The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-03-28


pany. win succeed Erastus J Cartcr
OF s.onington. whose term expired -
January.
The rendering plant OF Whitman .
| Pratt In West Concord. Mass, wac
burned with loss OF si7s,00o Trains
on the Fitchburg division of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad were held up
for hours by burned ties and poles
and fallen telegraph wires.
Food Administrator Henry u Endl-
colt has issued warning 20 tho
housewives of Massachusetts that
boarding Of foodstuffs makes them IL
able to $4,000 fine or two years. i'm
prisonment, and that after April 10
Ignorance OF the law will not save
hoarders from prosecution
Quotations on FISH prices AZ tho
Boston Fish Pier, issued daily 10 the
newspapers. bear no relation 10 tho
price which the fishermen receive
from members OF the New England
Fish Exchange, through whom more
than 80 per cent. of the fish arriving
at Boston is sold The statement was
made by William III. Beardsley, gen
eral manager OF the exchange. while
giving further testimony before the
examiner. William IL Matheson, M
the trial OF the suit in equity OF the
United States against fish dealers
and allied Interests. who are accused
OF maintaining monopoly In re-
straint OF trade. The witness de-
clared that the quotations are made
up by himself and are what he con-
siders to be fair price for fsh at
the pier on each particular day. He
stated tina. his FISH quotations arways
include the various assessments lev
led on the transfer OF the fish from
the hold of the vessel to the dealers
on the pier.
The battery OF French 75's which
have been used by the Yale artillery
corps all year has been recalled by
the Government for instruction pur-
poses. British guns will be turned
over to the university as a substi-
tute.
Two hundred and az boys and girls
in Worcester high schools have signed
up to engage In agricultural work
during the vacation period ana help
win the war The students have en-
listed in the Massachusetts division
OF the United States boys working
reserve.
Mrs. Clarice (Marceau) Roy, widow
Of Simeon Roy. Ia dead at her homo
In Fitchburg, Mass. She leaves six
ty-four descendants eleven children,
fifty-two grandchildren and one great
grandchild
All men formerly employed by IL
Quor dealers in Newport, II. l.. who
are at present out OF work, have been
requested to apply to the naval sta
tion, where they wifi be given work
at good wages.
Fred Harris Claflin, former circula-
tion manager Of the Boston Journal
under the regime of Stephen O'Meara
died at the Deaconess Hospital.
Brookline. Mr.. Claflin had been en-
ployed as a proofreader by the Bos-
ton Post up to the time Of his last
illness. From the time that he start
ed a small newspaper at Worcester
Academy when still youth, until
the time OF his death, Mr.. Clafiln was
engaged in newspaper work His first
newspaper venture was an amateur
daily called the Press. He assisted
In organizing the Worcester Tele-
gram, where he remained for two
years. He was with the Boston Jour
nal for four years as its circulaticA
and subscription manager.
Rev. Clarence II. Waldron Of Wind
sor. Vt, convicted In the Federal
Court at Burlington OF disloyalty to
the United States, has been sen
fenced by Judge Harland y. Howe to
serve Is years In the Government
penitentiary al Atlanta, Ga His coun-
sci will later make motion OF a stay
of execution. Waldron broke down ut
terly when sentence was pronounced
and cried like child Harold
Mackley, employee Of cream
cry at Holland, Vermont. was also
found guilty OF disloyal utterances by
a fury and was Immediately SEN
fenced TO Is years in the Georgia
penitentiary. His trial lasted only
day and a half and the jury was out
only 25 minutes Judge Howe, In i'm
posing sentence upon Mr.. Waldron.
said: THE defendant, however hon.
est he may be in his religion or paci-
flsm, has actively engaged In oppos- I
ing the Nation in this great conflict. !
A minister OF the gospel has muc:i In /
fiuence and his high calling aggrayates
rather than mitigates his oifense, He /
may have been sincere In his beliefs.
but that makes him all the more ef-
tective and dangerous"
Notices were posted at the plants
OF the Sanford Mills Corporation ana