Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-22
GATHERED FROM
MANY SECTIONS
Happenings IN New England
Told m Brief items


Gov. Mccall called upon the legis-
lature, in a special message, to make
an investigation of the uses OF peat
and deposits in Massachusetts, with
a view of ascertaining whether 1t can
be used as a substitute for coal.
Erastus b. Badger, founder Of the
e. B. Badger & Sons company, one
6f the largest chemical engineering
and chemical apparatus manufactur-
ing plants in the country, died at his
home at Boston in his 9Oth year.
Ida Angelo. Az, died at Marlboro,
Mass, from the effects Of burns re-
ceived when she tipped over q
pail of hot water which scalded her.
Men who join the Third Maine in
fantry, now being organized, will es-
cape the selective draft, If they are OF
draft age.
The govc eminent free wireless school
now in the customs building, Boston,
Is to be enlarged to accommodate 300
students.
Samuel Ralby, charged with the
larceny of $4,000 from his employer,
Somerville, Mass, florist, pleaded
guilty In court and was held in 5000.
For the partial destruction Of Its
church edifice by fire, the Second So
ciety of Universalists of Boston re-
ceives S5S,OOO insurance, instead OF
$4,000 which it claimed, by de-
cision of the full bench of the supreme
court.
Because he thought the Teutons
would lose the war with America
against them Joseph Atwys, an Aus
trian, of fifty-five years residence in
this country, committed suicide at
New Bedford. Mass, by inhaling gas.
Mrs. Johanna NJ. Mumzeit, 81,
threw herself under a tunnel train In
the Boston subway and died Of her
injuries.
Moses W. Clifford, president of the
First National Bank, Provincetown,
Mass, for twenty years and
prominent In local affairs, died OF
pneumonia.
Victor Davidonia, 81, drove his sled
in front of truck at Lawrence,
Mass, and was crushed to death un-
der the wheels.
Mrs. Carrie H. Patten, 81, died at
Boston as a result Of being severely
burned when her night dress caught
fire from a gas heater.
AS the result of drinking power
full acid, Miss Ida Carlevale, Is, died
at Providence.
In an effort further to conserve the
fuel supply, the Boston and Maine
railroad ordered that no special cars
of any kind, except federal or state
government cars. will be carried.
1t is intimated that Boston will soon
be the home of an immense concrete
shipping plant.
A big drive for men for the flying
section was started at Boston by the
department of the northeast.
A falling steel beam at the New
England Structural Steel company's
plant at Everett, Mass, struck and
killed F. E. Mckenzie, a workman.
Work Of building the new immigra-
ton station at Boston, which has been
under consideration for the past ten
years, will begin April /.
Gen. Augustus B. Farham, 76, for
mer adjutant general Of Maine, and
for nearly a quarter Of a century
postmaster Of Bangor, died in that
city, where he was born.
President Roberts Of Colby college
announced that with the re-opening
Of the college for the winter term.
the schedule of recitations will be cur
tailed to save fuel.
Boston wholesale grain dealers
maintain that the recent order o.
Railroad Director McAdoo regarding
forwarding and routing of freight viii
cause a grain shortage.
George A. Bacon Of Springfield wa,
reelected for a second term as chair.
man of the Massachusetts Republican
state committee.
. Owing to the coal shortage, the
Worcester Consolidated Street Rail.
way company announced curtailmen-
of service on some Of the suburban
lines.
David T. Ward, one of the oldest
citizens of Waltham, Mass, died al
the age Of 80. He was among the
first to answer the call Of President
Polk, more than seventy years ago.
The Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, with its record Of achieve.
ment and with Its $20,00O,O00 Of as
sets, need not fear 1t will be swal.
lowed by Harvard university, said
President Maclaurin at an alumni ban.
quet and dedication of the New Wal.
ker Memorial building.
Mrs. James G. Berry of Brockton
Mass, besides her son, who recently
enlisted in the United States navy
has also in the service four brothers
seven nephews and ten cousins.
A campaign to raise fund of 5000
to supply the needs of their own sol.
der and sailor boys Is being carried
on by the Boston Newsboys' club.
Fourteen summer cottages along the
Longmeadow shore, Narragansett Bay
were torn from their foundations and
lifted high in the air by Ice and flood
tide In seventy mile gale.
The employment of women on
street cars is step to be taken only
as a last resort, according to the
stand taken by Chairman Macleod oil
the Massachusetts, state public SER
vice commission.
Millbury, Mass, schools will re.
main closed for an indefinite time be-
cause of the shortage Of coal.
A dozen passengers were cut or
bruised at Thompsonville, Conn.,.
when a trolley car ran wild down q
steep hill and crashed into the rear
of another standing on switch.
While attempting to clear pas
sage up the Roxbury canal, the Bos-
ton police boat Waterman had her
bow so badly pierced by submerged
ice that she sank. The members OF
her crew had a narrow escape from