Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-12-28
NUMBER 50.

Brig-0en Clarence r. Edwards
speaking at . reception given In his
honor at the I'd. Club. Boston. told
the ctub-membess that after March
1 he would again submit to the vs1
dapartmsn the hsE Of names hs req
ommended i0 sssxice decorations
witch fa1lsd a supsoval h omcaa1s
m Washingtoa
:. When t~o dam On Iownssods
brook. IA. wore cazrisd sx1y, 5000
yeaxiing salmon wsps released xhav
were raised q ths sts4e Oh hstshsry.
AAst Anh1rn. md many vin u1e1mshe-
y ssseh kahe AnbugA vhese they
vsss 10 hare bssn ulaesd ~ 4 =
believed severed tho19an6 IN - lUst
IN 0vsg6oW pooh
The George =. AeEAushiln Con-
pany. mannfac4oRs Of elevators. haws
been awarded taSee damages aeainst
Aree labor leaders Dor inksrfeesncs
with the plaintiff company at . time
whan there was no strike Or labor
teoabla. according 10 q report fted n
he snpr@s court Boston, @ VII
Tam q. Hitchcock as master.
: A large flock Of Wild geese which
few into telegraph and telephone
wires and demoralised Ia signaa syv-
tenn held up traffic on the Pascoa&
B. L, branch line railroad for several
hours. The flock was volplantng h1o
q pond near the railroad trscks vAsa
Il came In contact with the wires,
breaking them and throwing ehn
against high-voltags power wires.
While repairing q drain n the rear
Of q. r. Houghtous store Marlboro.
Mass, employees Of the Highway Do
partmeut found Q headstoas markRd,
MARY Larkin, wife Of John LArkin,
died IN Boston. March /, 1S23.s Act-
ing Superintendent J. II. alattsry said
that the stone had been there many
years, and was used as covering.
A reduction Of only slightly less
than 2 per cent in the cost OF living
In November is the report made oy
the Massachusetts Commission on the
Necessaries of Life. The report points
than 8 per cent only small part OF
out that although food has fallen more
the reduction made by the producers
of food has reached the consumer.
Mayor jeremiah P. Mahoney. Of
Newport, r. l.. has received tete-
grams from Senators Gerry and Coli,
and Congressman Bmdick and Ken
nedy, saying that they would actively
oppose acceptance Of the recommends
ton of Secretary Daniels In his an
nual report that the Naval War Col
lege be removed from Newport to
Washington.
]. C. Joseph Fiamand, French con-
sui in Boston. acting In behalf OF
the French government, presented to
Edward A. Filene, president OF VII
liam Filene's Sons Company, and 70
Allan Forbes. president OF the State
Street Trust Company, the Cross OF
the Chevalier Of the Legion Of Honor
for conspicuous services rendered dur
ing and since the world war.
Employees of the shoe factory oper-
ated by the B. A. Corbin & Sons Com
pany, Marlboro, Mass, has accepted
a 10 per cent reduction In wages by
a vote Of GAL to 4. A similar reduc-
ton was accepted by the Webster
factory Of the company some time ago,
and employees Of the local plant feared
that recent army orders for shoes
would be given to the Webster plant
and that the Marlboro. branch would
be closed.
Candidates for citizenship who
exempted from military service
war because they were aliens d,u 49,.
fare well when they faced Judge R.
w. Fosdick in the naturalization ses-
sion Of the superior court, Brockton.
Mass. Judge Fosdick plainly told Hav-
horpes TTn-o,i''r'a-- NJ N'd1'ehoro the
first man to feel the effects Of the
"a -IuiatuIi,, l.-..l .AS COulo not reSelVe
the protection Of the flag for which
he refused to fight.
DR.. Harry A. Garfield, former fed
eral fuel administrator and Daniel G.
Wing. former assistant chief econo-
mist to the federal comnn5 lOL, ad-
dressed the coal conference held at
the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston. un-
der the auspices of the National In
dustries of Massachusetts,. Dr.. Gar
field advanced a proposal to have sep
arate commissions, each headed BY
the secretary Of the interior. SIT -
permanent bodies to advise the exc
cufive branch Of the national govern
ment az TO cost and other problems
of producing and distributing the
three chief fuel products -b0tuminous
and anthracite coal and fuel oil
Nearly all the Maine tidewater saw
mills have SHUT down for the season,
as well as most Of those IN the Mari
time Provinces, and no more lumber
will be sawed, e1cept at railroad mills,
until next May. The seasou's output
has been much less than usual, owing
to the high price Of logs and the slack
demand for lumber, resulting from
prices prohfbttive 10 most consumers.
A super gun weighing $50 tons.6s
feet long with a range Of 70 miles
and 18 inch bore has Just been COM
pleted at the Watertown, Mass, Ar
senal. Il is Of the disappearing type,
fitted with special mechanism which
permits the firing oe one shot q min
ute.
Potato vafnes eonEinned to decline
slowly. Northern Round White stock
lost an additional 10 to 18 cents per
100 Rs- At shipping points. reaching
$I15 to $1I30. Chicago carlot market
declined also but more than recov-
cred at end Of week. closing S1-sS to
$15o. Jobbing range in other middle
western markets $50 to S1.SS. Round
Whites slightly lower in east New
York market bulk $1.95 to $40; Bos-
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