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CONCORDIN RIVERPARADUE BREAKS THROUGH ICE TRYING TO ESCAPE WITH BOOTYUnder Arrest Charged With Larceny From His Employer, John P. Sexton-InQuite a litt i«* excitement in tin* vicinity of tin* Concord riven j Monday morning, when John Paradue, j who lias been in the employ of John 1’. Sexton, Bedford si., attempted to make his escape by means of the river after he had, it is alleged, ransacked the Sexton house and taken considerable therefrom.It seems ihnt Paradue, as he is known here, has been in Mr. Sexton's employ several times. The last lime [ he had been there only about a week t Monday morning Mr. Sexton noticed | man life is of supremeThe child is I he supreme »rlt;,i of the nation and it should he ilm of the nation to eons»*rve it 'ren. The most important f;ot the environment for the * hil t must depend upon roller Mve iiierate children and give tie , chance to grow and develop ; ; \ rcrpiires. Massachusetts has lent child laws on its statute In hut they are sometimes evaded j *bo people of this stale helped :I rate the slave, although no da xisted in this state, so the,'lt;olp to liberate the ehibl who i ! 'r-rlng in many of the other ! prom the cruel conditions of «hi! mred | bor. Two million children un i ’runs of age are employed in i *■ s, mines, etc. in the t'nlted ,-'i o thousand doing night work i onditions fatal to their ph : ■ norul welfare.Premature labor results in ■**1•egenerac y. Tin- glass slurps m Ww York and the eoul indudr. uve 'iirn«'d out a stream of 2.*o,uuu d .*n-■rates everv year, it is well e •lt;n serve our natural and agricultui il re-•nurces, but the conservation ■ hn importanceSnuSerlias• i fhl;andfulartaroMulimt tlu* milk which should have been put out by Paradtte, was not out. lie went in search of him to find why this had not. been done and upon en terlnir one of the rooms In the rear of tin house, found everything tops' tnrv. A rpilek Investigation showed that several articles were missing Without losing any time Mr. Sexton decided to find out in which direction the young man had departed and soon discovered tracks, which led him to the railroad tracks. The tracks continued across the railroad and as he was following these lu* was startled by hearing a cry for help, which came from the direction of the Concord river.Thinking perhaps someone who had been hunting muskrats had fallen in, he hastened to their rescue, when much to his surprise he saw the man he was looking for, clinging desperately to the ice. Fearing that if Par-adno saw him, it might frighten him, Mr. Sexlon notified Mr. Lin a Junanese in the employ of Dr. F. E. t hem v, and the hitler in companv with (Jordon Hutchins and one of his employes who had also heard the cries for help went to the rescue of the unfortunate lad. Through their united efforts and with the aid of rope, they soon had Paradue on safe ground. He was taken to Punkatas set farm and put to bed. He was cared for here during the day and later was Liken to the Deaconess hospital, as it was feared that his hath in the ic water midit cause him to have pneumonia or something of this nature.A warrant was sworn out for his arrest by Mr. Sexton, who found tli^t , a cornet, which was valued at $lt;i0, a 1 straw suit case, a pair of rubber | hoots, rubbers, shoes and two pairs of glasses were missing from the house. Paradue is said to have had J these things with him. He is only about 20 years of age. Mr. Sexton i says that he has been a good workerWhen we say that human li:*' i- of more consequence than nan ines, then machines will take the pi.mo ofhildren. This rare of t hould appeal to women es t is a woman's work.The most important cnnnm nv nation is the men ami rnduces. There are more tchild, ially •: i t y of ■ a n it 111 onemillion women workers in Massachusetts alone, mans of them mothers. We must not lie dlslmartened for we shall rise in our midit and sweep ♦ hose things away. Il is our duty tis iiizens and mothers to raise our voices against those conditions and ‘o demand that the clothing v- wear, ’he fond we eat. the fuel v lt;■ burn, be produced under riaht conditions.At this time when so n i are out of work, there i i for ‘‘child labor, two word: er should he joined. lt;Hi greatest problems of lie mu increasing numbe r of un Two million children vvorkii many adults out of work' arc* low because children are using up the most pte. we possess. We must mule test so loud that it must h the splendid work \oii did slavery!Every woman must stain 'bis protest. We must fan, lit ions in order that we im ‘hem.We want to understand an together.To remove the child M of the highest patriotic ta-iadults - excuse Vd nev of thlt; in is tin a ployed and so Wages ,.rk. We is thin-our pro aid. Do againsthack c( he con improv! to workIS omdo.Ft is an hour of crisis, splendid and heroic ser\ i '•ally our forces and join bet|eving that good shall ■calls forr.ot ine battle prevail.| and he has been working for him | more or less since last October.t.iSFREE OUR CHILDRENGertrude Breslau Fuller Makes Stirring Appeal for Action Against Child LaborDRAMATIC CLUB NiGHT:nThe Concord Woman’s club held its fortnightly meeting Monday, Feb. X, in the town hall.The president. Mrs. Baker, gave notice that the next meeting of the club will be the annual guest clay and will he held in Monument hall, Tuesday, Feb. 22, both afternoon and evening Extra guest tickets will he for sale. At this meeting a collection in aid of the Belgian babies will be taken An appeal was read from the Longfellow Memorial committee of Portland Me., for a contribution toward a fund for the purchase of Longfellow’s birthplace in that city. The club vot ed to send $ir from the Philanthropic fund for this purpose.The president, as chairman of the committee on social and industrial conditions, then introduced Mrs. Get* truck* Breslau Fuller, who spoke for an hour, most eloquently and earnestly upon The Nation’s Grime Against Childhood.” She spoke in part as follower.local'Actors to Appear in The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis Tonight and tomorrow night the Dramatic club will lt;u ■!’ thlt;“boards the first enter the club this season taki these dates. Richard Ha ‘‘The Dictator is to be it is in competent hand seen by the cast below, other than a success.Brooke Travers, alias -innient of place on ing Davis on and as as will be cannot beSimpson, bis valet, alia-N Ell! Charley Hyno, wireless erator for thei vp” Hill Alan Halim” Dodd Richardson legraph op Red (' linoBerkoley Wheeler Col. John T. Bowie, I cited States Consul at Porto BanaDr. Nels H. Mahlstroni Duffy, a secret-serviee d tectlveSam id H. TuttleRev. Arthur BostickReginald A. Morgan Lieut. Perry, I'. S. S. lt;regonGeor o L. Prescott Samuel Cadman, Capt lt;•:' the Bolivar Red C Line .. John W. Raymond j Gen. Santos Campos, president of SanManana ....... Percy W. BrownDr. Vasquez, lien?th oflicer at PortoBanos ........ Ilcnrv P. ThorneSenor Jose Dravo, proprietor of the Hotel del Prado ., f, O’. Sehull Corp. Manuel A. B. Hitchcock Jr.
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Acton Enterprise
Acton, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Feb 10, 1915
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