The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-12-13

4 ut NewtanNlllc. Mass
Rev. Albert G. Dieifcnbach. pastsg
of the First Unitarian church, Hart
1 ford. was elected editor ~ the thrss.
ton Register of Boston, the leading
Unitarian periodical In the unitrh
4 States
Boston is TO have the tirsi hospiisl
e. the United States devoted erCis-
siyely 10 whooping cough cases.
Charles r. reakcs. former irsRstwS
or OF the Y. T.. Attcaux company. isao-
ton. dealers In dye stufrs and chem
icals, was found guilty OF the larccW
OF about $4,000 from the At,cass
! company.
william +, liiil. 70. and his Wits.
Maud T.. 81, died at Boston from xas
poisoning. An open gas heater -
their room. which had apparently
gone out during the night, told IL
story They leave Ave children.
John Riley, 10. Of Hyde Park, Mas.
was killed by falling from motsv
truck on which he was stealing rtda
Harry G. Hutchinson, member e
the Pittsfield, Mass. license commlD-
sion, was badly slnshed In the thrnof
by an unknown man who escaped. v
Is thought the wound will not prvvO
fatal. The cause OF the assault In ~
known.
The Rochdalc, Mass. mills wev
obliged 10 run shorthanded because
40 many Of their employees were hunt-
Ing for deer.
Postmaster Murray OF Boston asa
bis supervisory assistants are engages
In preparations for the rush OF Christ,
mas mail which win soon begin 70
descend on the postofiice and coo
tinue with increasing force until ~
holidays are over
Howard Ward, 20. was killed whco
his clothing caught and he was swirl 4
about by the machinery In an Ea9t
Milton. ass, quarry.
AT the annual meeting OF the Mains
Hotel Proprietors association Lervy
ID. Moulton OF Portland was chOsW
president,
At the election OF officers Of 10
Maine Rairymen's association at New
port. Me, Guy G. Porter OF Houitss
was chosen president
The Edison Electric Illuminating
company Will have TO pay verdicts n
$3.50 for conscious suffering and 500
for the death OF Archie l.. King 81
Danvers, Mass, who was fatally ~
jured by an automobile Of the -.
PENDANT company.
Former Mayor Fitzgerald OF BostOo
voiced his preference for Congress
man Gallivan In the mayoralty cos
test.
John c. Wells Of Boston, a memfsr
Of the marine corps, died at Quincy.
Mass, from fractured skull receives
when he was knocked from the steT0
OF trolley car by crowd.
Daniel N. Waltz, who, AS assistaA
superintendent Of Pine Grove cerDc-
terry, Lynn, Mass had supervised the
digging Of more than 800 graves, dieS
suddenly In the cemetery just after
he had marked out the locations tor
four more graves.
Nayor-Elect Sullivan OF Salem
Mass II one Of the few men ciiosen
for city executives who is subject 10
the selective draft. lie Is 20 years
OF age.
While a passenger in a trolley car
at Boston Mrs. Helen Walsh, 81, gave
birth to nine pound girl baby.
Boston mdrinc insurance under
writer's say that the declaration Of
war on Austria VIII not mean any
change In marine rates.
Miss Mary A. Cannavan, %, VAS
struck and killed by train at swamp
scott, Mass.
Because OF the evident reduction ~
upland game birds In Massachusetts.
sportsmen Of the state are talking ~
advocating radical change In tho
game laws Of the state which VIII
prevent all hunting Of game birds nea
autumn.
An organization known as the Hons
Liberty Associates, composed OF In
mediate relatives Of more than TO-
Medford boys In government services
il being formed at Medford. MasA
The object IL to furnish articles nerd
ed by the boys befc-e going across
the water, and TO provide for their
welfare In other ways.
The Republicans not only sweW
Massachusetts In the recent election,
but triumphed with the smallest eE~
pendItures Of cash In recent yenrA
The party's financial statement. flied
with the secretary Of state, shows nm
outlay OF only s31,793.
Secretary Noble OF the Brewery
Association Of Massachusetts declares
that the increase I'm the license vote
In various Massachusetts cities shows
q decifed reaction against the nat!oo-
al prohibition movement. ~
In twenty-six working days tho
Groton Iron Works has completed Ut
Grotor. Conn, on what was formerly