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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
6PRIN3FIELD AND VICINITY.
The exhibition of paintings at Mr Gill's
galleries closed Saturday night: the attend
ance during the day and evening was large
and interested.
George E. Lord of New York city has
just presented to the Connecticut \ nue>
historical society a trained portrait ot hi>
grandfather. Joshua Allen, who built the
old City ball, which was destroyed by
tire seven years ago.
The Ten Evck prize-speaking contest for
the class of 1913 at Yale was won Tuesday
evening by Edward Maurice Porter, son
of Mr and Mrs William P. Porter of In
graha tn avenue. His subject was hums
and the nation.” Mr Porter was of the
Gass of 1909 in the central high school.
The E. K. Wilcox relief corps held
their annual colonial tea party and VVabh
iugton’s birthday entertainment at Me
morial hall Saturday afternoon and even
ing. A supper was served in the lower halt
from 5 until 7. and tea and biscuits were
served in a smaller tea-room upstairs.
A group of golf enthusiasts left Satur
day for the links at Pinehurst. N. C., and
will stay at Holly inn. Those who have
gone are E. H. Pinney, M . S. L. Hawkins.
W. H. Nevins. Henry D. Williams and < .
R Whitney, and Ralph P. Alden left
Monday to joint them. Mr and Mrs n.
H. Sargeant are already there.
Good progress toward the raising of a
fund for the purchase of a building site
for a new Methodist church in the rcrest
park section was made as the result of
a lecture given at Trinity church I* riday
evening by Bishop John XV. .Hamilton of
Boston, at the close of which contribu
tions for the fund were called for.
The Springfield Union newspaper this
week makes the following announce
ment: “A. P. Langtry to-day retires as
editor and publisher of the Union. John
D. Plummer succeeds him as publisher,
and Maurice S. Sherman as editor. Guy
M. Peterson becomes business manager
and Henry N. Bowman assistant business
manager.*’
Several bushel baskets full of envelopes
in which were contained the money raised
by the school children last week for the
campanile chimes were delivered to the
board of trade Wednesday by the school
committee. Superintendent James H. Van
Sickle said Wednesday night that it is up
to the board of trade to open the envelopes,
and for that reason they were turned over
to them as soon as received at the school
headquarters. The task has not yet l»eeD
completed.
A howling northwest wind was one of the
chief features of Springfield's celebration
of the birthday of one George Washing
ton Thursday. It surely was no fun cele
brating out of doors and most people made
it a point to stay in. The wind .started
to ger in its work about 2.30 a. in. and
it is probably going yet—somewhere. It
blew some window panes in and some out;
it broke off tree trunks and limbs, tore
shingles off housetops and made funny
messes out of billboards.
The annual banquet of George Wash
ington chapter. Sons of the American Rev
olution. was held Thursday evening in the
Massasoit house, about 36 members being
present. The feature of the evening was
an address by Miles Poindexter, United
States senator from Washington. State
Senator Herbert C. Parsons of Greenfield
was the other speaker, and Henry A.
Field, president of the George Washing
ton chapter, acted as toastmaster. The
banquet was preceded by a short business
sesstou.
Announcements have been received in
this city of the marriage in Gloversville.
N. Y.. on Thursday of Hallie Blanche
Roberts, daughter of Mrs Emma A. Rob
erts of Gloversville, and Howard A.
Spear, son of Mx and Mrs W. A. Spear
of West Suffield, Ct. Mr Spear is a local
agent for the Travelers' insurance com
pany, and has a large circle of friends and
acquaintances in this locality. Mr and
Mrs Spear left at once on a wedding trip
and on their return they will live at 92
Soring street.
The order passed by the city council at
their last meeting providing for the ap
pointment of a city council committee to
work with the mayor in the consideration
of the railroad, streets extension, bridge
and other problems aud to report to the
city fathers from time to time, became
operative Friday, still lacking Mayor
Lathrop's signature or veto. It now re
mains to be seen whether or not Mayor
Lathrop will recoguize the terms of the
measure and appoint one of the aidermen
to the committee.
Robert O. Morris, clerk of the Hampden
county superior court. Tuesday announced
his intention of resigning as president of
the Springfield Five Cents savings hank.
His resignation will be handed in at 'he
next meeting of the hank corporation,
which will be held April 1. The reason for
this action, he stated, was the pressure of
legal duties connected with his office as
clerk of the courts. He has been president
of the bank for 11 years aud has been eon
sidered one of the most efficient officers
that the bank has ever had.
Edward B. Lyman, formerly of Green
field, who has for several years been the
correspondent of the Associated Press in
Buffalo. N. Y., has been appointed New
England correspondent, with headquarters
at Boston, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of James L. Rand. Mr Ly
man was at one time a member of the
local staff of The Republican and later
was in newspaper work in New York,
where he finally entered the employ of
the Associated Press. From the New York
office he was transferred to Buffalo.
A large audience filled the so ial club
room Sunday afternoon to bear discus
sions relating to woman suffrage. The
club observed Sunday as, "women’s
day” in conformity with th* action taken
bv the executive committee of th* so
cialist party, which set aside th* day as
a day of protest for the women. The
meeting was in charge of Mrs E. N.
Roberts, and among the speakers were
Mrs Eliza R. Whiting of this city, a
member of the equal suffrage league. Mrs
B. H. Mailly of New York city and Thom
as Eges of, Boston.
The second annual meeting of the
Springfield federation of men's organiza
tions was held in th* Young Men's Chris
tian association Tuesday nigh* and officers
were elected for the year. Th* federation
comprises 22 men's organizations in the
city with an approximate membership of
2000 men. It serves in an advisory ca
pacity tc th* separate organizations. At
the meeting the reports of the past year's
work were read and the following officers
were elected: President. F. W. Main;
first vice-president, E. W. Gantt: second
vice-president. Dr C. Wesley Hale; sec
retary-treasurer, E. T. Broadhurst.
The river and harbor bill, in which Rep
resentative Lawrence looks so efficiently
after New England interests, takes as
usual good care for this section of the
country and especially for the Massachu
setts coast. At the request of the officers
of the Connecticut river navigation asso
ciation and the boards of trade of Spring
field nnd Holyoke, a provision lias he*n
inserted in the bill for $25,000 for the
Connecticut river above Hartford. The
amount appropriated is to he used to re
store the old channel to its former course,
as has been recommended by the engi
neers, The work will be done in such a
way as to fit in with the new project
when adopted.
The Calhoun club minstrels sang their
way into instant favor Monday night at the
t'onrt Square theater, where they made
their first appearance of the season under
the gifted direction of Edward N. Richards.
The first i>art of the entertainment ob
served the traditional lines laid down by the
six previous annua! performs uses, and the
second part had the promised measure of
novelty. Clinton Gowdy again sat in the cen
ter of the circle of handsome and stalw art
black-faced gentlemen, and again im
pressed file spectators by his courtly man
ner. which lie modified now and then to
make little informal speeches embodying
I cruel gibes at the more conspicuous mem
j tiers of the company.
For the first time in three years the
. war department has issued orders to regu-
I lar army recruiting stations giving them
permission to receive desirable colored re
cruits fur service in the two colored In
fantry regiments in the regular army. Up
until this year both colored regiments were
| kept recruited to their full quota of men.
The 2d United States infantry, one of
the negro regiments, is now stationed in
the Philippines, while the other, the 25th
United States infantry, is in barracks at
' Port Lawton. Washington. The local re
cruiting officers do not expect that the
orders will be in effect very long, since
! very little difficulty is experienced in re
cruiting negroes for the infantry branch
j of the service.
Mayor Edward H. Lathrop Tuesday
gave out a letter from Charles S. Mellen,
I president of the New Haven railroad, which
| indicates that he is by no means willing to
i remove the tracks of his road to the west
; side of the river, as is provided in the pro
' posal that is apparently more favored than
any other for the settlement of the railroad
and river-front problem here. Mr Mel
len declines to submit any plan involving
such a course and again speaks hopeless
; ly of the prospect of satisfying the ”va;
! rious interests in the city of Springfield.
• He suggests, however, that the whole mat
-1 tor he placed by legislative enactment in
f the hands of a new and special commission
i to decide what is best to bp done, and he
agrees to abide by (he result, whatever it
| may be.
| Judge Long at last week's session of
i the probate court approved the will of Mrs
i Charles J. Bellamy and appointed her
(laughter. Mrs Louise I. Loomis of Uid
! throp as executrix of the w.H. Airs
i Bellamy requested that her son, Charles
I J. Bellamy, should be made an executor
. with his sister but Mr Bellamy is not
I yet 21 years old so that his appointment
could not he made. The will provides
that the bulk of the estate shall be held
in trust in equal shares for Mr Bellamy
and Mrs Loomis with the proviso that
when Mr Bellamy reaches the age of 30
be is to receive the principal of bis
share. Robert O. Morris is named as
trustee by the terms of the will which was
executed in March 1911. Mrs Loomis was
required to furnish bonds of $50,000.
Inquiry was made among republican citi
zens Monday as to their feeling in regard
to the Roosevelt candidacy. With hardly
an exception, the men approached indicated
a preference for Taft, and most of them
expressed it with considerable vigor. In
more than one case the view of Roosevelt's
action was said to be “not tit to print.
Some of those asked for opinions were un
willing to have their names used, but their
comments on the situation were interesting
and almost all those seen said that, they
knew of none who favored Roosevelt. There
is. of course, to be excepted J. Frank
Drake, who is the Roosevelt lieutenant for
this city and went to Boston yesterday to
attend a meeting of the colonel’s workers.
A well-known Springfield lawyer said that
he knew a surprising number of old-line
republicans who would not vote for Roose
velt if he were nominated.
Springfield’s new baseball park promises
to be all that has been said about it. When
first the word was giveii that the city had
agreed to lease the West-street property
to the baseball chib, Owners Carey and
Zeller announced that a handsome para
would be laid out. Now plans have been
drawn up for the realization of that
promise. The once waste land will soon
be something well worth inspecting. April
19 the first game will be played there. It
will be an up-to-date baseball plant, and
a little hit more. While essentially a
home for active and capable ball players it
will also provide space for a football game
or for a track meet. The plans for the
field show a football plot as well as a
diamond, and also a track, which will be
something less than five laps to the mile.
Stands to cost $10,090 are included m
the plans, suggesting that the ball club
intends to make the place as attractive as
possible.
The American International college was
not behindhand Thursday in its observance
of AVashmgtou’s birthday. Special exer
cises had been planned for both morning
and evening in celebration of the day, ami
all weir carried out in a way which made
the many visitors glad that they bad come.
The young people of foreign birth at the
college proved that their American-born
cousins would have to make good in or
der to outstrip them in commemorating
the birth of George Washington. At 8.30
o'clock in the morning there were exer
cises in the chapel, which were attended
by a large number of students and their
friends, and at which H. A. Booth, secre
tory of George Washington chapter. Sons
of ‘ the American Revolution, was the
siK*aker. Mr Booth’s address was of a
historical nature. Following Mr Booth s
address Prof L. F. Giroux of the college
spoke of the high regard in which George
Washington is held in China, the youngest
of ali the republics.
A defense of advertising in an address
entitled “Modern advertising, economically
sound, ethically right,” was made at the
noon luncheon of the Publicity club in
the Hotel Kimball Tuesday by Louis
Danziger, assistant counsel of the Massa
chusetts Mutual life insurance company.
The address was an answer to the ar
। raignment of modern advertising made by
1 George U. Gardner in an address at the
I meeting of the previous week. The basis
of Mr Danziger's argument rested upon
the facts that there are over 30.900,900
people living on the farms of this country
who can legitimately tie informed of ar
ticles that are for sale that cannot be
conveniently secured at cross-roads stores,
and that over 90 per cent of the advertis
j ing that is being done to-day is giving pub
licity to articles of necess’ty and not to
luxuries, as was seated by Mr Gardner. It
was a lively meeting and had a large at
tendance of men whose curiosity had been
stirred by Mr Gardner's address and who
were anxious to hear the reply made to it.
Some consolation for the cold weather
which lias tried local people during the
winter which is now almost ended is to
be found in the fact that a bumper crop
of ice of the best-known quality has been
harvested and stored away in Springfield
ice-houses to be sold during th* coming
summer at prices considerably below what
ice will probably be sold for in other cities
of New England. The entire crop that
has b**n stored by ice dealers in this vi
■ inity for Springfield trade is nearly 106.-
600 rons. On the 'Watershops pond Fred
M. Flagg lias ent 12.606 tons. George C.
Emery has ent 12/KIO tons. Burger & Taft
have cut 19,000 tons. Charles H. Noonan
has cut 56(10 tons. Isaiah Rouse has cut
llOtiO tons and the Consolidated ice com
!»any 4000 tons. George M. Lyman has
cut 6000 tons at Loon pond and Charles
Preston has cut 4000 tons at a pond near
Holyoke. Teklar FJoreen has cut 7500
tons in West Springfield for Springfield
use. As far as prices are concerned, they
w'l| he the same as last year. Families
will be supplied at 30 cents for 160 pounds.
Saloons, markets and other places that
use quantities will be able to make spe
cial rates at about 20 to 25 cents per 160
pounds. Hotels and other consumers that
take two or three loads at a time will
be given rates from 15 cents to 20 cents.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
The directors of th* Holyoke board ot
trade met Friday afternoon and elected
William H. Bullard president of the hoard
for the coining year. Mr Bullard succeeds
President Thomas S. Childs, who refused
to accept the office for another term. Mr
Bullard has been one of the active mem
bers of the board, serving last year as
vice-president, aud will make an excellent
presiding officer. Frederick McLane of
the William Skinner manufacturing com
pany was chosen vice-president, and Mor
ton Hull was re-elected secretary.
A party of nearly 50 boys and girls from
the Holyoke high school who arrived in
Washington Thursday evening in charge
of Principal M, M. S. Moriaity and Mrs
Theodore Ames Hooker, Principal John A.
Callahan of the Highland grammar school
THE SPRINGFIELD VVEEILLd REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 39, 1912.
brine also a member of the party, were
given a reception by President Taft in H' e
east room ot the " hite House Friday at*-
ernoon, which was arrenged foV by Repre
sentative latw fence. The Holyoke visitors
enjoyed the distinction of having the pres
ident leave his offices at the other end of
the White House, in company with his
military aids, solely to greet their parly-
President Taft appeared to derive as much
i pleasure from the ceremony as his visitors.
I for he conducted his part in the most as-
I fable manner.
W. T. Burns, the High-street shoe deal
er. bought Friday the property at t>4l
to 645 High street owned by .1. J. Hart
nett. Tlie property consists of a three
story building with 103 feet frontage on
High street. Stores occupy the ground
floor and tenements above. There is 'stor
age in the rear. The buildings were erect
ed by Jlr Hartnett's father several years
ago at a cost of about $12,000, and were
bought by Mr Hartnett, who remodeled
them from tenement blocks. The price
paid was not given, although it is under
stood that it did not exceed $40,000. Mr
Burns contemplates still further remod
eling. The sale was made through the
Allyn agency.
A New Haven dispatch Tuesday stated
that if existing negotiations with the city
of Holyoke for the sale of the Holyoke and
Westfield railroad are consummated, that
line will be formally merged with the New
Haven system. This was stated to be a
semiofficial statement, coming from the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad
offices. The New Haven is understood to
hold about 200 shares of the Holyoke and
Westfield company, nearly all the rest be
ing field by the city of Holyoke.
Tjie question as to whether the city
should or should not sell its holdings in
the Holyoke and Westfield railroad will
be the topic.for argument up to Friday
night, when a public hearing will he given
in the city hall. The question is one that
has good arguments on both sides and is
probably one on which the business men
of the city will be pretty evenly divided.
Michael Mairzeck. 23, of Ila Lyninii
street, was struck and fatally, injured at
Tuesday evening while walking on the
dry bridge over Sargeant street by an
outbound freight on .the Holyoke and
Westfield railroad. The train continued
on its way. it being evident that the man
was not noticed by the train crew.
Mrs Joanna Carroll, who lives at 615
Summer street, where she keeps a. small
grocery’ store, owes her life to her dog. who.
when'the place got afire early Sunday
morning, aroused Mrs Carroll by his bark
ing. Had it not been for the dog there is
little doubt but that Mrs Carroll would
have been burned in the building.
The graduation exercises of the evening
elementary schools were held in the sev
eral school buildings last week, 86 pu
pils receiving diplomas, the largest class
to receive diplomas in the history of the
city.
CHICOPEE.
Mathew A, Rawlinson of the Chicopee
manufacturing company stated Tuesday
afternoon that the company is installing
about 24.060 new spindles in their plant
^at Chicopee Falls. The new spindles are
to be put in mill No 5. which is now used
for warping and slashing and the ma
chinery for these uses, now in mill 5. will
ho placed in the basement of mill No 1.
The increase in the number of spindles
will bring the total number now in use in
the Chicopee manufacturing plant up to
about 120.000. aud will also result, accord
ing to Mr Rawlinson, in more or less of
an increase in the number of
employes of the company. This
action by the Chicopee manufac
turing company is further evidence of the
healthy growth of the cotton mills in Chic
opee. ' The Dwight manufacturing com
pany is just completing a new factory
building at the head of their string of old
buildings and will soon have an important
portion of their milling business installed
in the new quarters. The last sale of
Chicopee manufacturing company stock,
with a par of 100. was at 115. Their
last dividend was 6 per eent. The same
statistics for the Dwight manufacturing
company stock, with a par of 500. show
that the last sale brought $1250. and their
dividend rate is 12 per cent plus.
The birth rate during 1911 has
been a large one in Chicopee
than in the preceding year. 1014 chil
dren having been born in 1911, as com
pared to 910 in 1910. Of these 530 were
boys, 484 girls, 172 of American parent
age, 684 of foreign parentage, 158 with
one American parent and nine pairs of
twins. There w-ere 22 cases of still birth.
In the matter of marriages there were
exactly as many in 1911 as in 1910, 324
in each year. During the past year of the
324 couples to marry 113 were both na
tive born. 143 were both fop
eign born. 68 were mixed in that respect.
There were 503 deaths in 1911.
as compared with 498 in 1910, and of
these 262 were men and 241 women. One
of the most unique, occurrences of the
year was the naming’ of twins born to a
Chicopee Falls couple during the month
of November. The stork one morning
brought them a boy and a girl, and the
two received the time-honored names of
Adam and Eve.
The hearing, granted by the legislative
committee on cities relative to House bill
124. providing that Willimansett and
Fairview be annexed to Holyoke, termi
nated suddenly Tuesday evening, when the
petitioners asked, through their attorney,
Thomas .1. O'Connor of Holyoke, that the
petition bo referred to the next General
Court. The members of the committee
on cities arrived in Springfield Tuesday
afternoon and after taking dinner at the
Kimball hotel went at once to the Chico
pee city hall, where the hearing opened at
7.36 o'clock. After the hearing Secretary
Proulx said that the feeling in favor of
annexation bad not declined in Williman
. ett. and that the only reason for the re
quest for more time was that the city gov
ernment of Holyoke had not been officially
informed of the hearing, nor had they
taken anv action relative to annexation.
City Clerk James C. Buckley's reunion
dinner went off Sunday in fine style.
Those present were Mrs Eliza Lay of
Lee. E. H. Phinney of Agawam, both of
whom were schoolmates of Mr Buckley tn
I the town of Lee, Mrs E. H. Phinney,
Miss Clara Buckley of Holyoke, a sister
i of Mr Buckley, and Miss Francis Buckley
iof Holyoke, his niece. Dinner was served
at 2 o'clock and the afternoon was spent
ill talking over old times. Mr Bnckley
said in the evening that nothing was men
tinned which happened "later than 1812.”
WESTFIELD.
The annual meeting of the Tekoa coun
i try club was held Monday night in Fra
ternity hall. Parks block, and reports w-ere
! given showing what had been accom
| pjished during the first year of the new
I organization. During the year the new
<-lub-house was built and a large sum was
expended improving the grounds by grad
ing and draining the same. The golf
course was laid out and played upon to
quite an extent and some excellent tennis
courts built. Much money has been ex
pended draining the low ground in the
Russell road section of the club's property.
Between SIO,OOO and $12,000 has been laid
out for all purposes, including the pur
chase of the land. The present member
ship. including; what is known as the fam
ily membership, is about 235. These offi
cers were elected: President, William T.
Smith: vice-president, D. M. Cole: secre
tary and treasurer. William F. Lyman:
The season on hares and rabbits closes
to-day. The hunters had good success
early in the season, but on account of the
extreme cold during January and the most
of February aud the fact that there were
but few snowstorms that make tracking
good, the season on the whole has not
been as favorable as usual. This will
mean plenty of rabbits next fall. The
winter has also been a poor one for those
who trap muskrats, foxes, skunks, etc.,
for their pelts.
The iee-cnttinjg season at Congamond
lakes is over and the immense bouses of
the Berkshire ice company are filled with
a crop of 'leaf, hard ice, free from snow
and air. The average thickness is 14
inches. Some that was harvested was 18
inches, but it was ent and scraped down
to a uniform thickness. The new house
of the company, one of the finest of its
kind in the country, was used this winter.
It is estimated that not less than 240,000
tons of ice were harvested this season at
a very low cost per ton. At times there
were fully 700 men at work for the com
pany.
A tire that abounded in spectacular fea
' tines pructically destroyed the Park
i Square livery stable at 3 a. m. Friday
' and had it not been for the skilful work of
I the firemen in controling the flames, much
(Other property would have been destroyed,
i The Park Square hotel had n narrow es
l cape and all of the guests were forced to
* a nasty retreat. The tire caused a loss
estimated at from SBSOO to SIO,OOO. The
I property damaged is owned by Samuel
Squire, and the stable is conducted by C.
E. Avery A- Co. a firm composed of C. E.
Avery. Joseph Peras and Collins Pome-
HO.
If was woman suffrage night at the
men's club meeting of the Second Congre
gational church Tuesday night and a good
sized audience listened with much inter
est to the address of Mrs Richard Fitz-
Gerald. one of the well-known leaders of
the movement in this state. Mrs Fitz-
Gerald is an excellent speaker and she
presented the arguments in a clear and
eonvincing manner. The club members
were privileged to invite one woman friend
to listen to the address. The usual supper
was served at 7.
The bombardment of Beirut, Syria, by
the Italians was read with special inter
est by Westfield people. Prof and Mrs
Harvey Porter of Beirut were in Westfield
for some weeks last year, and their daugh
ter. Mrs Gertrude Hall, is well known to
many people. Mrs Porter is a sister of
the Misses Bisbee of Westfield. Prof Por
ter is connected witli the Protestant college
of Beirut.
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
The woman's club of West Springfield
held a "reciprocity day" reception Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs J. C.
Worcester on Riverdale street. Guests
were present from the following clubs: The
Cosmopolitan club ami theTuesday Jlqrning
music club of Springfield, the Ixingmeadow
woman's club, the woman’s reading club
of Suffield, Ct., ami the Ashleyville After
noon club. The president of the club, Mrs
M- R. Bourne, received with the hostess
assisted by members of the club. The
program was opened by bn interesting pa
per, "The maids and matrons of New
France,” read by Mrs W. B. Medlicott of
the Longmeadow club.
West Springfield has never pretended to
be a center for big game, but the hearts
of many hunters yearned for an open sea
son of 10 minutes Tuesday morning, when
a good-sized buck appeared in the main
street, went up to the Center and played
around the green until it was justly fright
ened by the sight of one of the little Mit
tineague ears, when it leaped the fence
into the cemetery of the First church, near
the town hall, ran through the cemetery,
leaped the fence at the rear, and disap
peared in the direction of Southworth
street.
The opening of the Merrick girls’ club
rooms at 45 West School street has met
with a ready response and already 107
girls have been enrolled. The large num
ber enrolled and the varying ages of the
girls has made it necessary to divide the
club into two sections. Those ranging
from the ages of 3 to 10 are now in one
circle known as the Busy Bees, while those
from 11 to 14 are in another circle called
th"e Happy Maidens. Each circle has its
own president, vice-president and secretary.
Robert W. Sloan, formerly of West
Springfield, and Miss Kathryn I. Lang
were married in the home of the bride's
aunt in Burlington, Ta,, on February 15.
Mrs Sloan is a recently graduated nurse
from Grace hospital in Chicago, and Mr
Sloan is manager of the Chicago branch of
the Fisk rubber company. Mr and Mrs
Sloan will live in Chicago.
Ixmgmeadow friendKWill be interested
to hear that Lueene Burt received a let
ter last week from Agnes, daughter of
Rev John and Dr Ruth Bliss Boggs, mailed
at Hong Kong, China. January 12. Mrs
Boggs, who is a sister of Walter Bliss,
after a year's vacation in this country, re
turned with Mr Boggs in the autumn to
resume her medical missionary work at
Canton and her husband to continue teach
ing in the seminary. Mrs Boggs, it was
stated, was attending a week’s medical
conference at Hong Kong. The letter also
says: "It is not cold enough to need a
fire and spring begins the latter part of
January.” She also writes of her school
life. Sunday school, band of mercy and
many things of interest to her girl friends.
Miss Evelyn Wright of Spring
field has resigned her position as
the teacher of the Center gram
mar school in Brimfield, to take a position
as Teacher in the East Union-street school
in Springfield, where she will teach grade
4 and will act as assistant to the princi
pal. Her place is to he filled by Miss
Nickerson of West Harbor. N. S. Miss
Nickerson has had five years’ experience in
teaching.
Wilbur L. Waters captured a
loon on the bank of the river
near his house in Chester, Monday.
He is earing for the bird and will
allow it to go free as soon as it has been
fed and gathered sufficient strength to care
for itself. When found it was in a help
less condition.
A large flock of geese passed over Mon
son going north Saturday. The old set
tlers claim that this is a good indication
of an early spring.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NOHTHAMPTUM.
David Higgins, who escaped from the
Northampton state hospital last week,
was captured Saturday in Agawam,
where he formerly lived. He had
built a fire in a dilapidated house on
Provin mountain, and had burned up the
house and nearly lost his life. The fire
was built in a fireplace, and he went to
sleep lying beside it. When be awoke the
house was on fire and his clothing had
begun to burn.
Patrick Maloney of Florence was charged
in the district court last week with break
ing. entering and larceny, alleged to have
been committed at several cottages at
Laurel Park. He pleaded not guilty and
was committed under bonds of SIOOO for
appearance before the superior court.
E. E. Wood. Jr., received this week a
favorable telegraphic report concerning the
condition of his father, who was injured
in an automobile accident at Loa An
geles.
AMHERST.
The dwelling on Rockwall's farm at
West Pelham, owned by Walter E.
Dwyer, managing editor of Country Life
in America, narrowly escaped total
I destruction by fire Saturday evening. It
started from a chimney burning out. The
I woodwork in the kitchen was ignited aud
। before it was extinguished practically all
of the plastering was ripped off and the
room was drenched in water thrown on
by a bucket brigade supplied by the neigh
bors. who rushed to the scene and worked
hard to save the buildings. Ernest M.
Roberts of the 1911 class of Amherst
college, with his sister, were occupying
the place at the time of the tire and Mr
: Roberts was made ill by the‘hard work
' and inhaling the smoke in hia contest with
l the flames, but is now able to be out. All
' who have seen the house since the fire
agree that it is a wonder that it was
saved. The loss is covered by insurance
• placed through the agency of W. R.
! Brown.
The Amherst college dramatic associa
. tion has completed its" preparations for the
। production of ■Twelfth Night,” and
I gave its first performance last even
ing m Athol. Th* first dress rehearsal
of the play was held Thursday in College
hall, aud went off with a smoothness and
finish which showed the results of the
hard, continuous practice the cast has
gone through for the past five months. The
cast, of 15 has been chosen with the great
est vnre from over 60 candidates.
While the schedule has not yet been
definitely decided, the play will be given
about 25 times between now and com
mencement. An extensive western trip will
bo taken during the spring vacation.
Charlie Shaw, the nine-years-old son of
Mr and Mrs Fred Shaw and grandson of
Charles Shaw of South Amherst, was
killed in an electric car accident in I’bila
deliphia Saturday evening. Ho was, with
his grandfather, visiting his uncle in Phil
adelphia at the time of the accident. A
telegraph message received in South Am
herst in tbo early part of Saturday even
ing told of the accident, and another one
at 11.30 stated that the little fellow died
without regaining consciousness after be
ing injured.
Agreement papers were passed Monday
through the agency of W. R. Brown for
the sale of the Loomis Merrick home farm
on West street to Frank S. O'Brien, the
well-known Northampton liveryman. The
property consists of 93 acres of valuable
farm land with a barn and the familiar
wld tumble-down house. The main farm
buildings wore burned in the fall of 1910.
There were during the year of 1911 in
the town of Amherst 61 marriages. 82
births and 81 deaths. A large percentage
of the mariages were Poles. If it were
not for these people the town would
obviously be in danger of severe censure
from the most noted living exponent of
antirace suicide.
The noted stand of old growth pine and
chestnut lumber in South Amherst known
as the Merrick woods has been sold to
.1. Solin &Co of Holyoke for $4750, which
is $250 less than the appraisal.
Dr Louise B. W allace, associate pro
fessor of zoology at Mount Hol
yoke has been granted two-years'
leave of absence to take charge of
the biological department in the American
college for girls in Constantinople. This
college, holding its Massachusetts charter,
and having a board of trustees in this
country, is now entering upon a new era
in its history. Since the revolution of
1908 the government has shown a friend
ly interest in this college for the higher
education of women, and scholarships have
been established to 'which Turkish girls
have been appointed. Within a few years
the college has acquired a beautiful new
site on the European side of the Bospho
rus not far from Robert college. Miss
Helen Gould has generously provided the
funds for a new administration building,
the corner-stone of Gould hall having been
laid in November, 1911. The other build
ings Which are in the course of construc
tion are a science building, dormitory with
dining hall, gymnasium and a power-house
containing the central steam heating and
electric lighting plants. This college is
the only one in the Turkish empire where
women of all nationalities are given a
complete liberal education in accordance
with the highest Christian ideals of. Amer
ica. During the past year there were 17
different nationalities represented in the
college, and it is the hope of its friends
that this college may do for the women of
Turkey what Robert college has done for
the men.
Friends in Easthampton have received
announcements of the marriage of Miss
Elizabeth 8. Colton of Easthampton and
Dr D. B. Spooner, which was Celebrated
January 13 in Calcutta, India. Dr and
Mrs Spooner will live in Bankipore, Ben
gal. where Dr Spooner is engaged in
archeological research for the English gov
ernment. Mrs Spooner has been visited
since her marrityre by her niece. Miss
Anna Colton McClintock of Denver. Col.,
a graduate of Smith college in the class of
1902. who is taking a trio around the
world.
The Huntington assessors’ report for
the fiscal year ending February 1
shows the following figures: Taxable
real estate. $475,900: taxable personal
property, $1867.95: taxable polls, 421;
assessed on real estate. $10,233.13: on per
sonnl, $4016.10; on polls, $842, making a
total of $15,091.23.
Rev J. J. McClelland closed his pastorate
with the Congregational church in West
Cumington Sunday. Mr McClelland and
wife will spend their annual vacation of
four weeks, with the parents of Mr Mc-
Clelland in New Haven.
Robert F. Brass has sold his farm in
the south part of Southampton and will re
move to Springfield about April 1, He
has bought for investment a large tene
ment block in Springfield.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GREENFIELD.
Herbert C. Parsons of Greenfield has for
mally announced his candidacy for the va
cancy In Congress to be caused by the re
tirement of George I’. Lawrence. He said
in an interview Tuesday: Voluntary as
surances of support from various parts of
the congressional district and from the peo
ple of my own town lead me to say that
I am willing to be regarded as a candidate.
There is an evident disposition among lead
ing republicans to concede the right of
Franklin county to favor in the choice.
There was a well-attended meeting Tlmre
day night in Moors hall when the Young
Men's club was presented with a hand
some flag and staff by the members of
Dorothy Quincy Hancock chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The presentation was made by Mrs Louis
A. Cook, the regent of the chapter, and
there was an address of acceptance deliv
ered by George W. Solley, the new secre
tary of the club.
The Charles J. Day house on Grinnell
street was sold at auction Monday by
Adam Wolfskill to the Franklin County
national bank for S7OOO. The property
was sold under mortgage foreclosure pro
ceedings against William S. Simpson.
ORANGE.
A marriage of more than local interest
took place Saturday evening when Miss
Cora E. Platts, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Frank W. Platts of Pleasant street,
Orange, was married to C. Burton
Bangs, by Rev A. J. Cardall of
the Universalist church, in the, lat
ter's home on Mechanics street. The
announcement came as a great surprise.
Mrs Bangs has been stenographer in the
office of the Leavitt machine company for
several years and Mr Bangs has been
bookkeeper in the same office for many
years. She is active in the Universalist
church, as well as local woman’s clubs.
Mr Bangs Is well known rn Masonic
circles. After a short wedding trip they
will live at his home at Bangs court.
F. A. Dexter and F. H. Sprague re
. cived a letter last week from Senator
John H. Schoonmaker, to the effect that
he had been notified by the adjutant-geh
’ eral that he had recommended a new
armory for Orange to be built this year.
Further than that plans have already been
prepared. Senator Schoonmaker has
worked with ability and interest in be
half of this structure, and great credit is
due him.
TURNERS FALLS.
The advance guard of the employes of
the Bates-Rogers company of Chicago, the
contractors who are to do the work of
widening the canal and building the new
part on the dam. have arrived and work
was begun Monday on the construction
of a building near the engine-house of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford rati,
road, which will be used as an office by the
firm. Alter the work is w ell under way there
will probably be 250 men at work, which
should boom things a little. It is a big
piece of work aud will take nearly
years to complete.
: W. P. Dustin, treasurer of the John
I Russell cutlery company, entered upon his
; 51st year in the cutlery business Mon
thly. Mr Dustin is still hale and hearty,
and can be found at his desk in the office
almost every working .day in the year, and
he understands the making of high-grade
cutlery from a to z. His friend* wish.
IWt ffiaoy Store years of activity and good
1 health. A -few years ago Mr Dustin
bought a fine farm in New Hampshire,
and it is his custom to spend the week
ends there with bia family.
WHATELY.
The firm of Howes & Roote. which has
been doing a general merchandise busi
ness in the center of Whately for eight
.Tears, has dissolved partnership. R. * ■
Howes retiring from the business and sell
ing out to 11. E. Roote. Mr Howes has
been in the store for 30 years, being em
ployed in it by his father. Micajah Howes,
when but a boy, and growing up in the
business. . .
Jeremiah Murphy. 66, committed suicide,
Saturday night by hanging in the bam of
John Crafts at Whately by whom he was
employed. He had been in poor health and
recently left the Dickinson hospital. Since
his return he had been despondent and
had acted queerly.
A high wind prevailed in South Deer
field all day Thursday and several people
will have cause to remember the day. A
woman in the northern part of the town
opened a window to air out her room and
the high wind blew out a box containing
sllO in bills and other articles. When
she discovered the box was missing search
wus made for it outside and several of the
bills were found. One u S2O bill was found
in the brook qnite a distance from the
house. With the help of neighbors. S6O
was recovered, but there still remains a
SSO bill wafting about in the chilly breezes.
After 17 years of service, Mrs Alice
Newell lias resigned us librarian ot the
public library at Rowb. There
are over 2000 volumes in tile
library, and the circulation has in
cteased from between 300 and 400
a year to over 2000 during Mrs Newell's
term. The library will soon be moved to
a room in the town hall, and will be in
charge of the trustees for the present.
The number of births recorded in Colrain
in 1911 was 48. marriages 18. deaths 22.
Angeline F. Whitaker, who died December
26 was the oldest person, her age being
96 years.—The whole number of pupils en
rolled in the 15 public schools the past
year was 331.—0ne hundred and thirty
seven hunters were licensed and 82 dogs
were taxed.
The annual union farmers' institute of
the Deerfield Valley and Hillside agri
cultural societies was held at the Ashfield
town hall Saturday with an attendance of
about 250. Prof .T. W. Sanderson of Gil
manton, N. H., spoke on “Esential points
in farm management.”
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
The trustees under the will of Mrs Flor
ence de Wolfe Sampson, late of Pittsfield,
have filed bonds in the three trusts in pro
bate court. In the trust estate of Lena
H. and Alden Sampson 2d, the realty is
$25,000 and personalty $200,000. In that
of Marie W. and Alden W. Sampson the
realty is $12,500 and the personalty SIOO.-
(100. and in the trust estate of Alden. 2d,
and Lena H. Sampson, under the eighth
elauae, the real estate is $50,000 and the
personal estate SSOOO.
Sentiment among local business men
seems decidedly iu favor of Taft and
against Roosevelt for the nomination for
president. Sounders taken about the city
Monday indicate that with one or two
exceptions Taft has made good in the eyes
of the local public, and the majority have
little use for the ex-president. The Dope
club has sent one of its "lemon” invita
tions to Roosevelt to be present at the
annual dopefest Friday evening.
The first Congregational church has been
presented with a new pulpit by Mrs Anna
T. Paddock, widow of Dr Frank K. Pad
dock. in memory of her father. Dr John
Todd, who was pastor of the church for a
number of years. The pulpit is in harmony
with the decorations of the church.
The board of public works presented its
budget to the finance committee at a meet
ing held Monday night. The budget asks
for about $255.000.. Of this amount, $251,-
42-1.93 on the regular list.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr
and Mrs E. L. Johnson of Dixon, 111.,
which was observed on the 17th. is of in
terest to Stockbridge people as Mrs John
son is a native of Stockbridge. A report
of the observance in a Dixon paper says:
"On the evening of February 17. 1862. Ed
ward R Johnson, direct descendant of
Gov Bradford of Massachusetts and Julia
Ixmisa Nettleton of Stockbridge were mar
ried at Stockbridge by Rev H. N. Eggles
ton. Two weeks after the wedding the
newly married couple departed for their
western home at Dixon. 111., and settled
on the farm on the Peoria road in South
Dixon. To this union were born four
children, but one of whom. C. A. Johnson
of Benton Harbor, Mieh., survives, and
was present on the occasion, as was also
one niece. Mrs John Laing of this city,
Mrs Nelson Swarthout of Chicago, a sis
ter of the bride, who was present at the
wedding, and her daughter, Miss Nellie and
Miss Joanna Spaulding of Dixon, HI., a
cousin of the bride, were also present.
About 40 of their friends aud neighbors
gathered at their home to assist them in
celebrating the event. Letters were re
ceived from many relatives and friends, and
among those heard from were Albert John
son of Long Beach, Cal.. Mrs Jane Carr of
Los Angeles, brother and sister of the
groom; William A. Nettleton of Stock
bridge. a brother of the bride, and Rev C.
H. Parkhurst of New York city, a for
mer pastor at I<enox, The home was beau
tifully decorated with yellow daffodils, car
nations and sweet peas.” Many beautiful
gifts were received. An original poem by
a brother of the bride. W. A. Nettleton
of Stockbridge, was read at the celebra
tion.
Mr and Mrs 8. A. Mason of 38 Com
mercial street. Adams, announce the mar
riage of their daughter. Miss Lettie May,a nd
Rev Ray Bassett Kipp. The ceremony was
performed January 15 at St Paul de
Loanda, West Africa, by Rt Rev Bishop
Joseph C. Hartzell, bishop of Africa. Mr
Kipp is an American missionary and is a
graduate of the Northwestern university.
Mrs Kipp is a graduate of Adams high
school and of the New England
deaconesses’ training school. The couple
will reside at St Paul de Loanda, West
Africa.
Activities have been resumed on the trol
ly construction at Lee. The rock-blasting
gang at the Carter ledge has been increased
to about 40 men. and a gang of workmen
have started on the embankment near the
Jones'place. The office force and foremen
have returned to Lee, and plans are under
way to ptit on 1000 men as soon as the
weather will permit and they can be se
cured. The force will be increased to 2000
as soon as settled weather comes.
George H- Bennett has sold his 400-
acre Riverbend farm in the southeast part
of Hinsdale together with 28 cows and
three horses, to J. A. Rowell of Mondiva,
Wis., possession to be given in about two
1 weeks. Mr and Mrs Bennett have owned
; the farm about five years and have decid
ed to reside at Springfield, where Mr Ben
; nett owns some residential property.
I The coach bnrn in Orchard Shade, the
] summer property of H. H. Pease of New
, York, situated in the extreme western
part of Lenox, was totally destroyed by
! fire between 11 and 12 o'clock Friday
, night. The barn was worth about S6OOO.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
One of the biggest social events of the
year at Athol was h6ld Thursday after
j noon and evening, when the men of the Uni
' tartan church served their annual supper
1 in the vestry of the Congregational church
at Athol Center and the women of the
society presented the successful four-act
comedy, “A Girl in a Thousand.” at the
Athol opera house. The attendance was
large at both places.
Flora Curtis was burned to death and
seven other persons were severely injured,
two perhaps fatally, Friday, when cellu
loid scraps caught life in a three-story
wooden factory building ra -Central street.
Leominster, occupied in part by the Puri
tan comb company. Forty other persons
in the factory escaped uninjured to th«
street.
Measles are still vagina iu West Brook-
Held. About 50 cases at the least have al
ready been reported to the board of health.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Alfred A. Mulliken, a stock broker, with
offices in Boston and New York, was sen
tenced in the siqierior criminal court at
Boston late Monday to from three to
five years in the state-prison for the lar
ceny of nearly SIO,OOO from Miss Alice
E. Robinson of Winthrop. Mulliken was
of the firm of ('ram & Mulliken, both
members of which were indicted in 30
counts for larceny, conspiracy to steal and
keeping a bueketshop. Both defendants
pleaded guilty. Crum's case was placed
on file after Mulliken had exonerated him
from any knowledge of the larceny.
Officers nf the Fore River shipbuilding
company at Quincy have signed a contract
for n tank steamer for the Stanudard oil
company .to cost about $700,000 and to be
ready for delivery within one year. This
is the largest contract for the Quincy
plant in several years, with the exception
of the warships built and building for the
United States and Argentina. It may be
said also that the local plant now has on
hand the largest amount of work ever in
progress there at one time aud running
to many millions of dollars.
CONNECTICUT.
This week marks the 10th anniversary
of the establishment of the Upson-Martin
carpet company in Thompsonville, which
plant has gradually taken rank as one of
the town's most important industries. On
February 21. 1902, the people of this vil
lage were apprised of the important, fact
that Lyman A. Upson, who had been as
sociated in an official capacity with tho
old Hartford carpet company for 40 years,
had decided to engage in the business of
carpet manufacturing in Thompsonville,
and a company was organized with a cap
ital stock of $15(1,0(>0. Associated with
Mr Upson in the venture was Reune Mar
tin of New York city, who for many years
was selling agent for the old carpet com
pany. The new firm, under the name of
the Upson-Martin company, bought the
interest of the New England automatic
screw company in the building formerly
owned by the Pease lumber company and
located at the extreme end of Central
street. The company started business with
nine looms, and its growth is evidenced by
the fact that the plant occupies a floor
space of 38.550 square feet, with 50 looms
and over 170 people employed in the plant.
. Hartford likes to do things up well, but
it is a long time since it has tackled anv
thing with so much success as the automo
bile show there last week. Those who had
anything to do with the arrangements for
the show have every reason to’feel proud,
for they succeeded in putting on an exhibi
tion that ranks with the best automobile
shows of the year. Exhibits and decora
tions at (he state armory were excellent
and greatly surprised the thousands who
daily attended. Everything turned out
better than directors or visitors had ex
pected. aud the show will easily be remem
bered as the best ever held in Connecticut
and one of the best in this country this
season.
The official call for the republican state
convention in New Haven. Ct., on April
16 and li for election of a state delega
tion to the Chicago convention was issued
by State Chairman Michael Kenealy of
Stamford and Secretary G. E. Hinman of
Willimantic Saturday.
Ernest Hale of Cooper street. Hazard
ville. has alarge oppossum in bis posses
sion which he found half frozen in the
woodshed in the rear of his house. The
school children have taken quite an in
terest in the strange animal and make
daily trips to feed it.
Announcement Is made of the appoint
ment of Prof William E. Kilpatrick of the
Mississippi state college as professor of
poultry husbandry at the Connecticut agri
cultural college. He will begin his work
there on April 1.
VERMONT.
In spite of the inclement weather Thurs
day the fifth annual fair of the Brat
tleboro high school drew a throng of peo
ple both afternoon and evening. The hall
was transformed into a typical Dutch mar
ket. Each of the booths represented places
in Dutch land aud excellent reality was
secured in the portrayal of them.
The evening program began at 7.30 and
consisted of music by the high school or
chestra, an exercise by a boys’ "gym''
class, Dutch folk dance, cakewalk by eight
boys and eight girls, and a solo dance by
Miss Evelyn Fisher. The fair was under
the general charge of Principal E. B.
Smith and Miss Lilian V. Whiting of the
art department.
Mrs James P. Elmer, assistant principal
of the Brattleboro high school, has ten
dered her resignation to the school board
to take effect at the close of the present
school year. July 1. At that time Mrs
Elmer will have completed 36 years of
service as a teacher in the high school.
NEWS OF SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN
As Seen by Silas Carpenter—Ardent
Advocate Confident That Victory is
Near.
Miss Alice Carpenter stopped at the
Worthy hotel Saturday on her way back
to Boston after a two-weeks’ campaign
through the Berkshire cities and towns in
company with several other suffragists,
the party including Miss Margaret Fo)ey,
Mrs Richard Fitzgerald, Miss Eugenia
Frothingham and for the last few days
Mrs William Tilton. Miss Carpenter said
that at all of the 11 meetings held the
enthusiasm and interest gave assurance
of early victory for the equal suffrage
cause aud a great many antis of firm con
victions were convinced of the justice and
reason of the suffrage arguments and
joined the association. She left Pitts
field, she said, ready for suffrage, and
the Berkshire towns are not behind in
their interest and sympathy.
Word had just reached Miss Carpenter
on good authority from Boston that the
suffragists would certainly win this year;
The whole situation in Boston is most en
couraging. The proposal Hie referen
dum. according to Miss Carpenter, is sim
ply the method taken by the antis to com- .
promise and fence for time by putting off
the issue for another year. They are
afraid to fight straight this year against
the constitutional amendment as has been
done before, realizing that the bill will in
all likelihood pass at this session. At
Stockbridge Miss Carpenter found on her
arrival that the church where she had
expected to hold her meeting was closed tb
her on account of the prejudices of one
man. The whole town was aroused over
the matter, and the result was a meeting
that crowded the town hall.
MASS-MEETING OF STUDENTS.
A mass-meeting of students of Williams
college was held Tuesday night in Jesup
hall, and among other matters the new enr
riculum which has been receiving much
attention of late in the college paper in
the way of editorials and communica
tions from students and alumni, was con
sidered. Certain requirements in the cur
riculum which has now been in effect half
a year have met with dissatisfaction on
the part of the student body. Principally
this has been the prerequisite require
ments, it being the opinion of the under
graduates that the curriculum does not
grant to them the libert.v of electives
which they believe due them. The meet
ing Tuesday night was a large one. there ho-
I ing fully 460 undergraduates present. Tim
discussion concerning the curriculum re
sulted in the circulation of a petition to
the faculty asking for some changes, and
this petition was signed by nearly every
man present.