Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-18


Jeremiah 6. Wright So, OF hpsr.
ton was found dead In his bed with
q gas Jet open and the room filled with
the fumes. ~
Sensational developments are ex-
pscted to follow the retirement OIL
Warden A. j. Davis Of the Rhode Is
land state prison.
The Modockadanda hotel on Heron
island, Me-. at the mouth OF the
Damariscotta river, was burned tne
loss being SO, 900.
Harry Boyle, engineer at the light
ing plant Of the Millinocket, Me-
opera house, was killed when the n.y.
wheel Of the engine burst.
A SO, 900 breach Of promise suit
was fled against David Bruce IN the
Cambridge, Mass. superior court py
Miss Mary A.. Smith of Lowell.
The dead body Of Nelson Cook,
soldier against whom the charge OF
desertion had been made, was found
in the woods near Warner, N. H.
Amedee White admitted In q Wor-
cester, Mass, court that he choked
his wife because she wouldn't let him
20 to war. Judge Utley fined him
SO.
Fred Bourgeois, IS, was killed and
two other men were badly injured
az a result of collision Of q motor
cycle and an automobile at Hookset,
IN. H.
Harry Griffin was indicted by the
Suffolk grand jury for manslaughter,
charged with causing the death of his
wife, Annie, at their home at
Boston.
The Boston and Maine management
introduced to the Boston public eight
"up-t date and highly efficient" ele-
vator maids at the North station
Boston.
Three persons were killed in a troll
ley car collision near Derby. Conn.
The accident occurred when passen-
ger car dashed down 2 grade into a
repair car.
Jesse Pomeroy entered upon his
forty year as an inmate OF the
state prison at Boston. 1t Is the first
anniversary the prisoner has spent
outside the solitude Of his cell.
The former German steamship Koln
is practically ready for sea, repairs
| to her machinery having been COM
pleted and she was given trial trip
| In Boston bay to adjust compasses.
Ethel G. Simpson of Springfield
filed suit for $4,000 against the j. X.
Whipple company for injuries she
claims to have received while about
to enter the Hotel Touraine, Boston.
Boston dealers in Scotch whisky re-
ceived more than Is, 900 gallons Of
the liquor before the food conserva-
ton law, which prohibits the i'm
portation of liquors, became effective.
Thomas W. Lawson, Boston finan-
cier, has brought suit against the
town Of Winchester, Mass, to re-
cover SO, S06.36 taxes and costs,
which he says he paid under pro-
test.
John M. Flockton 81, for many
years prominent in Boston musical
circles, died at his home in Boston.
Death was due to heart failure. He
was born in Bridgeport, Conn, IN
1850.
Many employees Of the New Haven
railroad, who utilized the opportunity
presented by the company last spring
of cultivating land along the railroads
right of way and other vacant prop
erty, are now reaping the rewards Of
their summers labor.
Mrs. Gardiner Hall resigned as
chairman of the executive committee
of the Woman's Auxiliary, Massachu-
sets department, Navy league. Hell
action was made necessary through
an appointment to foreign service in
the Y. M. C. A. canteen work.
New England shoe manufacturers
and wholesalers who are shipping
thousands of dollars worth Of shoes
to South American countries are
greatly worried over the reports that
high protective duties on boots and
shoes are about to be imposed by
those countries.
George H. Perkins Of Concord, N.
H., an aviator of five years expert
ence, enlisted in the aeronautical ser
vice of the regular army. He has
been an attraction at numerous fairs
in New England.
The threatened strike of the Boston
and Albany maintenance of way men
was prevented when a settlement was
effected by the labor conference COM
mittee Of the Massachusetts commit
tee on public safety.
Miss Edna Greenwood and her
her father, Harlan W. Greenwood
of Kingston, Mass. were killed as the
result of an automobile in which they
were riding crashing into an engine
on a railroad crossing.
Mrs. Laura Blizzard and two Of her
children are dead and her month old
baby is in a serious condition from
gas asphyxiation at birmingham,
Mass. The tragedies were accidental,
caused by leaking gas tube.
Rose Burroughs of Boston brought
suit for $4,000 against the Nantasket
Beach Steamship company for in
juries alleged to have been received
when she was pushed against fence
by crowd on the defendants prop
erty.
Every Boston man who joins any