Oxford Democrat., 1921-10-11
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankesland

Sections Of Yankeeland
Frank Littlefeld Of Lyman, Me-, ex-
hibtted at Goodwins Mills fair. yell
low raceoon, so light that In certain
lights 1t would pass for white. The
animal was recently caught alive in
q patch of corn, near LittleAeld's farm.
The Boston fishing schooner May
flower will not be allowed to enter the
preliminary races of here Oct. II to
pick a defender Of the international
FSherman's Cup. This was decided
BY q unanimous vote Of the race COM
mittee.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge will
make his first public appearance IN
Springfield, Mass. since taking ONCE
at Washington when he speaks at q
dinner to open local community
chest drive. The dinner viii take
place Oct. II.
The record of Medical Examiner
Thomas B. Smith shows that So per
sons were killed in Lowell streets in
the past 13 months. In addition TO the
fatal railroad accident In Bnerica
there were q few minor accidents In
Lowell streets.
Increased express rates on the Ban
gor & Aroostock railroad in Maine,
fled by the American Express Com
pany last June and ordered suspended.
have been declared by the interstate
commerce commission to be unjusu-
fed and formally set aside.
At the annual convention Of the Ma
tsonal Woman's Relief Corps, aux
iliary to the G. A. R., held in Indianap-
oils, Ind, Mrs. Agnes H. Parker OF
Boston, who has just closed sue
cesssful year, as National patriouc
instructor, was elected National presi-
dent.
A young girl at the Dedham. Mass
High School was sent home with q
letter to her mother. for coming 70
school with rolled down stockings
The School Committee previously is-
sued an order forbidding High School
girls to wear rolled down stockings
in school.
The body of Melville Kimball, lath-
er. aged 6S, Of Saco. Me-, who left MS
home Sept. 8. 1919, to pick cranber-
ries at the Great Heath, a vast
stretch of waste land in the northern
part of the city. and wes never seen
alive afterwards. was found in SIT
ting position under a tree In that Sec
ton.
Appraisal Of the estate Of the late
William F. Armstrong Of New York
shows that he left property valued al
s1.822,192 net. Public bequests ex'
ceed $1,OOO,OO0, including speclne
bequest of 100000 and the residuary
estate amounting to $726,7S6, tc
Wesleyan University Of Middletown
Conn.
After nine years of retirement from
long and unusual career IN public
service, Brig. Gen. William G. Ca
pelle died in his home in Brighton
Mass, at the age Of SS. For years he
had been the sole remaining member
of the military staff Of Gov. Andrew
In 1864. In succeeding years he hae
served ON the 3taf1s Of seven othel
Governors.
Judge Morton, in the Federal Dis
trict Court, Boston, handed down
decision in the case Of the Franct.
Drug Company against ProhiDit1oI
Director Potter for the return OF the
LIQUOR seized from the drug company
and inferentially states that It Is fol
the court to order the return OF tnt
LIQUOR and not the commissioners. un
der the prohibition act.
F.M. Wilcox, chairman Of the Wis
consin industrial commission, ad
dressing a general session of the ma
tional safety congress at the State
House. Boston, auditorium, expressed
the opinion that industrial employer.
should be held responsible for all d.
ceases contracted by their employees
during their employment in theil
particular lines Of industry
Aversion Of labor to accepting wori
at reduced wages ives assigned as
cause of some unemployment by Ros
we'll F. Phelps, Director Of Labor Sta
tistics of the Massachusetts Labor De-
partment, the first witness heard BY
the National Employment Conference
committee on unemployment statis'
tics. which set to work to detehmins
the extent and volume Of the Ma
tion's involuntary idle.
Boston has 37S local trades unions
and rs central unions or councils, &C
cording to figures contained in an In
dustrial directory OF labor organiza'
tions issued by the Department o
Labor and Industries. The total mum
ber of the organizations Tn the State
according to the publication. is 2079
of which number 145 are National. g.
State, District and Trades Councils
119 Central Labor Unions and Coun
sils and 1884 local trade unions.
Three divisions OF New Engian<
troops, including one from Massachu
setts, will be modified as part Of th'
regular army reserve. More thai
10000 officers and men will be mum
bered in the three divisions In time
OF war, and about rs per cent OF tht
strength will be included at all othel
times. It is to allocate the recruitinl
Of the Gath division Of Massachusetts,
The s7th division will be enrolled froo
residents in Maine, New Hampshir'
and Vermont, while the 76th division
will come from Rhsde Island and Coz
lecticut.>