The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-27

ccmpromlse 10 the general aan hlli
was expressed In ire annual meeting
ot the Connecticut valley waierWaF-
/ Asycc alton a, srrnsaeia,
Tho Nrw ragani Iipn aad Hard
ware Association held w. seih annual
hanaapt Il, the Hotel Somerset nas
isoa wiiA more thaa ss,igatfon GOO IN
( the hrayy Steel, hardware and iohb'nr
i interests represented Il MsE vic
Tor, banquet Charles w Henderson.
president ~ tho sssocialion presided
/ About $1,000 worth of liquors were
selrcd at Bus,on ~ Federal aaihori-
: ties on the steamer kershaw ~ tho
4 Merchants and Miners Tranapor'a'
I ton Company The steamer was
/ about 10 leave for Norfolk Va, !, Il
claimed that the liquor was taken
aboard hy members Of the crew. ON
cials of the company and the captain
I OF the steamer assisted the autbori-
Ties in rounding up the bottles
Naval officers ss Newport, X l.. an
nouncc that the mystery ship
+ Charles Whittemore would be stripped
OF her naval eauipment and returned
10 her owner, Charles Bo~les ~
\ Eockland. Me, from whom she was
1 chartered for the duration OF the war
/ The whlttemore, four'masted
schooner, had concealed in her hold
full torpedo apparatus and went In
search of German submarines. hoping
10 be attacked. She did not succeed
in encountering any enemy ship
Oficers were reelected. On the
board Of directors Harrison H. Free
man was chosen To succeed II. Hart
! Fem OF Wethorsneld, CT. Frank Nc
/ E,wain, OF Holyoke and Charles H..
Beckwith OF this city TO succeed the
late r. w. Leete and Emerson w
Oatley. both of this city Martin 4.
Brown OF Lincoln N H.. was chosen
! ir place OF Winston Churchill OF Cor
nish, N. H.. and L, G. Robertson OF
II nsdale, N. H.. IN place Of Philip w
Ayres OF Concord, y. II.
The Committee on Public Health
gave q herring on two bills. one IN
4 troduced by Rep Dean Of Minot and
the other by Rep. Iiussey OF Blaine.
which would no, only prohibit the
manufacture and sale Of cigarettes In
Maine. but the smoking OF them ~
well. Rep. Bean sad he introduced
his bill AT the request OF some travel
ing men and he declared that he re-
gartled. cigarettes a. exceedingly
harmful to young boys and that their
use should be stopped.
| Mr.. Wheeler said there are fully
1900 900 acres Of good land In Mass
achusetts that could be used 10 such
an undertaking. He showed that
many Portuguese and Poles have
settled on farms here and are making
them pay. The present scarcity Of
farm labor he attributed largely 10
the fact that farmers have not paid
suficient attention to providing de-
cent places for their employees to live
, In and have not treated them prop
erly.
The proposal to create q commits
sion, to investigate and report plan
for developing the Mystic river and
its tributaries by strengthening. deep
4 ening and widening the channel
above, Wellington bridge and drain
| Ing adjacent marshlands was sup
ported by oficia's Of Medford, NAL
zen, Someryille and other municipal
ties in the valley Of the river. before
the Massachusetts legislative com
mittee on waterways and terminals
would cost about 100000,
Lieut.. Roger w. Rowland. son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Sleigh Rowland Of
Springfield. Mass., one Of the most
popular Of American aviators. has
returned TO this city. Lieut.. Rowland.
who has three Hun planes TO his
credit oticially and who IL unof'Icial-
Ivy accredited with drowning II
planes, war night leader with the 9th
Aero Squadron Of the lst Pursuit
Group. He was the only member Of
his flight of eight men left In the unit
when the war ended. six Of the avia-
tors having fallen victims to the Huns
and one having been taken prisoner
Maj II. r. Reed Of the Massachu-
sets adjutant generals Office told
the Legislative committee on military
affairs that the number Of Massachn-
sets men who have died during the
war. either on the field OF battle or
| from illness, Is estimated at between
1000 and 10000 He said the state
has records OF but $4,000 OF the 49,
600 men who went into the service
from this state. Mai. Reed. who is
in active charge Of the Massachusetts
soldiers and sailors information bu-
reau, supported bin to create u
commission TO prepare suitable
testimonial for each soldier, sailor
and marine from Massachusetts The
major said the information bureau
viii soon 20 out OF existence and that
the proposed commission could take
up the work the bureau must leave
uEdone).