Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-18
CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE.

count. The report of the legislative
committee TO the members holding
their annual convention 1T New York,
Friday advocated the passage of the
stevens bill likely to be considered
~ The next session of Congress, which
proposes amendments TO the National
pure Food and Drugs act making
such labelling Of packages mandatory
instead of optional.
Cultivation Of rice in the United
States has increased ST. rapidly i'll re-
cent years that this country now is
growing practically all the rice it con.
sumes, according TO the department of
agriculture at Washington. Some spe-
cial varieties of rice. however, are still
being imported for the use of Orientals
who prefer this to the product of this
country The Philippines and the is
lands Of the Caribbean sea row set
their supply of rice from the United
States. Reports received by the de-
partment of agriculture show that the
acreage of Louisiana and Arkansas
has increased approximately 100000
acres in the last two years, although
the majority of farmers in that section
know little about the irrigation of
their land.
Michael ]. Coffey. of Winsted, Conn,
always fine sleeper, oversight,
Wednesday. his wedding morning. He
was a half-hour late in arriving at st.
Joscph's church and missed the honey
moon train. He and Miss Mary O'Brien
had to steal to march on their friends.
Father Andrew and Harry Barreuther,
organist, were to be in the church at
G o'clock so the ceremony might be
finished in time for the couple to catch
the Z O'Clock express. The friends had
been told the marriage hour would be
7. But because Coffey oversight the
train got away and the couple had
to wait an hour for The next one Their
friends rushed to the railway station
and serenaded them with: Did you
ever get left" and Who's fooled
now?'
Forty suffragettes interviewed Pre-
mier Asauith in Downing street. Lon
don, Friday, and attempted by threats
of a renewal of hostilities to obtain
pledge that the government would
undertake at the next session of Par
lament to pass q bill giving equal
suffrage to the sexes. Mr.. Asquith
told the women that he stood as al
ways against woman suffrage because
he thought it would not be for the
good of the state He added that the
women, nevertheless. had a remedy in
their own hands. The government
would leave the House of Commons
free to amend the proposed manhood
franchise bill SO as to extend the
franchise to women, if the latter were
able to persuade a majority of Par
lament to adopt their cause. In a sub
sequent meeting the suffragettes de-
clared war upon tae government. They
purpose to inaugarate war of DEM
onstration" in Parliament square,
Nov. IL
Judge Colt, Friday, in the United
States circuit court at Boston named
ian. ? as the date for the hearing on
the demurrers filed by the defendants
in the governments suit against the
United Shoe Machinery Co, which Is
charged with restraining trade in viz
latien of the sherman act. The de-
fendants.S who were indicted 10y the
federal grand jury, are President Sid
neg w Winston, Elmer p. Howe. Ed
ward j. Hurd. James J. StorroW and
George Z. Brown Of Boston and VIII