Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-22
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4 Sections Of YankseIand

william D. Fuller, professor Of
education at the University OF Maine,
has been elected superintendent Of
the Portland schools. to succeed Dc.
Forest H. Perkins. IS
THE expenses Of handling the
drive was $1.90s.s3. and the amount
expended for merchandise amounted
to $S,0S5.31. showing Q total net
amount Of $74.0s9.62."
Mrs. Harriet Dean Stephenson.
aged seventy-five. and a resident Of
East Belfast. Me-, for many years.
was found dead in her home by neigh
bors. She had taken her own life BY
hanging.
Inability to obtain crews because OF
illness Is holding many fishing YES
sells in Boston. Some Of the largest
crafts are tied up. while the heet OF
motor boats operated by Italians has
been reduced from several hundred
to a negligible number.
The following report was submit
ted by Treasurer J. H. O'Neill, Of the
101st Regiment fund Total amount
received to date from all sources
$84,0s4S6. Included In this amount
Is $7O99.43 collected in Lowell, and
not turned over to me, as treasurer.
Howard P. Conserve & Co.. Of Bos-
ton have brought suit for 100000 in
the Suffolk Superior Cour. against
the Plymouth & Sandwich st. Ry. Co..
In which 1t seeks to recover $685.
1928 as the alleged balance. due on
contract work Of constructing . line
Of railway from Fresh Pond in Ply
mouth to the town Of Sandwich.
The Seeadler. notorious as Ger
man raider and formerly the Boston
ship Pass of Balmaha, is to be raised
from q reef in the South Sea ISLANDS
by q wrecking expedition which re-
Gently left San Francisco for the
scene. The Pass of Balmaha for
many years was in the lumber trade
between this port and South America.
Mrs. Louise Sprague Eaton Of Wor-
cester received q telegram from the
War Department informing her OF
the death In action Of her husband,
Captain Starr Sedgwick Eaton OF
Madison: Wis. He was University
Of Wisconsin graduate and one Of the
American officers 20 have been deco
rated with the War Cross for dis
tinguished service.
The Bangor custom house is sur
rounded daily by deputy sherifs to
see that no Scotch whiskey escapes
in bad company. This siege Of Uncle
Sans big granite house resulted from
the discovery recently made BY
Sheriff Thayer that Scheme No. II
for beating prohibition has been in
,troduced In Bangor, and that 1t has
been working like q charm.
Mayor Holmes Of Worcester will
have the power to veto an order
passed unanimously by the City.
Council by which the salary Of the
Mayor Of Worcester will be raised
from $4,000 to 5000 per year to be-
gin January 8. Or he will have the
power to approve Of the action and
thus add another $1,000 to his per-
sonal income next year as he will be
q candidate for reelection and Will
probably be reelected.
Announcement is made Of the for
nation of the National Operating
Corporation. which Is to superceds
the present management OF the
Smith & Wesson Company. Spring
field, Mass, and operate the plant
for the United States government.
The officers Of the new corporation
are: President. w. c. Bryant OF
Bridgeport, Ct; vice-president and
general manager, q. F. Russell Of this
city; secretary and treasurer, H. G.
Heiden Of Springfield.
Sentence Of Is years Imprisonment
In the Massachusetts reformatory for
omen was imposed by Judge N. p.
Grown Of Springfield. Mass. on Mrs.
Maria Cammerota, found guilty OF
manslaughter after a Joint trial with
Antonio Teregno, for the murder Of
the woman's husband, Raffaele Cam
merota. Sentence .of Teregno. who
was found guilty Of murder in the
first degree. was deferred pending
the outcome of an appeal to supreme
court and motion for new trial.
Harry Wichert, alias Harry Hur-
cherty, arrested in Palmer. Mass.
Sept. ~ at the instance Of ofncers Of
the department Of Justice. was
brought before police court IN
Springfield and the charge OF passing
q worthless check. for which he was
sought by the local police. was filed
away. wichert was Immediately
placed under arrest by the federal
authorities, who said that he would
be taken to. Boston as the hrst s.sD
toward internment as q dangerous
alien enemy
1ov Mccall has nominated former