Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-07-19

! ing from DOQge street at North
Beverly to Wenham lake, known as
Water Works road, Pershing road
Beverly has streets named for every
| President.
Major Edward Ball Cole, awarded
the distinguished service cross by
General Pershing, died of wounds re-
ceived in action. He was comman.
der of the First Battalion of the Sixth
| U S. Marine Corps. He hailed from
| Brookline, Mass, and was a brother
of Brigadier General Charles H. Cole
of the Fiftysecond Infantry. Major
| Cole won distinction by leading mis-
| battalion in an attack ON the Huns in
Belleau Wood, June II.
Approximately 500 men have Joined
the British and Canadian armies in
the last two weeks by enlisting at
the recruiting mission at No. Al
Bromfield street. Boston.
Surgeons of Aver have rejected Is
per cent. of last draft quota as physi-
cal detectives.
Somerville, Mass, unfurled NUM-
cipal service flag containing 1889 stars.
The Japanese ambassador presented
an ancient sword to the town Of Fair
haven, Mass, and expresses his adj
miration for Americas war efforts.
The celebration Of Independence
day in Reading, Mass, was interrupted
by a severe thunder storm, lasting
half an hour. There was heavy fall
of hail that carpeted the ground with
white. No damage to growing crops
has been reported.
More than 100000 visited Revere
Beach, Revere, Mass, the Fourth and
broke the attendance record for the
season at the resort. The might be-
fore" crowd was the largest In the his
tory of the beach. The visitors re-
manned in large numbers till 2 and 8
o'clock and many stayed throughout
the night.
A special session Of the Maine legis-
ldIul6 W tHdCL law li1Ch
between IS and so to work or fight is
suggested in a communication from
Harold NJ. Sewall Of Bath, chairman
of the state public safety and defense
committee.
George L. Hoar of Roxbury, Mass,
young man, was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital in Manchester, N. H.,
for treatment after an automobile &C.
cident. He was found to have bro
ken shoulder and severe bruises. His
father, George Hoar, was killed. Their
machine plunged over an embank-
ment.
A single gold star, set within clus.
ter of 80 blue stars upon white field,
was Hamilton and Wenham's tribute
to the late Maj. Augustus P. Gardner
at flag raising exercises on the Fourth
at the Town Hall in Hamilton Mass.
The 80 blue stars represented the con.
tribution of the two Essex county
towns to the national service, while the
gold one was representative Of the
death in service of the first citizen of
Hamilton, the first from the town to
volunteer for service and the first and
only one to give up his life in the
world war.
One hundred draft law evaders
from Lawrence, Mass, were indicted
into military service by United
States Commissioner J. M. Maloney
in the Y. M. G. A. building at Aver,
Mass. The men were caught in a
roundup of slackers and sent from
Lawrence without having been form
ally taken into the service. The
draft board at Aver gave each man
hearing and few who were physi-
cally unfit were allowed to go.
Vacationists on Boston harbor
steamers or other pleasure craft who
persist in carrying cameras and TAX
ing pictures in Boston harbor are to
be vigorously prosecuted according to
officials Of the first naval district.
A regulation placing the ban upon
cameras was made several weeks
ago. Considerable difficulty has been
experienced in getting vacationists to
understand the necessity Of observing
the rule. Under a new regulation, all
cameras must be left with officers Of
vessel when passengers go aboard.
Lieut. Warren B. King, U. S. N,
Of the transport Covington sunk in the
war zone was uninjured according to
despatch received from Washington
by his father, H. H. King of Portland,
Me. This was Lieutenant Kings sixth
trip in the transport service. He was
married in Portland month ago.
Ensign George Roe Of Scituate,
Mass, an aviation pilot in the Ameri'
can navy, has been captured and Is
imprisoned at Camp Landschut, Ger
many, the navy department was ad-
vised by Vice Admiral Sims.
AS result Of twitting Russian
employee Of the color department Of the
Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper
company, Nashua, N. H., Of his nation
having fallen down In the war, he got
mad and said such things about the