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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

The regular weekly dance under the
auspices OF the directors, will be held
at the Taconnet Club house next Fri
day evening. The Leahy Orchestra
will furnish music
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Emery left Tues
day for Boston. Mr.. Emery goes in the
interest of the Wardwell Il Emery Co.
and will be gone about a week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

Attaching one end of n rope to beam
in his barn and tying the other end
around his neck Edward A. Johnson. jan
tor of the town library at Hardwick,
Mass. Tuesday jumped into space. His
body was found hanging from the beam
several hours later by his daughter. The
suicide is attributed to i'll health. He
was So years of age and leaves a family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

Invitations will soon be issued for
the annual ball under the auspices of
Water.ille Lodge. No. 9O5. B. P. o. E :.
Tuesday evening, April 10. Pulien's
Orchestra of Bangor has been en-
gagged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

The ice houses of many of the mer-
chants Oh Main street are being filed
Ivy ]. f. Chalmers, the local ice dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

Fl. T. Winters, the contractor. left
Tuesday on a short business trip to
Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

Mrs NJ. Fl. Leslie of Sheldon place
has gone to Boston hospital for
treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-10

This week: Cattle 3031, sheep AGA, calves
1926, hogs %, S33.
Last week: Cattle 5213, sheep 56SS, calves
20O2, hogs a7,5S9.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle ~, sheer p. cave, All. no IS 1ll
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

tances others are not That depends their plant.
Every ship has its code signal-he Baltic is BE- the
Lucania is La the New York is NIX the Minneapolis Is
MS, the Carona is CA Each wireless station has Its
code number. too This station at South Welfeet is
&C; Siasconset Nantucket island is sc.
When get the danger signal from ship we drop
all business press dispatches and start
to find the ships within radius. We know from
the chart just which they and where they are.
The particular moment Operator Irwin got the
news from the Republic that the ship rammed by an
unknown steamer, Mr Irwin came and woke me up
1t happened to be his eghhour trick at Siasconset be-
cause there worked in eighthour watches knew
1t up to get help l looked the regular
chart and found the steamers that were within touch
with us.
"Binns kept sending his wireless messages with the
information that his Juice giving out and that
wouldn't last aid of submarine bell
Nantucket Shoals ghshp his captain could tell the
ships latitude and longitude in the fog This information
he sent to
I'VE found the Baltic closest We kect
sending out c till got her answer. Then told
her with the Next the New York, and then
the Minneapolis tuning instruments to catch each
one. We reached the Caronia, which too far
away to be of any service.
But that's an old story. Wireless very simple
the simplicity of thing is wonderful. have
trouble we can find right here. On telegraph
line they have employ big force of linemen and
when anything happens they have to out to what's
the matter and then they can't tell just where
it is
Just then came a business message a man in
Chicago another La Provence. nearly $500
miles had been sent to New York from thence
another operator had hustled 1t along Boston, and
from Boston 1t had been sent out to Cape Cod 03 miles
away.
La Provence was in midocean. but across the line
which divides the European stations from the American
stations.
And off went the message with its thunderstorm of
dots and dashes that lonely ship far out the Attain
tic while engines and the dynamos sizzed with
enough power to kill a
lightning agan!" laughed Gilman. he the
last dot.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20


ICES him with the chemistry of all known explosives
He has to study the of all the explosives
from the cheap black powder right to the terrible
powders such the British yddite the
French menite 49, the Italian pertte. the
Australian and the Japanese shmose. He must
also know, gets his diploma, everything about n
projecte much powder it takes to shoot different
projectes different distances how to manufacture them
and all the effect of humidity the speed of
projecte, handle powders of all kinds. how to
preserve them prevent explosive accidents how
to tell is danger in time to prevent the acc
dent how keep powder years and years without
the composition losing power.
In defense ofense the instruction is just thor
ough problems that supposed to represent
ditions being the students from time to time to
out these problems being intended to familiarze
them with duties in all possible situations in time
There will be nothing about great that
they be given chance to learn and this nstruc
engines that they will always be ready for
service night day In finding. elevation
rifles. attack, how to ventilate magazines
everything imaginable about the of the
thermometer in these magazines, and the manufac
and construction of every device connected with
coast artillery armament the instruction is just
thorough it can be made.
In the department of electricity mine the
instruction the of the searchlight in defensive
and offensive work from the shore is of the
important subjects in this department for than the
searchght there is greater adjunct the
the artillery corps Of the present time. The
officer know everything about the telephone tho
telegraph and the telauograph and he be
ly perfect be made in understanding oper
alton and manufacture of the instrument.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

Mr.. Gilman ex-
planned briefly how
things are run at
wireless stations
along the coast
and why II was
possible for Binn's
&C. Q. D." signal
to be taken up and
then sent out
again.
There are 122
ships which are
equipped d with
Marconi wireless.
We can send to
them further than
they can send to
us. Some of them
are capable of re-
ceiving press dis
patches at long dis
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20
TREE RESEMBLES UMBRELLA.

curious tree grows in of the islands
which studded about the Pacific grows. at
SIS full height nearly 80 feet with branches spreading
like huge umbrella, yet is completely ieaness the
species having been known show signs a
gle bud. Its is useful medicine but fuel the
wood is than useless being hard iron and
quite difficult to burn.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20
5ETT/OW At South
WE'LL FL 66T, T1SJ.

coast artillery school that compare with TINS hstu
ton. That nation is England. which has splendid
school at Shoeburyness where the British artierymeh
receive the higher technical training necessary for all
soldiers to have who in this particular branch Oh
the service The officers of the national guard coast
artillery organizations OF various states wei
coined students at the school, and the govern
numbers of them taking advantage OF the
opportunity make themselves proficient In their par
tcuar branch of the civilian arm of the service.
The divided into two divisions and these al
visions In will be subdvided into many depart
mepts The first division has training of the stu
officers while the second division has the training
of enlisted young fellows who are at stated periods
every year ordered Monroe to take the course
that is expected make them proficient in their pro
fesson that they exercise the command of fort
part
In the officers divisions there are two main depart
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20


of artillery and gun defense and t2)
the department of electricity and mine
defense. In the department of artil-
lery and gun defense the student Off
GERS are as thoroughly trained as ex-
pert artillery can train them in all the
important subjects of artillery proper.
artillery defense, explosives ballistics.
while the department of electricity
covers the great field of electricity. the
student officer being taught the rela-
ton of electricity in all OF its hundreds
of branches to the coast artillery serv-
ice of the present day.
For instance. the officer when he is
graduated from the new school, and
the diploma will in this case be true
certificate of merit, will know nearly all
that there is to know about practically
every known means of electrical COM
munication; he will be an expert In
handling the searchlight as means
of defense and offense in war; he will
know all about dynamos. how to oper-
ate them, and how to fix them; and, II
necessary, he can come very near
manufacturing one of them should tho
emergency demand 1t when he leaves
Fort Monroe a graduate Of this splen-
did establishment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20
GOVERNMENT TEACHES THE Art
OF WAR.

The United States Coast artillery
school at Fort Monroe. Va, is where the
officers and enlisted men of that mos.
scientific branch of our modern army
are trained and is the greaies'
and biggest institution of the KIND
Mai. Thomas Ridgway was acting com
mandant of the school but gave way as
commandant to Col. George f. u. har-
rison.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

ANUFACTURING cleo
tricity." That is the
simple explanation of
why far, far out on the
lonely. winds W ept
wave-beaten tip of Cape
Cod at South Wellfieet,
Mass. four giant skele-
ton towers rear them
selves 210 feet into the
air. each forming one of
the four angles of a
square.
From their lofty tops
stretches a mesh of
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-20

flashes.
You see." went
on Ginman, 81
am telling Nan
tucket that l want
him to send back
the letter s.
three dots, like
this"
And as he spoke
Gilman shot out
three dots-or
r a t h er jolts-
ehiousn MS In
strument. T h G
motor kept turn
ing around those
two little disks
connected by the
band of iron
wire. passing a
magnet. Then he
took the tele-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
"WHY THE WORKERS ARE DIS.
CONTENTED."
(By II. E. SteInerl

Ny dear fellow workers have YOU
ever stopped long enough TO ask your
self why you and Your fellow workers.
year after year, keep asking for an
increase in pay. shorter hours. and
better trade conditions I know that
you have always said that living had
gone up and you could no longer exist
on the old wages. But If the advance
in living was all that bothered You.
why then ask for shorter hours, and
better trade conditions Now, don't
you think that You have another guess
coming. and unbeknown TO yourself.
Is IT not because You are not receiv
Ing Just portion OF what your labor
produces Just jot this down In vour
mind and when you have few min.
utes time, think it over. and see II
back of it all if there is not some,
thing besides the advance in living.
And | believe after you have wrestled
with this problem awhile you will
have a better understanding why YOU
are disconteDted You Will then stop
Swapping up the wife when YOU are
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
THE SOCIAL STATUS.
Under Socialism viii Be One of Full
slooded Cooperation

Socialism is not a gospel of selfless
brotherhood. but it IS a philosophy
which deals with living forces; the
cooperative commonwealth will not
be maintained by love and duty. but
oy force-the force of a triumphant
and proprietary democracy. in which
'he irreducible instincts of the pro-
pIletors are fully aroused and the
whole flood Of the powerful primor-
dial instincts that center around tho
preservation OF self Will be poured as
He giving blood Into the public life
force which comprehends that life
VIII depend upon public efficiency and
public purity and cannot rest until
thls condition is enforced
Inc cooperative commonwealth
VIII not be perpetunted by mutual
concessions and sacrifice. but will
rest on the economic condition that
me processes of production and dis
tnbuiion will have reached a stage
oi indivisibllity. that collective opera.
lion alono is possible and It will be
maintained because the public will be
TOO powerful too selfish. TOO watchful
TO be despOiled with impunity. and
lhe individual for the first time in
history will stand alone and unequip.
PED 10 despoil.-Murray L King.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
THE ASSASSINATION OF FERReR

Him whom the gods would destroy
they first make blind
The Spanish monarchy-totterlne TO
It's lall, and Its mantle the last royal
ermine behind which, crouching for
refuge. covers today tho bloodstain.
ed l. lnfame whom VoItaires shafts
drove from coyeT-Shot himself TO
death yesterday In the castle of Mont.
julch
Francisco Ferrer was no Anarchist
FeNer grasped the necessity or or.
ganization and OF the headship that
organization implieS-no anarchy I'm
such a mans head AS cnnse-
qucnce. none better than Forrer re-
allied the folly. If not crlminalty. of
individual acts of violence as the
means of mass-emancipatlon- mur.
der In such man heart
Francisco Ferrer strove for the ov.
erthrow Of a governmental system
that UNFRAMED his countrymen thar
unspined their backs, and reduced
them TO Loyola's Ideal. living corn.
ses"
The lofty aim was pursued by the
light and along the path OF science
Ferror became center from which
radiated systematic education The
fame of the mans devotion To adu,
work leaped the boundaries
OF bis own country and became Eur
opean.
Even II Francisco Ferrer were IN.
deed an Anarchist. his trial" would
have disgraced a Court OF naked
feathered and painted Apaches The
human conscience rcyolts against the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23

The Drama of the Class Struggle.
No drama that man has ever imag.
ined can equal In intensity and power
the universal drama of the class strug-
gle, And the actor In this immense
drama that has the world for a stage
and the happiness of humanity at
stake-what of them?
Incidents crowd on ones mind. The
gentle, but intrepid MarX-having been
bounded from country 10 country
writing his analysis of capitalist So
ciety in the Dean street rooms In the
midst of bitter poverty and suffering;
grand old LiebHecht going gladly TO
prison at seventy years of age-after
life spent partly In exile and partly
In strenuous agitation. the Sergeant
OF the Commune. who. found diving in
the streets of Paris, and asked what
he had fought for replied, For the
solidarity OF the human race" Par.
sons-the Chicago martyr-who pre-
ferred death on the scaffold with his
comrades to liberty: the beautiful
Russian girl who cried. with the hang
mans rope about her neck, Hall to
the revolution; My life was all had
TO give. the veterans of The grand
though terrible. Old Guard. IN tho
many trials and BATTLES OF their strug-
gle; Bebel In his German prison: Step
MAX, and to these names add Frances
ca Ferrer, assassinaed by the Spanish
government and Vatican. His last
words will echo and re-echo until the
world is free. Aim straight, Long live
the modern school"
Such have been the actors BY them
life has been reckoned cheap; liberty
has counted as nought; wealth and DO. |
sition. bodily comfort, peace of mind
eyerything-has been sacrificed. and !
because of that sacrifice the spirit OF |
revolt has spread over the entire |
earth.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23

100000 workingmcn supports the
system that yields the following re-
suits. One Millionaire. six thousand
| mirlionaires, compelling more than
one-half OF the people in the United
States 10 live In rented homes auI
more than one-eighth to live In mortg-
aged homes. These arc some facts
for you 10 consider Just remember
that Rockefeller is one OF tho pro-
ducts OF our present Industrial sys.
TEN. and It Ia not right TO condemn
the fruits OF the system, for logically.
II the system Is right. the systems
fruits must be right
The Declaration of independence
declares that all men are created
equal: that they arc endowed with
certain rights, among these arc life.
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
Now the six essential things 10 have
to enjoy life. liberty and happiness.
arc. light, air. water. clothing, food
and shelter. The first three of these
as yet are free to Us workers, or near
ly so at least to those that are lucky
enough 10 live outside of the tenement
districts OF the large cities. But
clothing. food and shelter we all have
TO hustle for. and this hustlipg and
unassurance of these necessities. of
life liberty and happiness is the ev-
erything that breeds discomfort Just
think when one OF us In order to get
these three necessities of life, for the
privilege to stay on top OF this beau
tiful earth, we must send the flower
of the home. the child, into one OF
those hell holes. the factory, there 10
grind their little bones and muscles
into profits so that one class Of so.
clety may enjoy all the luXuries of
life, while the other class hardly ex-
lat Then to have this luxury class
to brand us as lazy. shiftless. buns.
scapegoats. and tell US that II We wero
saving and did not 1.-Two beyond our
means We would have something, and |
we are supposed to take all this and |
say. amen. But let one of us workers |
say word as to how our
masters got their position In
life, at once We arc denounced
in many cases dumped In jail. for
let II not be forgotten that these
WORTHLESS have all the powers of gov
and courts back of them
They are the cream of society even
though it Is in most cases bad. Just
so long as we. the workers, who pro-
luce all wealth. stand by and allow
his master class TO rule, Just so long
will they do so. and We have no right
% blame them We would probably
10 the same thing If we were In their
place.
How long would you belong to an
where the minority rul~
ID? Not long, would you2 Well. so.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23

| ciety Is simply an organization, and
! by right. the majority should rule
Now, my follow workers. II Is up 10
you TO get wise TO yourself, inasmuch
as you arc in the majority. and study
these social and economical problems
so that you may be able TO take the
reins OF government into your own
hands and run things for the benefit
of all mankind.
The Steel octopus, controlling over
seventy-0ve per cent of the steel in
dustry, has decided to lower the price
on steel, excepting steel rails
Steel used for structural and other
purposes Will be sold for 81 90 to s7OO
per ton less than the market price
agreed upon between the big combine
and the Independent concerns.
The object OF this cut, is OF course,
to force the Independents to the wall
and thereby control the entire mar
kct,
When congress attempted, or rath.
er made a noise about a reduction in
the tariff schedules the entire pluto
cratic society OF legal robbers went
on to Washington demanding that the
duty remain. In order 10 protect their
industry from what they claimed Ger.
tain ruin and destruction
But the overlords will not suffer.
Already they have announced their
intention 10 make the workers stand
the burden of this announced cut in
prices.
In the aggregate about 400 900 per.
sons are employed by all the steel
making plants OF the country Per.
haps only about 90 per cent are or.
ganized. II not less. They must no
doubt, bow down before the steel
kings and accept the inevitable OF
starve to death
Suppose the great combine IS able
to close the plants of the smaller and
independent concerns, and forever de-
stroy whole cities. by shutting up the
furnaces which have heretofore en-
ployed all the workers as Is the case
in many localities. what then?
What of the poor workers who after
% years of unceasing toll has saved
enough to own little home and finds
IL worthless and Is compelled to aban,
don 1t and so somewhere else to la
Dor?
What in h-ll does the Steel Trust
Caic loI nlul- WHdl ABOUT the profit
and the earnings Of thousarA,
Of poor. misguided workers who per
mitted their few dollars TO go Into the
Golfers of the Independent concerns
and become share and stockholders
Oh, well. what does any one care
about the laboreT anyhow?
This steel conspiracy ought 10 be |
indeed strong lesson to the workers |
If our country, 1t will no doubt bring
ears and sorrow to many homes.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
THE BARRIERS TWELFTH INTER.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
MATTER OF HISTORY.

The twelfth convention Of the
Journeymen BARRIERS international
Union of America closed Its labors
on Oct 18th, at o'clock O. m. hay-
Ing been in session thirteen consecu-
tive hours This convention was the
largest and most important ever held
by the organization, having TO deal
With many weighty problems, and do
ing so with degree OF intelligence
and aptitude tnnt places the barber
fraternity well up In the midst OF
older and larger Organizations, and
bespeaks for them a bright and pros
porous future. In the revision of their
constitution. great care and judgment
was exorcisod and when the new
laws go into effect the first Of Jan
uary next, we believe great stimu-
lous Will have been given the organi-
cation. and that 1t VIII grow and pros
per as never before Most OF the Of
fcers were reelected either unani-
mously or by good. round matorities;
which speaks we'll for the efficiency
shown during the past five years. For
honesty In Office" 1t would be diff
cult To find better set OF officers
than those at the head oil the bar
ueT iluEe pIONcB tutuioSiNco
to be thus far They have kept with
in the bounds OF the law and have ac-
counted for every cent OF funds han
died by them. and In the conduct of
their several offices, they displayed
such ability and good business sense
as entities them to rank among the
foremost; hence, there was no de- !
sire nor reason for but few changes. |
Realizing that human nature Is hui !
man nature It seemed TO be the dis !
position Of the great majority of the |
delegates to frame the laws so as to |
keep the ofllciary within bounds and |
not allow them too much leeway. and |
then TO see that they keep within
the bounds set
The officers elected to serve for the
next five years cTe:
President. Frank x. Noschang OF
Albany, n, Y.
Secretary-Treasurer. Jacob Fischer
OF Indianapolis. Ind
First Vice President. John Young
Of Louisville, Ky
Second Vice President, John ]. De
aney of North Hampton. Mass.
Third Vice President. John E. Con-
nelly OF Denver. Colo.
Fourth Vice President. H. ]. Hal
ord of Hamilton. Ont.
Fifth Vice President. j. G.. Miller OF
Atlanta. Ga.
General Organizer, J. C. Schanessy
# ST Louis Mo.
Editor, w Il Klapetzky uf Los An
;eles. Cal
Delegates TO the A F. OF l., Jacob
fischer. w. E. Klapetzky, Frank X.
>oschang and C s. Mote
District Organizers. VIM. Hubble, ,
= NJ Fielder, A. c. Mendell and Albert ;
.
The next convention will be held at ,
Indianapolis. Ind, on the first Tues. I
ay In October. 1914 I
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
MarXian Club Socialists
Editorial Committee:
KATE S. HIlLIARO.
&. A. BATTElI.
ROY E. SOUTHWICK.

: -. . -.
added infamy of such trial prepara-
tory Tor the GROWING felony of the
assassination
Even distant Russia released Gorky
from prison upon the demand of cul-
tured Europe The assassination of
Francisco Ferrer. over the protest
and demand of enlightened Europe for
at least commutation of sentence
that deed, perpetrated in Western
Europe, Is desperados deed of blind
desperation
Truth forever on the scaffold?
Wrong forever on the throne?
NcvermoTe!
Francisco Ferrer's scafrold sways
the future-the near, the immediate
future.