Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-14


Eastmani& Andrews.
Road Petition.
To Let
BANKRUPTCY Notice.
Paris Hill Water Co.
South Paris Savings Bank.
Maine News Notes.
Thomas w. Smith, about 80 years oil
age. shot and killed himself at Houlton
Wednesday. he had been bound over
for liquor selling and bad been drinking
himself.
Maurice Nealley, aged about 40. resi-,
depce unknown, was drowned at Silver
Lake, Katabdin Iron Works, while driv.
ing logs for the Jordan Lumber Co. OF
Old Town.
The names of two Maine men appear
among the dead In the casualty list H.
sued on Saturday. They are Everett N
McKsnney of Gorham, died OF disease,
and Rodney Stinson of Stonington, died
from wounds. Stinson was drafted
man.
Mrs. Martha Golden Dudley, aged IS,
wife of Willard 81. Dudley of Parker
Head, Phippsburg, was instantly killed
Wednesday night, when an upright
piano she was attempting to move fell
on her. The husband and two sons sur
viye.
Hon. Fred E. Richards died at bis
home In Portland Tuesday evening, at
the age of 70 years. Mr.. Richards was
one of the best known men of the state,
In business and financial circles, and
was for many years president OF the
Union Mutual Life Insurance Co.
At the annual session Of the Grand
Lodge of Masons at Portland last week,
the reports showed Q membership Oh
S2,4S5, a gain for the year OF 500, l,
was voted to celebrate the centennial OF
the Maine Grand Lodge in 1920. Silss
B. Adams of Portland was elected Grand
Master, and Edward w. Wheeler OF
Brunswick Deputy Grand Master.
By the explosion of kerosene gas
atove attached to the cooking range In
the home of Michael O'Reagsn at Carl
bon ON the 4,h, both Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Resgan were so badly burned that
they died q few hours later. Hope,
their eldest child, was slightly burned,
and Marie, the youngest, seriously. The
cause of the explosion is not definitely
Known
The Lewiston, Augusta and Water
Vile Street Railway, whose electric lines
cover 166 miles connecting the principal
cities of central Maine, has filed with
the public utilities commission new
passenger tariff for seven-cent fares on
all the presen. fve-cent zones, effective
June 9. II Is alleged that the receipts
of the company during the first three
months of 1918 were not sufficient to
pay the cost of running the cars.
The grand jury at Auburn on Thurs
day reported A indictments, most OF
them for violations of the liquor law and
minor offenses. The indictment OF most
interest was that found against the man
of mystery, who attempted to cast IA
ballots in Ward 2, Lewiston, at the
municipal election, on the name OF Frank
C. Bartlett. II that 10 his name, be is
not the Frank G. Bartlett on whose name
he attempted to vote, but all efforts to
discover who he is or where he came
from have thus far been fruitless.
The little village of Wsstport, situated
on an island between Woolwich and
Boothbay, was practically wiped out
Wednesday night by q fire which started
In a portable saw mill. The loss In
cludes twenty-three residences and
eleven summer cottages, and amounts TO
q quarter of q million dollars. The
cottages were owned by 0ut-0f-state
people, and some OF them were valuable.
The region burned over Was some four
miles long and three miles wide.
Monument Lodge, r. and A. NJ, has
begun work on its new Masonic hall,
which is to be built on the old Gould
property 10 Market Square between the
Smell House and the First National bank
at Houlton. The building is to be q
beautiful one and credit to the town
In every way. Work has already started
in tearing down the old buildings on
this lot and the contract for the building
and plumbing work has been given out.
1t 10 expected that the building will be
completed In six months.
Building operations are practically
ut standstill ct Bangor, only three per-
mits having been issued thus far this
spring, and these for garages. The high
price Of lumber and all building ma
terials and the scarcity of labor is the
cause of the stagnation In the trade. A
big schoolhouse has been authorised,
bat Mayor Woodman argues for delay
In building until more favorable condi-
tions. This does not meet the approval
of the people who have children to be
served, where the present accommoda-
tons are overcrowded.
A letter from an old I'd Maine boy IN
der date of April locates the Rookland
Company at that time In the third line
reserve camp and tells of playing ball
with Co. ID, with the big guns banging
away not IS yards from the diamond.
The writer, Charles q. Storer of Union,
tells OF having been out on observation
post and picking OF % Boobies, bis chum
Gilman getting Is the same time. "Gee!
That's q great position-hsd good hid
ing place and powerful glasses and my
Springfield. They came mighty near
our post several times, but I am back
o. K"
jay L. Robins OF Atlantic writes -
follows to the Ellsworth American:
considerable travelling around the
shores Of Opeechee Island this spring
has caused me to discover several rather
remarkable evidences Of the unusual
thickness and amount Of Ice In this
vicinity during the past winter. In one
case it moved rock weighing between
20 and Is tons about seven inches. The
rock Was almost oblopg In shape. 90 u
Wa very easy for me 20 measure IL and
find tn Approximate weight. Il picked
MP and carried away two rocks, one Of
which found latsr and measured, and
estimated it, weight ct least ten tons.
The other must surely have weighed
fifteen tons. Practically oil Of the large
rocks around the island have been moved
more or L.. aOcoYdinR To oIzo.n