Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-24
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of interest From ~
Sections Of Yankse|and

Twice captured by the Germans and
twice escaping. is the record OF ad-
venture of 1t. Walter L. Avery OF
Boston, Tufts 1914, an American sv-
iator who, until information Of his
safety came In letter just received
I. from him. had been missing since
Oct. /.
Dr.. Edward Ewing Pratt, formerly
chief of the bureau Of foreign and do
mestic commerce, speaking at the
opening Of the course in foreign trade
at Northeastern College Boston, en-
phasized the importance Of an cary
removal of restrictions upon our over
seas trade, which were necessary dur
ing the period Of the war.
Edward ]. Bohannon, resident audi
tor at Bath, Me-, Of the housing Sec
tion of the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton, has been indicted by the grand
jury, which reported in the United
States district court, on the charge OF
intent to defraud corporation In
which the government is stockhol-
der and with misappropriating $500.
credited to his own account instead
of that of the government
Residents of East Weymouth Mass,
at a special town meeting retorted to
q notification from the Bay State
Street Railway Company that certain
lines in the town would be discon-
tinued, with a recommendation that
in the event of discontinuance of SER
vice by the road, the local authorities
be urged to revoke~the grants Of To-
cation under which the company is
operating in the town and take steps
to remove all poles, rails and equip
ment from the streets.
Further figures from the Office Of
Albert B. Fales. assistant tax COM
missioner. Of Massachusetts, show
that the highest tax rate in the State
Is $43 per $1,000 in the town Of Savoy
in Berkshire County. The lowest is
$3.50 In Hopedale, In Worcester Coun-
ty. The rate is from $3.50 to $3.50 in
eleven towns; from $40 to $14.60 in
ifty-two/t towns; from SIS to $3.50 in
six cities and 122 towns; from $40 to
$24.70 in twenty-six cities and 107
towns: from SIS to $43 in six cities
and twenty-eight towns
1T will be necessary to control i'm
ports for a while," said DR.. Pratt.
such commodity as wool. for ex-
ample, where the price might drop a
considerable amount overnight, must
continue to be controlled for a time.
Our shipping must continue under
government control at least until the
American expeditionary force get
home and arrangements have been
made for feeding Europe. But not a
moments time should be lost In re-
maving restrictions from our foreign
trade wherever possible and the pro-
cess Of releasing commerce should be-
gin at once"
Acting upon the petition OF the
Bay State Street Railway company,
which operates a trolley system in Is
cities and 36 towns in eastern Massa-
chusetts, the public service commits.
sion, in a report made public denied
the company the right to charge a
fat fare Of 10 cents in cities. Instead,
the commission recommended that
for q trial period of two months the
railway establish q unit fare Of seven
cents on city lines, the fares on coun-
try lines to be 1-2 per mile az petit
toned by the company. The pro-
posed schedule would take the place
Of an intricate zone system now in
operation.
India and Africa were discussed
from a missionary standpoint st the
third days meeting Of the American
board OF commissioners for foreign
missions at Hartford, Conn. OF in
terest were the talks Of three mission
aries on Missions to India and Cey-
lon in War Times" a6ording
glimpse Of native unrest during the
world struggle. The election Of OFF,
cors resulted for the most part in
re-elections. The following vere
chosen: President. the Rev. Dr. Ed
ward O.. Moore of Harvard Untver-
atty: yicepresidont. David P. Jones:
recording secretary, the Rev. d.. o.
car e Maufef; corresponding score
taries, the Rev. DR.. James L. Barton,
the Rev. DR.. Cornelius Fl. Patton and
the Rev, DR.. Edward L. Smith; pru-
d initial committee, DR., John q, Barry.
Worcester, Mass. Dr.. Frank B.
1owae Heiyoke. Mass.
Meme Pealy uaitace, the ESKIMO
Who was of such invaluable aid TO
Robert /Peary. the explorer. b DEAD.
according to q letter received from
Pittsburgh, N. H., Meme died there In
logging camp of pneumonia on Oct
20. Meme was found in Etah. Smith
Sound, in the far North BY Conn
mander Peary. On account OF the
keen intelligence Of the little Eskimo,
the explorer brought him, his parents
and brothers to this country on the
polar ship Roosevelt in 1900. VII
liam Wallace soon after adopted Meme
naming him Meme Peary Wallace, with
whom he lived for several years. Fol-
lowing the death Of his parents and
brothers Meme got homesick for the