Oxford Democrat., 1920-06-15
NUMBER "a.

A 1o-minute airplane fight, In which
the machine reached an altitude OF
5000 feet, was a feature Of the S7th
birthday anniversary celebration OF
Mrs. Abbie D. Harris Of Brattleooro,
VT, the pilot OF the machine being her
grandson, Fred g. Harris, who was in
the aviation service during the world
war.
Mrs. Mollie Binder, 80, and her
three children were found in bed
dead from gas poisoning. at their
home, IS Lucerne street, Dorchester,
Mass. The mother was despondent be-
cause the family had been ordered to
vacaate the house which her husband
had been forced to sell q short time
ago.
DR.. NJ. F. Fallon OF Worcester.
Mass, speaking before the New Eng
land Federation Of Medical Examin-
ing Boards at the State House declared
that legalized murders are being com
mitted in hospitals by inexperienced
young men, who, as fntsrnes, are al
lowed to operate on persons seeking
relief.
A huge boulder from the shore of
Lake Champlain, erected by the state
of Vermont by the site Of the old Sake
homestead near the Canadian border,
was dedicated as a memorial to John
Godfrey SAKE, the poet-humorist Gov.
ernor Clement, Lieut.. Gov. Mason S.
Stone and other state officials had
part in the ceremony.
Maj. Albert w. Buck, recently ap-
pointed full-tfme health officer for the
Oldtown, Orono, Milford, Bradley and
Veazie, Maine, District, has resigned
to accept a position with the Rookie
feller Foundation Association for
work in France. Maj. Buck is a grad
uate of Bates College, 1912, and took
postgraduate work at NJ. l. T.
Gov. Coolidge of Massachusetts, We
toed the bill providing for state cen
sorship of moving pictures, basing his
objection on the formal opinion OF j.
Weston Allen, attorney general. that
the measure is essentially obnoxious
to the federal constitution. The House
in which the bill originated, sus-
tanned the vets by vote OF 2O2 to IA.
Jesse Pomeroy, famous lifetime
prisoner at the Charlestown state
prison, has been elected president OF
the "Lifers' Club an organization
composed of 154 'life-timers" in pen
in every part Of the coun-
try. The society has been formed by
Captain Thomas Anderson OF New
York. a Salvation Army prison parole
officer.
An explosion of brass pipe bomb
occurred in the basement NScnen OF
the state armory Hartford, Conn
The FIST battalion, Connecticut STATE
Guard. numbering $50 men, was man
euyeripg in the drill shed of the ar
mory at the time and number OF ON
GERS of the State Guard were in their
Offices on the second floor. No one
was injured.
A bomb was exploded under win
dow in the home Of John II. Goss'
Waterbury, Conn, millionaire manu-
facturer and a leader in Americaniza-
ton movements. The damage was
slight The bomb is believed to have
beep placed as a demonstration oy
svmpathizers with the 10000 hands
of the mills here who have been on
strike for weeks.
Never in the memory OF the Oldest
citizen we're fruit trees and berries 80
loaded down with good, healthy bios
SONS as this year. Even the great
peach orchards on both SIDES OF tne
Connecticut river south OF Norwlcn
are in splendid shape IN spite OF the
late cold spells. There Will be IONS
Of strawberries marketed IN eastern
this year.
At 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning
Gov. Coolidge, by the secretary OF
state, Albert P. Langtry, prorogaeo
the Hist regular session OF the Mas
sachusetts Legislature. The legisia-
tive work of the year included the
passing of 629 acts and the adoption
OF IS resolves. OF these the Governor
vetoed two acts and one resolve ana
in each instance he was sustained.
Several avenues Of escape rom
Uharlestown state prison have been
discovered by Warden Shattuck as
result of a complete investigation or
the institution following the break by
Herman L. Barney, Harry Manster
and Charles Ward, and plans are un-
der way to strengthen the prison and
prevent a repetition OF the events
which allowed the dangerous tho TO
gain their liberty.