Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

Dr. Orrin G.. Cilley, surgeon general
Of Massachusetts under Gov. Butler.
died at Boston He was in his 18th
year.
More than 10000 persons witnessed
the dedication of the new synagogue
Congregation Beth Midrash Hago-
dal at Boston. Elaborate ceremonies
appropriate to the occasion were car
ried out.
NJ Miklatarian, &c, and his cousin,
Setrak Pazain, 81, were accidentally
asphyXiated by gas at Chelsea Mass.
Fire in the Rem building, Pittsfield,
Mass, caused damage estimated at
more than 100000 The structure
was of brick, three stories high.
Charles \. Saywood, an Ipswich,
Mass, attorney, was disbarred by
Judge Shattuck of the Essex county
superior court. Saywood was charged
with violating his oath and of conduct
unbeCOming an attorney.
Fort Hill, the summer residence
near Pittsfield Mass, of William
Bryce of New York, was burned The
loss is $125,000. The building was
one of the finest country houses in the
BerkshireS.
Roswell G. Mackenzie and Milo L.
COnger of New Haven were drowned
off Bradford, Conn Their boat cap
sized as the men were seeking to get
ashore from rocks where they had
been hunting ducks.
George NJ. Fellows, Sub-mastpr Of
the Edward Everett school, Boston,
for more than thirty years. died at
his home in that city. lie was a ma.
tive of Bristol. n. II.
Rita Clark, 21a, burned to death at
Boston. The child's hair caught fire
from gas jet.
Wesleyan college undergraduates
voted at Mddletown, Conn, to discOn-
tinue intercollegiate relations in
track, lawn tennis and swimming dur
ing the war.
Edwin P. Seaver, who for twenty
four years was superintendent of Bos-
tons public schools, died at his home
at New Bedford, Mass. Tie was in
his SOth year.
Michael Mahar, 4S, an employee Of
HOlihan Bros, brewers, was shaken
off one of the firms trucks at Law
renee, Mass, and killed.
Arthur Lord of Plymouth was elect
ed president of the Massachusetts Bar
association.
There are 116,SOS male voters reg.
istered and 21,5lS registered women
eligible to vote for school committee
in Boston. III 1916 there were 118,100
men and 1O,51S women voters.
John H. Field of Randolph, Mass,
just retired from the position of sec
rotary of Norfolk Union lodge, A. F.
and A. NJ, after forty seven years,
was probably the oldest lodge secre-
tary in point of service in Massachu-
sets, if not in New England.
Archibald Mcneil & Sons company
of Bridgeport, Conn, filed petition at
Boston asking for the appointment of
a receiver for the Bay State Street
Railway company.
J-dge Stone of Providence ruled
! that a father, even though appointed
guardian of his sons estate, cannot
claim compensation from the estate
for support of the child during his
minority.
Three German spy suspects have
| been arrested at work in the yards
of the Fore River Shipbuilding com.
pany at Quincy, Mass, where Ger
mans have been discovered working
in the shipyardS under the protection
Of Russian names and declarations Of
Russian citizenship.
Leo Le George, IS, was instantly
| killed when he was struck by d train
at NewtonviIle. Mass.
Rev. Albert c. Deffenbach, pastor
of the First Unitarian church, Hart
ford, was elected editor of the Chris
ton Register of Boston, the leading
Unitarian periodical in the United
! States.
Boston is to have the first hospital
y the United States devoted exclu-
sively to whOoping cough cases.
Charles e. Peakes, former treasur-
err of the f. e. AtteauX company, BOs-
ton, dealers in dye stuffs and chem
icals, was found guilty of the larceny
of about $4,000 from the Atteaux
company.
William T. Hill, 80, and his wife,
Maud T., 81, died at Boston from gas
poisoning. An open gas heater in
their room, which had apparently
gone out during the night, told the
story. They leave five children.
John Riley, 10, of Hyde Park, Mass,
was killed by failing from motor
truck on which he was stealing ride.
Harry c. Hutchinson, a member OF
the Pittstield, Mass, license commits
sion, was badly slashed in the throat
by an unknown man who escaped. 1t
is thought the wound will not prove
fatal. The cause of the assault is not
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