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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-07
Industrial Accidents

The Industrial Accident Commits
sion Saturday handed down a de-
cision in the case of Edith NJ. Reed,
applicant for compensation, against
the International Manufa curing Co.
Of Phillips, employer and the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., in
surer, George w. Cover of Skowhe :.
gan, attorney for the respondents.
The decision which denies the COM
pensation and medical services asked
for is as follows:
The injured employee claims that
just prior to her injury on Feb. 10 she
was faint and went to a door some so
or so feet from the bench at which she
vas at work packing toothpicks, for
the purpose Of getting fresh air This
door was used for loading and unload
ing freight from factory to cars in the
southerly end Of the factory, some Is
feet from the ground, and when open
during the warmer months Of the wear
vas guarded by bar being fastened
across the doorway in such a manner
as to prevent person from falling
to the ground.
The first notice that the commits
sion had Of this employee being faint
prior to her injury was in her claim
for a hearing dated April 9th. This
claim was reaffirmed in her direct ex-
animation at the hearing, but on
cross examination by the attorney for
respondents she admits that her only
purpose in going to and opening the
freight door Of the factory was to
watch the afternoon train pass. No
mention Of being faint was made to
any Of the factory employees with
whom she worked either before or af-
ter the injury.
1T had been the habit of Miss Reed
and other factory employees to go to
one of the windows in the southerly
end Of the factory when the afternoon
train passed, but it does not appear
mat : was custom for any of the
young women to open this freight
door. nor was it part Of the duties
OF any Of the employees to watch any-
train pass
The accident did not arise out of
and in the course Of her employment.
Compensation and medical services
denied"
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State Assessors

The inland fish and game department
has heard nothing officially of the report
ed presence of a wildcat on Chebeague
island. Casco bay, and tnothing of the
alleged orders Of a game warden to the
people that close time existed on fur
bearing animals, so that all proposed
hunting expeditions must start out with
proper knowledge of the law and take
their own chances of q mixup with the
authorities. The Portland papers nave
played the Joke in clever manner and
lots of people are worried about the safe
ty of that place. even for picnic luncn
place in the middle Of fine summer day.
It is quite in line with some OF the other
tremendous attempts at jokes by some
papers and also shows quite an extern
sive acquaintance with facts as In other
matters-for instance. 1t is always open
time on wildcats, with bounty attached.
in Maine 1t was evidently Portland
"wildcat" story from beginning to end.
Major William c. Goodwin informs the
department that a week ago on Wednes-
day and Thursday he saw a flock Of Bar
tramian sandpipers on the state camp
ground. The last report Of these birds
was Of two years ago on the State hos
pital grounds.
The Maine Board of State Assessors bid
fair to have busy week. beginning with
tomorrow, having four hearings schedul-
ed for Aroostook county for the purpose
of listening to property owners and to
gain information for the making up Of
an equalization Of taxation and hearing
cases Of alleged concealment Of property
to escape the taxation laws The hear
incs will be at the following places and
dates:
August IS, at the courthouse in Fort
Kent; Aug. 1e. at the assessors ONCE in
Van Buren,: Aug. II. at the assessors
Office in Caribou: and on Aug. Is In the
courthouse at Houlton.
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thing that could be done in the mat
ter.
After receiving this letter Commits
sioner Eddy was in doubt as to what
authority he had in the matter. He
submitted the letter to Governor Cur
tbs who. in turn, took up the matter
with Attorney General Pattangall. AS
la result Commissioner Eddy went to
Houlton. where habeas corpus pro-
ceedings were instituted before Judge
Madigan. Leonard A. Pierce Of Houl-
ton appeared for the writs and Coun
tH Attorney Archibald of Aroostook
county in opposition. The writs, which
alleged unconstituti onality of the law
under which the men were sentenced.
! were allowed by Judge Madigan and
On an appeal from !li:; ruling the cases
go to the law court Meanwhile the
men are out on bail and if the con-
stitutionality of the law is affirmed
will be obliged to serve out the rest
of their sentences
Since this law went into effect"
remarked Commissioner Eddy, there
have been hundreds of men put in jail
ir Piscataquis, Aroostook Somerset
Oxford and Washington counties
There were 90 men in Jail at one time
II Oxford county on the charge of vio-
lating this law and there have been
numerous cases in Washington coun-
ty. The Labor department has inves-
Ifigated some of these cases and it APP
pears that very often when they have
been tried there has been no effort to
prove that the men unreasonably and
with intent to defraud fail to enter
irto the employment, evidence of debt
being all that has been brought out"
The story of three Of the men fig
uring in the Ashland cases as told
by one Of them to Commissioner Ed
dy is somewhat interesting The three
men were father and two sons Of
very respectable family. Last summer
one of the sons worked at a sawmill
at Eagle Lake and Ike ! the work so
we'll that this year the father and the
other two sons hired with the Golden
and Largey Labor Agency to work In
a sawmill. When tn y arrived at Ash
land they found that not only was
their board $3.50 inste, d of 81 as rep
resented.
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fronting the commission all over the
State:
Highway Detours
bers that the Latin de" has mean
ing of taking from is firmly con-
WINGED that a "detour' is something
that takes the joy out of a tour. That
may not be its primary purpose, but
the result is the same. Yet detours
over all but impossible roads, and
even through pastures, woodlots and
gullies where there has been no pre-
tense Of road, are necessary evils
until the good roads movement is
much more advanced than at present.
The improved highways in which the
autoists rejoice must be the result of
many weeks of work and that. too,
in the summer months when the mo-
tor travel is greatest. 1t is hardly rea
Sonab BILE to expect the state or the
town to spend a lot of money in i'm
proving detour which is for use only
while the main highway is under con-
struction or repair.
Yet in spite of these considerations
the highway commissioners of New
England states have been flooded this
summer with complaints against the
condition of various detours The
Maine commissioners have been forced
to come out with a lengthy eXplana-
ton and defense. since the complaints
became too numerous to answer by
individual letters. Maine is engaged
in an ambitious program of good roads
building and is making remarkable
progress when we remember that it's
area is equal to that of the five other
New England states put together and
its population less than that of Bos-
ton.
Both New Hampshire and Vermont
nave put their main highways into
splendid condition, but. of course
there must be repairs and work o.
maintenance every summer. Massa-
chusetts, pioneer in improved high
ways. has its detours as bad as the
worst. especially in the western part.
as every Mohawk trail tourist is dis
covering, but the tourist who puts a
good supply of philosophy and pa
tlence into his outfit will get through
oil right OF course, the excessive
rainfall has made the bad detours
worse, and there is far more motor
travel this summer than ever before.
But detour is only a temporary in
convenience. just as it is a necessary
one, and the tourist who can relieve
MS feelings by writing a letter of
,, complaint should by all means write
it-and then tear it up.
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ure dry commodities in liquid meas
ure. Beans, for instance, were sold al
most entirely in sections off the rail-
road by liquid measure and that meas
ure was invariably 16 per cent short.
The beans were sold by liquid meas
ure instead of dry measure or by
weight.
Il also found a great many milk
bottles remaining unsealed and never
had been presented to the local sealer
to have tested" continued Mr.. Russ.
There was an evident ignorance Of
the law instead of any attempt to
evade it in every line Of inspection.
In a great many instances dealers in
milk and cream did not take out Ii
censes as is required. There was a
lack of knowledge of the pure food
laws, wherein fruit and vegetables and
other edibles were exposed. while they
are supposed to be placed in glass
cases to be protected from flies and
dust. The net weight law was violat
ed fully as much as any Of the other
laws. Goods put in anticipation of a
rush order were placed on shelves, not
marked, such as beans. sugar. cream
tartar, and in some cases, tea. In
many cases butter was put in package
form without being marked as to net
contents. Il found that people living
off the railroad lines are more eager to
comply with the law than those living
in the cities and large towns. where
inspections are made in some instances
several times during the course of
year"
The department Of sealer of weights
and measures is receiving many in
quiries from coopers in relation to the
standard barrel law, an act to fix the
standard barrel for fruits, vegetables
and other dry commodities. which was
passed by the 63rd Congress but
which did not become operative until
the first day of last July. The State
Of Maine has barrel law of its own
which is nearly the same as the federal
statute, and the work of enforcing the
provisions of the law is in the hands
of the State agricultural department.
which employs a number of inspectors
to look after this branch of the work.
Sealer Russ is sending circulars to
local sealers and surveyors and meas
urers of bark, wood and lumber, call
ing their attention to the alleged loose
way in which wood is piled for meas
ure. and cautioning them about the
law. Complaints have been continu-
ally coming to the. department from all
sections relating to short measure re-
ceived in the purchase of wood Mr..
Russ will try to impress on the sur
veyors that when the consumer or the
buyer Of wood buys and pays for eight
feet he should get eight feet for his
money instead, as has happened in
number of instances. seven feet.
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Awaiting Outcome Aroos-
took Peonage Cases

state Labor Commissioner Roscoe
A. Eddy is awaiting with much inter-
est the outcome OF the cases recently
submitted to the supreme court in
volving the constitut :onallty of the So
called peonage law. This law, which
was passed by the Legislature of 1907
and still remains on the statute books,
although attempts were made to re-
peal it in 1909 and 1911 is as follows:
whoever entering into an agreemen.
to labor for another in any numbering
operations or in driving logs and in
consideration thereof receives any ad-
vance Of goods, morey or transporta-
ton and unrea sonably and with intent
tG defraud fails to crter into said en-
ployment as aforesaid and labor for a
sufficient length of time to reimburse
his employer for said advances and
expenses of transportation shall be
punished by fine of not exceeding SO
or by imprisonment not exceeding 80
Gays" Judges of municipal courts and
trial justices are given authority to
enforce the law.
Il cannot help thinking that this is
class legislation" SAID commissioner
~NuS III SpCdhiIlS VI Tie IIldIleT Sdl-
urday on his return from Aroostook
county. where six men who had been
put in Houlton Jail on charge of v:o
lation Of this law had been freed on
Hrits of habeas corpus. 1T applies on
ly to numbering operations. There is
no such law to cover similar acts on
the part OF those employed by farm
ers. by shoe shops or textile factories
or in common labor"
The case of the six men imprisoned
in Houlton Jail for violation Of the
peonage law was first brought to the
attention Of Commissioner Eddy by
the State Board of Prison Inspectors,
who called his attention to the fact
that while inspecting the Jail at Houl-
ton they found six men confined in
the Jail under a 30-day sentence of
which they had served but two days.
According to the story told to the
rison inspectors the men were all
from Boston and had been hired by
the Golden and Largely Labor Agony
to come to Ashland to work for the
Ashland Lumber Co. The men all al
legged that their agreement was that
they were to work 10 hours a day and
further that 1t was represented to
them that they would have to pay
only 81 a week for board On arriv-
ing at Ashland they found that they
would be required to work II hours
day instead of 10 but instead Of be-
ing put at work in a sawmill they
were given pick and shovel and set
to work digging bitches. The work
was so hard that they could not do it
and they offered to go to work in a
sawmill elsewhere and pay back the
money advanced for transportation.
They were at once arrested and placed
in the lookup and later sentenced to
Jail. they stated
They were obliged to work II hours
day and that board was $3.50 a
week. They refused to work the H.
hour day but offered to work 10 hours
as contracted. Without any further
talk. the men stated that they were
brought before William L. Waldron,
trial justice at Ashland. and SEN
fenced. They were without money and
unable to employ counsel at the hear
ing. Commissioner Eddy was asked
by the inspectors if there was any
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-07

Mr. and Mrs William H. OBrien and
daughter Marguerite of Boston were in
the city Saturday. having come down
from Boston Friday night for months
risi. at Mrs. O'Bricns old home in
Whitefield and at the seashore in the
ricinity Of Boothbay Harbor. That
Billy" is the same old baseball fan
was shown when told Saturday noon
that Augusta was to play Winthrop
at Winthrop that afternoon and that
to board Said he Il will take the 2
o'clock car; And he did-so did Miss
Marguerite. who is almost as great a
fan as her father. who was one Of the
famous Augusta teams of the late
en,e
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the same has been made:
Sabine River Oil Company orsan,,.
ed Aug. l at Portland for the purposs
of conducting a general business in
boring and drilling for refining. buy.
ing, selling, etc, oils, gas, etc. Capitd
stock, $780, 900; all common; parval.
ue, ST.; nothing paid in. President Ar.
thur c. Houghton. Portland; treasu,.
er, c. F. Tenant. Portland; clerk, VII.
liam H. CULVER, Portland, directors,
Arthur c. Houghton, c. F. Tenant,
Elton H Thompson, all Of Portland
Approved Aug. 4.
Motor Car Transportation Company,
organized Aug. 4 at Portland for the
purpose OF conducting a manufactuY.
ing. buying, selling, operating. etc,
railway freight cars, rolling stock
railway supplies, equipment and ap.
planes, etc. Capital stock, $4,000; 0.
which 500, 200 is common and $4,000 is
preferred: par value 800; nothing paid
in. President, Albert F. Jones, Port
land: treasurer. George S. Soule, Port.
land: clerk, James E. Manter. Scuih
Portland: directors. Albert F. Jones
George S. Soule, J. P. O'Donnell, aid
Portland. Approved Aug. 4.
American Mex. Petroleum Company,
organized Aug. 3. at Portland Tor the
purpose of carrying on general min
ing business for Oil, gas, minerals. ana
a general dealing in the products Gap
ital stock, $4,000: all common; par
value, SO; nothing paid in. President
F.. Y. Mann. Portland: treasurer, h. Z
Huston, Portland: clerk, FREDERICK
Hale, Portland; directors, E. v Mann
F.. f. Huston, NJ. F. Day, all OF Port
land. Approved Aug. 4.
Maine Auto School Company. organ
lied Aug. 4, at Portland, for the pu'
pose of manufacturing, owning buy
ing. selling and operating automooNe'
and other vehicles, and teach ana IN
struct others to do the same Cap@i
stock. $4,000: all common; par Vaiue,
500; nothing paid in. President anu
treasurer, Frederick r. Lewis, Pon'
lanG clerk. Wadleigh B. Drummonu'
Portland: directors, Horatio |, "heef
err. Frederick r. Lewis, Wadleisn D
Drummond, all Of Portland. Appro'"
Aug. 5
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Complaints short time ago became
numerous about the damage being done
by beavers to the property of people
along the McCurdy stream in Chester
Vile and the commissioners ordered
Game Warden F. P. Hooper of New
Sharon to investigate and take the neces-
sary steps to do away with the trouble
Warden Hooper reports under date OF
July 81 to the department that he visited
the place and found the colony OF beavers
on McGurdy stream had certainly been
getting busy and had built four dams. re-
sultng in flooding quite an extent of the
meadow land near their operations. RE
destroyed the dams and the water has
receded, so that the people can now cut
their hay. It Is not thought that much
damage was done to any one property,
because the dams were destroyed and the
land had a chance to dry out enough to
get onto it before the customary time
for haying in that section.
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The John vaIente Death.

Ihe following decisions have been
made public by the Maine Public
Utilities Commission:
The John VaIente Death.
The Public Utilities Commission
Saturday rendered a decision in the
matter of the accident on the premises
of the Portland Terminal Company
resulting in the death Of John Valente,
aged two years. The decision fol-
lows:
John Nalente, aged two years,
while lying on the track of the Port
land Terminal Company, at point
about onefourth of a mile east of
struck and run over by Boston &
Maine train No. 81, Boston to Port
land, and died in a hospital at about
5 P. M. on the same day.
The report of the accident shovel
that the child had been left with z
care-taker while its mother was at
work and had wandered onto the
track. The engineer and fireman of
the train were the only persons who
saw any part Of the accident, and
were interviewed by our representa-
tive. The engineer, NJ c. Jennings,
alone saw the child before he was in.
jured
MIR. Jennings. who had been in the
employ of the Boston & Maine Rail-
read % years. testified that he first
noticed small object between the
rails, but was unable to determine
what it was. He thought that it
might be bundle of papers or
clothes. or possibly pile of earth
such as is frequently left by section
men. As he approached the outlines
becoming more distinct and particu-
larly exciting his attention, he applied
the brakes but the engine and one car
ran over the child before the train
came to stop. 1t was going At
about 80 miles an hour.
The child made no motion as the
train approached and probably was
asleep upon the track. This Is said
not to be a spot where children ara
accustomed to play about the track.
We do not find any evidence Of fault
on the part of the Portland Terminal
Company, the Boston & Maine Rail-
road or any employee of either cor
porat ton.
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Additional State House news WI"
found on Page 10.
nth Maine Reunion.

The 45th annual reunion OF the ~ :.
Maine Regimental Association VIII "
held on Wednesday and Thurs's;'
Sept. and at Bangor, with he -.
quarters at the Windsor hotel. 'H'
program: a.,
Wednesday. Sept. 9Th, 1880 A. =,
Grand Army hall. Business mee".'
to read reports, appoint commute.
also read roll of honor. Adjourn ~
dinner. 2.3O P. NJ. Reports OF Cur
mittees, election Of officers, rea'm.
letters from absent comrades; az.
any other business that may come w
100 P. M. Camp fire to which all ~. -.
affiliated comrades and ladies are ~
vited. Railroad and steamship INV.
will make the usual low rates. hoon.,
at hotel 81 per day, European plar
For information address the secretA'''
Thomas T. Tabor, Verona Park NC
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The Public Utilities Commission
Saturday rendered decision in the
matter Of the death of Jack Kenney
on the premises Of the Maine Central
Railroad at Woodfords, July rs last
The decision follows:
Jack Kenney, aged about 35 years,
residence unknown was found dead
lying on the right of way Of the
Maine Central Railroad Company.
about 425 feet east of Walton Street
Crossing, Woodfords at 43o A. NJ,
July IS, 1916. He lay with his feet
against the outside rail of the east
bound track. His skull was frac-
tured and face lacerated. but no
bruises on any other part of the body.
The body was cold
Careful investigation fails ts dis
close any further details, and no con-
illusions as to the causes and manner
of death can be drawn except mere
conjecture. We find no indication of
any fault on the part Of the utility or
of its employees"
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The residence Of Hiram Weymouth
at 81 Franklin street was Saturday by
order of the Board of Health, placed
under quarantine because of the pres
cnce of scarlet fever in the family, the
patient beirg a little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Weymouth. On Sunday the res
idence Of Timothy Larrabee on Federal
rtreet was. placed under quarantine on
account Of the presence Of case OF
diphtheria, the patient being Mrs. Lar
rabee. These are now the only cases of
contagious disease in the city, the Fol-
som house on Cedar street and the
Goode house on Eastern avenue hav-
ing: been fumigated. the latter on
Thursday and the former on Sunday.
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M useum Visitors

The following are part of the names
placed on the visitors book at the
State museum on Saturday by out
of-town callers:
Edward Brennan. Providence, r. L.;
Bernice NJ. Newell, Somerville, Mass. ::
Annie Lewis, Annie Coyne, Cambridge,
Mass; Marguerite V. Schock, Norwalk,
Ohio; Miss Kathryn Stone, Miss Ange-
line Starbird, Lewiston; Mrs. Herbert
Starbird. Miss Ever Carman, Litch-
field; Wilbur F. Pray, Calais: Cecile
Pelletier, Lewiston; NJ E. Stackpole.
Somerville. Mass; l.. Ella Rogers.
Litchfield; Donald w. Weber, Auburn:
Dorothy Weber, Wedgwood P. Web
Der, Lydia r. Weber. Lewiston: Mar
shall Rogers, Litchield; DR.. and Mrs.
w. E. Weber. lewiston; Alice F.. Wv
man, Fall River. Mass; Gladys f.
Spinney, Ernest L. Spinney, Pressure
Isle; Mrs. c. w. Hughes, Hallowell.
Mrs. A. Blair, Boston; Alice Laford
North Andover, Mass; Jane Carson.
Readfeld.
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Your Children Become
Rosy and Robust

When children act listless, look
frail, lose appetite, become cross and
peevish, you need to look after them
very carefully. The dull eyes, coated
tongue, bad breath tell you that the
stomach is out of order, the liver mac
tive. the bowels need attention, and
perhaps worms may be making their
troubles worse. Whatever it is, you
may be sure that Il. F." Atwood's
Medicine will do them a great deal
of good. 1t acts surely on the stom-
ach and bowels, regulates the liver,
and has a tonic effect which brings
back appetite, fills out cheeks and
makes them rosy. This medicine is
safe for the children, and you see its
good effects in a surprisingly short time.
Buy SIC bottle st your nearest store,
o. write to-day for free sample.
4 F." Medicine Co, Portland. Me.
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CORPORATION Changes

The following changes are repol'N
by clerks of the respective organl1'
tons:
Housatonic Company, name cnahs''
to The J. B. Jones Company, at sps'
cial meeting of the stockholoers ~
Aug. at Portland.
Cobe Products Company, naa'
changed to Newport Chemical "o,''
Inc, at special meeting OF the sl0'A'
holders on Aug. 3 at Portland.
Commonwealth Shoe and Lea'h''
Company, number Of directors increa y,
ed from three to four. at spe''',
meeting Of the stockholders on Aus
at Portland.