Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-10
NUMBER so.

Oltiso and towns Which have ~
eapeed the Legislative cot autherisins
the licensing OF motor vehicles car
sytng passengers for hire. may adopt
regulations requiring such vehicles to
b licensed even Y they merely pass
through the town and neither receive
or deliver passengers, according to Q
decision Of the Mass. supreme court.
The finding was on an appeal BY
Emile Theberge. proprietor Of 1itney
operating between New Bedford and
Fall River who was found guilty In
the superior court Of violation OF reg
ulations Of the town Of Dartmouth In
not having obtained license to pass
through that town.
Judson Bradley, 81. philosopher,
prophet and semi-recluse was burned
to death and his wife was burned seri-
ously when their house In the woods
about q mile from Boston and Bay
rds., Springfield Mass. was destroyed.
The fire apr arently started from Q
small stove In chamber where Brad
ley was i'll. Mr.. Bradley In 1910 pre-
dicted the world war just ended. He
told in detail Of submarine and air
plane attacks and said permanent
peace would follow the conflict He
claimed to have invented the first au-
tomobile. having constructed steam
buggy nearly 60 years ago. which he
operated for some time.
David Lemner, an unmarried shoe
maker, living at 676 North Main street,
Brockton tried to commit suicide by
slashing his throat with a razor. He
missed the jugular vein, but cut into
his windpipe. He then went to the
home of Edward J. Dwyer and COM
planned that his throat was troubling
him. He was told to sit down and
await the return of Mr.. Dwyer late in
the afternoon. When Dwyer returned
Lemner told him Of his attempt with
the razor, and said the reason he
failed in his purpose was because the
razor was made in Germany and so
was no good. He asked Dwyer for
revolver. Dwyer notified the police
and Lemner was taken to the Brock
ton Hospital.
The Mass. State Tax Commissioned
in determining the amount Of cor
porate franchise tax has Q right to
include deposits in the savings depart
ment of trust companies as "secur-
ties" according to decision TO the
full bench OF the Supreme Court ON
petition OF the J. 8. Lang Engineer
ing Company to have sbated tax OF
$S37.3 assessed on deposits Of $43.-
2lS.41. The petition Ia dismissed. The
court, In an opinion written by Judge
Crosby, says that such deposits are In
effect deposits in savings banks con-
Quoted by such companies. Accord
ingly, II deposits in savings banks are
securities. then section 43 Of the Cor
porate Franchise Tax law applies to
those deposits"
A. J. Wilder, q scientific forester OF
Hampstead, L. l.. has purchased ssom
the DR.. F. 8. Pearson estate $500 acres
of land located in the towns Of Great
Darlington and Monterey, Mass. in
cluding all OF the available land on
what ia known as Beartown Mountain.
The deal also includes about 16O0
acres OF huckleberry land embracing
the largest and best fields in the State.
where the people have been allowed
each year to pick thousands of BUSH
els of the berries free Of charge. The
land was only valuable for the timber.
DR.. and Mrs. Pearson lost their lives
at the time the Lusitania was sunk.
The new owner will cut OF some Of
the timber that is now ready and will
develop the remainder.
Senator John w. Weeks has sent
from Washington his report to the
secretary Of state Of his expenses In
the recent Massachusetts, election.
He gives his total expenditures as
$4711. including 800 contributed to
the Republican Club OF Massachu-
sets, $1,000 to the Republican city
committee Of Newton and $500 to the
Republican state committee. Returns
from the Republican Club OF Massa-
chusetts give the total receipts Of that
organization as $10,499 and the aggre-
gabe expenditures as $10.1lS. The
largest contributor 70 the club was
Max Mitchell. who gave $500. Eben 8.
S. Keith contributed $500, and those
who gave $500 each were William N.
Wood, Edwin 8. Hooley, Albert H.
Curtis, John N. Bradley and Frank H.
Carpenter.
Fate has been unkind to two big
steamships, the Port Hunter and Port
Philip. that left Boston for France last
month. Belonging to the same COM
pany. the Port Hunter has been given
up as a structural loss on the shifting
oouOS VI VlACydiQ oOuuu d41u Suc do
ter craft lies on the bottom farther
south. Both were bound for New
York to join convoy and each was
rammed. The cargoes were intended
for the army and the approximate
value Is $3,000.0o0. The Port Hunter.
battered by gales. broke in two and
not vestige of the ship remains
above the surface. She sailed from
Boston the latter part OF the month
and was In collision with tug Covine-
ton Nov. 2. About 5000 cases of boots
represent the salvage. On Oct. II the
Port Philip steamed from Boston only
to be sent to the bottom by gov
ernment vessel. but with good pros
poets Of being raised.
Fined for Cruelty to Horse.
George Taylor Of Danbury was
brought before Judge Towne IN the
Laconia municipal court charged
with cruelty to animals, the com.
plainaut being George q. Burrss,
agent for the New Hampshire Hu.
name society. The respondent plead.
guilty and was fined 80 and