Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-10-12
NUMBER al.

Patrick ]. Boyle, Mayor OF Newport
r. l., for eighteen terms, will run for
Congress from the First District
against Congressman CLARK Budicl.,
Mr.. Boyle's name was decided upon
by the nomination committee Of the
Democratic State Central Committee.
Testimony to the effect thak Eu-
gene N. Denham of Lynn. Mass, was
deserted by his bride Of three weeks
following courtship on q boat al
Chicago, resulted In the entering OF
q divorce in his name by Judge Quinn
OF the Salem Court.
Chaning H. Cox's campaign expens.
es as candidate Tor the Republican
nomination for governor, Of Massachu.
setts came pretty near the record fol
low mark, amounting to only $ss.56,
Of which $4S75 went for printing. and
$2S for postage stamps.
Plymouth, Mass, citizens unable to
get coal delivered are planning to
burn wood as much as possible this
winter. Many are considering digg.
ing peat from bogs and using Il as a
coal substitute. Only three barfes oil
hard coal have been received theri
this fall.
Two minutes before the time FOL
ding Withdrawals expired, Michael A
OLeary withdrew as the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, OF
Massachusetts, and Charles H. Nc.
Glue as Democratic candidate for Be-:
retary Of state.
The number Of arrests Of persons at
tempting to smuggle alcohol and
whiskey from New York to Boston
shows a steady increase and has led
theprohbition enforcement officers to
conclude that Boston Is considered
good market by some New York clique
for raw material for bottleggfng.
Announcement is made that the $3.-
00o, ,000 endowment fund started last
year at Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn, for new college build.
ings had reached $2,265, 900. A special
committee to take charge Of raising
the remainder Of the fund was ap-
pointed.
Employees Of the Eastern Massachu-
sets Street Railway Company were
given a hearing by the Massachusetts
Public Utilities Commission on their
petition that the bay State~ Com
pany be prohibited from continuing to
operate type OF oae-man car which
they claim to be . menace to public
safety.
True bills, charging murder IN the
first degree, were returned by the
Grand Jury, Bridgeport, Conn, against
Mrs. Ethel Hutchtn Mott, Elwood B.
Wade and John Edward Johnston.
accused OF Staying George E Mott
and hiding his body in a trunk in an
Eastorn swamp. All three pleaded not
guilty.
Preadent George W. Grant Of the
Boston National League club an
! nounced that as a result Of the find
ings of the Grand Jury In Chicago.
which is investigating the Worlds
Championship series Of 1913. Joseph
Sport" Sullivan and the Brown re-
ferred to as a Boston gambler would
henceforth be barred from Braves
Field.
Mayor Walter II. Creamer Of Lynn.
Mass, declared that he would refuse
the request of the city council that
bands be furnished by the city for
funerals Of world war heroes. The
mayor says It is not military etiquette
for a band to participate in the OBJ
sequies Of any dead veteran under the
rank OF general, and quotes the North
eastern department as an authority.
A general cut in the cost OF living
Is inevitable, It was predicted BY Ed
win F. Atkins OF Belmont, Mass. big
sugar producer Of 10 Broad street,
testifying at the hearing in the at
torney-generaTs probe Of the sugar
market. He prophesied a continued
drop in the price Of sugar, and told
of losses sustained through the break
in the sugar market a few months ago.
While tearing down the old brick
schoolhouse In Augusta, Me-. one d
the workmen, found under the cellar
door, near the front Of the building.
| a gold watch. The name "Vallie May
Buraeigh" was found engraved on the
inside case. The owner Of the watch
resides In an adjoining house and Is
now the widow of Hon. Joseph VIZ
hanson, e1-Cpunty Attorney OF Ken
nebec.
Wapwallopen. Pa, took a place On
the maps when 14-year-old Frederick
Santee of that town appeared at the
Harvard administration Offices dresed
in knickerbockers and wrote his name
on the registration books. Frederick
is very backward in studies. his record
shovs. AL he can speak Is GreeR'
Latin, French, Spanish, German and
couple of other languages. He Is also
a dull scholar Of athletics For IN
stance, he doesn't shine in baseball n
his class any more than do Babe Ruth
and Ty Cobb in theirs. furthermore
He could spell when two years OLD.
He could recite the multiplication
table at three He was graduated from
thigh school at /, having taken the 4
year course in three years. He is tha
youngest student In the freshman
class. Harvard's latest prodigy is the
son OF Dr. and Mrs. C. l. Santae al
WapwaIlopen.
Dissatisfied with market prices.
which they declare are much too low,
Cane God cranberry growers plan 70
/ hold back shipments untn conditions
are more favorable. Growers claim
| SO q barred would be fstr price,
The selling price has been set at $3.50
a barrel By the American Cranberry
Hnehange In New York. They point
o de net that pdckers are demanding
rom Is cents TO 81 an hour. and es-
iuaAe tho crop will be % per ceut
h0t ot last years. Barrels cost q
a. - per cent more than last year,