Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-08-09

entering OF leaving port is ordered
stopped
John Lemont, aged 10, of Wollas-
ton, Mass, was taken to a Rockland
(Me.) hospital crippled for life, as
the result of becoming entangled in
moving machine at Stonington.
The machine amputated his left
foot at the ankle joint, cut the toes
from the right foot and cut two fin
gers from the left hand
By closing out the stock Of the
e. R. Sherburne company, wholesale
sugar dealers, controlling large
branches in Springfield, Mass, and
Holyoke. Mass, fully 5000 barrels OF
sugar were released for consumption
in Hampden county. The company
was forced out of business by the
state food administration.
After years of controversy the
state of Massachusetts has received
from the federal government, through
an award made by the court OF
claims, check for $3.50, 3S968, rep
resenting the premium on gold coin
used by the commonwealth for pay
ment Of bills incurred in furnishing
state troops during the Civil war.
A submarine, said by its builders
to embody all the latest designs in
submersibles went down the ways
at the Fore River plant of the Beth
lehem Shipbuilders corporation at
Quincy, Mass. Several thousand
workers Joined in mighty cheer as
the new undersea boat struck the
water. She was christened the AL.
Criticizing the young men of North
Brookfield Mass, for not forming
military organization as they do in
China, Wo Lung, for twenty-three
years proprietor Of laundry in that
town will close his laundry in Au-
gust and 60 back TO China, where he
will join the army. Lung served in
the Chinese army before he came to
this country.
Massachusetts Food Administrator
Endicott has ruled that any grocer
or other dealers in sugar found guilty
of supplying the Stedaco Bottling Co
Of Sudbury with sugar, or to tts
proprietors, Benjamin Stern and
David Davis, or to their households,
will have their permits to sell sugar
taken away fom them and the sup
ply stopped.
Chas. s. Bird of Walpole, Mass,
after experimenting for many months
with peat in his paper factory,
is absolutely convinced that, as
fuel product, it possesses no value.
He advises against spending any
more of the states money in expert
menting with this product until
study has been made of the expert
ence Of other countries.
Andrew Schmitt, a German, who
had appeared respondent recently
over the Teuton reverses, committed
suicide in Providence, r. l., by shoot
ing himself with a revolver at his
home. He was AZ and had been
working in munitions plant. His
wife, employed in a local factory,
was at work at the house. Schmitt
had tried twice before to shoot him
SELF
Word has been received at Lewis
ton. Me, that the old clipper ship St.
James of Bath is to be rerigged as
barkentine. The St. James was
built at Bath by John Mcdonald for
Flint & Co., for the Pacific trade.
and established some excellent rec
ords between ports, notably Boston
and San Francisco. About IL years
ago she was converted into a coal
barge for use on the Pacific.
The 200 paper makers and pulp
sulphite and paper mill workers, en-
ployed in the Franklin, ~. H, plant
Of the International Paper company,
Immediately upon learning Of the
strike, the local exemption board
asked the company for list Of all
men Of draft age on strike. The ex-
emption board announced that the
men would be Immediately reclassi-
fed and placed in Glass One.
Four thousand, thre hundred and
sixty-four Massa chusetts' men have
registered under the state anti-loaf-
Ing law, which went into effect on
July IL. In making this announce
ment Charles F. Gettemy, director OF
the state bureau of statistics, said
that lat Of the 854 cities and towns
In the state had reported and that
there were no registrations In 81
communities. Boston led with l.
616, and Lowell was second with 27S.
HAMPERS and stichers from some
OF the Brockton, Mass, shoe factories
voted to secede from the Boot and
Shoe Workers union and form an
independent organization. This ac-
ton has already been taken by cut
ters and lasters. The vampers and
stitchers voted to remain at work.
but threatened to 60 on strike If ono
Of their number was discharged for