Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-11-02

The discovery Of four cases Of an
thrax in Manchester, caused DR.. Eu-
gene B. Kelley, commissioners OF pub
no health. to issue q warning against
the use Of the cheaper grades OF
shaving brushes. The four cases re-
ported were ell traced to brushes. the
hair of which was imported from
Manchur1a,
Judge Mtlliken, in district court
New Bedford, Mass, re"omlaended
that the parents Of the 16 boys i'm
plicated In destroying property at the
residence of Walter H. Langshaw,
give a liberal application Of the birch
rod to the Juveniles. A Jar Of eggs
had been thrown about and the yolks
were hanging from the walls.
Russell w. Bancroft, alias Will
ford A. Bailey, guilty of fraudulent
transaction involving $4,000 in con-
nection with the establishment Of a
camp for girls at Lake Willoughby.
VT, has been sentenced to i've years
In State prison. Bancroft obtained
loan Of 5000 from the National Bank
Of Newport, VT, upon collateral that
proved worthless.
The mystery Of the finding OF two
sticks Of dynamite under an ash barrel
In the rear Of 81 Common st., Law
renee, Mass. was cleared up today
when three Juveniles were arrested.
charged with stealing 1t from the Hol-
land Construction Company last May.
The boys told the police they stole
eights sticks. The other six sticks
have not been found.
Gov. Carl E. Milliken Of Maine, who
was the principal speaker at the dedi-
cation Of the new 100000 Lynn Y.
M. C. A. building, declared that II the
spirit Of extrayagance continues to
spread in this country at the same
rate as it has spread since the end OF
the war, the word work" will have
disappeared from our dictionaries
within the next 10 years.
Charles s. Barber of Westfeld,
Mass, veteran trolley empaoye, saw
his Sunday dinner shrink from z IL
pounds of Juicy chicken to less than
8 IL pounds, when he dressed the
fowl enough, but on dressing her Mr..
Barber found % well formed eggs In
her. OF these 13 were large enough
to be salvaged, and together they
weighed more than two pounds.
The Silesia Mills Of North Cheims-
ford, Mass, branch Of the United
States Worsted Co., has announced
cut in wages Of Is p. C. The reduction
ia attributed to the prevailing condi-
tions, the inability of the company to
dispose Of its goods and the lack OF
orders. The plant has been operating
recently with slightly more than half
of it's normal force Of 600 hands.
A report Just issued by the Mess
achusetts State Department OF Labor
and Industry shows that at the end OF
June of this year almost IS p. c. OF
all organized labor In the State was
out of work. The abnormal amount OF
unemployment was due almost wholly
to the curtailment Of production IN
the shoe industry. This was the high
est rate Of unemployment since 1908.
Many employees in the three plants
OF the Jenckes Spinning Company IN
pawtucket and Central Falls. r. I. &C
cepted a Is per cent, cut In wages
rather than have the mills shut down
for an indefinite period. The Lorraine
Manufacturing Company, another
large Pawtucket textile industry, has
discontinued It's bonus payments
which were in effect through the war.
Gov. Coolidge designated Arthur l.
Millet Of Gloucester to act as Mass
achusetts commissioner for the inter-
national 1ishermen's races OF Hall
fax between the Gloucester schooner
Esperanto and the Lunenburg schoon-
er Delawanna. Mayor Charles d.
Brown will be the official delegate
from Gloucester, in accordance with
a resolution adopted by the municipal
council.
The heavy taxes upon incomes Inn
posed in England and this country
upon Americans living In England
have made the ownership Of real es-
tate In Providence, R /. 50 unpr1h-
table that the extensive holdings Of
the Butler Exchange Company will be
closed out. Walter N. Butler. treasur-
er Of the company. explained that un-
der the English laws more than half
of the income received by Americans
living In England is taken as taxes BY
the British Government and that this
added to the income tax In the United
States, left but little more than a
shilling in every pound to the owners
Moses Naked, a Syrian fruit and
candy merchant Of Dorchester. Mass
and Albert Wyhesek, stitcher OF
Boston, are held in Newport, vt, In
$1,000 for q. 8. court, charged with
violating the proclamation Of the
President and the immigration laws
by assisting three enemy aliens inho
this country. The three Syrians they
are said to have helped are held in
$500. They came via France and Can
ada from a part Of Syria recently un-
der Turkish rule, nne being soldier
Of the Sultan's army during the world
war. It is said that the capture Of the
men on q train bound for Boston ends
a carefully laid plot to hnd haven in
the United States.
Prominent representatives of the
Boston Chamber Of Commerce and
officials Of several leading New Ing
hand industries appeared At Q hear
ing before the international Joint COM
mission IN the State House, Boston.
the large majority Of whom spoke In
opposition to q plan to remove obsta-
cles to navigation In the st. lawrence
river, at Q cost variously estimated
from 100. 100000 to $aso Oeo, 900, one
half Of the cost 70 be home by tae
United States and the -othev half b
Canada.