Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-15
new ENGLAND NEWS
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| Items Of Interest From NJ
Sections Of Yzheeand
Gov. Nathan L Miller Of New
York has accepted the invitation OF
Middlebury VT College to deliver the
commencement address on June ~.
President and Mrs. Harding have
been invited to make Newport, R /.
their summer home during Mr.. Hard
ing's term office as chic executive
Of the nation.
Robert Reed, 32-year old Orlando
Florida "newsboy," has recetFed no.
tification that a wealthy uncle has
bequeathed him a joint interest In q
large hotel in Bar Harbor, Me.
The Vermont Senate followed the
example of the House and passed a
bill providing for eastern standard
time throughout the state. The bill
makes no provision as 30 railroad
schedules.
Because Philip Rawsly. Jr, 3, Of
229 Dewey avenue, Pittsfeld Mass,
can swim, he is alive. He fell into
the Housatonic river and kept above
water in a swift current 10 minutes
until rescued.
The state health authorities have
completed plans for abandoning Peni-
keee island, Buzzards bay, Mass, as
a leper colony and for the transfer OF
the patients to the recently estab-
nshed federal leprosarium at Car
vile, La.
President Harding will be present
at the Pilgrim tercentenMy ceie-
aid to charity work in Boston, accord
ing to the announcement by William
Carroll Hill, secretary of the Pflgrom
tercentenary commission Of Massa-
chusetts.
Catherine E. Callahan. @ years Old
Of Lynn, Mass, widow Of Morris Cal
lahan, died after an illness Of three
weeks. She had paralytic shock
Four hours later Mrs. Callahan's
daughter, Mildred, 16 years old, died
| from the same cause.
/ Raymond ]. Porter. Is, Of Hartford
who pleaded guilty to embezzlement
Of $155,000 from the Hartford, Conn
Trust Company was sentenced to the
state prison tro from three to six
years by Judge Haines in superior
court. He was a clerk in the bank.
Adverse reports on number OF
bills which aimed to establish q sys-
tenn of non-contrtbutory old-age PEN
sions in Massachusetts have been &C.
cepted by the House. The committee
pointed out that the system would
cost the state at least HJoae,Q0 Q
year.
A saving to Massachusetts, G more
than 100000 in this years ex-
penses, thus reducing the state tax
to lost years level Of S14,00o, 900, may
result from the action Of the Joint
legislative committee on ways and
means, which submitted the bndeet
bill to the House.
Discovery of only one "cootte" on
the person Of storage passenger
aboard the steamer SaIonia from
London and Cherbourg to Boston re-
suited in the detention Of the vessel
at Quarantine while the entire pas
senger personnel was deioused TO,
the second time in two weeks.
The finding OF skeleton near the
Lords Point bridge in Stortngton.
Conn, presented mystery to the 10
cal authorities. The bones were those
of a man about feet 7 inches tail.
There was a decayed suit Of clothes
on the skeleton, a Panama hat, brown
shoes and gold-immed gtasses.
The Central Trades and Labor
Union, Providence, R. /. adopted
resolution asking the State Legislature
to pass a bill appropriattng funds for
the unemployed. The measure pro-
vides that the State shall pay
q certain compensation to persons
out of work through no fauft OF their
own.
The mills of the American WOODEN
Company at Moosup, Almyville and
Glen Falls, idle since last June, have
started up. One good order Tor novel
ty goods has come in and several
others are in view. The PlatnAeld
Wooden Company's two mills also
started after many months OF COM
plete shutdown.
Wallace B. Donham, dean Of the
Harvard graduate school OF business
administration, ANNOUNCES that tho
annual tuition of the school Is to be
raised next year from $3.50 to 800,
the latter figure representing the cost
of instruction per student. The gov
erning boards of the University have
approved the increase.
At the annual session Of the Maine
State Association Of Master Plum
bers resolutions were adopted EN-
dorsing without reservation" the
principle Of the open shop and pledg-
ing each member to use his utmost
endeavor to see that the. principle Is
maintained that order may be main
tanned in this republic"
The Germanic museum at Harvard
university, which has been closed
since the United States declared war
on Germany four years ago has been
reopened. The collection Of specimens
and copies Of the German art of the
middle ages and renaissance, includ'
ing some that were donated by the
then Kaiser Wilhelm II decade ago,
sre now housed In new building
provided for in the win OF Adofphus
Busch. The museum VIII be open to
the pubic two days Q week and to
students every da1.
Youngstsr Was Scared.
I had given my nephew 4 knife.