The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-01-19
\ HAPPENED IN
new ENGLAND
News of General Interest
From the Six States

Walter Cobb. 45. Of Brattleboro, Vt.
Casey OF Boston, on the charge Of hay-
Ing sent improper pictures through
the mails from HaYerhlll, Mass. 10
Meriden, CT.
A verdict for s13,466 was awarded
Mrs. Mary l.. Morrell OF Providence by
jury who hearo her $4,000 suit
against DR., Alphonsine j. l4alonde, for
damages from d stomach operation in
the defendants private hospital.
Gov. James HARNESS of Vermont
was taken suddenly i'll with pneu-
monia in Montpelier. The Governor
is at the home of Frank T.. Lowe,
where he customarily stays while in
the capital. His home is III Spring
field
After having been on State street,
Boston, IS years, the Boston clearing
house is to move to the new Federal
reserve building on Pearl street. The
clearing house opened in March, 1856,
with clearings OF s2,780,O0o for the
first day.
DR.. Guy Potter Benton has accepted
a contract for 10 years as president OF
the University of the Philippines In
renewal of a oneyear contract under
which he has been serving. He for
merly was president OF the University
of Vermont.
A burglar changed from working to
street clothes before leaving the home
of Mrs. Bertha WILLIAMS of North
Adams. Too terrified to speak she
watched him ransack her bureau and
take several thousand dollars worth
OF jewelry and money.
The United States supreme court as
signed March as the date for hearing
the issues involved In the question of
whether Charles PonZi can be tried in
Massachusetts state courts on Suffolk
county indictments brought against
him while he Is federal prisoner.
The last chance of having the Ie-
viathan conditioned at the Boston
navy yard vanished when President
Harding, in a letter to Congressman
Dallinger of Cambridge, upheld the
position. of the shipping board in re
fusipg to- receive bids from navy yards
forl the work.
Grieving over the death OF her child
J Mrs. Lillian Hoffman. 25, walked to
! the Brigham cemetery In Marlboro
| Mass, where an hour later she was
discovered on, the ice near the child's
| grave, unconscious from the iodine
poisoning and nearly frozen Physi-
clans say, she will probably recover.
( Led by a 124year-old girl, who
| planned their raids and divided the
loot, II boys whose ages range from
7 9 to Is years, committed more than so
OF the approximately 100 breaks and
thefts from Chelsea Mass, homes and
stores during the last two months, ac
cording to believe expressed by the
police of that city.
Jessie Hill of Middlesex, Vt. and
Irene McGinnlns of Jericho, Vt. two
young women who were hiking from
Virginia to their homes in Vermont.
became stranded in Concord. n. H..
and were questioned by Marshal Kim
ball at the station. The young women
were given nights lodging in Pena-
cook and then sent to their homes.
Elmer G. Potter. Massachusetts pro-
hibition director. says that the gov
eminent is paying $4,000 annually
for the storage of liquors seized In
that district. He also asserted that
two more judges should be appointed
in Federal court to care for the large
number OF cases involved in the prose
cution OF violations of the liquor law
is it right to demand more bust
ness il we do not put a more CORE
sp, nding emphasis on business in re-
ligion,' proved the chief topic of dis
cusslon at the opening session of the
Maine State Sunday School Associa.
non, held in Augusta. The Rev T.. II
Brewster, the secretary, in his report
SAID that there are now 10000 in the
Melhcdist Sunday schools Of Maine
and about 10000 in Congregational
schools.
Sacrifice OF agriculture for the
building OF cities will mean that food
will be produced, not by independent
farmers, but by men and women OF
the peasant type, declared Secretary
Wallace OF the department of agricul-
lure, III an address before the Boston
Chamber of Commerce He said that
the United States is passing through
the most severe agricultural depres
sion in its history Asserting that
prices Of major farm crops We're lowe
than at any time in the nations ex
perience, Secretary Wallace predicted
that decreased production would re
suit in prices so high that city con
sumers will complain bitterly. for the
farmer cannot continue to produce at
Il loss"
Total receipts OF s132,711.9G4 for the
last financial year OF tho state of Mas
sachusetts are shown in the annual
report of State Auditor Alonzo Is.
Cook. This sum inclades cash on hand