Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-29
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Lowell. Mass. June est was an
nounced tonight that the employees of
no United States Cartridge Co,
numbering about 1000 would be
granted an average increase OF 20 per
cent. retroactive TO May S.
Kansas City, Mo. June 2S.-John
roolo OF Washington. ID. c., was to-
day elected president of the lnterna-
tionai Association OF Rotary Clubs.
Washington, June 2S-An engine
invented by +. Il. Giragossan OF Bos-
ton who claims II will utilize an in
exhaustible source of cheap power
from the air will be tested at Boston
tomorrow by scientists selec.ed by
the inventor and approved by Secre-
tary Lane. The test, which was au
thorized by Congress. will be secret.
Mountain Station. y. j.. June IS
Walter Merrill Hall of New York de-
feated Seiichiro Kashiro of Japan.
three sets out of five in the final
round of the Middle States Cham
pionship Lawn Tennis singles here
today. The escore was 3-6, 6-2. 6-3,
as. rs. Hall. holder of the cham
pionship in 1911 will meet T. r.. Pell,
the champion. in the challenge match
tomorrow.
Washington. June 2S-Germany has
accepted the invitation of the United
States to send representatives to
Berne. Switzerland for n conference
on Aug. 5. with an American delega-
ton on the general subject Of ex
change and treatment OF prisoners.
Boston, June 2s-Minimum wage
scales for women and girls engag ID
in the retail millinery trade and IN
manufacturing women's muslin un-
derwear. neckware. children's dress
IS. etc, were announced today. Frr
the millinery workers. the scale runs
from SO for workers having less than
one years experience to $40 for en-
ployes l9 years and over who have
had AT least four seasons expert
ences For needle workers the scale
runs from IS a week for less than
three months experience to 80 a
week for workers not less than IS
years OF age who have been en-
ployed in the trade for more than one
year.
Concord. y. H., June 2S.-Allen
Hollis. chairman of the War Savings
Stamp campaign for the state #
New Hampshire, states that advices
he has received this evening show
that a number Of the cities and
towns have gone over the ffuota ot
$40 per head Of the population, aud
he expects that when the returns arc
all in the response will be found to
be most gratifying. Already some OF
the towns have reported over sub
scription of IS to 90 per cent. and
some others have their quotas in full
The fluctuations in the larger cities
will not be completed for several
days. The north country has respond
ed most quickly, Littleton with $S2,-
100 subscribed. and Lancaster with
ss1. 600
Washington. June 2s.-After hearing
arguments by representatives of the
National Council OF the Travelling
Statesmen Association. the United
Commercial Travellers and the Mer-
chants Association OF New York. repre-
senting 10000 statesmen. Gerrit Fort,
passenger traffic director of the rail-
road administration took under consid-
Grafton for recommendation to Director
General McAdoo of proposals for uni
vcrsal mileage book containing 50oo
lies at two and a half cents mile.
Albany. ~ y. June 2S.-ln overruling
demurrer by the state of New York
against the New York Central railroad
IN connection with the railroads propos
al to build a bridge across the Hudson
eiver at Castleton, n few miles south
Of here, Supreme Court Justice Chester
held that laws enacted by Congress are
paramount TO state laws. II the de-
cision is upheld by the higher courts.
the railroad accordingly will be allow
ed to erect a bridge.
Amsterdam, June ga telegram
from kiev to the Berlin newspapers
says that an agreement has been reach
ed in the peace negotiations between
Russia and the Ukraine in regard TO the
all disputes arising after the conclu-
sion of peace shall be settled by a court
of arbitration. 10Th delegations were
ready to exclude any idea OF annexa-
tons or forcible seizure OF territory.
with due regard to political economic
and other interests of the t. o peoples
as whole. they decided that the eth