The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16

immediate service as hrcmcn and
coalpassers on the great merchant
ships nov under Government con"
tral." he continued No Americas
young man can render greater pat
riotic service al this time than TO en-
roll in the engine department Of a
Shipping Board training shin and thus
help relieve the shortage that n al.
ready so serious
Three hundred men outside OF draft
age and between the ages Of eighteen
and forty years inclusive possessing
the qualifications named below arc
desired for the G02d Engineers, Camp
Devens. Mass at pay ranging from
s33 TO s96 per month Liihographers,
Bridge foremen, Electrical Engineer.
Mechanical ESngineer, Surveyors and
Topographers. Topographic Drafts
men, Mechanical Craftsmen. Pho
tographers. Quarry Men. Carpenters.
Bridge Carpenters. Blacksmlths. Con.
crete Workers and Masons, Riggers.
Boatmen, Cooks, Axemen, Miners.
French interpreters. Boat Caulkers.
Construction Foremen General
An influx OF New Hampshire week
end visitors to the northeast Massa-
chusetts cities since May |, when pro
hibition went into effect In New
Hampshire was predicted as reason
for increased trolleyrlding on tho
Massachusetts, Northeastern Street
railway by Representative Arthur l..
Mason OF Haverhill In the course OF
his argument before the Public Ser
vice commission against the com
pany increasing its rate of fare Law
renee, Lowell and Haverhll are ex-
pected 10 be visited by throngs OF
Granite Staters each Saturday and
Sunday since the sale OF all intoxi-'
cants is prohibited In New Hamp-
shire.
One OF the heaviest explosions OF re-
cent years at the plant OF the Ameri-
can Powder company at Acton. Mass,
destroyed wheel mill and shook the
with a force that aroused
sleeping residents of towns miles
away. No employees were in the build
Ing at the time and nobody was in
jured. 1t was impossible TO deter
mine the cause OF the explosion,
An appeal has been issued by the
Navy Department for gifts of sex
ants, chronometers, aneroid barom-
tiers, binoculars and spy glasses.
anyone willing to give an instrument
0 the Government may send II, tagged
With the donors name and address. to
Ion Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant
'ecretary OF the Navy. United States
laval Observatory, Washington, d. g.
'uch donations will be sent to Wash.
ngton free Of expense by the hydro
raphic office, on the ninth floor OF the
Boston -
Mayor Peters states that he be-
ewes II police women were to be
ppointed In Boston to patrol the
ommon and other breathing spots
ley should come under the same
cad as the regular police He said
lere isn't day passes that some
erson does not come to his office to
ivocate the appointment OF women
)lice officers
The fact that a man Is In the draft
&c will not prevent his enlisting In
le Engine Department of the Mer-
lant Marine, according to Heary
oward National director OF recruit
g for the United States Shipping
oard Men who have been actually
)t Join. There are number OF va
Incies In this branch Of the mer-
Iant marine. Applications for enlist
ent should be made at the Customs
,use. Boston
The poultry trade OF the Boston
uit and Produce Exchange has vot-
to offer prize for fhe best mar
poultry produced In New England
the season Of 1918. but the details
the awards have not yet been
rked out
New Englands Quota.
quota In the second
At is 27422 New Englands quo
is 51,942
The New England States quotas for
, second draft are
ssachusetts .:...,.........27,42 ,422
lne ..,.,.,...#,.,,.,..., 4,OZ6
W Hampshire ............. 1851
IHoHl .'-.s s't.'-'s'.tt'..'t.t Zt3ot
nnectlcut ...........,.... I0,O9B
ode Island ....,........... 1858
'otaI ...,.....t...,,,t.. ,D42
he second draft viii take 80. .731