Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-30
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Brief Items From Various Sec
tons Of New England

Bret Items From various Sec
tons Of New England
Musicians, cooks and engineers are
much needed in Uncle Sans service.
Commander Mitchell OF the first ma
val district issued call at Boston TOT
1000.
All the combined forces Of right
eousness and morality will be required
to combat the menace OF the social
evil in the present war, in the opin'
ion of speakers at the annual con
ference Of the Maine Association Of
Charities and Corrections.
Samuel Goldberg. Isaac Ankelese
and Louis Ankelese were each sen
fenced at Salem, Mass, to two years
in prison on charges OF conspiracy
and being accessories to burn build
ing to defraud an, insurance com
pany.
One hundred carpenters were Sent
to Noank, Conn, by the United
States free employment bureau a.
Boston III response to q call from
yard building wooden ships.
To cooperate in the conservation
of coal, the Boston Automobile Deal
ers' association will eliminate II
every possible way all electric lights.
Winter and spring sports at Har
ward university will be conducted II
much the same manner as football II
now being played, unless there 10
change in the war situation.
Julian P. Nutter, %, committed
suicide at Scarboro. Me-. by shoot
ing.
Five hundred canoes stored In tw'
icehouses at Waterville, Me-. wer'
destroyed by fire at loss estimated
at SIS. 000..
The trustees of the late George l.
Thorndike, by a decree Of the Massa
chusetts supreme court. turned owe
tn the Boston city treasurer q fun'
of 1920, 900 for the construction o
a hospital building as a memorial T.
DR.. William H. Thorndike. brothe
Of the testator.
Mrs. F. 8. Coolidge of Pittsfield
Mass. presented two ambulances 7
the Berkshire county Red Cross an
hulance corps now at Camp Devens.
The Massachusetts constitutions
convention voted to adjourn on Nov
90, II the final vote on the initiat1v
and referendum has been taken q
that time.
Boston Elevated railway broke =
40, tn lowest price at which
has ever sold, in the Boston stocl
market.
About 300 employees OF the Ply
mouth mills at Lawrence, Mass.
struck for a 10 percent increase i
wages
Representatives OF the federal GOV
eminent inspected various city inst
tutions in Boston harbor with a .vie1
of selecting desirable sites for wa
hospitals.
William s. Cockroft was killed q
Taunton, Mass, when his motorcy
Gle collided with an automobile.
Mrs. Zenaide Gobiel OF Lewiston
Me-, indicted for the murder of he
infant child. pleaded guilty to mar
slaughter and was remanded for SCI
terce.
William P. Murphy OF Haverhtll
Mass, arrested for refusing to pre-
sent himself for physical examination
for the national army, will be sen
to Aver, Notwithstanding his belle
that he will be helping England b
fighting for Uncle Sam.
The Boston city council voted t
authorize bonds to the amount Q
S25, 900 to meet the cost Of convert
ing the old parental school building
into a department of The Boston cit
hospital.
Fire badly damaged the old tol
house. which had been in use for 20
years, at the Chelsea, Mass. en-
of the Winnisimmet ferry, causin
damage Of $40, 900.
William H. Hand, Jr., Of Ne,
Bedford, Mass, resigned his pos
tion as district officer for New Eni
Ian of the United States shippin
board emergency fleet corporation.
Miss Carrie FLETCHER and he
nephew, Theodore Fletcher, both
Lowell, Mass. were killed when a
automobile In which they were ridin
was struck by train.
An automobile went over ban
and landed upside down In q SINAI
stream at Long Bridge. Me. Mrs
Clarence Severance was pinned unde
the car and drowned.
Nearly score of college presidents
together with representatives O
other institutions of learning, OIL
tended the twenty-tfth anniversar
celebration at the Women's college
Brown university.
Eugene +. Hart committed suicid
at Boston by jumping into the Charlie
river.
The apartment Of Mira. G. IL
AID: ms Of Allston, Mass. was broh
en- into and jewelry, silverware an
cash to. the value Of 5000 stolen.
Frederick M. Scaife, q member o
the Yale Scientific school. was hlle,
In an automobile accident near New
Haven.
Quincy. Mass, taxpayers will
re to pay an increase Of 1914
over last year. The new rate !
S25. go.
lomenico Ginesti, Belmont
Mass. builder, fled q voluntary pet
ton in bankruptcy, placing his habil
tiles at $199, It's.
A campaign to increase the popu
larity Of fish and other sea food
throughout New England has beel
started at Boston.
William H.. Gleason, member o
the draft army at Camp Devens
Aver, Mass. ONE on furlough, killer
himself at Bellows Falls. VI. b!
shooting.