Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-18
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At the Amherst College Alumni,
Inner, Amherst, Mass. President
moixlejohn announced that within the
past year and half the endowment
funds of the college had been In
creased by $675,000. This includes
class gifts to the alumni fund TINS
CONNIE passed the $1Oo,ooo
contributed by the following classes:
1903, $780,. 1877, 5000; 1882. $500;
1890, $4,000; 1892, $1,000; 1898, $4,000;
1853, $3.50; 1903, $500. In addition to
this, $4,000 has been contributed by
alumni toward the operating deficit OF
the college for the current year
which will amount to approximately
10000. The alumni fund at this
Commencement passed the 100000
mark. at which time the income Of
the fund goes to the college for gen.
eral college purposes. During the
past five years there has been ap'
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ton in the college $4,000.
Fire tn a storehouse of the General
Electric cm,any In the South Bos-
ton district did damage estimated al
$4,000 and threatenef several other
buildings. Sparks set fire to shed
on the waterfront, some distance
away, and also started small blaze
in building occupied by the Armour
Leather company, !, but both were
quickly extinguished. The fire was
confined to the fifth floor OF the
General Electric building. wher(
thousands Of electric light bulbs were
stored. Many of these were des'
troyed. Firemen were obliged to use
some masks in fighting the flames
The cause Of the fire was not de-
termined.
Boston, June 6.-Shipments of 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 tt
James ]. Storrow, New England fue
administrator. unless something
can be done TO cure conditions re-
sponsible for this big deficit in oul
coal receipts" Mr.. Storrow said
New England Ia faced with nothing
short of disaster next Winter"
A collision between local pas
senger train and a 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 thu
dead were passengers.
The accident occurred in a tunne
when the southbound local from
Cambridge for Burlington crashed
head on into the engine. 1t wa
claimed that the accident was du'
to a mistake in orders for the pas
senger train, which ought to hav'
been held at Winoosh until the en-
| CINE passed north.
The gilded dome Of the Massachu
sett's state house Is to be painted
battleship gray, or covered with can
vas to make it less conspicuous t
possible air raiders. The state hous
commission decided on this step ate
conference with Rear Admira
Spencer s. Wood, commandant OF tn
first naval district, and Brig. Ger
John w. Ruckman Of the northeas
tern department Of the army. Tn
dome is gilded with % caret gold an
in normal times is illuminated b.
nearly 500 electric lights. The light
| however, have not been turned on TO
more than a year.
Lieut.. T. H. Webb, United State
army aviator, landed at Saugus, wit
more than 1000 pieces Of mail matte
from New York for Boston. It wa
Boston's first airplane mail. Tn
trip required three hours and % min
utes. In making a landing at tn
aviation field at Franklin park her
Lieutenant Webb's machine ran int
pile of soft earth and tipped u
throwing the pilot and his mechan
ician, Ray Heck out, but neither wa
| injured. The machine, however, wa
| somewhat damaged.
The hope that the appeal for tn
| production of more food might resul
| in some increase Of wheat-growin
| in the East has been justified in Yer
mont. It Is estimated that S1,0O
bushels of wheat were grown thi
year, against $4,000 bushels last yeal
The Vermonters have also done we
along other lneG, for the estimate
yield of corn, wheat, oats, barley an
| potatoes in 1917 is 10,69S,000 bushels
compared with 7.S47.100 bushels 1
1916.
Pledging the club women Of Vel
mont to buy no more wheat If possibl
until the next harvest and to discor
tinue serving refreshments at all sc
cial functions during the remainde
Of the war, the Vermont Federatio
Of Women's clubs closed Its annus
session at Burlington. Mrs. Gilbel
F. Davis Of Windsor was re-electe
president.
Thus fer only about one-tenth q
the $7S.O0O,O00 has been raise'
Through the campaign from June
| to June %, the women hope to Gal