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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
Mrs James D. Safford and her daughter.
Miss Gladys Safford, of Maple street, plan
to sail from New York on the ’-th on ihe
Mauretania and will first visit the Riviera.
They have not made their plans for return
ing yet, but will probably take quite an ex
tended trip.
Judge and Mrs Charles L. Long of Pearl
street will leave this week for a western
trip and will not return for two mouths.
They will first go to the Grand cany on and
thence proceed to southern California,
where they will visit San Francisco and
other cities.
Mrs Charlotte fidwards Warner of Mui
berry street, who is spending the winter
with her daughter, Mrs William M. Davis,
in Cambridge, passed her 85th birthday on
Tuesday last week. The occasion was
celebrated by a luncheon given by Mrs
Davis, to which sonic 15 friends were in
vited.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt was the guest
of honor at a luncheon given Thursday at
the home of Mrs Henry G. Chapin of
Maple street, at which the officers of the
local equal suffrage league were enter
tained. During the afternoon other mem
bers of the league met her and she gave
a comprehensive talk on the value of or
ganization.
A new business concern for Springfield,
the Massachusetts plating company, will
open a plant at 238 Dwight street on Feb
ruary 1(1. coming to this cits from M orees
ter. where the business has been run suc
cessfully for some time. The ground floor
of the Dwightrstreet building known as
the Germona annex, has been rented to the
concern.
Charles H. Mumma. who has been at the
head of the high school commercial de
partment for the past two years, has ac
cepted an offer from the Newark (N. .1.1
high school. His work has been suc
cessful at the school, and there will
be many regrets over his leaving. An
advance of SBOO will be made in his sal
ary by the New Jersey school.
The Chester Bliss residence at 63 Mul
berry street, one of the best homes in the
city, has been leased by the E. J. Murphy
real estate agency to Charles C. Aval
bridge of Brooklyn. N. Y. Mr Walbridge
will occupy the house on April 1, upon the
completion of alterations which are to be
begun at once. He will use the house as
a residence during part of the year.
The senior class of the central high
school presented "Her Husband's Wife
Friday night at high school hall and re
peated it Saturday evening. The play is a
<oniedv in three acts, written by A. r.
Thomas and produced by special arrange
ment with the John W. Rumsey play com
pany of New York. Edward 1.. Taylor
cmached the cast and to him is due much
of the credit for the excellent presentation.
The annual banquet of the Springfield
board of trade, to be held at the Hotel
Kimball on the evening of February 10,
promises to be a notable one in the secur
ing of Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago as the
speaker and guest of honor. Mr Wheeler
is a banker and business man of national
reputation, having recently been elected
president of the chamlier of commerce of
the United States at the first annual meet
ing in Washington. ■
Statistics compiled at the technical high
school Friday show an entering class of
121 students’ at the midyear promotion
time. Of this number 92 are boys and
29 are girls. This makes a total enrol
ment of 76<>. consisting of 505 boys and
255 girls. The school authorities say that
this total will he increased to 775 shortly.
This number is altogether too large to
be accommodated by the corridors and
stairways of the building with sufficient
facility.
The February bookings at the Court
Square theater, announced last week, in
elude a concert by Mme Lina Cavallieri
on the 24th, under the management of W.
F. A. Engel. She is coming to America
for a two-months’ concert tour, which is
to begin in this city. The famous beauty
and accomplished singer will appear in the
costumes of her various opera roles, and
will sing songs belonging to each. She
will be accompanied by Signor Murtoria,
an Italian tenor.
Frederick L. Greene, secretary of the
board of bar examiners of the common
wealth of Massachusetts, gives notice that
on the 19th the examiners will report to
the court that these applicants are found
qualified as attorneys: Harry M. Ehrlich
and Theodore W. Ellis of Springfield. ‘Will
iam S. Kimball of Amherst. James E.
Hafey of Chicopee. Lawrence J. Montgom
ery of Holyoke, Bartol Parker cf Lan
caster. Fred J. Cook of Stockbridge and
Wiliam V. 11. Baldwin of Wilbraham.
The affirmative side of the debate on the
subject, "Resolved. That it is necessary for
the fullest development of the country that
woman should receive the franchise,” was
named as having won Tuesday afternoon
at the meeting of the political class, held
m the Science building at 3 o’clock. Those
on the winning side were Mrs Henry M.
Bowden and Mrs Florence Burleigh of the
local equal suffrage league, while those
pleading for the antisuffragets were Mrs J.
N. Severance and Mrs A. L Sykes. The
.fudges were Miss S. Elizabeth Booth, Miss
Florence Porter and Mrs Effie Shaw.
Vice-President James H. Hustis of the
Boston and Albany railroad was in Spring
field Tuesday night and attended a meet
ing of the transportation commission. At.-
tonney William H. Brooks, representing-tlie
same railroad, was also present at the
meeting. The two representatives of the
railroad were in conference with the local
commission for about two hours, and al
though after the meeting nothing definite
was given out, it is certain that, the ques
tions raised were important in their bear
ing on the river-front question as it may
affect the Boston and Albany railroad.
Annexation of the southern section of
Chicopee, to increase the Brightwood sec
tion of Springfield, and a law requiring
for the consent of the board of health of
any city within 260 rods of whose bor
ders another city has licensed the location
of such a slaughter house or rendering
plant as those which have caused Bright
wood complaints, were both approved by
the directors of the board of trade in a
special meeting held Friday night. Both
these measures are provided for in bills
which are to come Wore the present ses
sion of the state Legislature.
"Col” and Mrs C. L. Young left the
city Saturday for an extensive pleas
ure trip of a month’s duration through
Panama, Venezuela and the West Indies.
While the trip is intended solely for the
benefit of his health, "Col’’ Young is go- <
ing to try. with the aid of a camera, to i
make it bring as much pleasure to his .
friends at home as it does to himself. He |
will take snapshots of everything interest- ।
ing which he finds on the way and on his ;
return will give one or more lectures which |
no one will miss who has beard his talks on :
his trips to Egypt, through the Mediter
ranean and to "the land of the midnight
Fun.’
The Mansion house will soon be a thing
of the past. Fred T. Ley & Co's house
wreckers will begin leveling the old Main
street building this week, and on
June 1 a two-story business structure of
handsome architecture, to cost between
$50,000 and $60,000, will stand in its place.
The trustees of the Hampden realty trust,
■which owns the famous old block, met Sat
urday morning and came to the decision
which ends the long history of the Mansion
house. The building was put up before the
civil war and the upper two floors and a
auction of the ground floor have been used
as a hotel ever since, until the business was
discontinued December 1.
The January issue of Western New En
gland, the board of trade magazine, is
termed the West Springfield number. It
sets forth the places of beanty the indus
trial activities and things of historical in
terest in that town with a large number of
attractive pictures and interesting articles.
One picture, made from a photograph token
from the Myrick building at sunset, gives
a view of the river —.i the stretch of
country in which that town is located that
• is of real beauty ns a piece of unusual
l photographic work. Among other things of
I merit.' it contains an interesting historical
■ sketch of the settlement of the town nnd
its early development, written by Winthrop
S. Bagg. There is also an unusual picture
of the old toll bridge.
Lewis O. Tirrell, for five years clerk of
Cooley's hotel, has been appointed man
ager of the hotel by Henry E, Marsh, the
. proprietor, and entered upon his new du
ties Tuesday. Mr Tirrell will see o
all the details of the management of the
hotel and will take the responsibilities
and care off Mr Marsh's shoulders, as the
latter has been dhxious to be freed from
the details of management. When Mr
Marsh decided to turn over the burden of
i the active management to some one else,
he naturally decided upon Mr Tirrell,
who has been in a confidential position
for some time and who is well equipped
: through his long acquaintance with the
, hotel and with Air Marsh’s policies to take
j over the work.
j The Women's club held its regular meet
! ing last week Wednesday in the Women’s
club house, the subject tor the day be
‘ ing "The responsibility of women for so
cial betterment." Mrs Charles G. Whit
ing read the first paper under the title
"Is democracy progressing?” and this
was followed by a discussion of "The part
women have taken in social betterment
in the past and their duty now.” Miss
Jean MacDufiie considered in her contri
bution "The menace of our modern social
and industrial life.” while the last sub
ject was “The philanthropies of Spring
field women,” treated by Mrs Andrew B.
Wallace. At the close of the reading of
the papers the members took part in a
spontaneous discussion along the ideas
suggested by the papers.
The February meeting of the central la
bor union this year will be remembered
by the members as the first meeting at
which women upholding the cause of wom
an suffrage were invited to address the
members of the union. The honor of dis
cussing women's rights fell to Mrs John
Mac Duffie. Miss Josephine Bowden and
Mrs Florence Burleigh, prominent tn the
work of the local equal suffrage league.
The large audience of delegates to the
central body who greeted the speakcis had
a sympathetic interest in the appeal which
the women made, and more than once ex
pressed their interest by vigorous ap
plause. The three speakers addressed the
men during the educational hour, each
taking a distinct phase of the question
for discussion.
A social event of uncommon interest to
Springfield people took place in New York
Friday afternoon when Mrs Louis Coenen
of 1 West Eighty-third street gave a tea
in honor of her daughter, Mrs E. D. Whit
aker of North Adams. It was to a consid
erable extent a reunion of Springfield peo
ple now living in New York and many of
Mrs Coenen's friends who were formerly
residents of this city attended. Mrs James
A. Rumrill and Mrs Chester W. Chapin
poured. Mrs R. A. J. Hewat of Briggs
ville received with Mrs Coenen and Mrs
Whitaker, and Mrs Coenen was assisted
in entertaining her friends by Miss Emily
It. Bryant, formerly of Springfield, Miss
Edith Bond, whose mother was formerly
Miss Anna Marsh of Springfield, Miss Isa
bel Lusty and Miss Elsie Gemmill, a niece
of Mrs Coenen.
The 275 boy members of the local Young
Men's Christian association will begin a
system of self-government immediately,
which is the first of its kind in the nation.
The scheme was announced at a banquet
and celebration Friday night at the build
ing. where about 300 people assembled for
a big dinner at 6.30 and a program of ad
dresses and music afterward. The prin
cipal speaker of the evening was H. W.
Gibson of Boston, who spoke for half an
hour on “Boys’ work.” in which he showed
clearly what a boys’ department of a
Young Men's Christian association can ac
complish if properly operated. F. A. Cum
mings. the new director of the boys’ de
partment, explained the new system in a
chalk talk following the banquet.
The Spanish swindle which has been
notorious for many years is again being
worked in this country and several letters
have been received by local people. It
has been varied a little. It will be re
called by those who received letters here
tofore that a young woman figured in the
swindle and that money was solicited on
the plea that she wished to procure the
release of her father froja prison on the
promise that a substantial sum would be
paid in return for the favor. The new
scheme is along similar Unes, but differs
in that the author of the letter claims that
he is a banker under arrest in Spain for
absconding from Russia with 5,000,000
rubles. He solicits funds to secure his
release, promising to share the ill-gotten
fortune with whoever helps him to free
dom.
Many friends in this city, as well as at
Mount Holyoke college, will be interested
to learn that Miss Harriet Goulding Pow
ers sailed Saturday for Naples. From
there she will proceed to Alexandria and
thence to Beirut, going back from there
to Adana, where she hopes to start an
educational home for the Turkish wom
en with Miss Webb. Miss Powers was
horn in Turkey and received her educa
tion in this country, where she gradu
ated from Mount Holyoke. She has taught
for 42 years in Turkey, but for the last
two years has been in this country, mak
ing her headquarters in Philadelphia and
coming on to this city several times to
visit friends. The missionary board no
longer supports her in Turkey, but those
who are interested in her valuable work
may send contributions to Dr Henry Otis
Dwight at the Bible house, Astor place,
New York city.
A big delegation of important manufac
turers from cities of the four counties of
Western Massachusetts came to Springfield
Friday for the annual meeting of the
Connecticut Valley metal trades associa
tion, the Springfield branch of the Rational
metal trades association, which has become
one of the most important employers’ as
sociations in the state. The annual gath
ering, for which the Hotel Worthy was
made the headquarters, was regarded as
one of the most successful ever held. The
Connecticut Valley association has had a
most encouraging growth during the past
year, and the reports for this year indi
cate that it has attained moat import
ant proportions. It now represents a to
tal investment of about $30,000,000 in
Connecticut valley industry by its mem
bers. with a yearly output of about $40,-
1X.10.000 and a yearly pay-roll of some
$10,200,000. Friday s annual meeting was
attended by about 75 members.
It was a big crowd with a lot of money
and the open hand that gathered at the
Women's club Saturday pight for the case
cliantant which was presented for the bene
fit of the baby feeding association. Local
talent eclipsed itself in the cabaret show,
and it seemed as though enough money .
was collected to satisfy the infantil- I
hunger of all Springfield. The large room
of the chib appeared to be a nook of old
Paris, and the small tables, with their in
dividnal lights and the full dress of those
present carried one straight to Rue de
J’Opera. A close competition had brought
out the highest vending and waitressing
talent of the city, and as the young wom
en went back and forth in their simple
and very becoming pink gowns, everyone
with n cent left in his pocket was hi dan
ger. The actors were met with a close
attention and long applause, and the au
diences which packed the house for each
performance were most good natured
about the continued drain on their purses.
Fred T. Ley and Frank H. Wesson
were the newly-elected directors of (he
Hotel Kimball corporation chosen Tues
day morning at the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the hotel. All the
other directors were re-elected. The two
new dilectors take the place of William
M. Kimball and Henry L. Bowles, whose
terms expired automatically and whose
successors were chosen without the neces
sity of resignations from either of the out
going directors. About 20 stockhold
ers were present, at the meeting in
porsßD and practically every share
of / stock was represented, either in
Jefson or by proxy. The annual
report of the hotel was read, showing
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1913.
1 the finances to be in excellent condi-
I tion. A manifestation of the wcll-ordensi
I state of the corporation was given by the
! declaration of a quarterly dividend payable
I April 1 of 1% |>er cent on all stock «f rec-
I ord March 15. The new board of directors
I elected yesterday is made up as follows:
, Fred T. Ley. Frank 11. Wesson. William
I H. Dexter. Charles T. Sheam William R.
! Miller, George F. Sweeney of New York.
! Charles H. Tenney. Frederick Harris and
j William 11. McClintock.
! Lowell citizens of the past hoard a good
deal about the excellence of their city both
in former and present times from Mayor
। James E. O'Donnell of Lowell and from
J State Industrial Commissioner James B.
I Carroll, at the first dinner of the Lowell
1 club attended by about 60 members at the
Hotel Kimball Tuesday evening. The Low
i ell men had many pleasant things to say
about the city of their adoption, too, mid
: welcomed with enthusiasm Henry Lasker,
president of the local board of aldermen,
who represented the Springfield city gov
ernment at the banquet in the absence of
Mayor John A. Denison, who was forced
to remain at home on account of the illness
of his mother.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
The Holyoke textile mills are feeling the
unsettled conditions caused by the dis
cussed changes in the. woolen tariff and
also are affected to some extent by the
garment-workers' strike in New York, and
the prospect seems to be that a large num
ber of looms will be idle unless conditions
improve within a short time. A number
of the representatives of the mills were
seen yesterday and it appears that a num
ber of mills have been affected by the pres
ent situation.
Miss Mabel Phillips of Franklin street
and Frederick Hudson of Hartford. Ct.,
were married at the home of Mr and Mrs
James C. Phillips at 227 Franklin street
Tuesday evening. Rev F. D. Smith per
forming the ceremony. The couple were
unattended and there were 60 invited
guests present at the service.
A new mill for Hoiyoke seems probable,
it being stated last week that Henry Tay
lor, formerly president of the New York
and New England paper company, is ne
gotiating with the Holyoke water-power
company for a Site and that New York
capital is enlisted in the nroiect.
Miss Minnie Hamel, daughter of
Charles H. Hamel of Cottage avenue, and
Sebool Committeeman John F. Kennedy
were married at Holy Cross church Tues
day morning, Rev J. Ivers perform
ing the ceremonv and celebrating the nup
tial mass which followed.
WESTFIELD.
Few men have the privilege of remain
ing in active business for a term of mote
than 70 years, hut such has been the rec
ord of Frederick A. Thompson, who re
tired some months ago as superintendent
of the paper mill of Crane Bros. By his
long and active service in the paper manu
facturing business, Mr Thompson became
known the country over in paper manufac
turing and trade circles. Sunday he
was 85 years old. and few men enjoy
better health or are more active both
physically and mentally than Mr Thomp
son, who enjoys meeting his friends at bis
hospitable home on Court street.
The attachment for $50,000 filed in the
registry of deeds the past week against
Herbert N Kingsbury of Westfield, secre
tary and treasurer of the Fraternal ac
cident association of America, by George
Hoague of Boston, receiver of the ac
cident association, is preliminary to the
filing of a bill in equity which is return
able in the superior court in this county
in March. The bill is brought by the re
ceiver to recover funds which it is al
leged have not been accounted for by Mr
Kingsbury, the sum of $17,966 being the
approximate amount claimed to be due.
Word comes from Southwick that the
Berkshire ice company is discouraged over
the prospect of harvesting a crop this
season from Congamond Jakes and that
there is a possibility of the company
cutting ice in Maine this year and stack
ing it for shipment to New York and oth
er centers. The Berkshire company has
several immense ice-houses at Southwick
with a capacity of nearly 250.000 tons
and in addition the company usually cuts
many carloads for direct shipment to New
Haven, New York and other points.
The re (tort of the Atheneum library,
shows that the year has been an
unusually busy one. The adaitions were
1565. but 194 volumes were withdrawn,
making the net additions 1371. The total
number of volumes in the library arc now
28.657. During the year 467 registration
slips were discarded. hut 851 new names
were added to the registration, making a
total of 4613 active borrowers. The at
tendance at the library reading-room on
Sundays and holidays was 2683, an aver
age of 45 a day.
The annual report of William A. Flou
ton. chief of the police department, shows
that the year was an unusually busy one.
with a total of 1057 arrests. This included
1014 males and 43 females. The chief
earnestly recommends that additional police
officers be appointed to assist in the rapid
ly increasing duties of the department.
There are new but 10 officers and the
population is estimated at nearly 18.000.
with several thousand foreigners unac
quainted with local or state laws.
Merwin Loomis of Court street, who
was 92 years old last week, decided that
he would have a “real” birthday party
Saturday and so invited the cbildreuan his
neigliliorhood for a good time at his home.
Games were played and Ihe young peo
ple had ice-cream and other refreshments.
Mr Loomis enjoyed the party as much as
the boys and girls.
The normal training school assembly
hall was filled Monday evening at the
presentation of “Cranford" by members
of the Tuesday Morning club, and the
performance was greatly enjoyed.
CHICOPEE.
The Chicopee aidermen gave the Warren
power company their long-sought franchise
by a unanimous vote at the regular Febru
ary meeting Mondoy night, together with
the locations for several hundred poles
which were petitioned for. The terms of
the franchise, which arc to be identical
with those of the franchise granted sev
eral months ago to the Amherst power
company, were agreeable to the Warren
company, so that, when further prelim
inaries such as the filing of tire bond have
been disposed of, the long power war in the
city government may be said to have
closed.
A new storage bouse 240 by 90 feet. Io
cost in the neighborhood of $-400,000. is to
be constructed by the Fisk rubber com
pany at the Falls during the remainder of
the winter and the spring, according to
the terms of a contract recently let to the
Fred T. Ley construction company of
Springfield. Work on the now building,
which will be of steel, concrete and brick
construction with three stories and a base
ment. will begin probably this week,
and will he rushed as rapidly ax jiossible
toward completion, which is called for July
1 by the contract.
It became known Tuesday that Mrs
Harriet Augusta Hamilton Fuller, who
died at her home hi the Falls on January
26 at the age of 90. had left instructions
with her daughter, Mrs Wilson Paine of
the Falla, to bestow a considerable sum
of money from her estate u|s>n the Doane
orphanage in Longmeadow, and SIOO6
for the Second Congregational church In
the Falls. _________
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
A large attendance of Maxons from
West Springfield and Agawnm met at
the old White diurcli Tuesday evening for
the organization meeting of the Mount Or
thodox lodge, which is to be especially
for members from these towns. District
Deputy William E. Gibbs of Westfield
presented the di*i«msatwn papers from
the grand master of the grand lodge of
Massachusetts. After this tlie officers for
the coming year were named, Fred C.
I Hubbard being the worshipful master.
Miss Margaret Everts, teacher >f modem
| languages in the West Springfield high
school, is to leave to accept a call to the
j Newton high school, where she is to reach
French. Her deiiarture " ill be greatly re
gretted by the West Springfield school au
thorities,for she was regarded ns :t teacher
of exceptional ability. She has tanglit in
West Springfield for ntiout 2 V 4 years.
AGAWAM.
The gold-header, cane which was in the
I possessirxi of William J. Hull as R' e old
’ est man in town till the time of his death
; in November, is now in the bands of the
| town clerk, 11. E. Bodurtha, awaiting the
next owner. If all those over 80 years
lof age will send the date of their birth
I to the town clerk he will deliver the cane
; to the one to whom by age it is entitled.
The borne of Mr and Mrs Frank E.
Cambell last week was the scene of a
l delightful wedding, when their daughter,
! Miss Bertha Louise Cambell, "as united
I in marriage to Kenneth Leon Dix of West
| Springfield.
LONGMEADOW.
William M. Willard left for New York
Friday and sailed Saturday on the Cin
cinnati of the Hamburg-American line for
a month’s cruise, in which he will visit the
canal zone. He will stop nt Panama, Ha
vana. Jamaica and other places of inter
est.
Howard W. and Mrs zteude Brewer I^ng
of Salem sent word Thursday of the ar
rival at their home Wednesday of Huldah
Brewer Lang.
Joseph H. Louden of Wales was before the
district court at Palmer Monday, charged
"dtli operating a boiler without a license. Mr
Louden is a woolen manufacturer of Wales
and has found it impossible thus far to get
a licensed engineer to run his boiler and
has assumed charge of it himself. While
lie thoroughly understands its operation he
has not had the practical experience "Inch
will enable him to secure a license. If un
able to get an engineer he "'ill be forced
to shut the mill down. Mr Louden plead
ed guilty to the charge and Jiis case was
continued until the 17th. Arthur Brouth
ers, charged with hunting without a li
cense, hud his case placed on tile.
The school-house in district No 1 was
destroyed hr fire at Hampden Thursday.
Miss Marjorie Douglas of the primary room
discovered tlie tire about 9.10 in the wood
shed. and the attic was also on fire. The
flumes were soon beyond control. Some
furniture in the primary room was saved,
but most of th" books in the grammar
school were destroyed. The building was
wooden, of one story, and contained two
school rooms. It was built about 43
years ago anil was insured for $2600.
The annual report Of the Porter Memo
rial library at Blandford for the past
year has been prepared for the trustees
by Mrs F. E. de Braal, who lias com
pleted her sixth year of service as libra
rian. There arc now in the library 3008
books, of which 149 have been received
during the year.
Henry Wallace. 12. of Monson, was
lust week drowned in Cblton Hollow pond,
owned by L. C. Flyr»t. He. was trying the
thin ice when it gave way beneath him.
It is thought he was alone at the time and
was unable to reach the shore.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAMPTON.
The Northampton players will present
something outside the usual character of
theatrical offerings this week in a revival
of Moliere’s satire, “Les Femmes Savau
tes” (“Learned Ladies"), which was first
acted in the Palaia-Royale, Paris, in
1672. The play is said to exhibit a re
markable insight into human character,
and to be as applicable to some of the
pretensions of modem times as it was to
those of the period to which it belongs.
The comedy of thef piece is said to be
bright and unfnilpig, TJlnrsdtiy after
noon and evening thf Northampton play
ers will give wav to^gerfoi''mances_ of “Lit
tle Women,” this sea .son's I^ew York suc
cess, by the original Brady company.
The Northampton emery wheel company,
having a factory al Leeds, has' filed a pe
tion in the sunerior court asking for the
appointment of a receiver, and a .hearing
will be held before Judge R. W. Irwin .next
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The fac
tory will be O|>erated a few days longer to
till orders and will then be closed for a
time. The company was formerly the Otis
& Williams company, the business being
owned by Gen John L. Otis and L B. Will
iams. and in 1879 it was incorporated
under its present Paine. The product was
emery wheels and emery wheel machinery.
About 30 men hate been regularly em
ployed.
The Northampton ecpial suffrage league
gave a lundheon at Boyden’s Friday
afternoon, at which the principal guest
and speaker was Mrs Carrie Chapman
Catt. Other speakers were Miss Florence
Luscombe of Boston, Mrs Dwight E.
Clary of Williamsburg anti Mrs Mary K.
Moran, president of the business women’s
elub of Boston, and there were guests front
Springfield, Holyoke, Eastbampton and
Greenfield. The company numbered about
125 and interesting and effective ad
dresses were given by . the speakers.
Mrs Abagait Blondin observed her 99th
birthday Saturday at the home of her
daughter, Sirs Delia White, on Hawley
street. Mrs Blondin is in excellent health,
but is blind. She was born in Montreal
February 1, 1814. and is a former resident
of Montague. Five of her 13 children are
notv living.
Lyman B. Crafts of Whately entertained
the Franklin harvest club at the Draper
hotel Saturday. George E. Taylor, Jr.,
of Shelburne read a paper, entitled “Corn
is king,’’ and there was a reading by Mrs
Taylor. , .
AMHEHST.
The college catalog for 1912-1913 which
lias been somewhat delayed this year has
tinuHy made its appearance and is be
ing given out at the registrar's office. The
issue is the siimc in general form and
i make-up as last vear's but shows several
minor chimges in nrran^cment. Under
the description of the various courses the
hours for the course throughout the week
are printed as well as the room iu which
the class is held. The summary of regis
tration puts the total enrolment at 426
Tia' sopliomorc class Jias the largest mem
bership. with 117. just five more than the
freshmen. The juniors show the smallest
enrolment, with but 88 names, while the
seniors have 105 at present and should
graduate with about the average member
ship. Massachusetts is the best repre
sented of tlie states, with 141, while New
York comes second as usual with 118,
Illinois has a stiriirisingly large represen
tation at the college of 18 men, but one
less than Connecticut and one more than
Pennsylvania. Twenty-eight states are
represented in all.
Several new cases of scarlet fever were
reported to the board of health Monday
Jeffery Page. 15. nnd Philip Page. 18. sons
of William Pago of Cushmnn, mid Miss
Ruth Smith. 12. of Factory Hollow. North
Amherst, nre the victims. George Dan
forth of Foxcroft, Me., a member of the
freshman class at the agricultural college,
was taken ill Bunday in the Kappa Sigma
house and removed to the hospital on
East Pleasant street, and Henry Walker
of Brook's farm was taken ill Monday.
Dr Morse of the state hoard was again
called to Amherst. Philip Page was em
ployed in the hat factory nnd Jeffery «t
---i tended, the Cushman school. This is the
! sixth case of bcarlet fever in the same
■ fnmily, the other four children. William.
Gladys. Beatrice and Olive were taken ill
I lust week. ... ,
t A large fire broke out m the barn of
। Erwin S. Fulton on Leverett street in
' North Amherst Monday morning at !»..<<>
। which destroyed the bam. silos, house, eorn
fodder. hay. farm implements, five
1 horses nnd 10,000 bushels of onions.
I The fire probably started in the feed cook
! er. which was lieitig wted at the t«me.
land wiis discovered by Mr Fulton s tofte.
All the stock was shved with the exceptfon
lof five horses valued at SBOO . nn< ;
I not insured. The loss
j approximately SIO,OOO. $.>200 of which
was covered by insurance in the agency
of H. M. McCloud. The onions were
partially covered by insurance in the
agency of 8. A. Phillips. _
A special meeting of the board of trade
was held last week in the court
room. The resolutions favoring a peti
tion to the state railroad coinmlSNioners»
requesting that no action toward separa
tion of grades at the Central Vermont
railroad be taken and that instead the
railroad company be asked to erect gates
at the crossing were laid on the table,
following an interesting discussion of the
subject. Frank A. Hosmer presided at
the meeting ami W R. Brown was clerk.
The news was given out by President
Meiklejohn Tuesday that Charles S.
Whitman, district attorney of New York
city, and a member of the class of 1800
at Amherst, had been secured as Henry
Ward Beecher lecturer at the college
for this year.
SOUTH HADLEY FALLS.
The students of Mount Holyoke college
and numerous music lovers from a_ dis
tance owe much to* the kindness of the
pianist, Tina Lerner, who made a long
jourhey from Chicago .expressly for the
recital* which she gave Tuesday evening in
Marv Lyon chapel. . It was a beautiful
recital in every way. The prognim was
made up of delectable , things. artfully
arranged, and the pianist’s exquisite art,
which Springfield music lovers remember
with plvasuru. has ripened: and developed;
it would not he easy to imagine more fin
ished and delightful playing than certain
of last night’s melodious minihers.
Gas . escaping from a liot-"atcr henter
in the kitchen of the vestry of the Congre
gational ehurch at South Hadley Falls
while the women of the church were pre;
paring for a supper Monday evening came
near causing a tragedy. As it turned
out, Mrs W. C. Cowan and Miss T.illian
Englehart were rendered unconscious, and
had to be carried out of the ehurch be
fore they could be revived. Two or
three others were nearly overcome, but
did not require any aid. Tlie meter has
been bothering for some little time.
The West Boylston manufacturing com
pany has prepared plans for a building
which it may erect at Eastbampton during
the coming summer or fall to provide eluh
room facilities for its employes. The build
ing would be located on land owned by tlie
company at the junction of Pleasant,
Lovefield and Ferry streets, and provision
would be made for bowling alleys, gym
nusium, baths, pool and billiard rallies
and game and reading rooms. It is planned
to provide means of recreation and amuse
ment for the women as well as the men,
and rooms for training in sewing arid
cooking. The plans provide a hall on an
upper floor and an auditorium suitable
for moving picture or theatrical entertain
ment. The ground floor would contain
seven stores.
John Ames of Worthington was serious
ly injured on Wednesday last week by the
falling of a partially felled tree, the upper
part of which struck and pinned him to
the ground, severely cutting his head and
limbs, injuring his ribs and bruising his em
tire body. Fortunately no internal in
juries have developed, ns was feared, and
under the care of Dr William Lyman
and Miss Bessie Ames he is slowly recov
ering. He was assisting in a "chopping
bee” for Arthur Granger, "ho is ill. Mr
Granger is reported as improving.
The vital statistics of Hadley for the
year 1912, according to the town clerk’s
records, are as follows: Births, TOO; deaths,
54: marriages, 32. This is the largest
number of births ever recorded in one
year. Of the 100 births, only 14 were
of American parentage, which is a most
significant fact.
During the year ending December, 1912,
51 births. 31 deaths and 29 marriages were
recorded in Williamsburg with Town
Clerk H. W. Hill.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GREENFIELD.
The German play, “Der Herr Gegen
kandidat,” was given Friday night in high
school assembly hall by the senior Ger
man class of the higli school before a large
and appreciative audience. Many of the
German-speaking people of the town were
present ns well as those who do not un
derstand the language, for whose benefit
an outline of the play was given in En
glish on the programs. The parts were all
very well taken and the musical and liter
ary program which preceded tlie play was
also enjoyed by the audience.
Announcement has been made of the
purpose* of the Noyes jewelry company,
which lias recently been formed, to start
the business of mannfacturing jewelry in
Greenfield. The corporation, of which
George C. Lunt of Greenfield is presi
dent and A. C. Noyes of Providence is
secretary and treasurer, will begin its
work in its factory quarters ou Norwood
street in the near future, manufacturing
jewelry novelties of various sorts.
The 14th annual charity ball of Repub
lican lodge of Masons for the benefit of
the Charles IT. Field charity fund was
held Tuesday evening in Washington hall
and was an exceedingly brilliant affair.
A luncheon was served at the Mansion
house at intermission, at which there was
singing by the quartet. During the danc
ing program there were various novel fea
tures introduced.
ORANGE.
The 29th annual concert and ball of the
Orange firemen’s relief association, one of
the principal social functions of the winter
season in Orange, took place'Friday night
in the new town hall and there was a rec-:
ord attendance. The department in their
natty uniforms of blue were present in
good numbers as well as the townspeople
and visiting firemen from Athol, Gardner,
Winchendon, Millers Falls, Erving, Tur
ners Falls and Greenfield. The gallery
was filled to its capacity with .those who
do not dance and the scene on the floor
was a brilliant one.
The first night of the annual two-days’
fair of the ladies’ aid and woman's home
missionary society of the Orange Congre
gational church took place in the vestry of
the church Tuesday afternoon and evening
and it "as the most successful event ever
held by the societies. The largest num
ber recorded for some years were present
and all were doubly repaid for their at
tendance. " j
After cundidnting for some time the
North Orange Universalist church has giv
en a call Io Rev G. M. Weiler of Nova
Scotia, whicn lie has mcepteil. He has
already moved with his family to the hill
town and Sunday began his pastorate,
Tlie annual readers’meeting of Arms libra
ry at Shelburne Falls was held on Monday
iu the librnri rumns. Tile reprirts of the
various officers, prepared at the meeting of
the trustees on last Saturday evening, were
read and accepted. Many interesting rig
ures with reference to the past year’s cir
eulatiou. etc., were shown in the libra
rian's report. A circulation of 16,590 vol
umes, of which 15.246 were works of fic
tion. was indicated. The number of vol
umes in the library is 11.738, 255 having
been added during the past year.
Eli Burrington, 89. whose death oc
curred at Colrain City last week, was said
to be the next oldest person in Colrain,
A. C. Smith. 96 or 97. being tlie oldest. Mr
Burrington had been a resident many
years and was universally respected.
Dr G. B. Underwood, who succeeds Dr
N. Holden as the physician in Whately, hns
moved into town. He has bouglit the resi
dence of Dr Holden and will move his
family ut an early date. Dr Underwood
comes very highly recommended, both
personally and professionally. He is a na
tive of Sffiv Hampshire and has had ex
tensive experience in the Boston city hos
pital nnd the lamg Island hoSpitaL is u
past assistant surgeon of thel'nited.Stetes
army and for several years has lieen en
gaged in private practice in Boston. Dr
Holden is leaving the active practice of
medicine to engage in business in Boston,
and will soon leave town with his fam
ily. .
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
Mayor Moore is in favor of a new city
charter and will present a one-board char
ter, Which he feels will meet the approba
tion of two-thirds of the voters*of Pitts
field. It will eliminate politics from city af
fairs and will call for the election at large
of a number of city officials now elected
by wards, probably the election of two city
eouncilmen from each ward and seven at
i large. It "ill also call for the abolition
of several three member boards, and the
appointment of one competent mun at a
salary no greater than now paid to the
three’members. Tlie mayor says: “Knowl
edge makes mental anarchists, and the
min: with not too much knowledge makes
the better executive. I know what tlie
workingmen want, I have a personal fol
lowing. and I know I can draft a charter
that will satisfy two-thirds *>f the people.’
Charles N. Denanlt, a Pittsfield pho
tographer. has bought Champion Noswald
Nabob, the most famous French bulldog
in the country, for a price of about S2OOO.
The termer owner was Arnold Lawson,
son of Thomas TV. Lawson. Champion
Noswalfl Nabob and puppies were win
ners* at the Neavport show in 1910 and
at the French bulldog show at Boston
in 1911.
Pittsfield physicians have raised their
rates from $1.50 a visit to $2. Tlie rea
son given is the high cost of living. They
claim that the cost of keeping horses and
of buying various other things lias forced
them to advance their prices. Nothing
is said about the price b£ gasoline or
automobiles. /
NORTH ADAMS.
Rev J. Foster Wilcox, pastor of the
North Adams Baptist church, had
a narrow escape from death Tues
day, hist week, while walking on
the Boston and Maine tracks in the
vicinity of the village of Greyhs'k. He
was on his way to call upon a member of
his church who was ill and was walking
behind a freight train that wns taking a
cross-over without his knowledge. No
sooner had the caboose of the freight
cleared tlie track on which Mr Wilcox
was walking, than the fast express that
leaves North Adams for the west soon
after 5 o'clock appeared n few feet in
front of him. He jumped ter safety and
just missed death. The engine of the ex
press brushed against his overcoat, but he
was uninjured. The experience gave the
clergyman considerable of a shock and be
feels that his escape from instant death'
was by the narrowest margin.
Tlie annual meeting of the Reliable knit
ting company was held last week and Gen
eral Manager Roberts reported that the
concern hud lost $18,542 during the past
year. As a result of this J. 11. C. Church,
P. A. Russell and Ellis Ramsdell were
appointed ns a committee to manage the
mills and look into its business affairs.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
During the heavy electric storm Friday
night quite a little damage resulted at the
Pearson farm and one horse was electro
cuted and others injured. The large barns
are lighted by electricity, and in some way
the wires became crossed or grounded and
the cement floor and iron shoos on the
horses' feet made quite a perfect contact,
Oue horse was found dead in the morning
and another one had jumped over the stall
anti became wedged in the manger and had
to be taken out with ropes. The cows
in the adjoining stable were making a
great commotion and bellowing every time,
they received a shock from the electric-'
ity.
A fire early Monday morning destroyed
William Scribner's paint shop on the
Egremont road some two miles from
Great Barrington. The fire is supposed
to have started from a stove which was
used -to heat the building during the
winter. The old building was quite a
large one, and was one of the old land
marks in this section of the county.
Willis W. Burnett, 90 years old, of Savoy,
has as his guest Rev Nathan D. Sherman,
94 years old. Mr Sherman lives in
Whitinghani. Vt. He was born in Savoy,
the son of Jacob and Abigail Sherman,
and grew up to manhood in his native
•town, where he married Miss Salina Par
sons, and removed to Whitingham. Mr
Sherman hns been a minister, cattle buy
er. and dealer in wool and lime. He is
very active for a man of his years. He
has been n total abstainer, using neither
liquoi- or tobacco.
One of the largest attended and pleas
antest celebrations of its kind ever held
in Adams was the silver wedding anni
versary of Superintendent William T.
Nary of the Berkshire street railroad com
pany, and his wife, who was formerly
Miss Mary King, which took place in the
Knights of Columbus hall Monday even
ing. It was arranged by their friends,
and about 300 were present, which showed
unmistakably the high regard nnd re
spect in which the couple nre held.
The Dalton public school children depos
ited their money Friday iti the school sav
ings bank fund and the amount collected
from nil the schools amounted to $42.18.
This added to the whole amount previ
ously collected makes a grand total of
$1876.46. The children seem to maintain
their usual interest in bringing in their
offerings each Friday, and the system has
proved a splendid venture for all the pu
pils.
WOBGESTERjCOUNTY.
Word was received in West Brookfield
Tuesday of the death of Mrs Helen M.
(Chapman) Clark. 77, at Oxford. Mrs
Clark left West Brookfield a short time
ago to spend the winter with her daugh
ter, Mrs Edmund D. Lupien. Mr Clark
died less than a year ago. Mrs Clark
leaves a son. Clay ten Clark of West
Brookfield, three daughters, Mrs Edmund
D. Lupien of Oxford. Mrs Anna E. Clas
son of Hartford. Ct., and Mrs Charles
E. Perkins of Windsor, Ct.: u brother,
Arthur K. Chapman of Westhampton,
and five grandchildren.
Worcester hns chosen Albert T. Rhodes
street commissioner in place of Frederick
H. Clark, who preferred to come to this
city. Mr Rhodes is a civil engineer of
wide experience, who at one time had
charge of all the Worcester Consolidated
street railway company's track-laying
work, and since hns been employed in large
construction work on roads and buildings
in various parts of the country. He wns
the engineer employed to oversee the Fire
and Marine insurance company’s building
in this*city.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
District Attorney Pelletier will try in
March William M. Wood, president of the
American woolen company, Fred E. At
teaiix of Brookline and Dennis J. Collins
of Cambridge, tlie latter a dog fancier, ac
cused of conspiring to plant dynamite in
Lawrence during the strike of tibe mill op
eratives. for the purpose of inflaming pul>-
lie opinion against the strikers. The trial
will begin in either the second or third
week of March in the Ruffolk sunerior
criminal court before Chief Justice Aiken.
A general economic plan which would
extend the benefits of the present laborers'
iiensiou act to all needy widows with fam
ilies in the city was recommended by
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald in his address
at the municipal inauguration in Boston
Monday. John J. Attridge, Walter L.
Collins nnd James 4L. Watson were made
members of the city council. The mayor
is le-giufling the fourth year of his terra.
The executive council is understood to
be unanimously in fayor of a full and un
conditional pardon for Cnrdenio F. King.
Thcv hare .demited Lieut-. Gov Walsh and
Councilor McGregor to inform Gov Foss
I that such is their attitude.
' CONNECTICUT.
Hugh Young of Thompsonville, who lias
been guide in the state capitol in Hartford
the past 14 years, has been notified by
Controller Daniel Dunne that a new mun
has been selected ter the position, nnd Mr
joung terminated bis service? in the cap
ital Saturday. Mr Young was appointed
te the position by ex-t’ontroller Thompson
8. Grant of Enfield during the letter's
administration, and he had held the posi
tion continuously since that time. His re*
tirement came, as a matter of course, fol
lowing the election of the democratic state
ticket. Mr Young, who is a stanch repub
lican. was a brussels weaver by occupation
previous to receiving the appointment as
guide.
Considerable surprise was occasioned
Thursday in Thontpsonvijle over
the announcement that Leslie C.
Brainard, who three years ago suc
ceeded his father. Horace K.
Brainard, as proprietor and manager
of the extensive agrii-ultural warehouse
business, had sold the business to George
S. Phelps of Suffield and Charles O. Bid
well of Windsor Locks, who for many
years has been connected with the F S
Bidwell company in that town. The busi
ness will be conducted under the firm
name of George S. Phelps & Co. Mr
Brainard "ill give his attention to his
fathers insurance business
The suit which was brought bv the estate
of Dr C. L. Sherman, late of Suffield.
Ct., against the estate of Miss Louise E.
Hatheway. late of Suffield, to recover
$100,(XK) for professional services, was sel
tled out of court last week after
the trial had been started iu the superior
court nt Hartford before Judge William
S. Case and a jury. The terms of the
settlement could not be ascertained last
week, but it is stated on reliable au
thority that the plaintiff received ap
proximately SIO,OOO and that the cost of
the action was to be borne by Miss Hathe
way 's estate.
The will of Mrs Harriet Kellogg Max
well was offered for probate before Judge
John E. Fahey of the Ellington distric t
Monday. The following public bequests
are made: Rockville public library of
Rockville, $25,000: American board of
commissioners for foreign missions. $2000;
treasurer of the American home mission
ary society, formed in the city of New
York in 1826. $2000; the George Sykes
manual training school of Rockville, $5000;
Rockville city hospital of Rockville, $5000;
Congregational church at Vernon Center,
$560; Union ecclesiastical society of Rock
ville. SSOOO.
Representative J. Allen Mix introduced a
bill in the Legislature last week income
rating the Stafford and Monson street
railway company. The hill asks for author
ity to construct a line from the terminus
of the present trolly line in Stafford
Springs through Orcutville to the state
line, and for another line through Stafford
Hollow and Staffordrille to the Wales
line, the latter line to connect with a pro
posed road from Brimfield to Wales, thus
giving a direct connection with Worcester
and Boston.
Everard Thompson, head of the Yale
ticket department, and Mrs J. Waldo
Jewett were married at New Haven
Monday afternoon at St Paul's Episco
pal church. Rev Anson Phelps Stokes,
secretary of the Yale corporation and as
sistant pastor of the church, performed
the ceremony.
Rev Hiram Van Kirk of the Episcopal
church in Suffield, Ct,, and also of the
churches at TVindsor Locks and Broad
Brook, has accepted a call to St Luke's
Episcopal church at Noroton and will leave
to take up his new duties in a short time.
VERMONT.
The possil>ility of Brattleboro eventu
ally having direct communication with
Boston began to look quite feasible last
week, when it became known that plans
were being considered for the construction
of a branch that will connect the Brattle
boro and South Vernon link through Hins
dale with the Ashuelot branch near the
W. N. Pike place in Hinsdale. The prin
cipal object of this link would be to put
Brattleboro in better touch with Boston.
The construction of such a Hue would
bring Brattleboro and Hinsdale iato much
closer relations, while the line that is
being built now does not go within two
miles of the village of Hinsdale.
Rev William Firrar Weeks of Shel
burne was consecrated bishop coadjutor
of the Episcopal diocese of Vermont in
the presence of many of the New England
clergy at St Paul’s church in Burlington.
Vt., last week. Bishop A. C. A. Hall of
Vermont was consecrator and was assist
ed by Bishop Coadjutor Richard H. Nel
son of Albany and Bishop James DeWolf
Perry, Jr., of Rhode Island. The sermon
was by Bishop Coadjutor Edward M.
Parker’of New Hampshire.
Brattleboro is soon to have a daily pa
per, the Reformer having made plans t«
issue an evening paper. The paper will
have the Associated Press service and will
cover the local news in a thorough man
ner. The Reformer is a well-established
paper, having been founded in 1876, and
has been issued weekly. Brattleboro has
grown remarkably in the past few years
and is, in the opinion of the promoters,
well able to support a live daily.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Henry F. Hollis, democrat, not only re
gained the lead in the contest for United
States senator in the Legislature at Con
cord Tuesday, but came within six
votes of being elected. The vote was:
Henry F. Hollis, democrat, 204; Edward
N. Pearson, republican. 180; Robert .P.
Bass, progressive, 22; scattering, 15; pairs,
6- absent, 2. In the last formal ballot on
Thursday. Pearson received 160 votes to
155 for 'Hollis.
MAINE.
Compulsory arbitration of disputes be
tween public utility corporations .and their
employes is provided in a bill introduced
in the lower House at Augusta. Tuee
duj' by Representative George W. Irv
ing. The measure is an outgrowth of
the refusal of the Bangor and Aroostook
railroad company to accept the recom
mendation of (he Legislature to submit the
differences with its striking engineers and
: firemen to the state board of arbitration
and conciliation for adjustment.
CHARTER BOARD IS NAMED.
A Commission of Seven Men to Devise
New Charter For This City—Mayor
to Appoint Prosecutor.
Springfield’s new charter commission,
provided for in an order passed a
week ago. was appointed Monday
night. Tlie commission is composed
of the mayor, John A. Denison,
one member of the board of aidermen,
Henry laisker. two members of the common
council, Gib r Blague and Patrick W. Rue
sell, and four citizen members appointed
by the mayor. As these members the may
or appointed the following:—
Fordls C. Parker. Insurance man, termer
city council member, termer state senator,
<hnlruian. _
Henry H Bosworth, lawyer, former City
council member, former member of state
Legislature. . _ „ , „__ v
George E. Foss, principal of I* orest 1 ark
school, president Springfield educational club.
George H. Wrenn, cigar manufacturer,
president of central labor union.
One of the important matters concluded
during the meeting was the passage of the
ordinance placing in the hands of the
mayor the power to appoint the city prose
cutor and ranking that official a meniwir
of the city's law department. The ordi
nance was amended before its passage.
Originally it provided that the mayor should
appoint a prosecutor immediately upon
the passage of the ordinance. The amend
ment changeil the ordinance to provide that
the majpr shall appoint a city prosecutor
during January of each year. This allows
Mr McGlvnn to retain the office during
the pn-aeui year and allows rhe mayor to
make liis Choice of a prosecutor every year
hereafter. In accordance with the ordinance
passed h week ago which created the of
fiee of su[ierintendent of the new group
buildings, Stephen P. Burns "as chosen
Monday evening to fill that position.