Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-02-03
NUMBER S.

The first liquor license Issued by
the license commission for 1870 and
the first to be issued since wartime
prohibition went into effect July /,
1919, was granted to Abraham Robin
ovitz of Worcester, Mass. The IL
cense permits him to sell alcoholic
liquors for other than beverage pur-
poses in quantities Of not less than
6ve gallons.
Elmer Jared Bliss, presiden. OF
the Regal Shoe Company snd former
president of the Boston Chamber OF
Commerce, has been awarded dis
tinguished service medal by the war
department in recognition OF his WORK
in equipping the United States troops
in France and COblenz, Germany,
with q foot-measuring and shoe-
fitting device.
The Newport, RI. Minister'S Union
sent the following telegram to Chair
man Page of the Senate naval com
imttee: Ministers Union urgently
requests that fullest possible examin-
alton of naval abuses at Newport Do
included in your investigation. we
agree with Bishop Perry that the man
responsible for the conditions should
not appoint an investigating commit
tee."
The presidency Of Technology is to
remain vacant indefinitely. No tenn
porary successor to Richard Z. Mac
laurin is to be named. Instead the
functions of the Office are to be car
ried on by an administrative commit
tee of three from the faculty, this
committee to have the cooperation
of a special committee of three men,
hers of the executive board OF the
corporation.
Completing tow of $50 miles, the
steam trawler Sea Bird reached ''f'
wharf, Boston, with the Curlew,
sister trawler, disabled by a broken
steering gear. The Curlew's quad
rant broke as she was about to start
for port A jury gear was rigged,
but it did not prove effective ana the
Sea Bird was requested by wireless
to stand by and pass line as soon
as the weather moderated.
Walter C. Adams, director Of the
Massac chusetts state department OF
fisheries and game has issued an ap-
neal in behalf of the useful wild birds
of the state which, he says, are IN
danger of starving because Of the Sc
verify of the weather. He asks that
such birds be fed and announces that
grain for that purpose will he shipped
by the state free Of charge to inter-
ested persons who will apply to his
department for It.
Dennis H. Finn, former member
af the Massachusetts legislature and
for wears prominent in Lawrence pol
itics, was granted commutauon OF
his sentence in state prison, where
he had served four years OF an eight
tn nine year term for assault with
intent to murder Paul NJ. Hannigan
of Lawrence. The sentence was COM
muted about an hour after the funeral
service for Mr.. Hannigan was con-
Quoted at Lawrence.
Mrs. Ida Garvey Of Burlington, Vt,
| has asked the authorities TO assist
her in locating her son, Walter ).
Garyey, who has been missing since
Ian. 8. On that date the youth sent
his mother a telegram from Fred.
ericksburg. Va, saying that he was
on his way home Mrs. Garvey says
that her son suffers loss of memory
whenever slightly i'll and that she
fears that he has been injured and
unable to reveal his identity.
II Ia learned from Ralph II. Gask-
ell. agent of the agricultural service
for Essex County, Mass, that farm
ers throughout that district are Co
operating more earnestly than was
anticipated by the United States
Agricultural Department and the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College in the
movement for pure breed COWS. IN
a recent carload of cows from Maine
were nine pure-breed Ayrshire, OF
which three were purchased Dy
John S. Lawrence Of 80 Common
wealth avenue, Boston, who conducts
an extensive farm on Ipswich road,
Topsfield. and the remainder were
purchased by DR.. r. w. Babson OF
Gloucester, G.. f.. Stillings OF Sau-
gus and A. II. Coombs Of Amesbury.
Several of the cows have records OF
more than 10000 pounds Of milk pro-
duction each per year.
Hero dogs in the future are TO De
decorated for their bravery. No
longer will "Rover" be merely tossed
an extra bone when human life Is
saved by his bravery for the Eastern
Dop club, which is the big dog Or
panization in New England, an
nonnces that annually they will pub
Iicly present medals to dogs who
have befriended the human family
in moments of stress. The frst
public decoration of dogs for bravery
WIN take place at the Boston dog
Show. which opens in Mechanics
Building on Washington Birthday.
The Winchester Arms Co. of New
Haven, Ct., Of which Louis X. Lig-
gett of Boston. head of the iggett
chain of drug stores, ~ a director
and stockholder, will soon launch a
group Of retail hardware stores In
Boston in the heart Of the downtown
shopping and business district These
stores are to be strung from the At
lantic to the Pacific. The WincheS-
ter Company will make an especial
effort to sell to women. There VIII
be staff of women clerks to initiate
women customers into the mysteries
or hardware goods.