The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-06-20
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From Al
Sections Of YankCeland

dinner. Amherst. Mass. Presldeh
,t.ikloiobn announced that within the
past year aud half he endownt n
funds of the college had been IN
creased by se1a.V00 THIS ihciHues
class riffs TO the alumni fnnd ih'f|
Connie ncement passed the Sooooo
contributed by the following classes
1865 $500, 1871, $500; 1852, sleoo !
1890 $1,000. 1892. $4,000 1898, slS,oO"'
1895 $3.50. 1903, S4Oo In addition 10
this. $4,000 has heen contributed pN
alumni toward the operating dehol' o.
the college for the current year
which viii amount 20 approximately
500 600. The alumni fund at ms
Commencement passed the $-uo'eoV
mark. nj which time the income OF
the fund goes 10 the college for gen
eral college purposes. DURING uh'
past Eve years there has been ap
propriated from the fund for ins'rHt
tion in the college $4,000.
Fire in a storehouse Of the Gtnera'
Electric company in the South 1908.
ton district did damage estimHl'u AT
$4,000 and threatcne' several o'her
buildings. Sparks set fire to a shed
nm tho waterfront, some distance
away. and also started a smaIl p'al'
IN building occupied b. the Armour
Leather company, but both were
Quickly extingushed, The fire was
confined to the fifth floor OF the
General Electric building where
thousands of electric light bulbs were
stored Many of these were des'
troyed. Firemen were Obliged to use
some masks in fighting the iiain'S'
The cruise Of the FIRE was not d.
termined.
Boston. June 6.--Shipments oi sof'
coal into New England fell OF las'
month more than 100000 tons, as
compared with May OF last year. &C
cording TO preliminary reports 10
lanes ]. Storrow. New England fuel
administrator. Unless something
can be done 10 cure conditions re-
sponsible for this big deficit N our
coal receipts" Mr.. Storrow SAID
New England Is faced with no'hlhs
snort of disaster next Winter"
A collision between a local pas
senger train and light engine OF
the Central Vermont railroad be
! tween Burlington and Winoosk
killed five persons and injured sew
eral others. Seven persons were re
moved to hospitals None OF tn
dead were passengers.
The accident occurred in TUNE
when the southbound local IRON
Cambridge for Burlington crashed
head on into the engine. II wa
claimed that the accident was du
10 a mistake in orders for the pas
senger train, which ought to nav
been held at Winooski until the en-
CINE passed north,
The gilded dome of the Massachu
setts state house is to be painted
battleship gray, or covered with can
vas IN make it less conspicuous 7
possible air raiders. The state nous
commission decided on this step are
conference with Rear hdniIrs
Snencer s. Wood commandant OF IN
first naval district, and Brig de'
John w Ruckmap Of the northeas
tern department OF the army IN
dome is gilded with 23 caret gold an
in normal times is Illuminated D
nearly 500 electric lights. The ligh'
however have not been turned on &c
more than year.
Lieut.. T. H. webb, a united state
army aviator, landed at Saugus' VIII
more than 1000 pieces OF mail matte
from New York for Boston " wa
, Boston's first airplane mail. III
trjp required three hours and ~ mi
utes. In making landing at u
aviation field at Franklin park mel
Lieutenant Webb's machine ran I'M
, a pile OF soft earth and tipped
, throwing the pilot and his mechal
: ician. Ray Heck out, but neither w
: injured The machine, however, WI
somewhat damaged.
The hope that the appeal TOT u
production Of more food might resu
Q In some increase OF wheat grown
n in the East has been justified IN We
r mont II IL estimated that Stu
bushels OF wheat were grown IN
wear. against rs 900 bushels last yea
The Vermonters have also done w
= along other Ines, for the estimate
WELD OF corn, wheat, oats, barley al
q potatoes in 1917 is 10,69s,0oO bushe
r compared with 7s47.1O0 bushels
n 1916.
pledging the club women OF We
mont to buy no more wheat II possiJ
, until the next harvest and to disco
h time serving refreshments at all
e c,al functions during the REMAND
i OF the war. the Vermont Federati
e n, Women's clubs closed It's annt
. session al Burlington. Mrs GLIB
- p Davis of Windsor was re-elect
president
!. Thus iai only about one tenth