Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-08-02
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items of Interest From All
Sections of YankeeIand

Many protests against form Of in
creases in freight rates were made at
q hearing before the New England
public service commissions.
Rev. Richard Thee Beussel, pastor
OF a Lutheran church in Bristol,
Conn, was found guilty Of seditious
utterances against the United States
government.
Massachusetts and Connecticut
have shook hands on an agreement
for Joint prosecution of reckless
autoists who violate the dazzling
headlight laws.
o. E. l.. G. Hohenthal of South
Manchester, Conn, was reelected
patriarch Of the National Division,
Sons Of Temperance of America, in
convention at st. GATHERINGS, Ont.
The price of coal In Portland, Me-,
and vicinity has been fixed at $12 a
ton by the Portland advisory COM
mittee, A discount of per cent is
allowed on bills paid within 10 days.
Forsaking his pulpit, to play Ten
nights in barroom," Rev. Robert L.
Downing, pastor Of the Christian
church, Providence, R. l., once we'll
known tragedian, will return to the
! stage.
At Lewiston, Me, an electrical
storm brought 1876 inches of rain
within few hours. The farm build
ings of Herbert w. Pride, Auburn,
were struck by lightning and burned
to the ground.
Burglars demolished the safe of
Postmaster H. H. Garfield at North
Woodbury., Conn, and took away
$4,000 worth of Liberty bonds,
Thrift and War Savings stamps and
securities of which he had been made
custodian.
Professor Frank Vogel, chairman
OF the New England third liberty
loan drive of American citizens Of
German ancestry, has completed his
report, and it shows that $1,000 sub
scribers in Few England total s5,-
100000 worth Of bonds.
Total war risk insurance carried by
officers and enlisted men In New
England on June 80 was 20,000,000
according to figures received at the
bureau. OF this amount, S11 900, 900
was carried by officers, and the re-
mainder by enlisted men.
George H. Shuman, son Of A. Shu-
man, Boston, has announced his in
tention of contesting the will of his
father, on the ground that in dis
posing of his property the testator
unjustly Disseminated against him
and in favor of the five other child
rem.
One year of trial has been suf1-
Client to prove that the new law
which enables an injured workman to
select his own physician to care for
him Is a failure, according to Chair
man William W. Kennard of the In
dustrIal accident board Of Massachu-
sets.
The Coyote, the first wooden "vic-
tory ship" built at Providence, X. l.,
has departed on her trial trips and
will soon enter the cargo carrying
service of the government. The Coy
ote is a steamship, and a sister ship,
the Hokah, is almost ready for pre-
liminary trials.
The unprecedented price of $29.75
q barrel was paid at Gloucester, Mass.
for salt mackerel. The opening price
of s2710 paid Tuesday of last week,
was unusually high for midsummer
salt mackerel, but the rapid increase
of $2.65 per barrel caused q sensa-
ton at the water front.
| Union leaders at Pawtucket. R. l.
reported that $50 of the 300 mill
hands forced out of work by the
strike of loom flxers in that vicinity
now in its third week, had obtained
employment in munition factories and
pther industries and that the number
was steadily increasing.
More than 1900 recruits for the
merchant service training course OF
the U. s. Shipping Board have been
secured in the past four months. 40
cording to a statement from Henry
Howard, director of recruiting for
This service. The men are being
trained on four ships stationed at
East Boston.
Rioting by crowd of Polish women
m Easthampton occurred at the plant
Of the West Boylston Manufacturing
company, when men employed to
take the place of the striking weav-
ers went to work, and again at noon.
The police force was unable to cope
with the disorder and tho state guard
was called out
At Augusta, Me, the tie at the
state primaries between Frank M
Hawkes. OF New Gloucester, and Will
liam L. Cobb OF Westbrook, for the
Republican nomination for county
commissioner OF Cumberland county
was settled in favor OF Mr.. Hawkes..
-k-- A.. .acratary Of state drew lots