Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-11-16
NUMBER 46.

Two Of the three state armories
that were ordered closed because OF
failure to recruit units for the new
national guard, are to re-opened by
Adtt. Gen. Jesse 3. Stevens. on the
urgent requests of citizens, who now
feel that It wni be possible TO fh
outfits. These armories are at New
ton and Attleboro, Mass. The ban II
stu on that at Milford.
As q preliminary to the disposition
Of the cases Of Thomas Manley and
Raymond Swszey, charged by game
warden with having fur bearing AMI
mails Illegally in their possession,
Manley and Swazey were ordered BY
police court to release forthwith %
large skunks held in Captivity in
East Springfield, Mass. against which
numerous complaints have been made
by residents because Of the odor.
A trio Of boys Of 1s, who had or
ganized as CLUB" for the purpose
Of stealing "just for the love Of the
excitement" as they had read GER
tain amateur cracksman hero Of all
Juvenile Libraries had done, admitted
In the Portland, Me-. court that they
had committed eleven robberies In
the Deering residential section of the
city the past few months. They were
sentence dto the state schol for boys
during their minority.
Unless 200 riveters, who quit work
at the Fore River shipyards, Quincy,
Mass, go back to work this week the
plant vii be forced to shut down. sad
an official of the company. Six hun
dred clippers, caulkers and filters
were thrown out Of work ON account
Of the riveters' vacation" and anoth-
er 200 were told TO take a week of.
The riveters, whose strike is unau-
thorized, met and voted to remain
out. They expect their international
headquarters to authorize the strike.
A million dollar deficit for the Bos-
ton Elevated appears on the balance
sheet for the first quarter Of the
trustees fiscal year made public by
Auditor ]. b. Moran. Of1cials look for
better conditions, however, and expect
a profit before the year Is up. Each
revenue passenger has cost the Ele-
waited 11.4 cents during the three
month"; period ending Sept 80, while
total receipts averaged only 1923
cents per individual Total expendi-
lures for the same time exceeded re-
eeipts by the amount Of $1,039, ,147.31.
Friends of Horace r. Graham, ex-
Governor of Vermont, who called at
his room in a Montpelier hotel to ex-
press their sympathy, called again
within FIVE hours to congratulate him
on the change in position in which he
found himself. Shortly before noon
he had been sentenced by the gu
preme court to the states prison for
not lens than 1--WE nor more than eight
years, for larceny Of state funds.
About the middle Of the afternoon a
messenger was sent to ex-Gov. Gra-
ham carrying to him from Gov. Per-
cival M. Clement a fun and uncondi-
tional pardon
The commission to consider an In
tsrnational exposition for Boston In
1925 gave a dinner at the City Club
TO get the opinions Of some Of the
leading business men Of the city as to
It's practAcahlty and the possible
benefits of such an exposition. Joe
Mitchell Chapple said that It was his
experience on recent western trip,
during which he spoke before 20
chambers of Commerce, to find that
people everywhere are expecting Bos-
ton to stage such an event, and many
expressed themselves TO him as eager
to take advantage Of such an op-
portunity to visit this section Of the
country.
: Prohibition Is believed to explain
the notable decrease Of inmates In
Massachusetts, penal institutions, in
come Of which there has been 100
percent thinning out Of wet" offend
ers, according to the prison census
made public by the Massachusetts,
Prison Association. Jafls In some
places have been closed while others
harbor only half the number OF pre-
prohibition inmates. according to the
report. The population Of prisons on
July 1, 1919, when prohibition went
into effect, was 3.615, but at the end
OF the first three months It had fallen
TO 1,S9ea decrease OF 71s. Daring
the year ending September 80, 1920.
d,ere has been a further loss OF 5A.
leaving the number 1852. q decrease
OF 1,36s or 81 per cent, as compared
with July last year.
Master mechanics at the Boston
Navy Yard are 10 receive $14 to $1e
q day under the new wage schedule,
while assistants are awarded $1z a
day, the new schedule going into
erect last Saturday. This scale
places the navy yard employees among
the highest paid tn the United States.
The $16 grade Is given to the master
mechanics IN the huM and machinery
divisions as well as IN the electrical
and stipfttsr shops Master mo
charics holding the position Of mold
'er. pattern maker. coppersmith. plum
ber, bo1ermaker and joaDer receive
'$14 per day. The master mechanics
h the boat shop, sailmakers, ship
vrightS master painters and the as
Astsnt masters IN the machine ehoc,
electrical shop and in the shfpAtten
shop are 10 receive 81 psrday.
The trial Of Miss Georgia Tib6ets
oe Damartscotta, Me-, who has been
indicted by the grand Jury at tho pres
aat session Of the Lincoln county Su-
preme Judicial Court On ths cAarss
Of assault with intent to b1l, SR the
alleged shooting Of her father. Sam
usl Tibbetts at the Tibbetts bsrm in
Damarfscottar hast August, has been
postponed to the next term Of court.
In April, 1891 ON account Of the
health Of T1bbetts, who has not yst
fully recovered from the effects Of
the bullet wounds.