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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Police Foil Attempt
Mob to Lynch Negro
Who Attacked Girl

New York Nov. 5.-Throngs of wor-
shippers joined in the chase of a
young negro who finally escaped
lynching this morning through the
intrepidity of n handful of police
when he was captured brandshing a
knife and heavy wrench on the roof
Of an apartment building on the West
Side.
Tho negro said he is Alfonso Mayo
of Memphis. Tenn, and. according to
the police. admitted that he was bent
upon attacking cight-year-old Helen
Ryan. He was prevented. his captors
declared, when Mrs. Pauline Vented,
the building janitress. stepped into
the doorway to go out as he started
inside.
Grabbing Mrs. Vented while the
little girl screamed. Mayo kissed her
and then fled upstairs. the woman
said. Her son chased the negro to the
third floor but was beaten away by
blow from the wrench. Mayo ran to
the street pursued by a rapidly gather
ing crowd led by Vented and his
mother.
Mayo saw the mob gathering and
dove into a hallway and climbed to
the roof. where pursuers found him
crouching behind a chimney. Patrol
men rescued him as his captors were
dragging him to the crowd on the side
walk below. which began shouting
"Get a rope
A neighbor telephonod for more po-
lice and when detectives arrived they
found an Infatuated mob of 1000 clam
oring for the negro to be lynched.
Drawing their guns the detectives
fought their way through and. warn
ing that they would shoot if interfered
with. hustled their prisoner to Jail.
Magistrate rockingham held Mayo
in $500 bonds for hearing Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Lay Cornerstone
Lofty Cathedral
In Chicago "LOop"

Chicago. Nov. 5.-Dedicated as a
symbol of experimenting influence OF
religion in home business and public
life and in all national and interna-
tional relations. the cornerstone of the
First Methodist Episcopal church
the worlds first skyscraper cathedral,
was laid today.
Located in the heart of the busy
loop the building when completed
early next year will be more than Il
stories high. While technically under
Methodist auspices. it was designed to
be representative or the Protestant
Christianity of the world, center of
moral uplift or missionary enterprise,
regardless of UNCONVENTIONAL control.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
To Plant Suffrage
Flag on Mountain
Peak in Brazil

New York. Nov. 5.-Miss Annie
Peck, mountain climber and suffrage
worker, sailed on the Van Dyck to-
day for Brazil. to keep promise
made ten years ago. At that time,
Miss Peck announced that when
suffrage became universal in the
United States, she would plant the
suffrage flag on Mount Corcovado. in
Brazil. Miss Peck is making the
trip today for that purpose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Offered Her Baby
for Price of Goose

Budapest. Nov. ;. GBy the Associa'-
l Tles-) A woman was arrested
oiav IN the poultry market mere
. ,'e irving TO sell her six months
I'D tIh, Evidently in the deepest
.r.pair she offered the child on
N m for the price OF a goose.
.f,i," acclaimed the woman.
'aWcoue will ray the price In pour
fnr good healthy child"
A Huu was making an offer 70
,rmrn 10 relieve her OF the bur
.ou, INFANT when the police N
"a md took tho woman inro
? 'u1, ilc. caee was referred 10 'he
'.', tNJitv organization. which
20 rt 'hat extreme misery. due 20
IS III ruds was tho woman's mo-
f.r ic-iring TO rid herself OF hcr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
To Ship Oregon
Pine Through Port
Portland to Canada

Portland Me. Nov. 5.-H. y. Ser
eth, a Seattle, Wn.. lumberman, inspect
ed the new State Pier here today, fol-
lowing a trip across the continent for
the purpose, and after pronouncing It
the best of it's kind he had seen. ar
ranged for shipments Of Oregon pine
from California by way Of the Pan
anna Canal to Canada.
After arrival at this port the lum-
Der will be hauled over the Grand
Trunk line for distribution in Canada.
Arrangements were made with Henry
f. Merrill. president Of the directors
of the port to start shipping by the
water route in 80 days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Skunk OdOr Prevents
Dry Sleuths From
-Nabbing MOOnshiners

Parkersburg. w. Va. Nov. 5.-Pro-
hibition officers who search the wooded
hills for moonshiners declared tonight
that these liquor makers have been
employing skunks to defeat the ends #
justice.
I'VE used to be able to smell the
stills" explained officers who made an
arrest yesterday. But that was be-
fore the moonshiners began using
polecats."
The officers reported that they de-
stroyed a distillery on the farm OF
George Nickles. near Mineral Wells.
and incidentally broke UP hunk ken
mel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Another Staying in
Chicago Ward Feud

Chicago, Nov. 5-A renewal of the
nineteenth ward fcud has cost a
score of lives in the past two years,
was seen tonight in the assassination
of John Scully. a wealthy contract or
who was shot down in the street by
two men with sawed off shOtguns.
The slaycrs escaped.
Scully.. who was sixty years old
and who had been active in politics.
was walking along the street ,car
his home when ncighbors heard a
fusiliade of shots and found !.im,
riddled with bullets. lying on the
sidewalk.
The nineteenth war feud followed
dispute over an aldermanic election
and resulted in numerous killings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Eastern Ship Co.
Office at Bangor
Rifed by Burglars

Bangor. Me-. Nov. 5.-Late tonight
it was discovered that burglars had
wrecked the safe in the office of the
Eastern Steamship Lines. Inc, here
and taken about 5000 in cash. The
Office is visited hourly by a water front
Waterman, who discovered the break
at IL o'clock. 1t is thought that the
burglars escaped in a boat
Last night burglars entered the. Of
fee Of the Graphic Theatre and made
an unsuccessful attempt to blow the
safe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
General Forecast

Temperatures remain much above
normal over and east of the Missis-
sippi valley.
With the exception of unsettled
showery weather along the northern
border from Maine, the weather will
be generally fair and mild but with
considerable cloudiness Monday and
Tuesday in the eastern states.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook:
Moderate variable, weather cloudy
Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Vanderbilt Fined
$36.6O for Speeding

Clinton, Conn, Nov. 5-William II.
Vanderbilt. well known clubman of
Newport and New York, was arrested
by state policemen near here today
or charge of speeding and was
fined s25 and costs by Justice Will
liam A. Ward
Mr.. Vanderbilt paid the fine and
the costs. which amounted to $1l.60.
The state officers declared that Mr.
Vanderbilt, who was at the wheel,
was driving at the rate Of sixty miles
an hour. He did not deny the charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Several Killed in
Tank Blast on i. S.
Steamer at TampicO

Mexico City, Nov. 5-Several per-
sens are reported deaa or injured in
consequence of an explosion on board
the American steamer Mexico, at
Tampico. Saturday. says a despatch
from Tampico to Ell Universal.
No details are given in the des-
patch. except the statement that
tank of ammonia exploded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
We're Refugee Group
From VladivOstOk-
Only Two Saved
Location of Disaster
Not Given

Tonio. Nov. 5--(By A. PD-
Ine hundred and thirty-fve
bus ian refugees from Vladi-
|ostok, were drowned today
hen two steamers foundered,
ding to a dispatch from
keoul TO the Yomitri here. Only
Two persons we're saved. the re-
bort stated. The dispatch
omitted the exact location of
he laundering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Advises High School
Boy Have Own Girl

Portland. Me-, Nov. 5.-Rev. Addison
B. Lorimer. D. D., answered the ques
ton rs it best for high school boy
to have special girl friend or to be
a free lance" by advocating the "spe-
cial girl at the Central Square Baptist
church tonight. He concluded: MAKE
1t friendship. Courtship comes later.
Don't 60 too fast"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Gas Explosion
In Cellar Injuries Six

lt- own W. Va. Nov. 5.-Thir-
I.Od Agnes Thomas struck
u 10, cellar of her home here
,,u A food Of gas was ig-
Nrri the tulldinr collapsed.
sK u5uu women. including Agnes.
odN burned that their recov-
Il uItfLl Nine other persons
% '> INJURED.
N.' Thomas Sr., was blown
.s bedroom window on the
'..onl s'Hi hut escaped with minor
lrt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Northern New England: Cloudy
and unsettled Monday and Tuesday.
probably showers; moderate temper
ature.
Southern New England: Cloudy
Monday and Tuesday, mild temper
allure.
Eastern New York: Partly cloudy
in south and unsettled with prob
ably showers in north portion Mon
day and Tuesday: mild temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Poisoned Cake Case
Battles Phila Police

Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-After a
week of searching investigation,
authorities tonight admitted that
they were completely at sea CON
corning the mysterious death of ".
w. Sterrett, an expert accountant. of
Devon. and the serious illness of his
wife, as a result of eating cake con-
tanning poison, which had beien mail
ed to them by some unknown per-
sons
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Monday cloudy with moderate
temperature: Tuesday unsettled ana
warmer; light to moderate vario bic
winds. mostly southerly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
Woman Killed When
Car Turns Turtle

marlborough, N. H.. Nov. 5-Mrs.
Harry Kenney. of marlborough, was
killed late today. when an automobile
turned turtle on Hyde Hill. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Jordon Durgin, other occupants
OF the car, were. painfully injured.
The cause Of the accident was de-
fectiyc steering gear. The party was
returning from camp ct duncan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
TURKS ADVANCING INTO
BRITISH CHANAk AREA
MUDAN|A PACT IS OFF

An6ora Government Demands
Allied Troops Withdraw from
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Min
istry Resigns - Rafet Pasha
Head of Nationalist Regime---
Allied High Commission Bows
to New Order in Constantine
ple---Wire Home Governments
for Instructions i'm Event of
TrOuble---Christians Fear Mas
SaCre
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
MRS. HALL EAGER
TO TELL STORY
TO GRAND JURY
Prosecution Would
Balk Widow Of Slain
N. B. Clergyman

Is Entitled to Privilege Under
Laws of New Jersey-Would
Sign Waiver of Immunity in
Effort to Free Self of Sus-
picion - WidoweS of Mrs.
Mills Also Wants to Appear
Before Body
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06

Colstantnope Nov 5-(By A. P.)-The Turks have torn
up the Mudana convention gend;mes moving into
known neutral
Turkish Nationalist gendarmcs advancing into the Brit
sh Chanak area The Kemas have established an admin
lsration at Rerjaz
Constantinope Nov. 5-(By A. P)-IIamid Bey, repre-
sentative Of the Angora government note the Entente
demands withdrawal of the Allied troops from
stantinople.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
HERMINE WEDS
FORMER KAISER
At DO0RN HOUSE
Wilhelm's Relatives In
dictate Approval by
PresenceS

Two Ceremonies, Religious and
Civil-Remarkable Absence
of Popular Rejoicing Over
Event-Wedding Procession
Greeted with Ironical Cheers
and Booing - Monarcfical
Germans Opposed Toward
Wedding
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06
TUESDAY: Showers

TT. duties await you whom you
..,v. IN. Journal In the mornanss xns
49,. !. 60 read the Classiasd 40 pss.
~ ~ ..cona = 20 telephone your A. 70
that Others may read It.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
SPORTING NOTES

1t is Just fifty years since the game
Of polo was introduced into England
from India.
Tho TeXasOklahoma league, which
bow up recently. VII be allowed to
reserve all its players.
A number OF American association
payers drew heavy fines recently Tor
rouSh-house tact cs on the ball field
Roy Thomas Fort Smith outfit
has been having hard struggle try.
ing to keep out of the Eastern asso-
citation CELLAR
a fifteen round setto between Jock
Malone of st. Paul and Bryan Downey
Of Columbus is to he the Labor day
attraction in the Ohio cap tall
Charleston has big lead and is
going strong in the South Atlantic
league pennant race
Worcester is making elaborate
preparations for the entertainment O.
the annual regatta on the New Eng
land Association of Amateur Oarsmen
on Labor day
A homeless team that is being car
ried along by the West Texas league
is dc5 gnated in the league standing as
the Orphans
Howard Canmitz, once star twlr-
ler of the Pitt burgh Pirates, is now
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30

plotting the Winchester team OF the
Blue Grass league.
Herman and Larry Layne, twins, and
star outfIelders Of the Bristol, Tenn,
team, are booked for trial with the
Detroit Tigers.
Coach Bresnahan OF the University
OF Iowa is arranging to take a group
of his star track performers to the A.
a. U, championships at Newark next
month.
The release OF Pitcher lily Fowlkes
OF the Memphis Southern league team
has been purchased by the Chicago
White Sox for the nifty sum Of $4,000.
Bill Kenworthy, who was on the
melig BILE list earlier in the season, has
signed a new contract to pilot the Port.
land team Of the Pacific Coast league.
Jay Kirke. the Louisville slugger
and Wilbur Goode Of Kansas City have
been batting on even terms for the
American Association batting homers.
The Glen Echo golf course at st.
Louis is reported in excellent condi-
ton for the Western womens cham
pionships to be played there the week
OF Sept IL.
Pitcher Woodward of New Haven
Eastern league team pitched and won
a double.header from Albany, his first
time after his "latest" suspension.
The St Joseph team, leaders of
the Western league, while only al
average team. has come very neal
being unbeatable on the home lot.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF thu Town and Village and
Advertisements.

plnms for canning, at the Orchards
Phone 261. 0StG
Turner H. Cranston OF the post Of
fee force is taking weeks vacation,
Thomas Mcclure is enjoying his an
nual vacation at Lake ST. Catherine.
Dance at Hedges Lake Labor Day
ght. Shea's piece orchestra, :
l00t3
Mr. and Mrs William b. Sheldon,
formerly Of Bennington but now Of
Dorset, are spending the day in town.
We have four vacancies for men in
our shipping department Permanent
inside job. Phone A. or call at office.
rhe Allen a. Co. 91tll
Vera Ogden, the gossip in way
Down East plays the landlady of a
chorus girls boarding house in "At
the Stage Door Harte Theatre, to-
morrow.
at the Stage Door, a fascinating
tale OF Little Old Broadway'-vivid
colorful, sparkling, and Monkey
Shines corking comedy Hartt
Theatre, today. IsAA tIE
Miss Anna Green has returned Il
New Bedford, Mass, to resume he
duties as night supervising nurse a
New Bedford hospital, after a yaca
tlon of a month, two weeks of wlic
we're spent in Bennington with he
parents, Mr. and Mrs Harry Greer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
ODD AND INTERESTING

The fall OF SCOT in London amounts
to % tons per month.
Belgium was the first country to re.
qure automobiles to carry number
plates
1t is sad to be very rare indeed to
tind a bluo.cyed person who is color
blvd
Greater London embraces about one
fifth of the total population Of England
ana WdiCs.
Chine scholars claim that iron
Sword5 were in use in their country
tour thousand years.
In the reign OF Henry H. OF France
no persons under the rank of royalty
were permitted to dress in crimson.
The occasional discovery Of fossil
plants and bones in the Attic regions
elbows that at some period of history
an almost tropical climate once pre-
vailed in the far north.
When the Irish patriot Daniel O'Con.
nell died, seyenty-f've years ago his
heart, in compliance with his wish,
was Gmbalmed and taken to Rome,
while his body was inferred in ireland.
The best violin strings have always
come from Italy, Why this should be
is something Of my terry, but in the
making Of str ngs, as in the making
Of vioins, Italy has always led the
world.
A & ant dying boat, the largest ar
ner in the world. is under construc-
ton at Southampton, England 1t
Will be able to fly from England port
to New York in "a hours. and may
carry 50 or 40 passengers, in addition
TO the crew.
Knife ducl5 are very frequent among
the lower classes Of the C tics in South
ern Spain. When two are about to
fight they blow whistles to attract
spectators. Their left legs are tied
together at the knees, and then at a
signal they begin attacking each other
with long knives.
In an Egyptian family the parents
| choose 2 name for their baby by light
1 Ing three wax candles. To each OF
these they give name. one of the
/ three belong ng always to some dig
nif ed person The candle that burns
the longest determines the name to
/ lie bestowed upon the infant.
Sir William Geary, a retired Brit's h
diplomatist and colonial administra
tor, has at his country seat in England
an "alphabct avenue" composed Of
lare trees brought from all parts of the
world and the names of which form
an alphabetical sequence, the list beb
'inS with Aspen and ends with Eel
nora.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30

Goods on Sale at the Follow
ing Stores:
BENNINGTON FRUIT co.
L. o. HARBOUR G. co.
p. A. MARcoUX
c. SAVAS
BENNINGTON CANDY SHOP
kANDYLAND
QUINLAN's DRUG STORE
NC CUES MARKET
e. B. PATTERSON
T. 2. MoRRlssEY G. co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
MOVING ATLANTIC WESTWARD
Austrian View Of Great Lakes Water
way Proposal.

Chicago. H., August 3O.-The Great
Lakes.St Lawrence waterway propos-
ed to link the Great Lakes with the
ocean and give vast expanse of ter
ritory in the United States and Canada
"a direct ocean shipping outlet. is re-
ceiving comment in many sections of
the world
An article by Carl Junker. editor OF
the Ost Post OF Vienna is one appear.
ing in Europe. one paragraph of the
article reads.
Westward marches the culture OF
the world Likewise, just as the sun
travels with its light and life. the old
Atlantic ocean must so west too, and
as Americans get what they wish, the
Atlantic will move west when they
say the word"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
PAGEANT IN HONOR
OF DAVID THOMPSON
Indians Of British Cojumb Pay Re.
srccts to Memory Of Famous
Geoqraphcr.

Geo9raphcr.
Windmere, II. c.. August 30-Four
tribes Of Indians are at Lake Winde
mere today to participate in the pag,
cant and celebration being held today
and tomorrow in honor OF Davd
Thompson the eeoErapher and astron.
omer of the old North West Company,
who built the first white mans trading
fort in British Columbia 115 years
ago.
These are representative, groups
from Flagstone, Cranbrook and from
the Shuswap Reserve at Windemere it.
self They propose holding stampede
with horse racing, buCking and roping
contests sqaw races and baby show
They also VII put on the famous
Drum dance, VIII oh consists of six sep.
arate dances, including the Moon and
the Snake dance The Canadian Pacific
Railway has shipped two Of the great
war canoes used in the Champlain Ter
centenary Celebrations, and there arc
prospects of races between braves of
these tribes, all of whom are expert
in canoe work
The opening Of the fort comedies
with the completion of the Banff-
Windemere highway, a new automo-
bile road over the Brisco Range and
the Velmillion Pass in the Canadian
rockies. This road is the last link in
the highway which will connect Banff
with Spokane, Portland and San Fran.
CISCO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30
NOTICE
10 the Taxpayers or the ViIage Of
Termination

A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands Tor collection - follows; {tSU
on the dollar for the Village Tax. 20
cents on the dollar for the Highway
Tax, on the Grand List of 1872
hereby demand payment of said
taxes. and notify you that viii attend
at the Bennington County savings
Bank from 8 o'clock a. M until .,
o'clock p. m.
There viii be discount of per
cent on Village Tax II paid within ~
days,
c. IL DEWEY, Treasurer,
Bennington, Vt, Angus; 3! l922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-30

If you wish to know if your tele'
phone has rung during your absence
put piece Of paper and bit of car
bon paper between the bell and the
clapper. A mark will he made on the
paper II the bell has rung.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-04
FarriS, Of KeySeT,
Heads West Virginia
HOrtiCu|turiStS

Mnrtiuphurr. ". Va. Feb J. william
Fnrriq Of krvGcr wnH elected rr"rIhrnt
Of the Wrat virginia stat" Horticultural
porIrtv, which adjourned ltH annual con
ycutIun today. Tho next convention GUY
viii lac determined later. 1t was nm
uOunC"d
Among resolutions adopted by Tn"
sncIrty today were endorsement OF thp
American Farm bureau f"d"rAtionS
lcglnlntivc program. which Includes tho
bin gtnndnrdlzIng fruit containers; the
rnuucr-Volstrad hin l"EnlizlnG fnrm"rS
,n-urcrativr organiznt tons: use or tho
Nuaclc shoals plant for IN" manutac-
turc Of fertilizer. and including ware
house receipts for apples In commodity
financing legislation.
The mOVcm"n, to cut freight rates anu
correct alleged discriminatory intra-
state rntcs. and retention of the bureau
of markets In the department of aErl-
culture. also were endorsed.
Plans were announced for n midSum-
mtr meeting in Martinshurg I" which
freight men from Maryland Nirginln
and PENNSYLVANIA VIII he invited TO dis
cuSs shipping plans for tho l?@2 season.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-04
Is PLANTS CUT
WORKERS WAGES
Led by AmoHRoag Manufacturing Com
pany Employer Prom Maine 70
Connecticut buffer Reduction

I'n.'nn I.h n" Aru""k"aE Manu-
rrrrurlur 60 to-day nun"uu""d a roc"
reduction Ia var,- nut m n'r'Hw IN
waking h.ur" from IS I" Il w""h
"WrrtIy" i"lruary /" Nrpr"Nima'"Iy
l.. uuo rtrrIuNca arc affected
In addition :" tho Nm"Hll"ar CompnrS.
-, o'u,r prominent cutt"n mills In New
H"mpshlr". Massachusetts, and Ma'no
announced reduction uf roo IN wages
Marry ~ those plants ais" Increased
worEiuu hours from IS TO "A weekly
II" corporations included arc the
Nashua manufacturing. Great Falls
Manufacturing; BATES Manufacturing
and Edwards ManrtacturinG.
Tn, mills that today established lower
scales Of wages represent approximately!
= ~. 900 Spindles
80 mills az Fall River. Lawrence or
New Bedford have announced any cuts
n ways as Yet.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-04
WILL PROBE HIGH q
COST OF BUILDING

Cincinnati, Feb. Am inquiry whicI
IL expected to embrace all branches OF
the building industry in this city, wal
begun today by the Hamilton county
grand jury. The investigation was pre-
cipitatcd by the setting aside. because
Of n technical defect, of the Indictment
against cement dealers, as individuals
and corporations. charging them with
conspiracy TO maintain prices The de-
termination to make the investigation
general was founded on reports OF mem
hers of the unemployment committee OF
the federated improvement associations
that there were combinations TO keep
up prices.