Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-02-24
new ENGLAND news
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Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankee!aad
It is reported that Gov. Hnhken
of Maine may withdraw as cannl-
date for reelection at the June prim-
ary.
Two runaway Everett Mass. boys
were found on q train at Baltimore
beating their way home from Wesh-
ington.
L. B. Johnson Of Randolph was
elected president Of the vermont
Press Association at its annual meet
Ing at the University Of Vermont
Despite an increase in revenue Of
s659. 800, the Rhode Island Co., Pro
yidence, last year operated Its troll
lev lines at a loss Of 81 .0S3 ,379.52.
T. w. A. Smith, q retired florist
committed suicide In his home Bidde-
ford Me-. by inhaiing gas. He was
"a years old and had been despond-
ent.
A Worcester man is suing for di-
vorce because he alleged his wife beat
him when he asked for any money,
after having turned all his pay over
to her.
Unofficial reports by federal census
enumerators show that there Is a
probability that the taking OF the
census of 1920 will result in the loss
of one Vermont congressman.
Is shovellers employed by Orr's
Islaud, Me-, went on strike for 30
cests an hour instead of % cents
Finally the men agreed to return to
work at the old scale Of wages.
Dolphus Danault, 45. Of North
Adams and Wilfred Gosseiin. 22, OF
Lacolic, Canada, were arrested on
charges involving smuggling Cana
dian white whiskey over the border
Fire, declared by the police to have
been set, partly destroyed the oid
Hopkins Hotel Providence. The
hotel, one of the oldest in the city
has heen in service since stage coach
days
Lewis Lewis Of London, friend OF
Lloyd George, now in Boston, says
the fact there are two Irelands pre-
vents solution of problem there; be-
lieyes justice will be done when they
get together.
William P. Carroll. Q convicted
forger, and former Lynn shoeworker'
has been taken back to state prison
at Charlestown after q three-year
chase that extended over approx
mately 10000 miles.
Ida Belware, 40, Southampton was
found by her husband, Frank Bel
ware, lying on the kitchen hoor OF
her home with q bullet in her head
and another through her body when
he returned from work
Eldred G. West. "a, who served in
battery A 143d field artillery. 2sth
division, during the war, was killed al
the Fields Point R. L. plant OF the
Castner Curran & Bullitt Company
when he was buried under tons OF
coal.
James B. Perkins Of Boothbay Har'
Dor. Me-, telegraphed to Washington
his acceptance Of his appointment on
Jan. q as federal prohibition direc
tor for Maine. The directors oiice
will be established at the Bath custom
house.
Charles Lamar, Marlboro. Mass
aged 40 and blind, attended the re-
bearsal of a church choir Of which he
ia director. When he was ready to
return to his home he found It I'm
possible to get conveyance, 80 ne
walked, a distance Of four miles.
Alarmed by famine conditions OK
listing In many snOwbound towns OF
Rhode Island, the General Assembly
drew up special bill to appropr-
ate $4,000 for relief. Hundreds OF
men we're put to work shoveiing away
the snow which cuts off supplies from
many towns.
Fines of $1,000 each were imposed
by Chief Justice Aiken Of the super
Tor criminal court Boston. upon the
Bay State Fishing Company and the
John Burns Company for allowing fish
to remain In cold storage for more
than a year without notifying the
health officials.
w G Miller, a member OF the
Rhode Island Fish and Game Asso-
ciation, starting with rs pounds OF
grain, travelled on srowshoes from
Providence to Milford, Mass, scat
tering the grain along the way Tor
the birds which have been hard hit
by the heavy SHOWS.
Opponents of the bill to legalfze
the manufacture and sale Of ale, beer
and wine in Massachusetts. contain
ing not more than 4 per cent. OF al
conol began before the legislative
committee on legal affairs, their re-
piies to the arguments Of the pro-
ponents Of the bill and similar meas
ures.
Two days after William Sims OF
Saugus Mass. a grower Of fancy corn
had ploughed under his 5000 crop
last year, because he was told BY a
state inspector that he must do 80
owing to the presence Of the corn
borer, he was visited by another in
spector. who told him that the ofi-
cials had changed their minds and
that 1t was not necessary that the
corn be destroyed. Mr.. Sims wishes
the state to compensate him for his
loss, and he told his story to the conf
mittee on agriculture, which has his
claim under consideration.