Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-09-06


bound from New York for Camden
with ESQ tons of coal, sprang a leak
and sank five miles west of Monhe-
gan. The captain and crew of three
men rowed to Ram Island, five miles
off Boothbay Harbor, Me-, where they
were picked up.
Frederick M. Dyer of New York,
president of the Bay State Fishing
company, of which 80 members were
indicted by the, grand jury on the
charge of monopolizing the fish in
dustry, and Josiah Paine were ar
raigned and pleaded not guilty Bail
was fixed at $500 each. The trial
will be held in October.
AS a result of complaints that
Christie Adams and John Stephen had
charged exorbitant rentals to work.
men employed in the construction of
warships at Bath, Me-, the navy de-
partment ordered that two tenements
owned by them be Communicated for
the government This was the first
case of the kind in the city.
Charles H. Giblin, %, wanted the
police declare, in both Providence and
Boston, was arrested in Providence,
but is believed to be such a good
fighter" that the attorney generals
Office has sanctioned his release to
let him go overseas The indictment
was filed. 1t will be quashed if Glib
lin makes good in the army.
The Massachusetts constitutional
convention completed its work last
week and adjourned after delibera-
lions occupying 1T days this year
and last, during which % specific
amendments were adopted for sub
mission to the voters of the state,
The cost of the convention is in ex-
cess of half a million dollars.
A general roundup of draft "dod-
gers" has been started in several OF
the leading cities of Maine by local
police officials under the direction of
five agents of the Federal Department
of Justice. During the first four
hours of the crusade it is known that
at least 800 had been gathered in
by the police in different cities.
Worcester, Mass. police have been
notified by the War Department of
new regulations made for the protec-
ton of men at army camps. The
police intend to make a drive against
all disorderly houses. Persons keep
ing disorderly houses near camps will
be punished by fine of $1,000 or i'm
for year, the notlhca-
ton says.
Fire which broke out in the garage Of
the 325th Motor Truck Company, Camp
Devens, Mass, while the men were at
mess destroyed the building and
caused a loss estimated at 100000.
About twenty to-trucks of the
heavy type used about the camp, four
touring cars and several side-car mo-
torcycles were consumed. II use
of the fire is not known.
Mileage books good on any railroad
have been placed on sale and will be
accepted in payment of passenger
fares on trains, in exchange for tick
cts and for extra baggage charges.
Two books are being prepared-one
for 1000 miles for $50 with the addi-
ton of $2.4O war tax collected when
the book is bought, and another for
500 miles, selling for SIS with $1.20
additional war tax
According to despatch received IN
Portland, Me-, Rev. Fran w. Sand
ford, head of the Holy Ghost and US
religious colony in Durham, will be
released from the federal prison at
Atlanta, where he has been serving
long term, on September 6. The des-
patch says that the prisoner Is IN
good health and that prison life has
agreed with him. His son John Sand
ford who has been acting head OF the
society has been lately drafted into
the national army. Mr.. Sanford was
convicted of manslaughter in not pro-
viding sufficient food for a missionary
shin of which he was in charge anu
hogan his sentence in December, 1911.
The opinion that enemy spies are
at liberty in Maine and that this be-
comes increasingly evident In con-
nection with the submarine activities
off the New England Coast was ex-
pressed by the Maine Committee on
Public Safety. Information has come
to the committee indicating many
circumstances along the
Maine Coast, and evidence of this
nature has been presented to the
Federal authorities. The committee
urges every member of its organiza-
ton throughout the State to keep
vigilant lookout for strangers, VINO
might be suspected of giving informa-
ton to the enemy. 1t is said to have
been well established that the time
and sailings of vessels must be known
to the enemy.
Orders have been received at the
Charlestown, Mass. Navy Yard TO
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