Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-26

Of school panitors by raising by vol
untary subscription the amount OF
money demanded by the janitors as
extra CONDENSATION. Cooking classes
have been held during the fall for
xoung women who could not receive
day instruction. The janitors have
objected to working overtime and the
schol board was unable to secure IN
creased compensation for them. The
u,timatum came Friday and either
the classes had to be given up or the
ianiturs paid The board members
dug down in their jeans" and raised
cash enough to satisfy the would-be
strikers.
The West Virginia Legislature Will
assemble the second week OF January
with the Legislature changed from
Republican majority of SO to Demo-
cratic majority Of 40 on joint paiiot.
The candidates for the seat in the
United States Senate now occupied Dy
Nathan Scott of Wheeling, include
John r. McGraw, the Democratic ma
tional committeeman, Clarence w.
Watson of Fairmont, head of one OF the
largest coal mines in the world, Law
renee Tiernay of Bluefeld. also coal
operator and Andrew Edmlston ol
Weston. Harry G. Davis of Elkins,
| the Democratic candidate for Vice
President on the Parker ticket 1904,
| who is 81 years old, is also mentioned.
Establishing an altitude record Of 6l30
| feet Saturday afternoon in the opening
dav of the 1O-days aviation meet in New
| Orleans, Rene Barrier, in a 50-horsepower
monoplane, flew over the business district
Of New Orleans. This made the second
J cross-city fight Of the day, John r.
| Monsant having flown for 46 minutes in
| the morning He Travelled 30 miles in his
| flight and established what is claimed a
| worlds record for cross-city flights in
| duration of time aloft. Barrier flew twice
over Lake Pontchartrain. Barrier, Moi
| SAINT and Rene Simon in monoplanes
made a number of flights and Charles
X Hamilton in his biplane made the first
| flight he has attempted since his accident
| in Memphis.
| The Chinese government and the Ma
| tional Assembly issued counter-def1ances
| Saturday. In a lengthy edict, the throne
| ordered the return home of the provin-
| cial leaders who are now in Picking agi-
| tating for the convocation Immediately
| of a general Parliament and instructed
the viceroys to employ gendarmes to pre-
! vent further assem- blings in the provinces
| and to treat the agitators as revolution
aries, furnishing them in the severest
manner. The Assembly's counter-blast
took the form of memorial to the
throne which recites in scathing terms
the career Of Prince Ching and calls for
| the immediate establishment of a minis
try responsible the people. 1t is reported
| that the government is moving the mod
ern troops with the purpose of suppress
| ing any outbreak.
! Dan ]. Eeefe commissioner general
Of immigration, who went to Honolulu
from Washington to investigate the
| immigration and labor problem in the
| Hawaiian islands, sailed for San Fran
cisco Saturday. In an interview be-
! fore his departure, the commissioner
| criticized the importation of Filipinos
| by the sugar planters and declared
| they were not desirable class of la
horers for the island Mr. Keefe praised
| the Russian immigrants brought from
| Siberia and considered them more de-
sirable than the Filipinos, but said that
the immigration of Americans from the
| mainland would best solve the labor
| problem and the AmericaniZation of
| the island. The going there Of Ameri-
| cans, however, in the opinion of the
| commissioner, is dependent on higher
| wager than are now being paid in the
| island