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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
Here and There.

On June 25th, which was the forty
fifth anniversary Of the Custer massacre,
was rs-snacted the battle Of the Little
Big Horn with United States cavalry men
and members Of the American Legion
taking the part Of General Clusters i'll
fated forces and the Cheyenne and Cow
Indians representing the attacking Sioux.
General Custer was probably as popular
an Indian fighter a. ever took part in
such scraps In the United States; and
besides, his encounter with the Sioux,
which resulted In bis death, and the al
most entire determination OF the three
troops of calvary under his personal
command, was about the last OF Indian
battles In this nation. For many years,
there lived In the neighboriug town OF
Poland, Q veteran of the Seventh Cal
vary, who was Q non-com personally at
tsched to General Custer, and who was
with him on this Inflated morning OF
June 20. 1915, and who came out OF the
battle with bis life because be WAS sent
with . dispatch to General Reno. This
man, whose name was Wight, died q year
or two since In the soldiers home In
Togus.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
Card of Thanks.

We,wish to express our thanks and ap
probation to friends and neighbors fol
their acts Of kindness, and to Arthur 8
Foster Post and the Women's Auxiliary
also the Odd Fellows of Mount Mic,
Lodge, and to all who sent the beautiful
flowers, also to the Rev. Mr.. Wilson.
=. MRS. A. j. FOSTER.
MR. AND MRS PERCY MILLETT.
MR AND MRS. MAURICE PENCE
Mr. AND MRS VINToN FOSTER.
Mr.. AND MRS LLOYD POSTER.
RAYMOND FOSTER
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Wednesday afternoon two barns In
North Yarmouth and East Gray and q
woods camp were burned, and another
barn was discovered on FIRE but by sharp
work Was sxtinguished. Near one Of the
burned barns Young man was apprs-
hendsd, who proved to be . deaf mute
By the namo Of Pleury. m inmate Of the
Maine Home for the Feeble Minded. Hs
went through pantomims to the officers
which evidently meant that be set the
fires, and there seems to be little doubt
that this was the origin of them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Frank j. McNsal, Caribou farmer,
driver Of IN automobile which killed
nins-yssr-old James Patterson Tuesday
night, has given bonds In the sum OF
5000 for appearance % court to answer
the charge Of manslaughter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Sundays rain stopped and brought
under control number of forest fires In
different parts Of the state. One OF the
most dangerous was In the woods near
0quossuc, which several hundred men,
women and children had been fighting,
and which bad become 10 severe that the
summer guests were leaving because Of
ths sitting smoke.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Mise Marion Alden, II years of age,
employed 10 Q waitress at Trip Lake
Camp, WAS drowed In Lake Trip Friday
night By the overturning Of . canoe.
Her companion, Willls 8. Kimbsll OF Po-
land, 81 years Of age, had . narrow O.
cape from drowning In his efforts 10 save
her.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

TERMS ,-slISos year II paid strictly IN advance.
Otherwise s9i6 year. single copies cents
ADVERTISEMENTS: An legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions FOR el.o
per inch In length OF column. Special con
tracts made with local, transient and yearly
advertisers.
Jos PRINTING New type, rsss presses, electric
combine 70 make this department Of our ousi-
Jnsss complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Cheapest accident insurance-Dr. Thomas
gencies. Al druggists sell t. 60 and 600.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Feel languid. weak. run DOWN. Headache2
Blood Bitters Ask your druggist Price, 81 Is.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

There 10 man out In Chicago who says
ths human race Is deteriorating, espe
clally the female portion. he ought 10
know, for he Is ninety.one years old. He
ought to know about the women for he
has had three wives; and perhaps the
fact that he has just divorced his third
one might be taken rs evidence that
wives in general were growing worse. In
cOuct, he said, my first wife was pretty
coed; my second was just medium; and
my third no good at ALL" This mans
name 10 Ambrose ]. Rose. He asserts
he 10 through with all women, although
one wonders IL he won't conclude to con-
clude his studies and see just how fas,
they go down hill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
In Fl Eh a;sffE q J. GRANT, In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt. }
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge OF the
District Court of the United States for the
District Of Maine:
FRAZIER j. GRANT of Mexico, In the
County Of Oxford, and State OF Maine, In said
District respectfully represents that on the 2sth
day of January, 1871, he was duly adJudgeo
bankrupt under the Acts Of Congress relating 70
Bankruptcy; that he has duly surrendered al
his property and rights Of property, and has fuliy
complied with all the requirements OF SAID Acts
and Of the orders of Court touching his bank
Wherefore he prays, That he may be decreed
by the Court to have full discharge from az
debts provable against his estate under saio
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are ex
cepted BY law from such discharge. ,
Dated this 25th day Of July. A: D. 1921.
FRAZIER J. GRANT, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE. So. ,
On this 9Th day Of August, A. D. 1921, on
reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court, that hearing pc han
1871, before said Court at Portland, in said Dis
trfcs, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Oxford Dem;
0crat, newspaper prnteu IN sdiu Disuicb auu
that all known creditors, and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place,
and show cause, II any they have, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not be granted.
And 1t is further Ordered by the Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred.
iiors copies of said petition and this order, ad.
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge
of the said Court and the seal thereof, at Fort.
land, in said District, on the 9th day OF August
A. D 1921.
iL.s.l GEO. C. WHEELER, Clerk.
A true copy Of petition and order thereon.
1924 Attest. GEO. G. WHEELER, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Some People We Know, and We Will
Profit by Hearing About Them.

Some People We Know, and We Will
Profit by Hearing About Them.
This is a purely local event.
1t took place In South Paris.
Not In some farawsy place.
You are asked to Investigate 1t.
Asked to believe citizens word;
To confirm citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home
IL more worthy OF confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
A. W. Lord, carpenter and builder,
Gothic Street, South Paris, says: II was
annoyed with kidney trouble for several
years. Ny back was weak and lame, es-
specially on arising of Q morning.
could hardly dress myself az the shoot.
ing pains caught me across my back, ev.
cry little move I made. Ny kidneys
didn't act regularly and the secrstions
bothered me lot by being too frequent
10 passage. There was sediment in
the secretions, too. Seeing Dosn's Kid
ney Pills advertised led me to try them
and they soon relieved the trouble. Four
boxes cured me and am pleased to rec.
ommend this remedy"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remsdy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Lord
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mrs., Buf.
falc, N. Y.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
SUNDAY, 2l,

Q 90 AIM. Camp Meeting Love Feast.
20 8n. Sermon, Rev. L. n. hnrlip, ID. D., LII. D.
President Of Boston University.
Q 90 P. n. kew n. e. Wark, d. d.
Boston University,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Asa 'just verdict" which meets with
almost universal disapproval, the case Of
the acquitted ball players furnishes the
most striking example that has been
seen 10 Some years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

An italian newspaper has been taking
. straw vote, on the question as to who
Q woman would rather be II she could
change her personality. A majority Of
them, according to answers received,
would rather be Eve, because shs would
have no competition in getting hus-
band, and the husband could truly sing,
"Only One Girl In the World for Me-.
Those who did not want to be- Eve,
thought they would rather DO Mary Mag.
dalene, because after enjoying al the
sins Of the world they could be forgiven,
become saint and then enjoy all the
pleasures Of heaven.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

An Armenian dumping through the.
streets Of Portland recently In wooden
shoes created quite q sensation on GER
tain thoroughfsres 40 Portland 10 rather
unused 10 this foreign fashion In foot
gear. The presence Of the woodsn-shod
individual gave Q certain touch Of for,
eiEn picturesqueness which lent color to
the claim that Portland Is on her way to
become q great immigration port.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09

Probably the smallest three-mssted
vessel ever seen 10 Portland hsrbor IL
the Sl-ton schooner Souvenir, which put
In there recently on the way from Digby,
n. s., for Gloucester, having for cargo
ia. 900 pounds OF fab. The little craft
Is only 81 feet 10 length, and 10 feet
beam, and 10 equipped with two gasoline
engines, one Frazier Of Is horse power
canadian make) and . Hartford of 10
horse power. The Souvenir 10 owned
and manned BY Capt. Clubhouse Of Bliss
Hsrbor, N. B., who 10 proud Of his little
craft. The schooner was originally rugged
a. two-master, but three years ago she
was enlarged and third stick added,
the engines also being placed aft, they
giving her speed Of about eight knots
In ordinary weather.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
FRAZEE MUST GIVE
BASE FOR ALIMONY
Examination as to His Prop
erty Ordered.

Harry IT. FTazee. head or several
theatrical enterprises and owner of the
Boston Red Sox. must present himself
next Monday before tho Special Term OF
the Supreme Court for examination as
10 his property and ability to provide
for the aupport OF Elsie Frazec, who
is suing him for divorce. and his iS-year-
old son. Harry II. Frazee, Jr
Justice Lydon In the Supreme Court
denied a motion yesterday TO have set
aside an order granted by Justice
O'Mailey directing him TO appear for
examination. Leon Laski. attorney for
Mr.. Frazee. urged that his client be re-
iieved from answering questions as to
his property pending the outcome OF the
trial lie said that Mrs. Frazee would
not be entitled to such Information until
after the issue or unfaithfulness had
been determined.
1t was pointed out b. Justice Lydon
IN his decision that the courts pass
upon all questions involved In d.
vorce proceedings including the amount
OF aliinony TO be paid. nj the trial. He
said there was no assurance that Fra
zee would be present or examination
at the trial. Nathan burkan. attorney
for Mrs. Frazee said that F'razec has
not intcrposed any answer to his wife's
complaint.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
BABE RUTH PURSUED,
THEN CHASES BADGE
Finds Man He Feared Was
Only a Gas Inspector.

Babe Ruth, who is prominently asso-
ciated with professional baseball. was
driving his automobile along Mott ave.
nue., The Bronx. at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning. accompanied by Mrs. Ruth and
two friends. At lelst street Ruth was
stopped suddenly. according to the story
he later told the police. by man IN a
flivver. who displayed shield. Ruth
stepped on the gas and sped. When he
saw the stranger was continuing in the
opposite direction he turned about and
gave chase.
At 13sth street and Canal Place Ruth
swung his car In front OF the other and
halted as Patrolman Otto of the Alex
ander avenue station. approached. Otto
took the occupants of both cars to the
station, where the stranger said he r.-s
Joseph Valentine OF 1s5 East 10th street.
n salesman for the Consolidated Gas
Company.
The badge. Valentine explained. was
one of those furnished by the company
to its employees lie denied attempting
to halt Ruth and said the badse must
have come into view when his coat
Tapped open. Ruth declined TO make
q complaint. He said:
i've seen n good many kinds of
badges since I've been driving this car.
This was q new ono and ! wanted to
make sure what 1t was
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
OIL WASTE IN HARBOR
FOUND LESS PERILOUS
Inspecting Party Sees Recla-
nation Plant at Work.

Capt. David c. Hanrahnn. u. S. NJ,
Harbor Supervisor. and shipping men
who have been studying the fire men,
ace in the harbor due to waste oil poll
luton, made an inspection trip in the
bay yesterday. Special attention was
paid to Erie Basin. Gowanus Canal and
the Kill van Kull, where. according to
Eugene F. Moran. OF the Moran Towing
and Transportation Company. great
diminution OF the quantity OF oil on the
surface of the water was noted, chiefly
due TO wind and tide.
William B. White. who was with the
party as representative of the Board
OF Underwriters. said his organization
was considering the Imposing OF pen-
alties in increased fire Insurance rates
on water front areas where the condi-
tions are most serious.
Capt. Hanrahan said he believed the
fire peril could be decreased 60 per cent.
II local shpyards would install waste
catching systems similar to those at
Newport News. Along the South Brook
lyn shore the committee saw how q pri-
vate concern cleans oil barges with
steam and pumps the emulsified oil into
settling tanks for reclamation. Several
such processes are In use.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
MAGAZINE SOLICITOR
IS HELD A PRISONER
Youth Pockets Money He Col
lects, Is Charge.

A young man. who described himself
as Herbert Mengel 20 Of As Nostrand
avenue, Brooklyn, and who is accused
Of soliciting advertisements and sub
scriptions to various publications and
pocketing the money, was rcmanded to
jail until next Monday by Magistrate
Sweetser In the Morrisania court yes
terday.
Mengel. guilty of a technical charge
Of disorderly conduct, was arrested on
complaint OF Charles Stark owner OF a
laundry at 924 Cauldwell avenue. The
Bronx. Stark said that when Mengel
solicited an advertisement from him he
at once recognized the youth as one to
whom he had paid $2.35 for an advertise
ment about year ago when he was
running a laundry In West 160th street.
The advertisement never appeared. said
Stark.
Mengel carried with him letter of
recommendation saying he was compet-
ing for a scholarship at Columbia Uni
versity. The letter purported to be
signed by George Morrison and was
on letterhead OF the Eastern office
of the Publishers Circulation and Ad-
vertising Company. 3s1 Fourth avenue.
The police say Mengel admitted having
stolen the letterhead when he was en-
ployed by the concern some months ago.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
TWO SLAIN IN ROWS
in ROOMING HOUSES
Greenwich Village and Gas
District Have Stabbing
and Shooting Affrays.
KNIFE WIELDER FLEES
Cause of One Tragedy Is
Mystery-Tenants Late
in Giving Alarm.
LANDLORD is ONE VICTIM
Made Target by Workless Man,
Who Kills Himself With
His Own Gun.
LANDLORD IS ONE VICTIM

Death by stabbing and by shooting
came to two men last night as the
result OF rooming house quarrels, one
of which resulted in the serious wound
ing OF a third, and both of which
caused great excitement in their neigh
borhoods. The first affair stirred
Greenwich Village. the second Ave-
nue. A and Eighteenth street.
Just before IL o'clock a rooming
house at IL Charles street began to
emit lodgers, all shouting at the tops
of their voices and looking for police
men. A block away. at Tenth street
and Greenwich avenue, two firemen
were found. Frank Powers and John
Mahoney OF Engine Company IS. and
they were pressed into service by the
excited dodgers. who failed to dis
tinguish their uniforms in the dark.
Not understanding what was the
matter Powers and Mahoney accom-
panied the crowd back to the lodging
house where, lying on his back in the
hallway of the third floor. they found
the body of Joseph Swat, otherwise
Joseph McNulty. with a hole in his
back made by bread knife.
Inside q room Jointly occupied by
Swat and Joseph Sanders. also
known as Darcy, there were signs OF a
food was scattered about the floor. The
knife with which the stabbing evidently
had been done also was there, but there
was no sign of Sanders.
Two women who lodged on the second
floor said they had heard a man run
down the stairs after hearing quarrel
on the floor above, bolt into the bath
room. lock the door and climb out to
the roof OF shed. Darcy. It Is said, is
known to have been in the room a short
time before the quarrel began, and he
Is being sought by the police. Two
weeks ago Darcy left st. V!ncent's Hos
pital, where he had been operated on
for appendicitis. Swat was a barber,
about 21 years old.
At about the same time John Surhr, 81
years old. landlord of 2Ss Avenue A, was
made the target for three bullets fired by
a roomer. Paul Spehmhek, an iron
worker out OF work. SpehmhelI then fired
two more bullets into himself, one Of
which ended his life. Surhr was struck
in the right eye and the right shoulder
and is in Bellevue Hospital in serious
condition.
Spehmhek was back in his rent. and
Surhr, his landlord. had told him yester-
day he would have to pay up or move.
Sam Austerman. another roomer, with
whom Surhr was talking when the IRON
worker approached. said Spehmhels
shouted. Now I've got your just as he
fred his first shot. Policemen took Surhr
and Spehmhek to the hospital in taxi
cabs
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
HAD ONLY A NICKEL,
SHE DESERTS BABY
Wife, Abandoned by Husband,
Expected Kind Person Would
Find Hungry Child.

Almost every one will understand
that Mrs. Margaret wiles did not want
to abando her baby to the mercy of
strangers, but, as she said yesterday
to the police, there vas very little else
that she could do In fact at the time
she couldn't think of anything else to
do. because she had just five cents in
the world and no Job and no friends
husband. she said. mad left her.
So on August / che took the baby
then only twelve days old and requiring
constant care. to- North Beach and
she hid him carefully in the tall grass
feeling sure that some one would find
him and take care of him. Two or
three hours later Theodore Opperman.
special patroiman. heard cry and
found the child and took him to the
Cumberland Street Hospital. The doc
tors there said that he was healthy
youngster but that he had not received
sufficient food at any time in his life.
The detectives tried for some time to
find the mother of the baby, but they
were not able to until yesterday. when
they located Mrs. Vines at the home of
her aunt % Forty-third street and
Ninth avenue. She was arrested AID
told the police that she had job and
had been trying to find out what had
become of her baby, but could not She
was held by the police and will be ar
raigned on a charge of abandonment
in the Long Island city police court
to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
IMMIGRANT QUOTA RULING
UPHELD, GREEK LOSING PLEA
Judge Mack Decides Arriving Aliens Included in
Monthly Surplus Must Be Deported Cannot Re-
main and Wait for Next Admission List.

The Commissioner General of Imnii-
grafton was within his powers when, un-
der the new immigration limitation act,
ne divided the annual total OF admissible
immigrants into monthly quotas and
ruled that immigrants arriving after
monthly quotas are filed must be de-
ported and not detained so as to allow
them to enter under the next months
quota. As n result of the foregoing rul-
ing yesterday by Judge Julian W. Mack,
in the United States District Court,
George Philipaccpulos. a Greek immi-
grant. who arrived August 90 after the
months quota had been filled, must return
TO Greece and cannot be admitted under
the September quota. His entry was
sought upon writ of habeas corpus,
which the court dismissed.
Judge Mack. In dismissing the writ,
handed down an opinion which affects all
immigrants beyond the monthly quotas.
The opinion follows. In part
While the act doee not specifically
authorize the fixing of the monthly
quotas. 1t does provide that not more
than 20 per cent. of the total number
or any nationality admissible in the
fiscal year may be admitted In any
month. II this provision stood alone it
The New York herald., 1921-09-09

might with greater force be contended
that the express power of exclusion,
when the entire fiscal years quota ie
exceeded, precludes the implication OF
the power to exclude, and per-
mits, therefore. merely the de-
tention until the next month after the
monthly quota has been exhausted. But
II is to be noted that the act does not
provide that for any month 20 per cent.
must be admitted-only that this shall
be the maximum in any month.
Clearly the fixing of the quota for
each month Is thereby made essentia. !,
and 1t is. therefore. fairly within the
power granted to prescribe rules and
regulations.
Immediately succeeding this 20 per
cent proviso there are. however. further
provisos giving. In the enforcement of
the act, preferences, so far as possible,
to certain classes. 1t is difficult to see
how the giving of these preferences
could be effectively provided for unless
there were power to exclude the arrivals
in excess OF the monthly quota.
For this reason. I'm my judgment.
the power to proride for the exclusion
of the excess immigration in any
month falls fairly within the power to
make rules and regulations necessary to
carry the provisions of the act into ef-
feet"
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
COURT WRIT SAVES
15O FROM EVICTION
Bronx Negro Families Get Re-
lief Just in Time to Save
Their Homes.
REPAIRS FIGURE IN SUIT
Landlord Accused Of Fostering
Conditions So as to Utilize
Tenement Law.
REPAIRS FIGURE IN SUIT

One hundred and fifty negro tenants.
including more than sixty children,
were saved from eviction yesterday by
Justice Francis Martin in the Supreme
Court. who granted an injunction tenn
porarily restraining the Tenement House
Commissioner, the Superintendent OF
Buildings and the Police Commissioner
from disturbing the occupants OF ole-
$50 Mott avenue. The Bronx.
Harold Riegelman lawyer, OF so Wall
street, told Justice Martin that the
buildings had been allowed to fail into
such condition that snoring was neces-
sary and that when the Commissioner OF
Buildings ordered the snoring to be done
the entrances and exits were blocked
SO that tenants had to climb out OF the
windows. Then. according to Mr.. Rlegei-
man, the Tenement House Commissioner
fulfilled his functions under the law by
ordering the premises vacated.
THE question raised" said Mr.. Rie-
gelman, 'is whether the operation of the
rent laws can be evaded by letting prop
erty run down to where building In
spector sees fit to call the building un-
safe In case of fire or otherwise. where
upon the Tenement House Commissioner
can order the tenants out.
After they get out the landlord can
fix UP things In perhaps half a day and
then deal with all comers at arms
length. getting about as much rent as
he cares to ask.
''It would seem at first blush that
landlord could deface the front of his
building. get the department to order
some repairs. block the entrance so that
insufficient egress exists in case of fire,
have the facts reported to the Tenement
House Commissioner and the latter may,
under the provisions Of the New York
city charter. send his own men with the
assistance OF the police and clean out
the premises without ever seeing the
inside Of court house"
Several OF the employees OF the Tene-
ment House Department, accompanied
by policemen, were ready to begin the
eviction when they were halted by the
temporary injunction.