Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY
HAS IMPORTANT
MEETING HERE
Leaders Present in Augusta to
Decide Immediate Problems
Financial Aid for Farmers
Military Training Camp
RESOLUTION FAVORS
CONSUMPTION BILL
Ask Proclamation to Set Clocks
Ahead One Hour-Fifteen
Boats for Patrol Purposes

A number OF matters were discussed at
a meeting Of the executive committee of
the Maine Public Safety Committee of
One Hundred which was held at the
Blaine mansion Thursday afternoon.
Those present were Hon Harold NJ Se--
all of Bath, the chairman; Hon. John f.
Bunker of Bar Harbor the secretary
Rex w. Dodge of Portland, eXUnited
States Senator Charles f. johnson of Wa
terville, Ex-Governor William T. Cobb Of
Rockland, Herbert Payson of Portland,
John S. p II. Wilson of Auburn, Hon. Hi
ram Kicker of Poland, Hon. Donald f.
Snow of Bangor. William r. White of
Rockland and Harry NJ. Nerrill of Port
land.
On recommendation Of the sub-comm.t-
tee on food production and conservation
1t was voted to recommend to the gov
ernor and council that some form of fnan-
cal aid to the farmers be provided
1t was voted that the governor be urg ii
to secure the location of a military train
ing camp for the officers Of the reserve
corps at Cape Elizabeth near Fort Viii
liams, the land for such purposes to be
furnished to the government without cos;.
1t was voted that this committee recon-
mends the adoption by Congress of an
appropriate measure for the guaranty by
the national government of minimum
prices on staple farm products for the
current crop year.
1t was voted that a committee on water
transportation be created and that Frank
c. Wright of Bangor be elected chairma n
Of the committee and that Ex-Governor
Oakley c. Curtis of Portland be made a
member of the committee
1t was voted that the following telC-
gram be sent to our Maine senators
and representatives in Congress at
Washington. At meeting today of the
executive committee of the Maine
Committee on Public Safety of Ono
Hundred the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the executive com
mittee of the Committee on Public
Safety urgently favor tho passage of
the military selective CONSUMPTION bill
a copy of this vote be forwarded to our
senators and representatives in Wash
ington.
It was voted tAat the secretary be
instructed to inform Col. George w
Getchel, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort
Williams, that this committee author
ICES the construction of the mining
structure desired at Fort Popham as
outlined i'll a letter to our chairman
under date of April 81. and that the
cost of the same will be provided for
through this committee, with the oX
pectation that the same he reimbursed
by the federal government.
1t was voted that the governor be re-
quested to issue a proclamation that
the clocks in the State be set ahead
one hour on some given date in the
near future.
jefferson c. Smith of Waterville, sec
rotary of the Maine Y. NJ. c. A., dis
cusscd with the committee the advis-
ability of mobilizing the Y. NJ. c. A.
boys for labor on the farm, and the
matter was referred to Kenneth c. NJ.
Stills of Brunswick, chairman of the
sub committee of coordination aid
societies.
Henry w Cushman of Bangor, one
of the officials of the Merrill Trust Co.
was present at the meeting and par
ticipated in the discussion of financial
ad to farmers.
Names War Fleet
William T. White of Rockland. chair
man of the naval affairs committee on
public safety. told the committee that
he had secured 10 boats for patrol pur-
poses. Six of these were donated to the
State by summer residents OF Maine,
the Cherokee. a 130-feet yacht. donta-
ed by Mrs. John s. Kennedy of New
York, a summer resident at Bar Har-
Dor; The Shark, 20 feet long. donated
by Louis Herzog, who summers at
North Haven: the Wissawickon, 100
feet long, donated by Mrs. Charles H.
Henry of Philadelphia, who summers
at Camden; the Satilla, 12S feet long,
donated by Leander j. Mccormick of
Chicago. who PASSES the summer at
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