee Of the
Massachusetts division Of the Ma
tional Security league following the
resignation of Charles H. Cole.
DR.. William H. Baker, 72, surgeon
general of the Department Of Mas
sachusetts, G. A. R., veteran OF
the army and navy in the Civil war,
died at his home at Lynn, Mass.
The New Hampshire Veterans as
sociation closed its fortieth annual
encampment with the election Of OF
dcers. John R. McCrillis Of Marl-
boro, Mass. was chosen president.
The Bullard Machine Tool com
pany, Bridgeport, Conn, has been
granted a building permit to erect a
fve-story REINFORCED concrete mill
structure. Estimated cost. $50, 900.
A porch climber entered the Ar
den," the summer home at Andover.
Mass. of William M. Wood, presi-
dent of the American Woolen com
pany, and took jewelry valued at
$1,000.
The death of Mike Iwanowski from
knife wounds received during a quar-
rel over q dice game at Salem
Mass. resulted in the aTaignment
of Steve Pastenak on q charge OF
manslaughter.
Howard b. Capen, collector for the
Eastport (Me.) Water company. was
assaulted and robbed in the com
pany's Office by a masked man, who
escaped after taking Capen's watch
and about $40.
Once a millionaire, Frank n.
Bates, the defendant recently in q
divorce suit brought by his wife,
leaves but SIT, 900, according to his
will, which was filed for probate at
Taunton, Mass.
Bank books showing deposits OF
;266O, insurance papers and two
$1,000 certificates were found loose In
q Boston mail box and returned to a
Somerville woman, from whom they
had been stolen.
In the will Of Edward R. Kimball
of Ashland, Mass, Is written, "All
the money and securities standing to
the credit of the charity account on
my books belong to God" The Will
disposes Of about $40, 900.
Mayor Curley placed the official ban
on merry 60 rounds as a means OF
amusement in Boston. II they prove
b necessity as a means OF eptertatn :
ment the charge for rides will not be
permitted to exceed 2 cents.
Following the finding Of his wife
dead in bed at her home at Law
renee, Mass, with her tugular vein
severed on the left side Of her neck,
Michael Manning was charged with
murder In the district court. he
pleaded not guilty.
The Vermont legislature In its two
days special session enacted legfsla-
tion providing extra payment to SOL
diers at the border, allowance for
their dependents, and extending the
right to vote at their posts In the
September primaries and the Novem-
ber election.
Mrs. Justin @. Carew, o., commit
ted suicide at Monson. Mass, bJ
drowning.
Joseph Allatte, Q machinist oi
Boston, owes $17,216, according tc
. bankruptcy petition.
While playing cn the roof OF Z
house at Boston Elizabeth Francis,
10. fell to the ground and was killed.
Edward Johonnett. farmer. and .