Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-10-28
NUMBER 43.

u8 INC pOuC6 6Il1kc. ne uISSo Sdoxo
10 support the officers Of the state
ln their efforts to enforce law and
order now and In the future.
Locked in q tenement on the third
door Of a Main st., Fitchburg, block
while his widowed mother was at work
In a mill, Carl Harju, aged S, was
rescued from death by fremen who
forced their way through smoke and
flames to reach him. The boy, on
discovering the fire crawled into bed
fully dressed, and covered himself and
q pet puppy with the bedding. Fire
men took the boy to a roof and saved
his life by applying artificial respira.
tion.
Lieut.. William L. Hill, u. 8. NJ, on
Friday retired after 46 years Of SER
vice, having reached the age Of limit
alton. His service dates back to the
days of the old wooden navy, having
enlisted in 1873. From 1907 to 1917,
Lieutenant Hill was in command OF
the prison ships Southery and To-
peka. He was awarded a COMPRESSION.
al medal Of honor in 1881 for saving
three men from drowntry During
the Spanish war, he served on the q.
s. s. Brooklyn, and was commended
for his gallantry in the battle of San
tiago.
About rs worimen engaged in the
construction Of mile Of state high
way between Franklin and Andover,
struck for more pay and the work was
suspended.
At a recent city council meeting q
petition from the highway workers
asking for an increase Of Is per cent
IN their wages was left with the high.
way committee to act in conjunction
with the state highway department.
The work is being done jointly by the
state highway department and the
city highway department.
Dr. George Il. Huntley, a member OF
Of the commission on near east re-
lief which visited Armenia to deter
mine actual conditions there, told the
members of the Maine State Sunday
School Association, assembled in an
nual convention In Portland that
some Of the Armenians have actually
reached the stage where they are prac-
tising cannibalism, so maddened have
they become by hunger. DR.. Huntley
said that in Northern Armenia accord
Ing to latest cable messages from relief
workers, at deast 100000 persons must
starve, there being no means to pre-
vent this.
Curtis B. Burnett president of the
National Credit Mems Association, at
q dinner Of the Boston branch pro-i
tested against liquidating the war
debt in 81 years as disastrous to bust.
ness, and advocated substitute tax
to spread the payment over so or rs
years. "The Federal tax law Is in
tended to liquidate the war debt in
81 years, $4,000, ,000, 900 to be collected
in 1919 and $4,000, 100000 each year
he said. Every man in
business Is a partner Of the govern
ment and I ask, can the government
In equity take such enormous sums
from its partners without handicapping
them In their production and taxpay.
Ing ability?
The statewide search for men to
fill the places Of Boston's striking
policemen Is proceeding only slowly.
A recruiting party headed by former
Supt. Of Police William H. Pierce
gained only one applicant by a ses.
sion at the state armory at Worcester.
Springfield yielded only two candi-
dates and Pittsfeld only i've. The
results of the recruiting cam.
paign are attributed largely to the
counter-campaign being conducted by
the policemen's union. A committee
Of 95 Of the strikers is touring the state
by details, addressing mass meetings
and picketing the recruiting places.
Important developments Of the cor
poration meeting at Brown University
we're the taking of the first step toward
Increasing salaries of professors, the
Of the gift Of new
building for the study Of modern Ian
yuages and vote to build a $4,000
gateway and new gymna-
sium. In his annual report Pres.
Faunce declared that unless faculty
salaries are permanently increased at
Brown and elsewhere the strongest
men will inevitably drift out Of the
profession" Discussing the
financial outlook of the University he
said that the war emergency fund"
Of $4,000 would be exhausted by
next year.
From Washington comes the. report
hat matters look very bright for an
Increase in pay for both officers and
enlisted men of the navy. Treasury
officials admit a dollar
:hese days Is equal to only AZ cents
n comparison to prices Of former
lines. It Is intimated the pay increase
nay date back year, 30 as to enable
,ficers and men to clean up their
lebts for living expenses, which worry
hem In many cases because Of the
mall pay they have received and the
,igh cost Of living. Many Of them
ave families and, therefore, must
reep up an establishment on shore for
heir families, in addition to their ex-
lenses on shipboard.
Charles W. Buzzell, q Canadian
erving II months sentence at Deer
sland, Boston, complained Of pains
n his stomach. A diagnosis showed
,e was suffering from an overloaded
tomach. He was taken to the Long
sland Hospital and operated on by
n. Llewellyn H. Rockwell. This isa
artial list of the articles that were
AIKEN from his stomach: suspender
uckle, / safety. razor blade, 100 pieces
( broken glass and bits of wire, 6
alvanized iron staples, 6 wire nails
steel dog chain, 2 feet long and II
ach in diameter.
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