Oxford Democrat., 1919-12-09
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The Massachusetts, state convention
of the American Legion will be held
in Boston. Jan. 3.
1t is said that all state guardsmen
will be relieved from duty in Boston
before Christmas.
Beginning Sunday railroad passen-
ger service between Boston and Port
| land and Portland and Montreal was
curtailed.
Two divorce cases and two civil
| damage cases, all in one family, were
adjusted in court in Brattleboro, VT,
by agreement
The Yale Bowl, according to plans
already drawn up by New Haven en-
gineers, is to be the center Of mann
moth war memorial.
William Jeffers, 81, of Hyde Park,
Mass, died as result of being struck
by a portion of 500-pound emery
wheel while at workf
Theodore Quinlan, Jr., Of Needham,
Mass, aged 13, was accidentally shot
and killed by younger rother by
the discharge of shotgun.
The mayor of Springfield, Mass, has
ordered the chief of police to censor
all theatrical performances, including
moving pictures, In that city.
The Victory plant at Squantum will
remain in operation as one Of the navy
departments construction and repair
plants, Secretary Daniels has prom
ised.
Gov. Coolidge declined the invitation
of the Chattanooga, Tenn, Law and
Order league to address law and or
der mass meeting in that city Monday
night.
Elmer Savage, of Grange, captured
q 40-pound lynx recently. The ami
NAL put up desperate fight. It re-
quired several shots to dispatch his
catship.
Harvard university received letter
from the king Of England, expressing
gratitude for the work Of the Harvard
hospital unit. which served the British
army throughout the war.
An unidentified man, presumably
bent on robbery, sprang out Of the
darkness at Miss Bessie Emmett as
she was leaving the bathroom at her
ohme in eacedale, R. L, and beat her
to insensibility.
Retail clothing dealers, appearing
before the state commissioner on nee
cesaries Of life in Boston, laid the
high cost of mems clothes to federal
excess profit taxes and the Increased
cost of material.
More than rs men who volunteered
for police duty in Boston police strike
gathered and discussed plans for q
permanent organization as q supple
mentary force to be called upon for
duty In case Of need.
Cape Gods claims for recognition in
connection with the celebration In
$50 as at present, but through the
landing Of the Pilgrims were vigorous
ly presented before the joint ways and
means committee at the state house.
George Wadman. IS, a mechanic
employed in Boston, committed sui
eide shortly after eating Thanksgiving
dinner at his home 81 Linwood street,
Maiden. He laid down directly after
dinner and fred bullet into his left
temple.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams
aged 72 and 6S years, respectively, Of
Hampden, Mass, died within foul
hours Of each other, each suffering
from complication Of diseases that
had confined them to their home fol
several weeks.
Charles Seymour, professor Of his
tory at Yale and one Of the expert ad.
visers to the American peace commits.
sion at Paris. in statement said thai
Senate Lodges attitude toward the
peace treaty had made him sort o.
national hero in Berlin.
On account of the critical coal sit
uatton at Portland, it is announced
by the local Office Of the Grant
Trunk, that beginning last Sunday
night and until further notice, eigh
J trains between Portland and Mon
treal would be cancelled.
Two stills, one in operation, Is bar
reis of yeast and molasses ferment
ing, q barrel and several jugs OF dis
titled liquor and four or five barrels
of molasses were confscated in a rait
by federal officers and police on
farmhouse in Tiverton. r. l.
Financial necessity and the i'm
, possibility of living on $1S a weel
, are alleged to be the excuses onret
to the police by Joseph Rerenius, 2.
, years old, a grocery clerk living IL
: Boston. who appeared in the Rox
bury court on the charge OF break
ing and entering in the night time
County Judge Aaron Meg. Bede o
Sioux county, North Dakota, Is New
England man who has had a varie'
and remarkable career and whose &C
tivities have ranged from the PASTORAL
2 OF q tiny church, deep in the forest
Of northern Maine, to tramping Ger
many In the guise OF a hobo" Il
' study the customs of those wayfarers
o from being the tent mate OF the wan
Q dering Siouz Indians in the West, be
fore the advance of the frontier. t
e conducting a court Of justice on tn
2 novel plan of settling most OF nj
+ .ases out of court and not trying on
.,ess he !a positively obliged To-