The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-13
NEWS HAPPENINGS
Or GENERAL INTEREST
kens Cleaned From All Parts
of New England

bill providing that for registration
and voting purposes a woman may
have a residence separate from her
hxsband'
Gordon l.. Willis Of Pittsheld, Mass
cashier OF the Third National Bank in
that city, has been elected president
u the Hampshire County Trust Com
pany at Northampton. lie IS 81
years old and is the youngest bank
president in Massachusetts.
Eugene and Jane, aged 2 years
and 10 months, twin children of Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Sutter, Pressure Isle,
Me4 were killed by special train on
thei Bangor & Aroostook railroad.
They were walking on the track, hay
ing. gtrayed away from home.
: ThA first automobile ever seen in
Chebtncook, Me, arrived from Green
VIA Five men and a guide covered
the distance of 60 miles, hitherto re
s4rttd as an impossible feat for a
modbS car. The last II miles was
ovet ihe ice of Chesuncook lake. The
running time for the 90 miles was
tso1 fours and As minutes.
= Because they, as aliens claimed ex-
nuutton from the draft during the
WAR for reasons of allegiance to for
sisa rulers these men were denied
citizenship in this country by Judge
Joh2 la. Peters of United States dis
fFict court Portland. They arc Gius-
app1 jPallotta. native Of Italy; Israel
H1at4n, native of Russia, and Sam
mol Absen. native of Russia.
Gbdrge Whiting, who holds the
Hayefhill, Mass, police record for
Having been arrested the largest mum
fer Or times, was committed to the
Ab14gewater State Farm, where he will
16rve, q year. Whiting is AZ, and for
The past % years he has figured ex-
tHnsively in court for drunkenness,
pplice officials stating that he has
46eh arrested e. times as near as
The, can figure.
= The tubercule bacillus, or consump-
ton germ, wears coat OF poisonous
WRx as a protection, DR.. w. NJ.
6tockwell, superintendent OF the
Hartford CT. State Sanatorium, told
fAe state tuberculosis commission and
p gathering of experts. He demon
Utrated by micro photographs and
oolofsd Embellishments the man
ner Ai which the tiny bug changes its
After years, of delay caused by war
and3rbsulting disturbance of financial
e0ndit hons, actual construction Of the
Ba14efn Maine railroad is about to
box1ht The survey for this new short
Ane bbtween Bangor and Houlton was
made some years ago and the right of
1ay. acquired under charter of tho
ASiNature, but until now It has not
been possible to finance the enter
pttsS pm favorable terms.
Juh king by the requests that are be-
Ing feceived from non-residents. par
ti6nl4 by from Massachusetts, fisher
rand tiroves are making ready to go
10 Milne as soon as the ponds, lakes
aIdd strenms are open. Chief Clerk
Myrtle Hodgdon Of Augusta received
requests from two Of the largest sport
Ing goods firms In the country for 200
licenses each, both wanting them at
the earliest possible moment.
The Rev. DIR. Doremus Scudder ex-
scutive secretary of the Greater Bos-
ton Federation of Churches, speaking
before the Council of Federations OF
Womens Church Societies in the
Church OF the New Jerusalem, fay-
ored the union of Protestant churches,
declaring that they now are organized
on the wrong basis With the union
of churches comes more money,
more pastors, and moro power, pres
tika and influence, he said.
Massachusetts is the blacklist
state. in, the Union" in its laws regu-
latinN educational standards for
thos8J licensed to practise medicine
accounting to Representative Glazier
Of Hudson. a physician, who urged
the House to favor bill compelling
thCSs seeking physicians licenses to
HAYS h high school training. Repre-
sentative Hays of Brighton opposed
the Bill, but the House adjourned
without taking a vote.
,FSys,l originating around tho chin
ney In the cottage of Otis Barker on
the Spifitualist eampground in Etna,
Me-, swept large part of the grounds,
destroying i25 cottages, the boarding
house and pavilion. 1t was estimated
that the loss will be $4,000 The pa
viliop, and store, also were burned
The, cottages owned by people living
n various parts of Maine and other
New England statos. were all of wood
and worth from $500 to $1,000.
Aside from long wrangle over
the water power plank and the in
clusion of plank faVoring refer
endum on the question of repeating
the primary law, the Maine Republic
can state convention ia Bangor was
an entirely harmonious gathering,
gfaeed for the first time in Names
hi6fOry nv the presence of hundreds