Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-23
new ENGLAND NEWS
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The boat was designed and built
by the Electric Boat company Of New
London.
The latest award came as 9
great surprise to Priv. McNeece. He
is the only Holbrook boy to be dec
Grated.
Appraisal of the estate of the late
Commodore Morton F. Plant giAes
the figures of $c2,940,237, it is an
nounced. The state Conn. may re-
ceive a million or more as an inher-
itance tax.
John F. Hardy, of Boston has been
named as supervisor of the census In
Massachusetts for the sixth ditrict
The other supervisors for Massachu-
setts are: Stcond district, Stephen D
O'Brien, Springfield; fourth district
John ]. Sullivan, Concord Junction.
To be responsible for sales Of IL
quor, proprietors of saloons must be
on the premises when the liquor is
sold. A man cannot be held respon'
sible for the acts Of his agents in a
criminal case, was argued before U
Commr. Hayes at Boston when two
liquor cases were held before him.
Twenty-seven teachers have re-
signed from the Brockton schools, "a
women and four men. The resigna-
tions were preliminary to marriage
or to the acceptance Of the better
school positions. The designations
were accepted by the school commit
tee, which at the same time made 81
transfers.
Ex-Ald C. H. Hyde, for many years
liquor salesman, has entered the
employ of Rev. Charles Fl. Moss, D
D. one of the most relentless liquor
foes in Maiden, Mass, and will sci
marmalade which the former clergy
man now manufactures. The former
liquor salesman is covering Maine and
New Hampshire.
John H. McNeece of Holbrook
Mass, received notice to appear al
the office of Gen. Edwards in Boston
to receive the French military media
which Priv. McNeece has been
awarded, first the distinguished Ser,
vice Cross Of this Government, next
the French Croix de Guerre with palm
and the French Croix de Guerre with
star.
The expense Of employing the state
guard to maintain order in Boston
because of the police strike Is more
than $4,000 a day. Estimates have
been made for the first six days Of
this service and they aggregate $685.
900. Whether or not the city will be
called on to pay all or any Of the
expense of the state guard will be de-
cided by the attorney-general.
The full bench of the supreme court
decided that Louis Ross Of Brookline
a mining engineer, Is entitled to re-
cover 100000 from Albert c. Bur
rage, the copper magnate, for looking
up copper properties In South Ameri'
ca. The suit has been ptnding many
years and mas become famous in fin
ancial circles. Ross claimed much
larger amount than this was due him
The type of fare registers used or
the Bay State system is unsatisfactory
for open cars and must be discon'
tinued on cars of this type, Jan. 1
the Board OF Arbitration has ruled
The registers may properly be used
on closed cars, the Board ruled
Complaints by conductors that tho
registers delay traffic and are MOI
adopted for open-car use were sus
tanned by the board.
Four men were arrested and nearly
600 gallons of distilled alcohol seized
in Medfield, Mass, by William J. Nc
Carthy, q revenue agent Of the Bos
ton Office, and Leo P. Noonan. q rev
enue inspector. The distillery was ir
section Of the town Known a.
Rocky Woods" and was about two
miles from the main highway, in al
old farmhouse, formerly the home o.
retired sea captain.
Alleging that the Granville Chase
Company of Barring, Me-, received from
H. S. Springer Of Danforth $1,133,00l
feet of logs cut from the lands Of tht
PassamaQuoddy Indians on Indiar
township Washington county, in ex'
cess for the amount for which pay
ment was made to the state treasur'
er, legal proceedings were instituted
by Atty-Gen. Sturgis TO recover the
value of logs and damage cccasionet
by alleged wasteful cutting.
A reward of $50 will be paid tt
the first person giving sufficient in
formation to warrant the prosecution
of any firm or individual Offering
fraudulent securities or stock in ex'
change for War Savings Stamps o.
Liberty Bonds by the Pilgrim Pub
licity Association Vigilance Commit
tee, 257 Washington street. Boston
or to the Liberty Loan Protective
Committee CO the Federal Reserve
Bank, 53 State street, Boston.
After being hired by one member
Of the Arm as a forewoman and dis
charged a week later by anothe'
without receiving any pay for hel
services, Miss Agnes Chapman ap
peared in the Brockton Police court
against the Superior Shoe Company
She told the. court the weekly wage
agreed upon was $25. The chargs
was failure to pay weekly wage
Judge Warren A. Reed found the com
pany guilty and imposed fine OF SIC
The case was appealed and the de
rendant was held in $50 bonds for tn.
Superior Court.
Mrs. Mary X. Pike, 1O4 years OF age
| has been made tthe unintentional ma
trimonial agent for two men writing
from Everett, Mass. They asked mel