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

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Sections q taskeoland
3ns unusually lhRsS nnmb@ q Is
deyuees DEGREES. vare. g!nnted, q the
HnaaAon ~, tssm q seuse just
Gauoed.
A football stx1ktns ass1nse boys
poGlkst which contained two explosive
caps resultsd IN his dea1A u . hos
pltal IN Broekton. Mssa"
A ms-ysar embargo a im2xts of
potatoss b proposed IN . bm intro
dncsd n Congress By Representative
Hnesey, Republican. Of Name.
Acting Gov. Claiming Con. q 4ass-
achusetks has signed the b@ nIng
the eompensation Tor Legislators
serving IN the present spesial session
At $30Q
Charles d Woods. for q pears d.
rector >of he Maine Agricultural sta
ton ct the University Of Aadna, has
been summarily removed By The tus-
tees of ne university. f03owng his
refusal to resign
Rhode Island again takes the lead
of all other Nov England sentas IN
the sales Of War Savings Stamps per
eaptta, - shown by the --latest odscaai
figures complied by The Savings Dau-
sion, Fsesk redera Reserve D4stricA
ALLEGED 70 have charged excessive
prtces for Q speetM dinner eerved the
day Of the HAvard- Yale soothaA game
q New Haven, the Bond Hota Co.
rnc., has been indicted by the Federal
grand jury Sor violating the Lever
ack.
Henry yallansbee Long. private
secretary TO the governor has been
named by Governor Coolidge as COM
missioner Of corporations and taxa
hon, to succeed William D. +. Trefry.
The position carries q salary OF $S0Oo
q year.
Nine silver foxes were stolen from
the Shefheld Fu1 Farm In Florence,
Mass, and four more were found dead
from poison. The two-acre farm 10
operated by c. A. Shehhem, whose
animals won prises in q recent fox
show IN Boston
The explosion Of three 40-gallou hot
water tanks In the cellar suddenly
awakened SIX families occupying an
apartment house in the Woodfords dis
trtct, Portland, Maine. Although walls
and partitions were badly damaged.
no ons was injured,
Miss Haeonor Calnan Of Methueu,
Mass-. appearing before the lawrence
Municipal Council, urged that body to
20 on record as favoring asking Con-
gress to pass legislation that will
foeoe the mills to operate stx hours
Q day, five days . week.
A bond Of 5000 was provided by
Raymond II. Healey Of New Britain.
Conn, until q few days ago vice pres
ident of the United States Bank there,
when he was held for the Superior
Court charged with endorsement Of
5000 Of the banks funds
The entire womens voting hst Of
Boston is to be discarded neH year
and each Of the 73,473 women now on
the List must register again. The rea-
son Ia that there Is no record In the
election department Of the heights
and weights Of the women voters.
Judge Dubuque sitting In the Suf-
folk Superior Criminal Count, Boston,
stated that N I had my own way
about It, I would send every one con-
victed Of robbery away for HE. !
have done 60 before and men are now
serving LIE sentences for robbery"
Sidney L. Holt, the hermit Of Wan
tastiquet mountain" died recently at
the Brattleboro. VT, Retreat, where
he had been an inmate at intervals
since 1879. He had q shack on the
mountain side, where he spent much
of his time writing poetry and play
ing violin.
Provisions have BEEN made for
handling crowds Of autoists seeking
their 1921 registration plates, but re-
ports from the State House, Boston.
say that not enough persons are call
ing at the Offices of the Highway Com
mission to get their plates to keep
the clerks busy.
The governors and governors-elect
of the six New England States will
be the guests at q dinner and recep-
tion rendered 10 Vice President elect
Coolidge, on Dec. %, at the Hotel
Somerset, Boston, BY the members
of the Joint New England Commis-
sion on Foreign and Domestic Com
merce.
The Massachusetts Chamber Of
Commerce has put itself on record as
favoring reasonable Legislation On the
right to issue dnd sell corporation Sc
curities, and also as favoring an in
ternational exposition to be held in
or near Boston In the year 1895. in
commemorative Of the landing Of the
Pilgrims.
Miss Gertrude Hennessey D-year-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mra. Arthur
Hennessey o4 Worcester. Mass, bound
and gagged herself, according % the
detective bassau Of the police depart
ment, which has closed its investisa-
ton OF the case. She told story Of
having been held up at the point Of a
revolver and thrown into q second
floer closet. BY thug, after having
her WRISTS wrapped in tape and q
chemise and discarded curtain peaced