Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-27

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ont public skating pond. but tne
coming winter viii md nvs laree
tracts Of land flooded and rsedy ioF
congealing.
All hope has been abandoned TOT
the safety of Capt. Lee and crew o.
seventeen Of the Boston-ownsd SAIL
| ing ship Timandra, mystsFiousiy mas
ing. !.
More than 100 girls employed ct
the Lynn, Mass, plant Of the 0enefai
Electric company put on oyefals' o.
.khaki bloomerettes," a. the omcn
order reads.
The "horse committee" Of Yale uni
versity announced that seventy-six ar
tillery horses had been donated WIN
In twelve hours after the need OF tns
Yale battery had been made Known.
A Gainsborough portrait, that OF the
artists two daughters, was bought oy
the worcester, Mass, Art museum
The price paid IL said to have been
about $4,000.
A liberty bond was rendered In pay
ment Of fine In central court, Bos-
ton. Samuel Wolf could thus pay $50
for his conviction Of allowing gam
bling in his tailoring shop. Judge DUN
declined It without thankA
Joseph Bubino of Boston, employed
at the aviation field at Squantum. was
instantly killed there when In jump
ling from an automobile truck he was
thrown beneath the rear wheels.
Owners of motor vehicles In Aassa-
chusetts will pay well over 100000
In license fees this year, according to
the statistics compiled by special
recess committee of the legislature.
Granite workers In the Barre, Vt,
district, numbering $500. will receive
a 20 percent advance in wages begin
ming April 1, 1918. The action Is vol
untary on the part Of the employers
Robert J. Churchill, Jr., AZ, drowned
at Portsmouth, N. A., while attempt
Ing to deliver some groceries to the
tug Piscataqua.
William Green, "a, retired mer.
chant, of Maiden, Mass, hanged him
self. He had suffered from insomnia.
Because he was afflicted with asth.
ma and dreaded the coming winter,
Lyman L. Howard. Il, a well-to-do
Windham, VT, farmer, committed sui
eide by hanging.
Donald s. Hastings, 35, died at
birmingham. Mass, as result OF loss
Of blood. He was out hunting and In
climbing over fence his shotgun was
discharged, the charge entering his
eft leg.
Captain Alfred A. Galiano, perhaps
the best known steamboat captain In
New England, died at his home at
Hull. Mass. aged 68.
Rufus N. Elwell of Exeter, N. a.,
was appointed state insurance COM
missioner Of New Hampshire to sue.
coed Robert J. Merrill Of Concord, re-
signed.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
by Benson & Macleod. builders, Of
Arlington, Mass. Liabilities are set
forth at $3.50. 402.
Philip Billings, 10, was killed at
Allenstown, N. H., by the accidental
discharge of q shotgun while riding
In hay wagon.
Notices were posted in nearly all Of
|, the cotton mills of Rhode Island an
bouncing an increase in the wages Of
the operatives to become effective
Dec. 8. amount not decided.
twenty-five percent of the men who
registered for the draft at WOburn,
Mass, were aliens, according to the
figures Just issued by the local ex-
emption board. There were $50 aliens
out Of a total registration Of 1854 men.
In comparison to her size, Massa.
ehusetts has done more for her roads
! than any other state In the Union,
according to figures made public by
the special recess committee on
finances and budget procedure.
Rev. Gardner D. Holmes, 70, for.
merly superintendent Of the Augusta
district of the Maine conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, died
at Lewiston.
About $50 employees Of the Kimball
shoe factory, South Lawrence. Mass.
struck, following the refusal Of the
officials to grant an increase In wages
amounting to 10 percent.
Barry, second baseman; Shorten,
outfield; Shore, pitcher; and McNally.
shortstop, all members Of the Red
Sox baseball nine, reported at the
navy yard at Boston for duty as yoe'
men In the naval reserve force.
John Mason, the last Of the direct
descendants of Captain John Mason,
who was given Mason Island for ser.
vices against the Indians in Colonial
i. days, died at New London, Conn.,, at
the age Of 80.
DR.. William G. Craig. 40, died at
Springfield, Mass. He had specialized
In eye and ear diseases and was
member of many medical societies.
Miss Winifred Mooney reached Bos-
ton from Shanghai to become a grad
uate nurse.
) Adele Baccoli, 4, died Of burns sui.
fered when she set fire to bed, on
which she was playing with matches
at Lee. Mass.
Gov. Mccall nominated f. T. Ham,
mond Of Cambridge to succeed G. u.
Bell, resigned, as an associate judge
Of the Massachusetts, superior court.
Mrs. Irving L. Sanborn, 80, Of Lewis
ton, Me-, committed suicide by hang
Ing. She was respondent because Of
long illness.
The New Hampshire college extern.
sion service has inaugurated cam
paign to revive the sheep industry In
New Hampshire.
Mayor Curley granted sixty-fow
printers, compositors and others con.
nected with the Boston City printing
department, a raise Of 81 week.