The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

March 1, 1925

Publication:

The Springfield Daily Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Sunday, March 1, 1925

Page:

18

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Hunninen formerly I lfS I1UUOU UH AXJCLI41 ntlCLL IU 1 JJi Hartford an afternoon at the Robbins home la Bates of Worcester who has already 1 tk Viair nf nlnnaiaz I of the main Coolidge today signed the resolutirffij irst avcr Mr Luek 1 will not James Sisson in oenan oi sociates and officers of the Btarret company heads of departments Albert Steiger (Lmnjnnig A qf Specialty Shops sale Week Only a $4250 Derry Made Curled Hair Mattress (One or wo Part) The Western Assurance Company TORONTO Announces the Appointment 6f Oppenheimer Robinson Co Security Building 44 Vernon Street As Its Springfield Agency Opening Monday March 2d Security and Savvied Make This Your Insurance Headquarters street this week 'on a her school duties in her two all the street from meet in evening pices eiety appropriation before that by a fall on the ice several ago is improving and is now be about the house aye Keene of the High $275 $160 Hebei Hebert ZDHKHANTOK ACTED ON AT AMHERST its seems wise to make it it so a new item of under highways re tire chief in order to of salt cel individual Some are some are some are and some Sandwich VALLE GROWERS TO IGHT LEGISLATION the ad oc the daughter of Philip an Edith fl Smith of 103 Main street She leaves her husband John Clune her fath er and mother a son John Jr two brothers Allerton and Philip and her grandmother Carrie A Stevens The funeral will be at the home Monday at and the burial will be at Wildwood cemetery HOLYOKE MEN CHARGED WITH ROBBING STORE Not just an ordinary hair mattress but a genuine guaranteed mattress made of first quality sterilized cunea uraynair taken possession Winfield Brock has lately "re turned from a two trip in Chi cago III where he attended a con ference of the International Council of Religious Education It is com posed of one delegate from each state in the Union and 40 denominations were represented A number of Athol Masons are planning on attending the annual concert and ball of the' Orange Ma sonic lodge which comes riday eve ning Miss Helen Crawford of Worcester has been a recent visitor at her home Miss Grace Hayden of Millers alls lias been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayden Bishop has been elected as sistant treasurer of the Goodnow Pareson Orton store on Main street Mr and Mrs Irving Purdy of this town have removed to Plainville Ct' where they will make their home John Hayden has gone to At lanta Ga where he will take over a civil engineering position Miss Alice Hayden of Mount Hol yoke college has been a guest at her parents' home Mr and Mrs Charles Hayden of Mechanic street The fine weather which we have been having the past few weeks has made the baseball players at Athol High school think of spring and that Splendid schedule which has been ar ranged It is of course rather early to get out very much! but it may be that if i there is an early spring this year's team will have a chance for more outdoor practice than usual The outlook is for a good team at the high school this season Corinthian lodge Knights of Py thiaskwil confer the degree of knight at its meeting on Tuesday ntoht from a building as two of the had families and it was their offense This allowed of the court having jurisdiction for if had been arraigned on the INTERESTING ANTIQUES MONSON COLLECTOR This man from of the same ex tent ORMER ORANGE WOMAN DIES IN ILLINOIS press bass yea WESTELD SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES ATHER UNERAL TOMORROW Pearl Curran Pearl Curran Margaret Lang HOLYOKE CONCERNS ARE INCORPORATED Bill Introduced by Samuel Ta Wall Aimed at Tobac co ield UNION ORS BETTER CHILD LABOR LAW TRLD MJNDAT REPOBUCAN: MARCH 1 192B over about equipment remember ed also that a benefit game for Mr Coolong father of a member of the team was played and he refused to accept the contents of "the hat" say ing that what he had done had been because he was interested in the team As the boys received nothing the field owner was the only one to benefit monrywlse and he bad $85 A boy and an air rifle is a bad combination in the opinion of many Birds of all sorts are shot at re gardless of protection by law win dows are broken out of sheer mischief and now a boy has lost an eye by means of one If grown ups cannot carry firearms without being licensed to do so why should parents buy dangerous weapons for their children to piav with or wny snouia tne of them be allowed? "Dream Song' "Boat Song' "Hey Ho: Rev A Robinson Speaks on Citizen our Mrs Harrison Hunt Lived on Prospect Street for a Number of Years Orange eb 28 Word has been re ceived of the death on January 26 in Oak Park 111 of Mrs Annie Mower Hunt 81 widow of Harrison Hobart Hunt son of the late Rodney Hunt Mrs Hunt was born in Boston in 1844 and when a young girl went to Mil waukee Wis In 1865 she graduated from the Milwaukee college After her marriage to Mr Hunt the couple re sided on Prospect street this town for a number of years She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution from her descent from Capt House of the Continental army end was affiliated with other patriotic organizations by reason of her husband's participation in the Civil war She is survived by a son DrRodney Hunt a daughter Miss Helen Hunt one grandson William Rodney Hunt and one sister Miss Jennie A Mower Mrs Hunt ana daughter visited in Orange about years ago Property Was Gift of Gen Kneeland to His Bride in 1922 Pittsfield eb 28 William Sher rill of Richmond is to sell at auction under mortgage foreclosure on Thurs day Hatch 19 the Richmond farm of Elizabeth1 Kneeland of New York This is the second time Mr Sherrill has advertised ftie property under foreclosure proceedings set tlement having been made the first time before the auction The Richmond farm was a wedding gift of Gen Stillman Kneeland to his bride in 1922 Gen Kneeland and Mrs Eastman Young widow of a noted artist were married by Rev John Dolby Skene in the flanks me morial chapel of St James Episcopal church at Danbury Ct on July 29 1922 On the marriage license he gave his age as 77 and she was 71 The general was a Civil war veteran lawyer artist and poet and tn re sponse to congratulations of friends at the wedding reception he read his own' poem entitled in which he compared a beautiful wom an to a beautiful flower Gen and Mrs Kneeland spent their honeymoon at the Wendell hotel in this city and on a drive through Richmond one afternoon the bride so admired one of Mr Sherrill's farms that she wanted it Gen Stillman bought the place that day and they occupied the house most of the summer Kdith Bracken mimical read Mary Wvman William Mrs Maraen orum Athol eb The men's class of the Baptist church held an interest ing monthly meeting on Tuesday eve ning 'There was a large attendance The address of the evening was de livered by Rev A Robinsbn of West Boy Is ton on "The Citizen our 'There was a fine program of music and refreshments were served The meetings at the every Tuesday evening at 630 followed by live discussions are well attended and some fine debates are always in order These always attract a good number of men and are chief open forum On Wednesday night the patriotic organizations or Atnoi twin Liberty hall for a social There will be a short program and refreshments Mrs red Rising has sold her room ing house on Main street to ejxnuajav ucaua occasion was completion of a quarter of a century as superintendent Simpson 'came here 29 years ago foreman of the tool room and Jrtrt years later was made superintoManq the said not up to its cur are on file at the at Memorial hall and while these may slightly from time to time the age has not changed It has been stated bv the within a few days that amateur hall had taken a slumn the past Whatever may be true of the coun try at large in that line it is not true this town Monson has always been a baseball town and bids fair to con tinue so for another year at least The Aces are making plans for an other season They don't know where they are going to play but they are going to play' It will be recalled that they expected to have Sullivan field for 1925 that they werq all ready to have the field prepared last fall when the owner raised the rental price to a figure beyond which they were willing to pay So noth ing was done to the ground Nego tiations for another field were begun but the public as well as the club like Sullivan field on account of its accessibility The owner rent it for less than $100 The club has a little Uniforms which will cost have been ordered and will be bought It will be employ his children upon The atatement that Polish 7S employ children is beside tbs ques tion if it were true in whole No one denies that the Polish farmer does employ children but how about the other large plantations which also employ them? The safeguarding the child through legislative enact ment wilt not deny the farmer the benefits of his child's labor That is an inherent and fundamental right of the parent But what is sought is a safe guard for those children who do not have the influence of family to pro tect them at an age when it is almost impossible for them to distinguish be tween right and wrong morally A child 13 years old is not fit be thrown in contact with the elements which exist upon a tobacco plantation The language used upon some of them is anything but what a child should use The foreign woman who seek work upon the plantations are sworn at and otherwise abused in a manner that should not be tolerated by pres ent day society Tobacco Raising Not Necessity To place tobacco raising in the strict category of agriculture would be to extend the point beyond a degree al lowed It was not considered in that class during the war and tobacco raisers were not placed in the pre fen ed class The raising of tobacco Is not a necessity nor is It ah adjunct to sustaining life It is one of those side issues taken up by the farmer for the money that is in it and has been commercialized to the utmost It is true that large sums of money are invested in the industry but that does not give the investors the right to employ children in detriment to their morals and physical well being The bill just introduced will no doubt fur nish one of the most interesting con tests in the present legislature' and the power of 'the Tobacco Growers' as sociation will no doubt be used against it However the matter should be given a complete hearing ana itsnouia be settled upon its merits when the facts are brought out Quartet Mrs Kinard The Octet "An Otd faehloned Picture'' ins (a) "Life" (b) "Ho! Mr the antique is a long one and has many laterals While many of the old fam ilies of the town have become mere names to the rising generation either through death or removal to other places their household goods have been preserved here to a certain ex tent by friends or collectors and help to make local history Although the trail lias led to several hofties previ ously there is much more interesting material to lie seen Charles Robbins of Stewart ave nue has besides many family pieces many things which have come' from local homes His purchases from the memorable Reynolds auction cover a large variety of articles not all strict ly antique but of value both for their own sakes and for their associations He has a unique collection i lars numbering over 600 and 100 large size ones round some are square oblong some are yellow blue some are dead white are clear glass One is of glass and is the figure of a hen with a scooped out place in her back for the salt This is the most valuable one doubtless Some of these have been picked up in town but not all of them The same is true of a collec tion of goblets and one of wine glasses or custard cups Mr Robbins is endeavoring to match up these pieces into sets but it is remarkable how two pieces of Colonial pattern that look alike when apartwill differ when placed side by side Mr Rqbbins has many of the pattern but has never succeeded in getting together a set He has a collection of Bohemian glass worthy of note also There are vases big and little There are toilet sets consisting of two perfume bot tles and the receptacle for powder and there are decanters and their ac companying wine glasses all very lovely There is a collection of silver lus tpr vases salt cellars and curtain knobs these having pewter ends and a pair of gold luster vases The last are quite unusual Mrs Robbins nas a large number of pieces that came to her from her grandmother These Include copper luster pitchers china of the moss rose pattern a vase back chair a tip table and a turn and tip table Windsor chairs and much glass ware Mr Robbins takes a justifiable pride in a air of swords One of them was the property of his grandfather Andrew Jackson Robbins and the oth er of his great uncle Isaac Hull Rob bins twinbrother of These swords are relics of the old training days Mr father Everett Robbins who is also a collector has the drum which was owned by Anderson and the fife played by Mr Lanphear when Monson had a fine and drum corps years and years ago A fine old blue platter adorns the wall of Mr dining room It has for a decoration in the center an elephant with a smaller figure of an elk near by while at the ends and sides may be seen a horse a tiger a moose and a leopard This came to Mr Robbins through succeeding gen erations from his great grandmother Stimpson A pretty blue cup plate has a full rigged ship in its center with a bor der of conch sheila A gilt framed looking glass caine from the Bradford estate after the death of Miss Sarah Bradford the last of her line A small collection of Staffordshire vases with their gay colorings is an other to challenge admiration Plates of now ii blue and the willow be by American women com The singers inciuue Mrs George kusk Exceptional Purchase Allows Us to Offer or Ona MRS CATHERINE CLUNE AMHERST DEAD Amherst eb Mrs Catherine Smith Clune died riday night at Springfield after suffering from in fluenza She was bom at 'Amherst June 28 1905 and after graduating from Amherst high school in 1923 she attended Westbrook seminary Port for a year Mrs uiune was Amherst eb 28 Nine Amherst college students will assist the Smith college faculty in its presentation of'Yeoman of the a Gilbert and Sullivan light opers at the Academy of Music in Northampton on March 10 11 and 12 Prof Paul Hansell visiting professor at Amherst and coach of the Amherst Masquers the dramatic association will take the part of Point Amherst students taking part In the production of the operetta include Kimball '28 assistant stage manager and the following who are in the cast Bliss Chace A Kelso MacAIplne swuer Coolidge A Scott and Moresman Bishop Will Officiate at Service at South Deer field South Deerfield eb The fun eral of Rev William inneran the late pastor of St James church who died at St James rectory Thursday afternoon will be held Monday morn ing at 10 at St James church Pontifical high mass of requiem will be celebrated by Bishop Thomas O'Leary Office of the dead will be chanted by the priests at 930 The body will be taken from the rec tory the church tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock where it will lie in state until the funeral The body will be taken to Worcester for burial in the St cemetery Out of re spect for the dead priest allplaccs of business will be closed during the funeral hour from 10 to 11 o'clock If your house it not ready for a new mattress just now we eJtSl accept orders with a deposit at the sale price for any dehvery time you uah a visit of pleasure After all the shaking of wiseacres' heads after all the "1 told you sos" before the appropriation meeting after all the hot air blown off at the meeting about the location of the auxiliary collecting well of the Mon son water works after all the ap pointing of a committee to confer with the commissioners in regard to the matter the whole thing has sim mered down to just this: An expert will pass judgment on the probability of finding sufficient water to war rant the construction of the well if it is favorable the plan outlined by the commissioners when cold weath ther stopped work on the well will be carried out Champlin of East Longmeadow set up a drill at the present location and will make a six inch bore through the ledge if need be to produce a flowing well This process will cost $500 but if nothin? more is done than has been done the $3100 expended already will be a to tai loss If $500 will salvage the $3100 the expense of the entire plan will be fully justified tor the series of gravity wells which th sloiiers planned on at the start can be constructed and connected with the main ripe to the main well at com paratively small expense as these things go A suggestion which has come from one of the most prormuent citizens one who is in on wav nn rected with the water commission or committee is thought to be good It Is to take the pond owned by Edgar Squire which lies southeast of land owned by the water department fil ler me water ana use it says that this water is free contamination ana cellent quality as well It was said at meeting and was Monson water was lv standard Tests superintendent's office these McAuslan Wakelin and Box Paper AmongfWestern Massachusetts irms Boston eb 28 Charters of incor poration were today granted by the secretary of state to several concerns in the western part of the state The McAuslan Wakelin urniture company inef of Holyoke which will deal in furniture modern and antique was given a charter with a 75000 in corporation There are 750 shares of preferred stock with $100 rar and 250 shares without par The incorporators are Alexander McAuslan of Holyoke who will be the president James Hi Wakelin of Holyoke who be the treasurer William Wakelin and How ard McAuslan both oi Holyoke Each incorporator holds one share of com mon and one of preferred The Box Paper Manufacturing com pany of Holyoke dealers in paper have a $50000 incorporation with 500 shares of preferred with $100 par and 1000 shares of common with no par value The incorporators are Charles 'Moriarty of South Hadley who will be the president rank Moynahan who will be the treasurer and Welsh of Holyoke the clerk Each holds one share of stock John Lavin Inc of Pittsfield dealers in pharmaceutical goods has a $25000 incorporation with 250 shares of common stock at $100 The incor porators are John Lavin of Pitts field the president with 248 shares of the common stock Mary A Carey of Pittsfield the clerk with one share of stock and Joseph McMahon of Pitts field abio with a single share of stock The Pittsfield Manufacturing com pany Pittsfield dealers in electrical and mechanical devices and radio sets is a $15100 incorporation with 151 shares of preferred at $100 and 99 shares of common stock at $100 The incorporators are Ralph A Gilbert of Pittsfield the clerk Lloyd Minard of Sheffield the president Raymond Kelly of Lee and Harry ord of Pittsfield the vice president Each incorporator holds a single share of stock Mrs Moore "Hix Lullaby" Carrie Jacoba Bond Ibt Carrie Jacoba Bond Mrs Kinard "Sleep Little Mary Turner Salter Quartet On Tuesday the Westfield club will assist as hostess at the meet ing of the Hampden Woman's club at the Hotel Kimball in Springfield Mrs Robert Marr second vice president of the local club will give greetings and there will be three musical num bers by the club sextect Tuesday Afternoon Club Program The Tuesday Afternoon club will meet the coming week at 230 instead of at 3 owing to the length of the program and the hostess will be Mrs A Robinson of 101 Court street There will be the reading of the play "The White Headed (Lenox Robinson) in charge of Mrs Charles Wilson The on Tuesday was a most enjoyable oc casion There was a covered dish sup per and the table was attractively decorated with yellow candles and daffodils and everybody had a spring flower place cards After supper there was a piano selection by Miss' Mar guerite Putnam vocal solos by Miss Dorothy Hamer' and the presentation of a little play entitled writ ten by Miss Grace ickett of the Normal school faculty It was clever ly thought out and was in two scenes being a take off on the prevalent use of slang among younger people There are four characters a mother her son and daughter and Prof English The latter comes to visit the family and the children resolve not to disgrace their mother and to use only the purest of English What is their hor ror to hear their mother use the most up to date slang during the supper and they thought she had gone in sane and told the professor so The mother then told then she had ar ranged with the professor to so use the slang in order to let them hear how it sounded The Tuesday Morning club will meet AMHERST STUDENTS IN PLAY AT SMITH Each of Trio Given Six Suspended Sen tence or Larceny Holyoke eb 28 A medee of 9 North East street Arthur of 13 North East street and William Bader of airview were arrested about" 130 this morning by Patrolmen John inn and Patrick alvey for breaking and entering the store Alcide St Jean in the basem*nt of 13 North East street They had taken four boxes of cigars a' tub of butter and other graceries to the total value of about $83 In district court today the charge placed against them was lar ceny men first local they charge of breaking and entering in the night time theywould have to have been held for the grand jury Judge Weicker gave each of them a sus pended science of six months in jail One vagrant was probated aqd Wil liam Koswitz was fined J5 for break ing glags in a taxicab and ordered to make restitution Congressman elect Georgs i Churchill is in Washington th is where on Thursday night he was of the honored guests at a dinner en the new Massachusetts members the House by the old members Tbq Agl party caucus of the 69th Congresy was held riday and at that timelkp Churchill made his entrance into af fairs of the Republican party has returned to Amherst in' order1 be on hand for town meetingtq1 serve as modertor for the 21st consSei' utive year Monday night ha leave for Washington to formattf take his seat as congressman w' 1 The school report as printed faWtsM report of Jason Cook superintefl ent contains the following interestlhyyyl facts: During the year 29' have had tonsil operations clinic was held at Pratt cottage Amherst infirmary at which Dr Uns of Springfield operated Ninel children have been given expert a A A dill lei LtUllaSa Jn A UvUlal vlllllv der Dr Bangs 57 children were for with ISo operations of were cleanings 60 extractions and fillings ta nutrition class for childtHi' 10 per cent or more under weight formed for 46 children in four of schools These children were milk and crackers twice a day frona funds contributed by the club The graphs of weight showTS good gains HOUSE VOTES PROBE JUDGE ENGLISH Washington eb 28 A resolution providing for investigation of charges against ederal Judge English of the eastern Illinois district to determine whether there is ground for impeach ment was adopted today by the House Thomas Stone divisional prohibition cnier unassigned today was appoint ea acting airecior lor vnioh rl r'T i Musical Program to Be Giv en at General Meeting of Club Wednesday Westfield eb The music committeee of the club Mis Burton A Prince chairman xx ill be in charge of the program at the monthly general meeting of the club Wednesday afternoon in the irst Congregational parish house There will be a short business session at 3 followed by the musical' Each mem ber of the clnb may invite a guest The afternoon will be of much inter est and enjoyment as those to par ticipate 'in the program are well known musicians and the numbers will nosers Leon Harden Mrs George Lusk Mrs John O'Brien Mrs Noble Love Mrs Charles Little Mrs Chester Abbe Miss aye Keene Mrs Clarence A Kinard Mrs A Prince and they wil be assisted by Mrs Goldberg violinist and Mrs Harold A Moore piano accompanist ollowing is the program: MTticularhr rara are lot long axo Mr Robbins bought a small Boston rocker After getting it i home be turned it upside down and to his astonishment found his grand name on the bottom of the seat A canteen which proBabiy went through the Revolutionary war with his great grandfather is prized by Mr Robbins A curiosity Is a little pocket candle A cylinder hinged length wise and rounded at the ends con tains a little socket and tiny candle brown with age The whole thing is a trifle over two inches long and three fourths of an inch in diameter A souvenir of Washington shows a picture of the ather of his Country against a background xf Mt Verqon scenery This picture is mounted on a small plaque of wood On the reverse side is the date 1859 and the certified atatement that the wood was cut from the Mt Vernon estate The type of egg dish which has been sought for among collectors recently has a place in Mr Robbins's dining room It is an unusually large one The dish simu lates a willow basket yellow in color and the cover is in the form of a white hen nearly the size of a Leg horn Other dishes of the same shape are of opaque white ware A green platter of scenery design came from the Haskell White estate as did many I bound volumes of magazines showing I the fashions of long ago All in ail urther good features are: ull 40 pounds with 5 inch box and taped edge Blue and white 8 dz A A ticking irmly tufted and shaped to give long service Any size from 2 foot 6 inches to 4 foot 6 inches wi RidP strans for turniner mattress Delivered to your home in a dustproof sealed package fresh from the most modeni mattress factory in New England Charles Robbins Has Large Variety of Articles Water Situation rom Our Special Correspondent Monson eb 28 The trail of Annual Town Meeting To morrow Contest or Selectman rom Our Special Correspondent Amherst eb The town plan ningboard in proposing article 25 in the town warrant to come before the voters on Monday at the town meet ing in regard to a zoning system for the village believes it is proposing a simple and moderate by law for the benefit of all and nlso that only in this way can conditions of fire risk be made better or prevented from be coming worse The proposition is a well known and workable method of protection adopted by practically towns in the commonwealth as density of buildings increases A fire risk is a risk not only to owner but to the owners of all jacent property and also to the cupants of the building who run not only the personal risk but are us ually ifeast able to stand the Ipss At present there is practically no restric tion as to either character of struc ture or method of construction in any part of the town This fact creates serious fire risks which are bound to increase in both area and in tensity unless definite action is taken to prevent This is the usual experi ence in all villages and the only method of prevention is the establish ment of building regulations such as the planning board: is proposing in this article Although some towns in the com monwealth are establishing a gener al zoning plan for the entire town the planning board does not believe the time has come for that in Am herst The by law proposed applies only to a specified area and includes only the more thickly populated part of the village? It defines two well recognized types of fire resistant con struction and specifies that certain buildings hereafter erected within the defined area shall conform to one or the other of these Wypes Business and industrial buildings of less than 5000 feet in area are to be of less expensive masonry construction larger industrial structures are to be of heavier tene ments or apartmen intended for the occupancy of more than two families and if more than two and one half stories high are to' be 'of less ex pensive mkponry construction No restrictions are made as to the build ing of one or two family residences The town finance committee has taken no action whatever on this ar ticle because there is no money outlay called for in the article as it stands and the business of the finance com mittee is to put its stamp of approval or otherwise on proposed financial outlay The town is fortunate this year in having no heavy bills for the repair of buildings or for the purchase of apparatus and equipment But there are several small items coming up which the finance committee feels if they are all allowed may increase the budget too much although each sepa rate item is desirable in itself A slight increase in the pay of all time firemen is regarded as justified and is recommended by the committee In view of the sums invested in fire ap paratus ana appropnatea ror maintenance it possible to use $1000 appears quested by the make passable for the fire apparatus main thoroughfares not otherwise at tended to The schools call for the largest ap propriation of any single department the total amount recommended being slightly in excess of that for 1924 This is due in part to salary increases which have the approval of the fi nance committee and also to an in creased appropriation of $525 for domestic science The finance com mittee is satisfied according to its report that there has been a steady improvement in the character of work done and in the morale of the staff of teachers since the definite scale of salaries was adopted about four years ago: There has resulted better teach ing through the ability to secure bet ter teachers and keep them for a longer period The finance committee also recommends that every citizen read the report of the chairman of the school committee as printed in the town report It should be noted that the total receipts on the school ac TO SELL KNEELAND ARM IN RICHMOND adopted by Congress extenaing ror? two years from next June 30 the rangemento whereby press may be transmitted by naval radioi'' The resolution applies chiefly yl transmission of press messages tween the Pacific coast of the Unit ed States and Hawaii Alaska Philippines atfll the Orient and froql Sjta Atlantic coast stations to tha Yirffia islands Extension also is made to traits mission by naval radio of commtft'sfs dal messages betweeh ship and shi and between ship and shore PRESIDENT SIGNS PRESS RADIO BOS 1 Washington eb 28 Presidilifli'ji Edith Lang Octet I eounta front all" sources $2086763 for the year BM Disappointment is many sources at tn thniirh MmmiHAa'waa the moderator following the nual town meeting to lookJ fafe town forest proposition annen nothing has been done and no artlcM appears in regard to it '771 The principal contest at the polls HIonHuv will tha nfflw fTtl man Cady Elder appears on neuuuiican viciier ana jonn MW running for the Democratic party Mullen has twice been elected tn office of selectman but it will tie? membered that each time therd RpnniiM diMAnrinnt in th kai ranks ThU year that party is unil bo tne contest will be followed Another contest Ms that betwi George I arley on the Republh ticket for member of the school com? mittee for three years and Rice on the Democratic tickeL' 3187! arley has been chairman of tbA' hoard for several years and baa gitwa a full of satisfaction 5 Piflif Rice would make an interested and et: Orient member of the committee has taken no active part in the eanH nfiiiyn The selectmen had included in warrant an article regarding the qiMslwi lion of granting of licenses for sale of certain nonintoxicating bevwW ages but that will not appear on official ballot because of the' sions of an act recently signed by governor that such a question si be omitted from town meeting wqyy rants HOLYOKE WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO Holyoke eb Alexandra Koszewski of 225 Lyman sheet was knocked down this noon on North Bridge street near the 'Valley Paper mill by an auto operated by Burelie of 127 Park street Burelie stopped the car and picked the wom an up and took her to her home where she was attended by Dr A Poirier She was suffering from a bruise on one side and slight injury to one fin ger raattractive lATHOLBArTBTMHrS CLASS HEARS LECTURE riirr mu ATunr MILLOmdAB Athol eb Robert son for the past 25 years superfiay tendent of the I 8 Starrett company' I was given a pleasant surprise: today when about 60 assembled at the 'dprtzjj of the meeting of the foremen al Ij which time Mr Simpson was present ed with a handsome gold watch suitably engraved The presentation waa by bremaS Tavmam CAaann in hAhfllt luO MflA Lv UK50 A ajC ASA IVCUllU UL JUgH school teaching force is spending the vacation at her home in Waldoboro Me Miss Sarah Ridlon also of the faculty Us visiting at her home in (V ham Me TMrs George A Upson of the New York city schools spent the week end at her home on West Silver street Ralph A Prince of New York was at his home on Mill street Washing ton's birthday Miss Orissa Atwill of the' continua tion school is at her home in Lynn for the vacation Miss Viola Bettinger of the eeding Hills schools is at her home for the vacation Miss Mildred Moore of Court is having a vacation this week her school in Newton The union of the Congregational church will a supper in the parish house Thursday at 530 and 630 entertainment under the aus of the Christian Endeavorso will follow Immorality Among YoungWorkers Charged Police and State Inspectors Sup port the Claim Dhoni Our Special Correspondent Westfield eb 28 A forecastinghadow of the child labor amendment 1 bill may be seen in a bill recently in troduced in committee of the stata legislature by Samuel Wall of the Central Labor union of this citygainst the employment of children 111 the tobacco fields of the valley under 14 years of age Representative Har old Howard who represents this district in the general court appeared i favni of thft hill and In rirasHr terms deplored conditions as they have existed among the children laboring in the fields There' is no desire to form basis of argument for the pro ponents of the constitutional amend ment aimed at child labor but facts and investigations give proof that the moral as well as the industrial condi tion of the children in the fields and mine to nnd from their Inner is anv fc thing tut what it should be A high official or the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Growers' association as taken issue with Representative Howard and the proponents of the bill He states that conditions as cited do Bot exist Outgrowth of War Conditions The employment of children and Women in the tobacco fields in this pity and the neighboring tobacco growing centers is an outgrowth of the war In experimenting with this class of labor it was early discovered that women and children could be employed for less money and the quality of work done was on a higher bplane than that performed by men Girls and boys as well as women are employed by the hundreds each sea son The people of this city are aware of the numbers employed as each day during the harvesting season truck load after truck load of children and women are seen being transported to nd from the fields The police de partment of this city and the state employment officials are all too wellware that this class of labor is being employed and each year the number employed is gaining It would be a difficult thing to prove that imriiorality exists where the children and women are employed in the tobaccc plantations: it would Iso be difficult to prove that the Po lish tnhnrcn srrnwpr is thp nnlv one 1 who employes the children if close in vestigations of the situation had not been made during the past few years titate employes in the labor depart I those in charge of the depart ments that have oversight of delin quent children and the local police authorities each have their fund of Information and this information Would startle the public if all facts Were brought out There are recordsnd Information in the hands of the local police that immoral conditions have existed be they ever so isolated The actual acknowledgement of im morality by a boy of 19 years with a girl of 14 years is in the hands of the police The state employment bureau iaa gleaned information on severalccasiona of illegal employment of Child labor in the tobacco fields Work Long hours The hours of employment have been 1 investigated and many warnings have been issued Children are being transported to the tobacco fields early In the morning and are seen being re turned after dark on a summer night Their coming and going is vividly Im pressed upon the public as their ac tions would remind one of the antics of freshmen 'at college on a sporting jaunt Time and time again the local police have warned the truck drivers of the actions of the children as they I 8re driven to and from work Boys girls and women are crowded in trucks irrespective of sex and the manner in which thev ride The I driver is intent upon a hasty and sometimes safe transportation but as for having an oversight over the chil dren it is impossible Boys and girls of more mature age than those em ployed In the tobacco fields are notflowed to take a moonlight bus ride Bor are they allowed to take a sleigh ride in the winter without some sort of substantial chaperonage The mor els of the children employed in the tobacco fields are just as sacred and should be guarded as closely as those bf the other classes in society Just because a boy or girl sees fit or is thrifty enough or the neces sity arises whereby he or she must rn money does not give tlie sanc lon to overlook the matter or infan cy and its pitfalls There is no attempt in the present 'Uli to upset the right of a farmer to uisen inn with hostess There will twq tofKH on in charge of Mins RMd and the will be given by Mrs Harvey Cleveland The meeting of the Hopefully Well Affected ciub on Tuesday afternoon will be held in the rose room at the Park Square hotel The subject will be Theater in charge of Mrs Oren Parka 7 The Tuesday Afternoon Literary circle will meet with Mrs Dort ta Moore of Clark street the coming week and the program will be under the direction of Mrs arnham The annual meeting of the King's Daughters will take place Monday night fn the New Park Square hotel A dini will be served at and there will be a musical program fol lowed by a business 'session and elec tion of officers Mrs Moore of Goffstown is the guest of Mrs James Bar ker and Miss lorence Barker of Highland avenue Mrs Elizabeth Gibbons of ord a ve nue spent the week end and holiday with friends in New York Miss Louise Wade has been at her home on Pearl vacation from Orange Miss Esther teacher of the third and fourth grades in the Court street school has been having a week's vacation from' her new school work tn West 1 Ct and has been at her home on King street Miss Clara Searle of the Hunter Girls' High school faculty in New York city was at her home on Day avenue over Washington's birthday Miss Dorothy Hamer of the New ton corps of teachers has been spend ing a week's vacation with "her parents Mr and Mrs Derwin Hamer of King street Mr and Mrs A Brown of Barre Vt were recent guests of their cousins Mr and Mrs Noble Love of Mil istreet Mrs Charles Whitney of Palmer is visiting her son George Whiteny of Bush street for several weeks Mrs rederick Nettleton of Hart ford Ct has been spending a few days with her mother Mrs Emma Tuller and her sister Mrs Hubert Cadle of Moward street Mrs Edward Hull of Day ave nue who seriously injured one of her an les weeks able to Miss Ki I i JI "I Ji I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 i (W if AT 32 5 'r 4 "tJ 4 Au de A 7'01 7T 'da Rtend? Me? A 'ZTkA rAT 1 ir if L'A 7 1 3 Ta I 1 LI WWWt MY 7.

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