Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-11-05
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In rsfusins the Government re-
hearing ,on the United Shoe 1achin-,
ery dissolution suit which It decided
IA favor Of the company last NAY, tne
Supreme Court has passed mai oeatn
sentence upon the Sherman act htf
CATION which for nearly seven years
has caused no end Of expense, time
and worry. The last rites" wu Do
performed By the formal mandate OF
dismissal which win probably Issue
within q week.
The Newport, R. L, community IL
Dor board has found such shortage
of labor for the government HOUSING
work and for the Coddington point
naval cantonment that beginning ON
Monday, Oct. 20. all idle men VIII DO
arrested on sight: This announce.
ment was made by the chairman OF
the board today, who also said tnat
Immediately a canvass Is to be made
Of all non essential occupations IN
the city with the intention OF forcing
eyery able man to work or fight.
Members of the governors council
appointed to inspect open air 1nnu-
enza hospitals have reported to GOV.
ernor Mccall of Massachusetts, that
the hospitals had saved many lives
and aided greatly in checking the cpl
demic. The committee reported that
| in Waltham the city authorities re-
fused to issue permits for moving pa
tents from the city hospital to the
emergency outdoor camp and advised
that legislation be enacted WHICH
would give the state power to over
rule local authorities on such mat
tiers.
Employees of the General Electric
ICompany's plant in Lynn Mass, who
went on strike last July because Of
alleged discrimination against some
of their number active in union or
ganization, have been ordered rein
stated by the war labor board al
Washington. The. decision OF the
board, which provides for the adop'
ltion of a working schedule and wag'
es already in force at the company
plant in Schenectady, will affect ap'
proximately $1,000 workers. Inc
wage changes are to be retroactive
to July II Of this year.
Henry B. Endicott, executive chair
man of the Massachusetts committee
on public safety. suggests to loca
public safety committees that the!
enlist the boy scouts Of their com
munities in nut gathering campaigns
to increase the supply Of material fol
gas masks. Information from the al
vision of chemistry at Harvard col
Ilege reveals the fact that virtually al
kinds of hard shelled nuts indigenous
to New England are useful for th'
purpose. The hickory shagbarks ant
allied species of nuts are now read!
for gathering and are said to b
plentiful this year. Peach stones ar
becoming scarce.
Claude R. Taylor, horse thief, ban
|dit, and self-confessed enemy Of 30
ciety. escaped from the state prison
lin Wethersfeld, Conn. With Taylo
is Thomas Maloney, alias Thoma
Howard, a notorious murderer. Tn
men escaped while at work IN tn
kite nen, breaking a lock on a Goa
window and scaling the wall from tn
prison yard by drain pipe. Ac
lcomplices are believed to have aide
them. Maloney was serving an eight
wear term. Taylor was serving ten
year sentence imposed after his sen
sational capture in South wilmington
Conn, Nov. 81, 1917. His exploit
began Sept. 81 last year.
| Showing that the sacrifices Of mem
| bers Of the 26th Division Of the Am
erican Expeditionary Forces. New
England troops. are appreciated ov
erseas, a letter has been received a
Northeastern Headquarters. writte'
| BY A. Leclerc, Cure Of Rupt-de
Woevre, in which he says:-"You
gallant 2eth American Division ha
lust set US free. Since September
1914, tho barbarians have held tn
Heishts Of tho Mouse, Lave FOUL
murd cred three hostages from Mouil
", have sheled Rupt. and On July II
1915, forced it's inhabitants to scat
ter to tho four eernsrs Of France
The people Of this vicinity eeaTe
to the American people their heart
fsit and anfergettabis gratitude. :.