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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
BPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
Building operations In Springfield for
July totaled $436,755, of which $404,500
was for new buildings. This record is much
below the total for July in 1914. which
was $794,835. Housebuilding was the
greatest activity of the month.
A simple wedding took place Monday
at 1 o'clock in Christ church when Miss
Edith Ervine. daughter of Samuel Ernne
of 24 Murray Hill avenue, became the
bride of William Vernon Green. Jr. The
ceremony was performed by Bev Donald
N. Alexander.
A pilgrimage to West Brookfield, the
birthplace of Lucy Stone Blackwell, one of
the pioneers in the suffrage movement.
August 13, was decided upon at the meet
ing of the Springfield equal suffrage league
Monday afternoon. The occasion will
be the 97th aninversary of the birth of
Mrs Blackwell.
E. M. Wilkins, formerly advertising
manager of The Republican, who went to
New York a couple of years ago. has
achieved rapid and deserved success in the
advertising department of the New York
Times. He is at present in charge of va
rious classes of advertising, including real
estate, resort, railroad, steamship and the
“want” and “to let” advertising.
Mr and Mrs George Edward Robinson of
Temple street Monday sent out the wed
ding invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Wilcox Robin
son. to Edwin Roberts Suttner. The in
vitations are being sent just to the relatives
and intimate friends. The wedding is to
take place on the evening of the 23d. In
closed with the invitation is an at home
card giving the time as October lo at the
Hazels, Moorestown. N. J.
“The Winthrop," the large block at the
southeast corner of Main and " intnrop
streets, was sold Monday to Morns
Hirsch of Holyoke and Dr Henry L.
Hirsch of Springfield for approximately
$125,000. The former owner was Manon
Merrifield of Brattleboro. Vt. The proper
tv consists of 26 apartments and five
stores. It has a frontage of 94 feet on
Main street and covers an area of IS.OW
square feet. It was assessed at SIOI,OOO
Dr Benjamin Fagnant. the venerable
Howard-street physician, charged with sell
ing hypnotic drugs illegally, pleaded nolo
contendere in police court Friday morn
ing. Judge Heady imposed a fine of bloo
on one of the counts and SSO on the other.
Both fines were paid. The old physician,
who has practiced in this city for many
years, was arrested about two weeks ago
by Inspector Edward J. Rathbun, who had
been working on the case for several
weeks.
With Henry L. Bowles's name on the
ballot for state treasurer. Western Mas
sachusetts democrats have secured all they
are going to get out of the state ticket.
The other five places of honor at the head
of the ballot will go to men east of Worces
ter. Mr Bowles succumbed to the state com
mitteemen’s proposals when they visited
him last week at Lake Sunapee. He is
regarded as the strongest candidate the
party could pick, considering the fact that
the party must make a bid for progressive
votes, too.
Members of the democratic city commit
tee announced Tuesday evening that the
democratic candidate for senator from the
Springfield district in opposition to Gur
don W. Gordon, who is the unopposed can
didate for the republican nomination, will
be Frederick W. Otto, a member of the
Hampdeu county bar and now connected
with the Springfield gas light company.
Mr Otto has given consent to the use of
his name as a candidate and it is under
stood that he will be given the support of
the local democracy.
Marion Cartwright Pease, daughter of
Mrs George W. Pease of 15 Walker place
and Myron W. Brooks. Jr., of Oswegtc
N. Y„ were married Tuesday night at
the home of the bride by Rev Dr George
S. Rolins. The were unattended. They
will spend a few weeks in the Adiron
riacks and will be at home to their friends
at Ridgewood. N. J., in September. Mrs
Pease graduated from Mount Holyoke
college in the class of 1912 and has been
teaching in Ridgewood for the past three
years. Mr Brooks is manual training su
pervisor in the schools at Ridgewood.
An engineer, a lawyer and a business
man will probably be the personnel of the
commission that is to solve Springfield's
bridge problem. The appointments to the
commission were not made Monday by
Judge Charles A. De Conrcey of the su
preme court, to whom the petition brought
by the city was presented. In order that
the counsel of the cities, towns and cor
porations concerned may have additional
time in which to agree upon a list of can
didates. Judge De Courcey directed that
the agreed-upon list be submitted to him
at Boston within the next 10 days or two
weeks. He will name the commissioners
soon after.
Mrs Stanley King of Boston, who has
been abroad for several months, was in
tending to sail last week on one of the Nor
wegian liners leaving Bergen, Norway, and
is due to land in New York on August 9.
Mrs King went over in February to join
her husband, who had been in Europe since
the previous autumn, and during the time
since then Mr and Mrs King have spent
most of thei- time in Russia and Rumania.
Mr King will remain still longer in Europe,
but Mrs King upon landing in New York
will come at once to Springfield to spend
some time with her husband's parents.
Judge and Mrs Henry A. King of Dart
mouth terrace.
The annual reunion of the veterans of
the 34th Massachusetts regiment will he
held at Memorial hall on Thursday, Au
gust 12. The business meeting will be at
11.45 and dinner will be served by the
E. K. Wilcox relief corps at 12.30 in the
banquet hall. A special car will leave the
union station at 11.30 for Court square
and will leave Court square for the sta
tion at 3.30. which will give ample time to
connect with outgoing trains. It is 50
years since the war closed, and there are
not many of the old boys of the regiment
left, but some of them can still tell and
enjoy good stories, and the reunion prom
isee to be a pleasant occasion for the
veterans.
Clarence A. Earl, general manager of
the Hendee manufacturing company, is to
become vice-president and a director in the
Willys-Overland company at Toledo. 0.,
having Monday resigned from his posi
tion with the Hendee company. The res
ignation will become effective in October
and Mr Earl will then take up his work
in a general executive capacity in the
Toledo company. Mr Earl was connected
with the Corbin screw corporation at New
Britain. Ct., a division of the American
hardware company, for 21 years, and re
signed from a position as general man
ager of that firm in March. 1914. when
he came to the Hendee company as its
vice-president.
The new system for the use of cash and
transfer registers on all trolly cars on the
Springfield street railway lines went into
effect this week. The work of installing
the registers was completed last week and
the new form sheets were also received at
that time. Under the new system, a mi
nute report of the various details of op
eration is required. Passes are no longer
issued to employes or others, and, begin
ning yesterday, tickets have been issued to
replace them. This facilitates the methods
of accounting. Each car is equipped with
two registers. The one is used to record
cash fares, while the other records trans
fers and tickets received.
Unless steps are taken to bring about a
settlement of the controversy between the
. teamsters’ union and the team owners of
-the city a strike of the teamsters will
be declared Monday. This was the unani
■ mous decision of the teamsters at a meet
ing held in the hall of the cooks and
waiters' union Tuesday evening. The
evening Business Agent William J. T.
• did not give them fair warning The
terms under which a settlement can be
reached call for a minimum wage of sl2 a
week for single team men and helpers,
sl4 a week for the double-team men, sl6
for chauffeurs on trucks carrying less
than three tons, and $lB for chauffeurs on
trucks carrying three tons or over.
The Springfield street railway company
will begin a daily electric express service
to Providence by way of Worcester on
Monday. The service already extends as
far as Worcester, while from that city
to Providence service has been given on
alternate days. The run will be made in
22 hours, the cars leaving this city at
9.15 a. m. and Providence at 3.45 p.
m. It is estimated that this running time
will dip several hours from the time
usually allowed for freight shipments be
tween Providence and this city. The route
will afford connections with other electric
express systems operated from Worcester
to Fitchburg and Boston, and with nu
merous lines radiating from Providence.
The month of August opened with a
veritable deluge in the up river country
Sunday night and Monday morning.
Streams were gorged, a dam or two burst,
roads were undermined or washed away,
landslides blocked trolly lines, and tele
phone and tel: graph service over a part
of Western Massachusetts was paralyzed
while linemen struggled Monday with
the tangle of broken poles ami twisted
wires. July attained some fame for its
storminess and wetness, hut August, usu
ally gentle and warm, has already started
cantankerously to overwhelm its predeces
sor. The heat Monday in Springfield
ranged up to 84. and a downpour satu
rated this whole section lat? in tbe aft
ernoon.
Rev and Mrs Augustus P. Reccord of
State street left Tuesday on their live
weeks' western tour, going by way of the
Canadian Rockies, planning to be on the
way for 10 days. Points of interest that
they will visit on the way will include
Birnff. Lake Louise, Glacier. Vancouver
and Victoria. After reaching San Fran
cisco, at which place they expect to be for
a week, Mr and Mrs Reccord will attend
the exposition and the Unitarian confer
ence. Mr Reccord will speak on Sunday,
the 22d, at the First Unitarian church
at the opening of the conference, which
lasts until the 28th. Their return trip will
be made through Yellowstone park, at
which place they will spend a week, it
being planned to reach home about the first
of the month.
Springfield is having a considerable part
m the rebuilding of Salem. One of the
heaviest single losers in tbe big conflagra
tion last year was the Naumkeag steam
cotton company, all but one building of
their entire plant being destroyed. There
was some question as to whether or not
the company would rebuild at Salem, but
they finally decided to stay in Massachu
setts and early this spring they began in
earnest to rebuild their plant bigger and
better than ever. The principal part of the
work now being done is the erection of a
weave shed which when completed will be
the largest of its kind in the world. Tbe
contract for this building was awarded to
the Fred T. Ley company of this citv and
amounts to over $500,000.
On their way to New York citv to be
married Gerald W. Worden. 21, a real
estate dealer of 318 Main street, Spring
field. and Miss Eunice Hoag, 24, of Long
meadow were seriously injured Tuesday
morning at 8 when their touring car turned
turtle near Northford. 10 miles from
New Haven. The couple were pinued
beneath the car. and after they had been
extricated by residents of the neighbor
hood, were taken to the New Haven hos
pital. The young woman is in a critical
condition from shock and is suffering from
fractures of a leg and arm. She also sus
tained numerous contusions. Worden re
ceived two broken ribs and several ugly
scalp wounds. Miss Hoag has made her
home with her unde and aunt. Mr and
Mrs C. F. Smith. 107 South Park avenue,
Longmeadow, for several years.
Arguments in the case of the three dis
charged conductors wore made Saturday
before Judge Walter Perley Hall of the
superior court while court, witnesses, at
torneys and spectators sweltered. Daniel
E. Leary, attorney for the trollvmen at
tacked bitterly the "spotting" system,
which he characterized as grossly ineffi
cient and in spite of the heat indulged
in oratorical flights calculated to arouse
sympathy for Conductors McCarthy. Rran
and Mulcahy. Charles W. Bosworth.'the
company s lawyer, based his arguments
on the testimony of the various trips, go
ing over each one in detail. He defend
ed the reliability of the "spotters." all of
whom, he claimed, showed decided fitness
for their work. Judge Hall did not an
nounce his decision, but took the case
under advisement. His decision will prob
ably be made within a short time. The
taking of testimony was finished about 10
days ago.
The Meekins, Packard & 'Wheat depart
ment store property at the corner of Main
and Hillman streets was transferred Mon
day from Azel A. Packard and Will-
G ' . Wheat t 0 Meekins. Packard &
“ heat, incorporated, a new corporation
formed to carry on the business following
the dissolution o f the Allied stores com
pany. A warranty deed transferring the
property was filed yesterday in the regis
try of deeds. Revenue stamps to the
amount of $448 were affixed to the deed
indicating an equity of $448,060 above
mortgages of $1,025,575.45. making a total
value of about $1,600,500. The trans
fer .v ma r?«. formal dissolution
o 1 the Allied stores company, which
took over the local store about a year ago.
The new move was announced about a
week ago. Charles H. Tenny is chair
man of the board of directors' and chair
man of the executive committee of the
new concern, and Azel A. Packard is its
president.
During August the art room at the city
library will exhibit a set of attractive
pictures of the Panama-California exposi
tion at San Diego. Returning tourists
speak of the unity and beauty of the
smaller fair, which does not attempt to he
international in scope, but rather to typify
the history, resources and products of the
southwest. The style of architecture
chosen is that of the early Spanish colon
ists in Mexico, a type rather more ornate
and complex than that used in the early
missions of southern California. Perhaps
the best adaptation of the style is to be
found in the California state building and
the fine arts building, which, fortunately,
are to remain permanent structures. An
interesting feature of the exposition is
the great Spanish bridge—El Puente Ca
l-rillo—a quarter of a mile in length and
135 feet above the Cabrillo canyon, which
is the means of approach to the exposi
tion. This also is to be retained. The pic
tures exhibited give some idea of the
charm of the Spanish type of architecture
and its adaptability to modern structures.
The new memorial building which is be
ing erected by E. K. Wilcox Grand Army
post west of the institution for sav
ings on State street, is beginning to as
sume form. Work is well under way al
ready on the second floor. When com
pleted, and the contract calls for com
pletion before January 1. the building
will he much more commodious than the
old quarters on Court street. The
style will be English renaissance,
dark red brick, trimmed with cast stone.
It will be of much the same interior as
the old building, but much larger, the
measurements over all being .58 feet front
by a depth of 97 feet. The entrance will
be a stone portico 35 feet six inches by
10 feet, and to this will lead an iron orna
mented balustrade. The floors will be of
quarry tile. There will also be an entrance
on the west elevation and an exit on the
west. A memorial tablet will be placed on
the front of the building, reading "1915,
Grand Army of the Republic." The cost
will be approximately $50,000. The ar
chitects are E. C. & G. C. Gardner and
the general contractor George M. Burn
ham.
The Elks of Massachusetts did honor to
the new bead of all Elkdom, Grand Ex
alted Ruler James R. Nicholson of this
city, with a parade and formal reception
in Boston Tuesday afternoon. The fes
tivities added a colorful touch to a driz
zly Boston day and was an event, which
marks a new chapter in Bay State Elk
history, for it is seldom the lodge men ot
this state have an opportunity to celebrate
the election of one of their own number to
the highest office in tbe order. Theses-
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915
tivities took place both at the south sta
stion, when the guest of honor arrived at
Boston at noon, and at the home of the
Boston Elks at 11 Somerset street.
When Mr Nicholson, with a dozen
Springfield friends, stepped off the train
he found himself in the midst of a mar
tial picture. The naval reserve band
blared and about 500 men in the waiting
parade cheered. Mayor Curley and James
H. Walsh, grand esquire of the state as
sociation. made short welcoming speeches.
Mr Nicholson made a short and appropri
ate response to the eulogies addressed him.
He was made grand exalted ruler at the
Elks’ national convention held on the Pa
cific coast early in July, and has recently
returned from the West.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
The Hadley Falls national bank of Hol
yoke has petitioned the superior court for
leave to intervene in the case in equity
between the Germania Mills of Holyoke
and the Hadley mills of South Hadley
Falls for the purpose of opposing a con
tinuance of the business of the Hadley
mills under the management of the re
ceiver appointed by decree of the court
last January. While the business
depression has hit the Hadley nulls
together with other textile manu
factories yet the mills for the past
few months have done more business than
for some time previously and it has been
expected that the.v might emerge from their
troubles when business in the country
picked up. According to the order of the
court the petitioner will notify tbe Ger
mania mills, and Henry G. Sears, the re
ceiver to appear before the court the first
Monday in September when the parties
wiP be heard.
The water was again turned into the
canals Monday morning after sue annual
shutdown but the prospect for brisk busi
ness seems to be rather dark at the pres
ent time. The American writing paper
company, the Farr alpaca and the Will
iam Skinner & Sons silk mill complain of
a slackness in orders and in the other
manufacturing lines in the city business
is far from lively. In a few cases there
seems to be a picking up in business
which it is hoped will spread, but at the
present time there seems to be no cheer
ful outlook and dulness is expected to con
tinue throughout the rest of the year.
This is especially irritating as the many
rains have kept the water in the river at
a good hight throughout the season and
the power could be used to good advantage
if orders were livelier.
The boys of the south-end joyously in
vaded the canals of the city in great
numbers Thursday morning in quest for
lost treasures and also for wandering fish
that might have strayed into the canals
from the river. The occasion was the
annual drawing off of the canals, which
is done at this time every year so that
needed repairs can be made. Before
daybreak most of the boys were wading
their way through the muddy channel of
the canals armed with everything known
under the sun to catch fish.
Mayor and Mrs John H. Woods and
son. Francis, with Mr and Mrs Frank
J. Buckley of Pleasant street, left Mon
day for a long automobile tour through
New York. Maine and Canada. William
E. Bosworth, president of the board of
aidermen, is at present acting as mayor
owing to the absence of the city elerk and
city treasurer.
The board of assessors have nearly
finished figuring over the tax rate and the
rate will be announced the coming week.
As has been forecast, there is no reason
to look for a change from last year’s
rate of SIB.BO. That is expected to be the
1915 rate.
CHICOPEE
The Chicopee board of aidermen at its
meeting Monday put the quietus on the
measure allowing the Westinghouse com
pany to have men from outside the city
act as special policemen at the plant. It
had comp before the board at its meeting
two weeks ago and had at that time been
referred to the ordinance committee, so
that an ordinance might be drawn up
which would embody what the company
wanted and not be against what some of
the aidermen regarded as the best, inter
ests of the city. The vote stood eight to
eight
WESTFIELD,
The 1915 edition of the Price & Lee
Westfield directory was placed in the
hands of local subscribers Slonday. The
directory this year contains 502 pages, as
against 440 last year, and in addition to
the directory of Westfield, it contains a
directory of the town of Blandford, Ches
ter, Granville, Granville Center, West
Granville, Huntington, Russell, Southwick
and Woronoco. It also contains a street
directory-, in which is listed the residents
of the different streets, the house number
and ivhether or not the person has a
telephone. The total number of names
listed is 8646, including 402 removals.
Last year the directory contained 8611.
and included were 320 removals: 1416
names were added this rear and 1381
names were erased. The total changes in
addresses were 1342. and the total num
ber of changes in the directory are 4541.
The open season of trout closed Satur
day. Tbe season has been a peculiar one.
In the early spring it was cold and there was
very little water. During July there has
been much rain, but in spite of that fact
the brooks have gone down quickly and
the fishermen have had mighty poor luck.
A good many call it the poorest trout sea
son in a long time. The fishermen can
now turn their attention -to pond and river
fishing for bass, pickerel, perch etc.
Over 60 friends of Mrs C. M. L. Schmidt
of 75 Franklin street called on her Satur
day afternoon between the hours of 3 and
6. when she observed her 70th birthdav.
The anniversary came Sundar August
I. bnt being Sunday, Mrs Schmidt cele
brated on Saturday She was assisted
in receiving her guests by Mrs Robert
Dibble and Mrs N. B. Richardson, who
acted as ushers.
The loss on the fire at the piano leg fac
tory of Beckwith Bros' company on Mead
ow street was between S3OOO and $3500.
The loss on the stock was between SI7OO
and SIBOO, and on tbe building the loss is
estimated at about SISOO.
WEST SPHIXGEIELD.
The West Springfield tax rate has at last
been settled at $18.50, according to a state
ment given out by the assessors Friday.
This is $1.50 more than the rate last year,
which was sl7. but tbe townspeople were
so sure that the rate this year would be
S2O or even $22 that the moderate increase
will come as something of a shock. The
real estate veluation is $8,697,697, of which
$3,388,440 goes to precinct A. $2,935,529
to precinct B. and $2,372,750 to precinct
C. This brings the total valuation of per
sonal and real estate at April 1 on to
$10,394,963. P
The announcement that Rev George W.
Love will be a candidate for representa
tive in the shoestring district this fall
settles a verv real problem for West
Springfield and the district The repub
lican town committee has been cudgeling
its brains to get a fit man for the' posi
tion and if had approached a few other
men. but had in each case been turned
down. It is felt in the town that Mr Love
will make an ideal representative, for he
stands for the very best ideals.
BRIMFIELD
Leslie E. Abbott of Sandwich, a gradu
ate of Massachusetts agricultural college
in the class of 1914, has been elected in
structor of the vocational agricultural de
partment of Hitchcock free academy in
Brimfield to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Irving G. Davis.
LUDLOW
England’s need for war munitions has
recalled seven young men from Ludlow,
not to join the British armies, but to enter
the factories in their native city, Dundee,
Scot They left Ludlow. Monday for Boa-
ton to sail yesterday from that city
for Scotland. All of the young men have
been prominent in Ludlow sporting circles,
Harry Reed, one of their number, having
gained some fame as an amateur boxer.
Several of the others were valuable mem
bers of the Ludlow soccer team and will
be greatly missed when the football season
reopens.
HOLLAND
Rev G. B. Hurd, president of Holland’s old
? om S celebration, is working on plans
for the day, and for tbe 150th anniversary
0 . Holland Congregational church. Re
pairs have been made upon the town hall
i j? re . dinner will be served. The
ladies aid society will hold a sale of fancy
and useful articles in the beautiful pine
grove. Ice-cream and cake will be sold.
BLANDFORD.
Congregational church on the
Wmndford hilltop was the scene at noon
Tuesday of the wedding of Hugh D.
Adair of Scotland and Laura Jaffrey, who
has been staying at the Mountain house.
Ibe ceremony was performed in the pres
ence of a small company of relatives and
friends by Rev M. D. Merchant, pastor
of the church, the single ring service be
ing used.
MONSON.
The Quaboag woolen company, which
was recently started after a year’s shut
down by Joseph Louden at Monson, is be
ln® operated to nearly its full capacity,
and the carding and finishing departments
are now being run until 10 o'clock at
night.
LONGMEADOW
Mr and Mrs George F. Alexander of
Longmeadow street announce the mar
riage engagement of their daughter, Grace
Miriam, to Spencer M. Van Deusen of
Westfield.
CHESTER
John A. Smithies has been appointed
the Chester agent for the American ex
press company in place of Clarence H.
llivenburg. who resigned the position after
seven-years’ service.
RUSSELL.
The Russell assessors have completed
their work on the tax books and find the
rate to be sls on SIOOO this year.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAMPTON.
Julian and Peter Olesiewski, brothers,
aged 23 and 24, respectively, of East
hamptou, were charged in the district
court at Northampton Wednesday last
week, with the murder of Bolack Klmocy,
24, of Easthampton. The complain
ant was Chief G. 8. Buckner of
Easthampton. The men pleaded not
guilty and were held without bail for
hearing August 10. N. Seelye Hitchcock
of Easthampton appeared for the de
fendants. The original charge was man
slaughter and this charge is allowed to
stand for the present. The affair of which
these murder charges are the outcome was
a brawl at Hampton mills, Easthampton.
Wednesday morning, soon after midnight,
following a wedding celebration in Shott’s
hall.
The Northampton races of the short
ship circuit were less successful financially
this vear than last year, although highly
satisfactory from the point of view of
sport and development of fast horses. The
financial outcome will be about even, or
possibly with a small balance on • the
wrong side. Last year the Northampton
drivers and breeders' association cleared
SI3OO from the races. The arrangement
whereby the Dickinson hospital was to
receive 25 cents on every dollar realized
from sales made by representatives of the
hospital, will yield the hospital between
$75 and SIOO.
Charles Becker, who was electrocuted
at Sing Sing prison Friday for com
plicity in the murder of Herman Rosen
thal, lived for a short time in Bay State,
35 years ago. Becker’s father was a cut
lery worker and the family moved to Bay
State from Unionville, Ct., at a time when
it was necessary to enlarge the force of
the Northampton cutlery company. Charles
Becker was then 16 years of age. Young
Becker is said to have run away to New
York within a month of the time the fam
ily moved to Bay State and the family re
mained only six months.
The high wind and heavy fall of rain
Sunday night did considerable damage to
crops in Northampton and the towns of
Hadley and Hatfield, chiefly by bending
the stalks of corn and tobacco. There
was some damage from the washing of
onion fields, and, in a few cases damage
to tobacco by hail in Northampton and
Hadley. The fall of hail was light and
scattered and the damage was not serious
from this cause. Thirty-five telephone lines
were put out of commission in Hadley.
The equal suffrage victory campaignvs
have completed their tour of 18 days in
Hampshire county. They and their bril
liantly decorated automobile visited every
town in the county but one. and canvassed
the voters in 16 of them. The meetings
numbered 32 and the aggregate number of
the audiences is placed at 5000. Miss
Florence Luscomb of Boston was principal
speaker and manager, and Mrs H. D.
Sleeper of Northampton, county president,
accompanied Miss Luscomb throughout
the trip.
Mayor W. F. Feiker said Thursday aft
ernoon, in answer to inquiry, that it tbe
people wished him to be mayor another
year, he would be a candidate for renomi
nation by the republicans. The mayor
said that he had been approached by many
who were pleased with the progressive pol
icy of his administration and what he had
accomplished, and who wish him to be a
candidate for re-election. Mr Feiker said
he was willing to do this, but should make
no fight for the nomination.
The Northampton milk dealers’ associa
tion has decided to employ an agent to
search for missing milk bottles. The
members of the association say they have
lost hundreds of bottles, which have been
diverted by their customers from their
legitimate use to other purposes, chiefly
that of putting up preserves. A law enact
ed by the last Legislature makes this a
specific offense, punishable by a fine.
AMHERST
A merry and unique party took place
at the Orient springs Friday when all
those who had worked in the trimmers'
room of the Hill's hat shop 25 years ago
met for their second reunion. Dinner was
served at 1 o'clock, following which a
business meeting was called. The follow
ing were elected officers for future reunion
gatherings: President, Mrs Wilson Towne;
vice-president, Mrs Lutie Slate: secretary
and treasurer, Miss L. Reed. The follow
ing attended. Mrs Anna Towne. Mrs Nel
lie Allen, Mrs Myra Comins. Mrs Abby
Shumway. Mrs Bell Spear, Mrs Hatty
Whipple, Miss Jennie Shaw, Miss L.
Reed, Miss Katy Judd, Mrs Louise Bliss,
Mrs Luetta Rippley, Miss Mary Morton,
Mrs Jenny Lyman, Mrs Lyda Merry, Mrs
Mary Johnson, Mrs Hatty Chase, Mrs
Lutie Slate.
The school board has announced that
Miss Ethel Potter, a graduate of the
Westfield normal school, who has taught
in Northampton and Coldbrook, N. H„
has been appointed to be teacher for
grade 3 in the Kellogg-avenue primary
school. The board has accepted the
resignation of Miss Elizabeth Savery,
principal of the Kellogg-avenue school, to
allow her to accept a position in Spring
field. Miss Irene Arnold has been chosen
to fill the vacancy.
A pretty wedding took place on
morning nt the home of Mr and
Mrs Frederick E. Wright of South Am
herst. when their daughter, Bessie Arline,
and Glenn Edward Flint of Amherst, for
merly of Mouth Royalton, Vt., were mar
ried. The ceremony was performed by
Rev George A. Tuttle, paator of the Sec-
ond Congregational church of Amherst
President and Mrs Kenyon I> Butter
field of the Massachusetts agricultural
college have left for Blue Ridge, N. C„
where they will spend their vacation.
Their sons. Victor and Howard, have gone
to Camp Becket
SOUTHAMPTON
Shock caused by the excitement of a fire
that destroyed two neighboring houses re
suited in the death at Southampton late
Sunday night of Mrs Elizabeth Tiffany, 76.
The fire, which was discovered by Mrs
C. A. Montgomery of Northampton as she
drove by at 10.30 o’clock, did damage
estimated at SIO,OOO. It destroyed the
house, addition, large farm and cow
barns and several sheds, the property of
Charles L. Graves, and a 1%-story house
adjoining owned by Edward H. Bell and
occupied by the family of G. E. Hobbs.
Mrs Tiffany was the widow of Frank
Tiffany. She leaves three daughters, Mrs
E. B. Goodenough of Waterbury, Ct.,
Mrs T. R. Boyd of Southampton and Mrs
Caleb F. Finch of Brattleboro, Vt., and
one son. Charles H. Tiffany of Pough
keepsie, N. Y.
EASTHAMPTON
Thomas Stoprd, 26. was drowned in
the ponds at Hampton Mills, Easthamp
ton, Saturday, about noon time. With
several companions he went in bathing
shortly after eating his dinner, and was ap
parently seized with cramps, sinking before
help could reach him.
CHESTERFIELD
The Chesterfield tax rate for 1915 is
$lB. <0 as compared with $16.70 for 1914.
FRANKLIN COUNTY. '
SHELBURNE FALLS.
An advance sale of nearly 800 course
tickets insures the success of the Chau
tauqua which will open to-morrow after
noon in Shelburne Falls and will continue
for a week. Last year the total attend
ance for the six days and evenings w-as
10,664, and it is expected that this will
be more than equaled this vear. Many
tickets have been sold in Ashfield, Buck
land, Charlemont. Colrain, Conway and
other surrounding towns. Decorated' auto
mobiles have paraded several of these
towns in the interest of the Chautauqua.
The entertainments will be on the Arms
academy campus under a huge tent. This
is open on three sides that there will be a
good circulation of air. Children will have
their part in the enterprise through the
junior Chautauqua.
A farewell reception was tendered Rev
and Mrs R. E. Hunt in Shelburne Falls
Baptist vestry Tuesday night in anticipa
tion of their departure for Summit, N. J.,
where Mr Hunt has accepted a call to
the First Baptist church. More than 100
parishioners were present despite the
stormy weather and the gathering was
one long to be remembered. George
”. Halligan, on behalf of the church,
presented. Mr and Mrs Hunt with
a purse of gold. Mr Hunt responded
With a show of sincere gratitude. The
resignation of Mr Hunt marks tbe
termination of a successful pastorate of
nearly 12 years. The love of his people for
him and his family has grown as vears
have passed until the separation is k'eenlv
felt by all.
The town has a new industry with the
Shelburne Falls barrel companv who
have secured shop room in the old Gard
ner knife factory on Bridge street and
plan to manufacture the best grade of
apple barrels. John A. Hawks is trea
surer and George H. Howes, sales man
ager.
The Shelburne Falls house, which has
been closed since May 1. will be opened
to the public this week under the manage
ment of Arthur R. Mayou, recentlv of
Bernardston.
BUCKLAND
The valuation figures of the town of
Buckland as shown by the completed fig
ures of the assessors of that town are as
follows: Value of assessed personal estate,
$447,909; value of building exclusive of
land, $1,059,175; value of land exclusive
of buildings. $562,475: total valuation. $2,-
033,559; tax rate, $13.50 per SIOOO. The
total valuation in 1914 was $1,985,428,
and the tax rate was sl4. Other figures
fir 1915 are: Number of horses, 291; cows,
354: sheep. 299; neat cattle, 281; swine,
56; fowls, 1686.
WARWICK
The 21st annual old-home day will be
observed at Warwick Thursday. 'the 19tb.
and all former residents and friends are
invited to attend. There will be sports on
the common forenoon and afternoon. Most
interesting exercises have been planned for
the afternoon to open at 1 p. m. in the
town hall. A ball will be held in the
evening as usual. On the Tuesday even
ing preceding a play will be given'.
ROWE
Rev Margaret Barnard will leave Rowe
for San Francisco the 10th to be gone a
month. During her absence the pulpit
will be supplied by Rev 0. J. Fairfield of
Littleton. Mr and Mrs Fairfield will also
occupy the parsonage during the month.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
The 48th annual reunion of the 49th
Massachusetts regiment will be held in
Pittsfield on the 26th. The business meet
ing in the morning will be at the Metho
dist church chapel and dinner will be
served at Grand Army hall by the Berk
shire women’s relief corps Members of
the regiment who have died in the past
year were Louis Merriam, James Kittle,
J. Brainard Clark, Nathan B. Smith,
Norman N. Cummings, Henry I). Sisson,
Wilbur J. Clark, Linus J. Fay, Henry
W. Babcock, James W. Stocking, William
L. Crosier, Frederick Bastion and John
H. Casey. There are but three companies
out of the 10 which make up the regiment
that have not lost some of their members
since the last reunion
There have been some hot days the past
week in Berkshire county, but the 100-
degree mark has not been reached as yet
The rainfall for July as recorded at the
city hall in Pittsfield was 9.07 inches,
the heaviest rainfall for any month since
March, 1898, when 11.89 inches fell. The
greatest rainfall for any 24 hours was
2.90 inches on July 9.
LEE
A new and handsome sign hangs over
Jacob’s Ladder opposite the spring which
has become known as Jacob's well, and
the maker of the old sign has taken it
away. Saturday evening at dusk a party
composed of Cortlandt F. Bishop. Dr D.
M. Wilcox, Dr J. J. Hassett ex-Repre
sentative C. N. Foote, Dr N, Frost, Sage
P. J. Tyer and E. F. Strong gathered at
the well, swung the sign and had a beef
steak roast and good supper. A number
of automobile parties cheered the crowd
and some heartily joined in the festivi
ties. One of the features which fazed
the automobilists were to see a monkey
perched jauntily on the new sign. Mr
Bishop had taken along his pet monkey
Chin, and as soon as the sign was swung
he took possession and remained there
until after the feast was over.
NORTH ADAMS
Philitems Phillipa, supposed to have
been killed in the civil war, has just writ
ten to his daughter that he is still alive.
Mrs M. M. Gainer of 3 Grant street,
North Adams, the daughter, received the
letter a few days ago, and in it her father
announced that lie was soon to visit her.
Mr Phillips enlisted in a regiment from
New York city early in the civil war. aud
his name appeared soon after in one of the
war-time papers in the list of those killed
in battle. The family supposed tfcat he
was dead, and Mr Phillips after many
vain efforts to find hi s witeand chil
dren settled in the West. During
the past aO years, however, he has not
given up hopes of finding his family, and
has at last discovered the residence of his
daughter to North Adams.
” iUiam Roberts. 12. considered one of
tne best swimmers among the younger
boys of r^orth Adams, was drowned
bunday afternoon while in bathing at Wil
low lake The boy, with several others,
was in the lake during the early part of
the afternoon, but apparently there was
no witness to the accident. It it
supposed, however, that he was
drowned about 2 o'clock. Shortly after 4
o clock his clothing was found on the shore
of the lake.
LENOX
. The oldest guest at the Curtis in Lenox
is Rear-Admiral John Henry Upshur (re
tired), United States navy, who is in his
91st year. Admiral Upshur has received
much attention from the Lenox cottagers,
not only because of his high standing as
a naval commander and veteran, but be
cause of his wit and ability to entertain
at a dinner table. His mind is clear and
he recalls vividly all the important happen
ings within three score years and ten.
Since his retirement he has traveled the
world over, a keen observer and a gentle
critics of other peoples. He walks sev
eral miles each day, carries on a large per
sonal correspondence, scorns the use of
eyeglasses, appreciates good company and
is the liveliest of the lively in the hotel
corridors.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Suit for alienation of affection amount
ing to $15,000 was filed in Worcester su
perior court Monday afternoon by Mrs Hat
tie E. Bachelder of Fitchburg, wife of
Judge Clark E. Batchelder of the Fitch
burg police court, against Bernice M. D.
Hartley, a former stenographer of the
judge’s. The suit contains two counts,
the first being improper relations on July
11 and 12 and the second being to con
trive to gain affection and deprive the
plaintiff of aid, assistance, comfort, so
ciety and support.
Miss Amy Goodnow, daughter of Mrs
Vesta L. Goodnow, and William R. Bu
chanan were married at Athol Friday night
at the home of the bride's mother at 38
Maple street, by Rev William D. Wilkie
of the Unitarian church. There were
about 50 present.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
All that Mrs George S. Inman had,
horses, jewels, a little batch of stock in
solid old Boston enterprises, amounting to
about SIO,OOO, she gave Monday in partial
restitution of the shortages of her husband,
missing cashier of the United fruit com
pany. These, the losses in his alleged ef
forts to do battle in Wall street, are to
day freely estimated at more than $120,-
000. The young wife, who now is
penniless and who, except for the generos
ity of friends and relatives, might suffer
actual want, is nearly prostrated at the
magnitude of the tragedy. Not a cent of
the money was ever spent on her. she has
declared, and the authorities have tfcen
convinced that she is telling the truth-
Even Attorney Allen J. Lynch of the
United frint company's counsel, takes this
as added evidence that Inman lost the
money in stock gambling.
The crew of the bark Mabel I. Meyers
of Belfast, Me., sunk in a collision with
the battleship Nebraska Friday night,
were landed at the Charlestown navy
yard Sunday by the naval tug Iwana,
which took them off the battleship at Bos
ton light. The party numbered 11, includ
ing one woman, Mrs Agromonti. the wife
of the steward. Most of them were sent
to the Seamen’s Bethel to be cared for,
as they were virtually destitute, having
been unable to save any of their effects.
There will be interest among The Re
publican's readers in the announcement
that Richard Norton, founder of the
American volunteer ambulance corps, has
received the military cross from the
French government for his services. The
interesting and important work in France
and Belgium, of Prof Norton, who is a
son of the late Charles Eliot Norton, has
been followed in occasional letters which
this paper has printed.
Mayor Curley of Boston Thursday ap
pointed Dr Francis X. Mahony, chairman
of the present health board, to be health
commissioner, a newly-created office which
Dr Richard H. Creel of the federal health
service declined Thursday. The position
carries a salary of $7500 a year.
The frigate Portsmouth, the most for
midable warship in the American navy
three-quarters of a century ago, arrived at
Boston Saturday from Norfolk to be
burned for her metal scrap. The Ports
mouth was built at Kittery, Me., in 1843.
CONNECTICUT.
Harvesting of the Suffield tobacco crop
began in earnest Monday on the large to
bacco plantations about town, where about
1000 acres of the weed is grown. At the
Hatheway & Stean plantation the first pick
ing is now completed and this week the second
picking will be started. At the American
Sumatra tobacco company's plantation on
the plains picking began Monday. At
the Fowler plantation of Hatheway &
Stean, over the mountain, picking is now
well under way. By the end of the week
several of the smaller growers will be
ready to start the harvesting.
The United States marshal and his dep
uty serving foreclosure notices on the
little homes of the Danbury union hat
ters are reported to have been received
cheerfully. The judgment of $252,000
against the union and in favor of D. E.
Loewe & Co was one that concerned not
the 166 defendants only, but the whole
union; not to speak of organized labor gen
erally. The expectation that those “on the
firing line” of the struggle will be relieved
from bearing the whole burden is an alto
gether reasonable one. The assurances of
labor union officials to this effect were
hardly necessary.
To anyone who had lost all sense of the
months New London harbor late Monday
might have been mistaken for the New
London of race day in late June. Instead,
it was the gathering of the New York
yacht club for tbe annual cruise to the
eastward which began Tuesday when
the 200-odd craft of various sizes and types
rtilled up anchor for the serious business of
port-to-port racing. A unique feature of
this year’s cruise will be the trip through
the new Cape Cod canal. The cup de
fenders Resolute and Vanitie will accom
pany tbe fleet.
VERMONT
A quiet wedding took place Saturday
morning at the home of Mr and Mrs H.
C. Hazelton of Dummerston when their
daughter, Miss Elsie Mry Hazelton, was
married to Leslie Wortny Worden, son
of Worthy Worden of Guilford Center by
Rev R. M. Houghton, pastor of the Cen
ter Congregational church.
KNOCKING SENATOR WEEKS
[From Collier's Weekly.]
Are Massachusetts and New England
really interested in Senator Weeks’s can
didacy? How many newspapers—other
than those readily amenable to the inter
ests back of him—have come out for Sen
ator Weeks? In there that spontaneous
demand for Weeks which is the only thing
that rightly could give him the stand
ing which his backers are trying to get
bv old-fashioned methods? If New En
gland really thinks that its interests in
the next campaign must be represented by
a business man, why not put forward
Murray Crane, n successful business man
acceptable to the conservative wing of
tile republican party throughout the coun
try and not open to all the objections
which can be made to Senator Weeks? If
Massachusetts wants to have a “favorite
/9A” jn thg next national convention, Sen-^
ator Lodge would represent her with dig
nity and honor. Even Senator Lodge's
son-in-law. Augustus P. Gardner, ex
citable as he is on some questions, would
be a candidate far preferable to Senator
Beeks and likely to go much farther.
THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD
A POPULATION OF 260,000
Within io Mile, Radlu^-Gaia o*
About SO,OOO in Five Year,, Ac
cordins; to New Cenau,
A metropolitan district with a popula
tion of 260,000 in what might be called
greater Springfield, is revealed by the pre
liminary figures of the state census, if the
population of the towns within a radius of
10 miles from Court square is added to
the total of 102,103 for Springfield prop
er. Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield would
naturally resent losing their identity if
this circle with a 10-mile radius were
caUed greater Springfield. Yet setting
aside local feeling, all tbe cities and towns
within this imaginary circle, should feel
pride in the fact that they are part of an
urban community that is second only to
Boston and Providence in New England.
Worcester, whose population exceeds
- pringfield s by 60,000, does not have near
ly so many populous neighbors, so that
her metropolitan district would be smaller
SIS?. o^sands 0 ^sands than Springfield’s. The
following table includes all those towns
fitoinVa b u lk of J . whos e population is
within the 10-mile radius:—
S ld Spr c l t ng ' ,ieI ’' I 'IS
nnfleld. Ct 10,228 9,719
Ludlow 6.225 4 048
South Hadley
Agawam 4 552 1
Ct — 4.018 3,841
Wilbraham 3,403 2 332
East Longmeadow 1,940 1553
Longmeadow 1.732 1084
Southwick 1,362 1.020
Hampden 60S 645
259.792 230.862
The figures for the Connecticut towns
of Suffield and Enfield are estimated on the
assumption that they grew as fast dur
ing the half decade from 1910 to 1915 as
they did from 1900 to 1910. Connecticut
does not indulge in a state census, rest
ing content with the count that Uncle
Sam takes every 10 years. The district
total of 259,792 is larger than the popula
tion of Indianapolis, Louisville or Seattle,
unless the coast city has been doubling
itself in 10-year jumps after the lusty
western fashion. Nineteen hundred and ten
figures for these cities are the latest ac
curate ones available.
All the towns in the 10-mile zone are
in Hampden county except the two Con
necticut communities and South Hadley
1- alls, which is the border town of Hamp
shire county. The busy town of East
hampton with a population of 9798 might
almost be included, in the zone, but it is
doubtful if the majority of its people are
within the line. The line also cuts into the
towns of Granville with 782 people and
Somers, Ct., with 1653 in 1910.
Should the radius be extended to 20
miles, the total would be close to 300,000,
for then Northampton and Palmer and a
■number of smaller communities would be
included and the prosperous Connecticut
towns of Windsor Locks and East Wind
sor. But then our neighbor, Hartford,
would reprove us for reaching too far and
would throw out a 25-mi!e radius to in
clude Springfield as one of her suburbs.
THIS CITY’S RATE IS $18.20
Valuation la $189,54^,290 —Increaae
of Nine Million
Springfield's 1915 tax rate is $18.20, the
highest in the history of the city and un
approached except in 1866, when it reached
$lB. Last year the rate was $16.50. This
means that every taxpayer in the city
must pay $1.70 more on every SIOOO worth
of taxable property than he did last year.
The total valuation of the city is $189,-
544,290, or an increase of $9,415,239. The
number of assessed polls climbed from 30,-
522 in 1914 to 31,442 this year. These
figures were given out by the board of as
sessors after a session Friday afternoon
in which the tax rate was officially de
clared.
The extra $1.70 which is laid on the tax
payer this year is due to several causes.
The county tax went up $7867.23, thus be
ing responsible for six cents additional on
the rate; the state tax climbed $31,990,
thereby adding 20 cents; the necessary re
plenishing of the reserve fund, partially
emptied by the last administration, and
payments for permanent improvements
made about the city in the past two or
three years added another 50 cents. The
95 cents is required by the increase in
current expenses of the city and the heavy
interest and debt charges on recent bona
issues, $1,000,000 in bonds having been
sold last year alone. The new adminii
tration's “pay-as-you-go" policy, whereby
$50,000 worth of public improvements were
put in the tax rate instead of borrowing
money by the usual bonding method, helps
make the rate high, but it staves off debt.
The figures of the assessors issued yes
terday are as follows:—
Total real estate $155,949,860
Total personal estate 32,952 190
Resident bank shares 642,240
$189,544,290
City Treasurer Tifft in speaking of the
high tax rate expressed the opinion that
it would be advisable for the city to
maintain an $lB rate for the next five
years and also sounded a warning as to
increased expenditures for luxuries.
Mr Tifft said that while Springfield's
tax rate is high it is below the average
rate of Massachusetts cities this year.
He said .there had been a very general
increase in rates through the state.
LIGHTNING BURNSCARPET
Visits Five Houses in Monson and
Removes Plaster and Wall Paper
The old saw that lightning never striker
twice in the same place was disproved
late Monday night, when a bolt tore a
hole in the sitting-room carpet in the home
of Omer E. Bradway of Monson, in al
most the same place that lightning had
torn the carpet on two previous occasions.
Mr Bradway is going to get rid of the
carpet. Every ho'nse on East Hill rrom
the school-house on the old Wales road to
the home of Wilber Holdridge, five houses
in nil. was visited by lightning, and al
though there were several people in each,
no one was injured.
John Belick, who lives on the old Jobo
son farm, was knocked down as he was
standing in front of the barn, when a bolt
struck a large oak tree in front of the
house. A horse near him was also felled.
The lightning wrenched off a large limb
of the tree and tore a large hole in the
barn. Another bolt struck a telegraph
pole in front of the house, and flashed
through the rooms. The other homes visit
ed were those of Joseph Linten, near the
school-house, Melvin Edwards, and Wil
ber Holdridge. Evidence shows that the
lightning entered through telephone wires.
Plastering and wall paper were torn oft
in nearly every case, but no great damage
was done.
Buchanan want through hia term •
ba,qhelor.