Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-03-05


tie Boston Athenaeum and direcse
and trustee Of financial and philan-
thropie institutions, died 1t Boston.
John Ford. IS. was killed at Bos-
ton By gas escaping from . bracket
On ths van Of his room.
J. h Peavey. . manufactures and
inventor Of the Peavey cant-dog. died
at Bangor. Ne, on his roth bfrtadsy.
He vas formerly champion trap shot
Of Maine.
Mayor Peter has held up the con-
struction work Of $4,000 on public
buildings In Boston. In cases where
the work II deemed Of immediate
necessity the mayor win permit the
building projects to be completed.
The question Of changing to . city
form Of government win be put
squarely up to the voters Of Wake
field. Mass. at the town meeting.
Lawrence Richie, 4. died at Bos-
ton. from burns received when his
nightsown caught IRE from q kitchen
stove.
The order increasing Quincy. Mass,
police salaries was passed over the
veto Of Mayor Wilton by q vote OF SIX
| 10 one by the city council
Leroy z Cutler. So. one Of the y.cE-
eer wholesale shoe merchants Of
western New England. died at West
Springfield, Mass
Mayor Thompson Of Lowell. Mass.
il complying with the suggestion that
| special efforts shall be made to detect
and punish men believed to be selling
or giving liquor to soldiers
William n Davis. SO. was found
| dead In the cellar of his home at Alb
ington. Mass. Apparently he slipped
and broke his neck.
Amherst college viii close FOL
| the summer on June s. The spring
recess and the semester examination
period have been cancelled.
| A unit to perform aviation con.
struction work in Ireland is the lat
est attractive service offered through
the navy recruiting station at Bos-
ton.
Fire wiped out the large plant OF
the ". n. Sawyer Lumber COM
| pany at Worcester, Mass. and de-
stroyed some private dwelling houses.
The total loss is over $500, 600.
Refusing to accept the wage con
cessions offered by the New England
Telephone company. operators In tht
Salem, Mass, exchange, decided II
take a strike vote.
Vera Stephenson, IA, a pupil II
the Auburn, Me-, grammar school,
was stricken with heart disease and
died In her classroom.
Proceedings against Sylvester p
Callahan, a lawyer. resulted In hi!
disbarment at Springfield, Mass, II
a jury-waiyed session Of the superior
court
The New Bedford, Mass, tele
phone operators authorized com
mittee to poll strike vote on theil
demand for the same wages grantee
to Boston operators.
Gov. Mccall issued proclamation
calling upon the people Of Aassachu
sets to aid in 80 far as they possibl!
can in the campaign for the purchase
of war savings and thrift stamps.
| Charles o. Eaton Of Brunswick
] Me-, was eelcted president Of the New
ENGLAND Hardware Dealers Associa
ton at the convention at Boston.
| DR.. John d. Mullins, AZ. prom
inent Lynn, Mass, physician, wa!
found dead il a chair in his Office.
| Medical Examiner Harry n Cults
SO, died at his home at Brookline
Mass. Of pneumonia.
| Claude Gardner. 8, was shot ant
fatally wounded by his brother
David B. Gardner, IL, at Fall River
Mass, while playing in the celia
of their home.
| Stavros varoulas Of Peabody
Mass, was found not guilty by
Jury Of the murder of his brother-in
law, Theodore Mandragouras.
| Enrolments Of New England mel
at the second signal corps school o
instruction at the University Of Yer
mont indicate that the school vii
train 200 men who will be gradu.te'
In June.
Falling from a bridge, EleaIo
Powers. 8. was drowned In a POM
at Woburn, Mass.
| By a vote of 3O5 to 5, the girls o
the Worcester, Mass, Telephone OPP
orators union registered their will
ingness to call strike unless th
New England Telephone cohpan
granted their demands for the sam
wage schedule as that granted Bos
ton operators.
Thousands of dollars In public be
quests, principally one Of 500. 90
for the construction and maintenance
of q hospital In Middleboro. Mass.
are contained in the will Of Mari
L. b. Pierce of that town, who die
recently.
The Republicans Of Ellsworth
Me-, renominated A. @. Hagerth
for mayor for his tenth term.
Failing a distance Of thirty fee
from a piazza Of her home at Bos
ton. Mrs. Anna Silk. IS. was killed
Nelson P. Brown Of Everett wa
named by Gov. Mccall to the vacanc
on the superior court caused by tn
death o. Judge Shattuck.
John Baran was killed and tire
other men hurt at Stamford, Conn.
when q large wooden tank filed wit
gun cotton that was being boiled II
water was blown to pieces.
The Massachusetts, Institute o
Technology now has 1889 forme
Students in the United States militar,
and naval service.
George R. Bryant, for more thai
thirty years an official Of the Ken
duskeag Trust company Of Bangor
Me-. died suddenly from heart fail
ure.
Ruth q. s3pofford of Maiden. Mass.
8. was drowned when she fell !Ato
brook.
ALMOST A YOUNG NAN AGAIl
Z. r. Whitehursk B. F. D. I, Norfolk