Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

George II. Moses, OF Concord was
nominated for United States senator
| to succeed the late Senator Jacob II.
Gallinger at the Republican senator
ial convention In Concord. The vote
was $50 for Mr.. Moses, 3ol for for
mer Gov. Roland q. Spaulding Of
Rochester and one for Irving w.
Drew of Lancaster. now holding the
senatorial seat by gubernatorial ap-
pointment.
On motion of 81. q. slayton Of
Manchester, the nomination was
made unanimous. Mr.. Moses was
formerly editor Of the Concord Eve
ming Monitor, and served as minister
to Greece and Montenegro under
President Taft, resigning to become
fiscal agent of the Greek government
in the United States, a place he held
until the outbreak Of the European
war ended his duties. Mr.. Moses Is
widely known ss a speaker and writ
er, especially on political and inter-
national topics.
An indictment charging Roy l.
Pease with the murder Of his wife IN
telephone exchange at Searsmont
on May II has been reported by the
grand Jury. A request from the Ban
gor hospital where Pease has been
since early In June, that he be held
for further observation, was granted,
and he will not be tried before jan
uary.
C. Brooks Stevens and Andrew
Marshall of Tewksbury and Butler
Ames of Lowell, Mass. have quail
fed before Judge Lawton in the East
Cambridge Probate Court as execu-
tors of the will of Paul Butler, son OF
the late Benjamin F. Butler. Each
of the executors qualified in bonds
of $5,0O0,00O. Mr.. Buffers estate Is
valued at ;s.775.ooo. s276.ooo of
which is real estate. and $500 900
in personal property.
Enjoy chestnuts while you may,
only do not eat too many Of them.
They are not poisonous" This Is the
answer to inquiries Of the State For
ester, w. w. Rane. regarding the
effect Of blight on the trees. On Long
Island and in Connecticut the chest
nut trees are practically gone and
the disease is everywhere prevalent
in chusetts. but where the nuts
are found they may be eaten with
out fear. mo one need be afraid OF
being poisoned by eating chestnuts
from diseased trees. In the first place,
badly diseased trees will not produce
q normal crop OF nuts, as many OF
the burrs will be barren. Those that
do develop. however, are all right.
and there Is no bad effect from eat
ing the nuts" says Mr.. Rane.
Windham. VT, boasts Of what is
probably the largest family in wes-
tern New England-15 children, eight
of them boys. the eldest 81 years.
Town Collector and Constable Elias
Lewis Stowell and Mrs. Minnie
E. R. Stowell are the parents Of
this interesting family. The young
est member is Margaret Irene, who
will be three years old in December.
Stowell is 43 and his wife Is three
years his junior. Fourteen Of the
children reside with their parents.
The oldest girl is married and now
lives at stockbridge. Besides being
the town constable and collector,
Stowell has been a member Of the
school board for seven years. He
performs all these duties In addition
to his farm work. And just to keep
him busy, he is official moderator, at
town meetings, overseer Of the poor,
lister and fence viewer.
Secretary Of Commerce William c.
Redheld, speaking in Boston before
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
ISOLATION, undertook to say that re-
lief in the coal situation is at hand
as the result of recommendations
which he has made to Congress pro-
viding for improvements in the Cape
Cod Canal.
1T takes long time." he said, ad-
dressing about 1000 delegates to the
convention, Ito get adopted pro-
gram Of waterways such as you have
been working on for many years, but
do not get discouraged 1t will come.
I have Just recommended to Con-
xress that the Chesapeake and Dele
ware canal be taken over Ut once, as
the Cape Cod canal has already been
taken, and that the matter Of price
be fixed later, that course being in
tended to save time. have Just been
informed that the Cape God Canal a.
few days ago passed SO vessels
through. This 10 Q noteworthy in
crease In business sinoe the govern
ment took 1t over"