Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-03-12

build any ROADS THIS year tnat Wouiu
merely connect up Summer resorts, or
along sceric routes. Instead the
money will be spent upon widening
and strengthening the highways be-
tween the various cities. and along
which military bodies would be
moved in case Of emergencies. The
commission will not let the scenic
routes deteriorate, however, for 1t
realizes that they are q distinct adj
vantage to the State In attracting
visitors and In taking lot OF trafhc
OF some Of the main highways.
More than so per cent. Of the stu
dents of military age at the Norwich
University have Joined the service,
according to a statement given out
by the college faculty. OF the total of
753 graduates and past cadets Of the
! university, 1884 are now In uniform.
In order to supply the needs Of the
First Naval District recruiting Of
seamen, second class must be stimu-
lated. 1t will be necessary to enroll
about 1000 men and q recruiting
drive will be put under way at once
throughout most of New England.
Upon enlisting these men will be
given q three months training in
gunery aid seamanship. before be-
ing assigned to a vessel. The pay is
$3.50 month and the age limit is
eighteen to fifty-eight. American
citizens and friendly aliens with first
papers will be accepted at the First
Naval District Enrolling Office.
Charlestown Navy Yard.
Two hundred employees Of the Chel-
sea Clock company went on strike at;
Chelsea. Mass. after presenting.
their demands for an eight hour day;
and time and One-half for overtime.
Ex-Representative John Kelley,
Go, claim agent for the Bay State
Street Railway company, died at
Braintree, Mass.
Massachusetts Agricultural College
junior extension service announced
that Mary Z. White Of North Had
ley, 18, won the first prize in the
juvenile pig contest.
Fitchburg, Mass. is facing strike
Of carpenters who seek an increase
in wages. They now are paid $3.76
per day and want 81.
An investigation of the fish indus
try of Massachusetts, including pres
ent high prices, by special joint
legislative committee, is now as
sured
Thrown to the ground while alight-
ing from a train, Miss Elizabeth
S.ibert of Boston was given a YER
dict Of S25 in her suit against the
Boston and Maine railroad for
sos, O00
Charles T. Newpury, treasurer Of
the Taunton Oil Cloth company, a
man nationally known in his line Of
Industry. died at Boston following an
attack Of cerebral hemorrhage.
Hog cholera cost the city Of Boston
$4,000. Excessive cold caused pneu-
monia in the piggery at Deer island,
developing into such weakness that
237 swine have already persisted.
Stringent rules and regulations to
govern Fitchburg, Mass, when 1t
enters the license column May 1, are
to be adopted and indorsed by the
license commission.
A 10 percent increase IN the price
Of electricity for power went into eff
feet ut Reading, Mass, due largely
to the cost Of coal.
A fire loss of S594,OOO in Massa-
chusetts in one year, owing to
matches, was pointed out to legis-
lative committee.
Two cases Of smallpox were dis
covered in the Marlboro, Mass. hos
pital.
"The Birth OF a Nation" the film
play that caused riots and political
sensation In Boston three years ago,
was barred from the city by Mayor
Peters.
Capt. John A. Brickley. retired,
for thirty-eight years member Of
the oBston police force, died at Bos-
ton. Three Of his sons are In the
American army in France.
Repeal Of the one-day-off-in-three
ordinance for Boston f1remen will be
asked Of the city council by Mayor
Peters II he decides that the expense
Of the arrangement would be too much
to bear.
Clubs and similar organizations
throughout Rhode Island must close
their doors not later than II O'Clock,
according to what Is termed mod
lied order" by Fuel Administrator
Holmes.
The statewide drive to induce the
5000 schoolboys between the ages OF
10 to 20 years to enlist in the farm
work throughout the state will be
started at once by the Massachusetts,
public safety committee.
Rules limiting the opening and clos
Ing hours of Portland, Me-, stores
and restricting the use Of lights In
store windows and show cases, which
have been in force for six weeks as
a fuel conservation measure, were
withdrawn by Fuel Administrator
Hamblen.
The freight depot Of the Central
Vermont Railway ut st. Adams, VT,
was destroyed with most Of its con-
tents by a fire believed to have been
of incendiary. origin. 1t was the
fourth fire of this nature that has
damaged property Of the railroad at
st. Adams in the last three months.
A decision Of the Massachusetts
supreme court compels drivers Of
United States mail vehicles to obey To-
cal traffic lows.