Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items of Interest From All
Sections of YankeeIand

Mrs. Rosanna Dilodne of Bangor
formerly of Portland, has been ap-
pointed matron of the New Red Cross
house a. Carp Devens for the com
ing summer. Her new duties will be-
gin about May first.
Louis K. Liggett of Boston has ac-
cepted a position of recruiting Off
Ger for the United States Chipping
Board at a salary of 81 a year. He
will use his chain of 5000 drug stores
as recruiting stations.
Governor Mccall has signed the bill
to allow an addition to Boston's tax
limit to provide al increase in the
salaries of the Boston school teach
ers. The bill adds 10 cents this year,
40 cents next year and SO cents each
thereafter to the tax limit for salary
increases.
At Providence, R. |. The Standard
OIL Company, will have a wharfage
front of 1000 feet at it's new station
location on the east side of the har-
Dor. A pier with a frontage of 500
feet had been planned. Options on
more land have been taken by agents
of the company within the last few
days.
A bill designating the Iayffower
trailing arbutus) as the official
flower of Massachusetts was passed
by the state senate. 1t passed the
house last week and now awaits the
signature of Governor Mccall. A ma
Jor1ty of the school children of the
state recently voted in favor of the
mayflower,
The Government has taken over
the big plants of the Bosch Magnetic
Company at Springfield, Mass, and
Plainfield, N. J. and directors will be
named by Alien Property Custodian
Palmer to conduct their operations.
Investigation showed, it was an
nounced that the company is entire
ly enemy owned
T%hirty-five thousand men. women
and children of the many nationali-
ties which go to make up the popula-
ton, marched in Friday Liberty Loan
parade at Lawrence, Mass. Six years
ago, Lawrence had it's first Flag day
parade, a protest against the mo God,
No Master" banner, which had been
carried in an |. w. w. parade. and
Fridays outpouring was an equally
emphatic condemnation of the efforts
Of German militarism for world do
minion.
A letter received from his aged
father in Italy by Chester Grillo,
twenty-three years old, of No. 20 Han
cock street, Dorchester, Mass, urg-
ing him to get onto the job of fight
Ing the Huns quick" sent the young
mar to the headquarters of the Ward
II Exemption Board. Although ex-
empt as an alien he will go to Camp
Devens. He is six feet three inches
tall, weighs 1913 pounds, and is clas-
sifed as one hundred per cent, per-
tect physically.
April 17.-Morris Mcdonald was re
elected president and Charles H.
Blatchford clerk of the Maine Central
railroad, by the directors, following
the annual meeting of the %stockhold-
ers at Portland. All the directors
were reelected, except that the va
cancy caused by the death of Seth M.
Carter of Auburn vas not filed.
The directors were authorized to is
sue bonds for not more than $3,000,-
900, as deemed necessary from time
to time, for betterments to the system
and for the purchase of new equip
ment. The question of an agreement
with the federal government for com
pensation for the operation of the
railroad was left with the directors.
The Navy Yard witnessed one of
the biggest flag raisings in its his
tory when the Honor Flag Of the
Third Liberty Loan swung to the
breeze last Friday. The yard went
lover the top" the day prior with a
subscription of yer $780, 900, and the
loan committee at the yard hopes to
see this amount doubled before the
first of May. Only $4,000 however
was needed to assure the yard of its
flag. Eight shops in the yard have
"come through" with 100 per cent.
subscription and several more are
above the 95 per cent mark. There is
keen rivalry among the workers to
see who will subscribe the largest
amount. One worker, earning s23 a
week, took out a $1,000 bond.
Boston last Friday saw its second
parade in the interests of the third
Liberty loan. In sharp contrast to the
great outpouring Of civilians who
marched through the streets for many
hours on April 6, the demonstration
was wholly of a military and naval
character. 1t was designated not
merely to stimulate the buying of
Liberty bonds but also to call atten-
ton to the lessons of Patriots day, a
legal holiday in the state In commem-
Grafton of the battles of Concord and