Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-05-06
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BY roll call vote Of 10 to 16 the
Connecticut Senate rejected Q bill
permitting women to vote at pres
idential elections.
The Rhode Island House passed in
concurrence the act declaring that
beer containing not over four per
cent of alcohol is a non-intoxicant
Ninety per cent Of Bay State school
children have defective teeth, accord
ing to DR.. Merrill E. Champion, d.
rector of hygiene division Of the State
Department of Health.
The Rhode Island Senate after q
sharp debate passed in concurrence a
resolution appropriating $4,000 for the
use of the encouragement in testing
the constitutionality Of the prohibi-
ton amendment.
The Massachusetts Senate accepted
the adverse report Of the committee
on metropolitan affairs upon the bill
introduced by Mayor Peters provid-
ing for the annexation Of 81 cities
and towns to Boston, and on bill
providing for the restoration OF the
recall clause in the Boston city char
ter.
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cole Of the
SD brigade of the Yankee division
has been honorably discharged.-Gen.
Cole returned from France only a
few weeks go wearing the French war
cross conferred for exceptional valor.
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre
on the even Of his departure for the
United States.
Mrs. Bessie G. Ferguson, for "A
years manager Of the Leno1 (Mass.)
Telephone Exchange was presented
with a purse Of $400 by Lenox tel
epone subscribers in recognition OF
her faithful work during the strike.
when for six days and nights she
never left the Office. Among con-
tributors to the fund were Andrew
Carnegie, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond T.
Baker, Mrs. William Douglas Sloane
and DR.. and Mrs. Henry P. Jaques.
Yankee division infantry men Of
the 1O4th regiment received their SER
vice rings at Camp Devens from their
commander Col. F. B. Chatham.
Most of the 5000 rings are OF silver
bearing a liberty torch and the let
ters "Y. D." but few are OF gold.
In connection with the presentation
Colonel Chatham and Brig. Gen.
George H. Shelton, who, as a colonel.
commanded the regiment at Apre-
mont, delivered farewell addresses.
Approximately 1870 members Of the
Photo Engravers' Union OF Boston
who are employed on commercial
work went on strike because their
demands for increased wages and
changes in working conditions had
been refused. They want fat wage
Of $33 a week and a 10 per cent in
crease for all now receiving that pay
or better, recognition Of the union,
continuation of the 4S-hour work
week through 1919, and adoption Of
the 44-hour week in 1920.
United States Senator David /.
Walsh criticized the present method
Of selecting postmaster for Boston
In an address before the Postmas-
ters' Association of New England.
He declared members Of civil SER
vice commission coming to Boston to
give hearings to applicants, are not
qualified to determine the fitness OF
local candidates. Dr.. John W..
Coughlin declared almost any meth
cd was preferable to, the old. which
left much hard and bitter feeling.
Rear Admiral Wood is carrying his
right hand done up in splints. Put
It there" cried an enthusiastic ciu-
zen at a recent reception, as he
grasped the admiral by the hand and
pressed it so hard that 1t was found
later he had broken some Of the small
bones. The admiral, therefore, is now
signing official documents with his
left hand. He doesn't regret the
experience, however. ITO me-" he
says, 1T expresses thegood feeling
the citizens of Boston have for the
navy"
Mrs. F. L. Higginson. New England
War Savings director. issues the fol-
lowing report Of the sales Of War
Savings Stamps in New England for
the month ending March 3d. 1919.
Maine, s43.661.4s; New Hampshire,
s59, ,700.55; Vermont, $1s,324.55; Mas
sachusetts, $495, ,449.0S; Rhode Island,
sSe,81S.76: Connecticut, $244 ,Ss0.9o;
total, $s43, ,6o0.32. Figures for the 1919
campaign to March 81 are: Maine,
s2sS, S,111.s9; New Hampshire, $685.
B53.s3; Vermont, $1oS,s1e.34; Mas
sachusetts, $1,s51, ,474.s2j Rhode Is
land, s3s5. .3s7.ss; Connecticut S727.-
S73.S7.
Total for First Federal Reserve Dis
trict, $3,537, ,6s1.81, equal to forty-nine
cents per capita for q population OF
7,253,926
Gov. Coolidge has sent q special
message to the Massachusetts Leg
stature urging an immediate appro-
priation of approximately $2,50e,0eo
for public improvements to provide
work for the unemployed. He urged
specifically, an additional budget op-
preparation of s2,s32.1s5.1o. Of which
$2,47s, ,285.So would be expended for
public improvements. The erection
Of new buildings at the State hospit-
ais. Massachusetts Agricultural Coz
iege and State Normal School and q
million-dollas program by the State
Highway Board are among the feat
ures of the proposed new work.
Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop OF
Malines, Belgium's hero primate. has
accepted an invitation by Gov. Cool
idee to visit Boston on the occasion