Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-18
new ENGLAND NEWS
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Items Of Interest From All
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Mrs. Isabella Parker of Barre, VT,
who was indicted with George A.
Long for the murder of Mrs. Lucina
c. Broadwell will not be compelled
TO stand trial. Attorney General F.
<. Archibald announced that the case
against Mrs. Parker had been mol
pressed.
Ralph Greenleaf of Philadelphia,
pocket billiard expert and near
champion, was arrested in Bridgeport,
Conn, on coroner's warrant In con.
nection with the murder at Milford,
Conn, of Benjamin Binkowitz Of New
York City, messenger for New York
broker, who disappeared with $17S,.
900 Liberty bonds
A gold medal and $1,000 have been
awarded by the Carnegie hero fund
commission to Michael A. O'Gara,
hero policeman of Everett, Mass, for
saving a woman about to be drawn
beneath the wheels of an express
train. The award comes after an in
vesugation of more than two years
by the commission.
The mo coffee" rule was strict
ly enforced at the dinner held by the
Portland Housewives League, the 35
women attending stopped this bever-
age as part Of the boycott which
they recently adopted, in accordance
with the request Of national head.
quarters. Butter and eggs are also
under the ban Of the league.
With the exception of Melrose,
Mass, every community that had the
opportunity to register at the polls
its opinion on the per cent. beer
question voted to instruct its repre-
sentatives to vote to legalize such a
beverage. The vote was taken under
the public opinion act and has no
binding force on the legislators from
the districts where it was cast.
The annual meeting Of the Hamp-
den County Association OF Congrega-
tional Ministers was held at the Falls
Congregational church, So. Hadley,
Mass. The moderator urged at the
opening that attention be given by
Congregational Churches to the OBJ
servance Of Advent, Lent and Christ
mas. He also favored Sunday base
ball Of the amateur kind, with re.
strictions.
George ]. Capewell. 76, founder Of tn
the Capewell Horse Nail Company,
died, Thursday He invested machines
which made profitable the finishing OF
horseshoe nails by power processes.
Mr.. Capewell was born in Birmingham,
Eng. His father came to Woodbury.,
Conn, in 1876, and made firearms.
The son made his first nail machine
IN 1876 and a company was formed
in Hartford.
Tremendous receipts OF fish have
been distributed from Boston the
present year, the total representing
04,246,0O8 pounds landed from 1888
vessels. Last year the receipts from
1881 vessels aggregated 96,161. .1S5
pounds. During the past 10 months.
Notwithstanding 4 strike Of fisher.
men that practically tied up the in
dustry for six weeks, the receipts OF
seafood have been enormous.
The remains of Clarence e. Bailey,
whose skeleton was found IN the
woods near Wexford, R l., has been
identified by his widow. Mrs. Lucinda
J. Bailey Of Lynn. Mrs. Bailey says
that her husband. who was employed
at the works of the General Electric
Company as head of the machinists'
department, became dissatisfied with
his work and left his home at 622
Summer street, Lynn, on March e,
1918.
Pfnkerton agents. with the assist
ance of Inspector George Patterson OF
the Boston bureau OF criminal tnveed-
cation, arrested in downtown hotel
William Scott Hall, 3S, years old, Of
174 Grove street. Wellesley. who Is
wanted by the police Of more than half
a dozen cities for larceny by means OF
worthless checks His victims include
both business men and banks, the
amounts ranging in each instance
from IS to 5000.
Prof. Monahan of Amherst, expert
for Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege, has solved the mystery OF the
death of hundreds Of fowls In Lenox
henneries. The birds had tapeworms.
Specimens Of the fowls were dtssec-
ted at Amherst and worms two inches
long were found In the intesttnes.
When attacked by the worms the
fowls lose weight and strength and
die. Famous Lee strains have been
hit by the epidemic and the loss
reaches thousands Of dollars.
The brewers test of the constftu
tionafity Of the prohibition ENFORCE
ment act came before Judge Arthur
[. Brown In the United States district
court, Providence, and In the course
Of the discussion the court said ne
believed the prohibition amendment
would not have been passed II It
had not been worded so that It would
not 70 into effect until year follow
inx ratification. He added that there
was no question in his mind but that
the temporary war time act and the
present act defeat the intention OF
the amendment to give a lapse OF
one year following It's ratification.
Ninety-seven years was no deter
rent to James Munroe Mott OF Well
fleet, Mass, when it came to voting.
This man, who will be 100 In less
than three years, cast his ballot Tor
the straight Republican ticket
Drunkenness Is rapidly decreasing
in Providence. since. wartime pro-