The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-12-08
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
News Of General Interest
From the Six States

Boston's district population places
It In the fourth place In the list OF the
Nations greatest population centers.
according to q bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society.
Three children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam J. Harding were burned to death
when an overheated kitchen stove set
IRE to their home, No. Beverly, Mass,
while their mother was purchasing
provisions at store some distance
away.
William Fl. Campbell, 70. who, in a
fit, OF dependency shot himself sew
eral days ago, died, suicide by
hanging, rather than go to Boston City
Hospital, where the police were about
TOT take him as helpless and friend
leafs person.
Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, just
graduated from the Naval War Col
lege, Newport, r. l., who has been
named as commandant OF the First
Naval District to succeed Rear Adj.
miral Albert Gleaves will assume
command on Dec. 81.
Fire in a barn adjoining Fairholt.
Burlington, VT, the summer residence
Of Henry Holt, New York publisher,
damaged property and livestock valued
at $25,000 The barn and other nearby
Buildings were saved. About 80 ami
mails. including three pure, bred Ayre-
shires, were lost. ~ M
An oak tree. one OF the landmarks
In Southboro, Mass, was destroy ed
/, during the sleet storm, when it was
oserburdened by the. snow and ice
and crashed to the ground. John P.
Burnett owner .16f th6 tree, stated
that tree expert placed the age OF
the tree at 900 years. -.
Harold Eastman, o farmer, -. of
Etow. Me-, was taken for a deer and
KILLED while hunting With Sidney san
born and Erville Fernald on Rattle
snake mountain. Both thought he was
a deer and Fernald is reported to
have fired They went in from the
Carroll N. Fl. side of the mountain.
{ Immigration authorities at Port
land, Me-, are determined to end the
practice of aliens entering this eoun-
try without proper inspection and In
spector Samuel H. Howes announces
that Francis Bolduc his wife and nine
children had been deported and were
On their way back to Victoriaville.
Quebec.
Charles F. Mason, award 'S2, bur-
Aar of Harvard University, affection
ately known to thousands Of Harvard
men. who has handled billions there.
Ii to retire on June IL next, at the
dose of his 34th year Of service in his
present position, and will be on leave
Of absence from active duty during
the period from Dec. I to June IL.
! The bunting season in Maine exact
ed toll of IA lives, five more than
last year. Four hunters were killed
In mistake for deer. three accidentally
shot themselves one was accidentally
killed by a companion, game warden
was killed by the overturning OF his
Automobile two were drowned, two
bied from exhaustion and exposure
Ind one was lost In the Woods.
| Mrs. Il. NJ. Richards Of West New
ton, Mass, has recovered part OF
khe jewelry, valued at $500, which
WAS stolen from her home on Thanks
giving afternoon. The articles were
found behind some shrubbery on Bed
FORD street near Hill street Lexington.
Mass, by John Fitzgerald and Earle
Ind Joseph Fardy. all OF Lexington.
rhe boys showed the jewelry to their
parents. who in turn communicates
with the police.
Walter H. Western, former presi-
dent of Smith & Wesson, pistol manu-
kacturers, and eldest son OF the late
Daniel b. Wesson. founder Of the Arm.
as dead in Springfield, Mass. aged n.
lIe was a former alderman and park
commissioner and served on the COM
mission that erected the municipal
group buildings. He had, been ssso-
;ciated with the pistol mandatory
since leaving school.
Retail meat prices advertised in st.
Paul newspapers at from one-half to
bne-tifth the prices charged In Boz
Ion caused establishment among Bos-
hon retailers who profess themselves
Unable to account for the wide dis
pregnancy in food prices in the two
bities. Asked why Boston retail meat
prices should be twice to FIVE times
higher than the advertised prices In
st, Paul, dealers threw W their hands.