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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-04
Decision on Edwin Doten's Death

SCSiSIOb OH GQ"ui DOlCI OSdlu
A decision has been rendered by
the Public Utilities Commission in
the investigation of the death of Ed
win c. Doten of Lewiston, aged 81,
who was struck and instantly killed
on April 26. 1921, by an Androscoggin
e Kennebec car, driven by Motor
man H. L. Davis, near Minot Corner.
The substance of the decision is:
The car was running at a low rate
of speed when approaching the scene
of the accident, being minutes late
on leaving Mechanic Falls for Lew
iston. The arc headlight had burned
out and the car was running with
Just the incandescent light, which
shows the track ahead for but a
short distance. It is not such a light
as will give effective service in the
night time.
Motorman Davis states that he did
not notice anything upon the track
until just before the moment of the
collision. He then threw the brake
into emergency, but too late to pre-
vent collision. Mr.. Doten was
struck. and instantly killed. The
evidence is not clear as to how Mr.
Doten was on the track. He had left
home early that morning and his
family did not know of his where
abouts until after the accident.
The motorman testified that it was
the custom to report by telephone
about a headlight out of order. but
in this case, the light burned out
soon after leaving Auburn on the
outward trip, and following custom,
he made the round trip without any
headlight.
ut seems to us that this practice
involves operating a car Gas in this
instance) for too long distance
without the use of proper head
light. We desire to call this stua-
ton to the attention of the company
with view of correcting this prac-
tice IL possible. 1t would appear that
an extra headlight ought to be avail
able either being carried upon the
car itself or at least kept at each end
or at the middle of each route. The
absence Of a proper headlight in
wolves a great additional risk and
danger, not only to any possible tres
passer, who might be upon the track,
but also to the passengers upon the
car itself, who are liable to be in
jured by such a collision
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-04

highway, watch out and as soon as the
road is in condition to take heavier
traffic. remove the restriction ard post
notice Of that
Another notice enclcses . COPY Of
the resolve for the construction, main
tenance and repair Of roads, bridges
and ferries and also states the amount
appropriated for each town. The COM
mission calls attention to the fact that
under the terms of the resolve each
town is required to pay land damages
and to furnish road building material
such as clay, gravel. sand and rock
without expense to the fund.
The selectmen are asked to notify
the commission as soon as possible if
the town will accept the conditions and
If the town will furnish the required
amount in case an appropriation by the
town is required
These special appropriations are not
available until after July 9. but if the
towns are willing to finance the work
until the State funds are available. the
commission states that arrangements
can be made to begin work at once
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-04
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The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

hole in the wall of room you will not see ray of light, but only the dust in the room. Light is not visi- ble, but only enables us to see objects If you look at the sun with eyes wide open you will not see any rays. Scien- lists are given to seeing some inci- dental thing and crying out, "heuri- ka," thinking they have found the cause.
 The ray theory has been used by scientists in explanations of the phe- nomona of light and believed to be the true theory by a great many. can net say which is the true theory, but l know it is not the ray theory, and the wave theory is untenable, for waves travel only on surfaces and not thru mediums.
 They got to using the vibration theory because they couldn't sustain the wave theory. So we have left only the corpuscular and envelope theories.
 Perhaps one of these combined with the Ego theory" is the right theory.
 l wish some aviator that has made some high flights would give a de- scription of his observations Does the sun begin to get brighter or dim mer and what is the appearance of the sky and the earth as he ascends
 John B. Hughes.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
FRISCO SYSTEM MAY TAKE
 OVER. ARKANSAS LINE
Reported Railroad May Absorb Nj. & N. A., Which Suspended Oper-
 ations July 3I.

Fort Smith, Sept. 13.-That the Frisco rairload may take over the defunct Missouri and North Arkansas railroad was reported in Fort Smith Monday when it was learned c. H {. Baltzell, superintendent of the central division with headquarters here, had been called to Seligman, Mo, to meet T. A. Hamilton, assistant to the president of the Frisco, and chief operating officer, to make trip over the M. & N. A. property on motor car.
 Mir. Baltzell was at Fayetteville when called by officials at St. Louis to meet Mir. Hamilton at Seligman for the trip over the M. & N. A. line. In the party were several other off, cials of the Frisco railroad, it was understood.
 The M. & N. A. ceased operation at midnight, July 31 upon orders issued by Judge Frank A. Youmans of the district federal court here on July 23. The move was taken when the road was unable to finance further oper- ations.
 At the time it ceased operations it was running at loss of $90,O0O monthly. The rolling stock of the road, consisting of 25 locomotives and hundreds of flats, box cars and pas senger coaches, was collected at Har- ilon where 1t still remains.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

the young couple were George Fletch, CT and Miss Helen Ruth Thinnes. Dur. ing the ceremony appropriate music was rendered by Mrs. c. J. Forsythe and Louis Robert. A wedding recep- tion and breakfast at the home of the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. Thin nes, followed. MT. and Mrs. Fried left on the afternoon train for z honeymoon trip to Colorado points They will make their home at Heav. ener, where the groom is employed al fireman on the Kansas City Southern railroad.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
COOPERATE WITH SCOTT
 COUNTY FOR BETTER ROADS
Headed by Judge Finger, Delegation Goes to BIackfork to Arrange
 for Work.

Judge H. W. Finger, Sheriff J. A. Thornton and Secretary F. J. Smith of the Commercial Club, with Dr. c. L. Baker as auto driver, went to Blackfork. Scott county, Wednesday to meet the farmers of that commun- ity on the matter of arranging to get their cooperation in opening the Eagle Gap Highway. They will be joined at Eagleton by Forest Ranger Payne. A meeting will be held at Blackfork postoffice. In making the trip an inspection will be made of the work already done by Overseer Thad Reid and his force of men, and it may be some new routes will be worked out.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
RAY THEORY or LIGHT

We have the corpuscular, the wave, the vibration, the ray, sand the en- velope theories of light
 When we look at the sun we seem to see rays of light shooting out from the sun. That is only our eyelashes we are seeing.
 If you look at candle or lamp in the room with your eyes wide open you will not see rays. but if you squint our eyes you will see them Or look at the moon with eyes wide open and you will not see any rays but begin to close your eyes and yor will see them. The sun shining thrl
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
Hay Quarantine Next in Order.

Special to The Star
 Little Rock, Sept. 9.--Now comes the prospect of quarantine on the importation of alfalfa and prairie hay. Mississippi and several other states have such quarantine, it's purpose being to prevent the intro- duction of bean beetles and various other plant pests, many of which are readily carried in hay. Every bale of hay that enters Mississippi must have an official permit. There are literally hundreds of plant pests with unpronounciable Latin names which prey upon all kinds of vegetation many of which have not yet reached Arkansas. The board is. doing all in it's power to keep them out.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
1hinnes-Fried Wedding.

' "edmsday morning at o'clock, at 3t- AgHes church. occurred the nup-
 ais or Miss Irene Thinnes and Fred & Frieu, members of two of Mena's pest known families. The vows were 9ken before the Rev. Father Gala xner, in the presence of a few rela- 1ves and intimate friends. Attending
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

repositories is the moving picture film. s.1he Sacred Faith of Scrap Of Paper" emphasizing the importance of observing international obligations and illustrating scenes connected with yesterdays celebration.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
LAS ALARMING REPORT
 OF MINE ZONE UNREST
n9anager of Mine at Cave-in- Rock. ILL, Tells Adjutant General He
 Pears Trouble.


 Elizabethtown, H., Sept 13.-With peace restored here and at Rosiclare, where disorders incident to the fiuor- tpar miners strike were prevalent last week, alarming reports were re- eeived last night by Adjutant General Frank s, Dickson, from Rock, Nine miles up the Ohio river.
 The manager of a mine on Spar Mountain, bear Cave-in-Rock, came to kiizabethtbwn to report to the adju- |tant geneial that there was growing unrest thefe and that he feared seri- 4ns trouble unless outsiders, already W1ven out of Elizabethtown, are bar red from Cave-in- Rock. N The Dickson commission today beard more townspeople, union men and hill farmers.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

data collected by Professor Edmond S. Meany, of the Washington State His torical Society, and c. 0. Buchanan, of the British Columbia Historical so- ciety.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mir. and Mrs. B. P. Lichlyter of Vandervoort were in Mena Wednes- day to attend the Thinnes-F Fried we'd ding.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Misses Anna and Lena Lawrence of Shady are visiting in Mena with their sister, Mrs. Ellis Goss.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Rev. s. A. Neighbors of Potter was in Mena Monday on his way home from his regular preaching engage ments at Ink.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Dr. c. A. Gordon of Potter was in Mena Tuesday looking after business matters.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mrs. J. J. Butler and children, who had been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. R. Bates, left Tuesday after noon for their new home at Cyril, Ok
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mir. and Mrs. Frank R. Fried ar rived home in Mena Tuesday from Hill City, Kas. Mir. Fried has been in Kansas several months directing farm operations.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Charles Batson of Nashville, former Mena resident, is visiting friends in the city and looking after business matters.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mrs. Holder Hudgins and baby, who have been visiting Mena relatives and friends, left Monday afternoon for their home at Kansas City, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Misses Thelma and Beulah Wright of Ruston, La, cousins of Mrs. c. k. Montgomery, arrived in Mena Monday for a visit with their relative.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mir. and Mrs. John Fleming, pioneer settlers of Polk county, but who now lives at Quinton, Ok, arrived in Mena Monday for visit among their many relatives and friends,
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peters are enter taining new baby daughter, who ar rived Tuesday night at their home on Bethesda Springs road.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

T. L. Hollowell of near Freedom, made business trip to Horatio the first of the week. He expected to be gone several days.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

County Clerk w. K. Anderson on Wednesday afternoon mailed out the yearly checks to Confederate pension CTS. There were 148 checks sent out and each was for $125.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

c. P. Patterson of Muse, Ok, was in Mena Wednesday after farm sup plies, and reported that cotton in his section was almost ruined by the worms and weevil.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Another high mark for cotton val ues was reached in Mena Wednesday, morning when Dennis Townsend paid 2l cents for a bale of new staple. Charles Lloyd of the Dallas valley was the seller.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

ness man, is back in the city after an absence of almost two years. Mr. Rog-
 erson has been living in west and
 south Florida, and while he didn't
 suffer any from cold weather, and at
 tained fine coat of tan, he was glad
 to get back to Mena and get a good
 drink of water.
 The big steam shovel which has
 been in operation in Mena for the un- loading of gravel cars, started on Wednesday morning its journey to
 Potter, which will be the next gravel depot on the Jefferson Highway. The big steam machine travelled under it's own power over the highway it has
 been helping to build.
 Diver Norris, who is attending business college at Tyler, Tex, had opportunity recently to witness the great demonstration made in that city by the K. K. K. It is estimated that 1000 members of the invisible empire, all gowned in white, paraded the streets of Tyler, coming and go- ing mysteriously, without offering to
 harm soul.
 J. w. Compton, former Mena res ident, but who has been living at l, Chattanooga, Tenn, is back in the city for. visit. Compton will be
 remembered as wrestler of ability His athletic days are over, however for about year a go at Chattanooga
 he met with terrible accident which
 resulted in a broken back and frac- tured skull. and while not incapacitat-
 ed he is barred from strenuous sports.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15

Another week end ball game be- tween out-of-town teams will be fought at Menafeld between Nunley and Union Grove next Saturday. The game is scheduled to start at 2 o'clock.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
Apprentices In New Zealand.

Trade unlonists of New Zealand are
protesting against recent child-labor
legislation that they say amounts to
virtual child slavery In that country.
Under this measure boy. immigrants
from England between the ages of fif-
teen and nineteen may be indentured
to the occupation of farming. The
contracts may be drawn up In Great
Britain prior to emigration and need
not contain the name of the future
employer. When the boy arrives in
New Zealand he can be assigned by
the minister for immigration. 1t Is
not necessary for parent or guar
dian TO sign or agree to the indenture.
The act is regarded as AT invitation
to boys to run away from their homes
and be struggled to New Zealand.
They shall receive no wages for the
first Il months. After II months the
wage shall be such as Is usually paid
on farms to boys of the age and Ca
pacity of the apprentice" AS there Is
no wage award In New Zealand cover
ing boy labor on farms the lads Will
be at the mercy of the employer
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
Uroe Temporary Six-Hour Day.

A six-hour day as means of re-
lieving the unemployment situation is
being agltated in San Francisco by
the Machinists' union. 1t is not the
intention to ask for six-hour day as
permanent institution, but as a
means for solving the problem, when
the employer finds 1t necessary to re-
duce his working force. BY adopting
the six-hour workday In times Of
emergency, 1t is claimed, 1t will not be
necessary to lay off the men. and it
will give all employees sufficient work
to enable them to support themselves
and families. There is no demand for
an eight-hour pay TO be given for a
six-hour work, but that the men be
paid for the actual number of hours
they are employed.
The opposition to this proposition
is that such an innovation would pave
the way for employers to reduce
wages. This is the belief Of some
labor leaders. Others contend that
there is no serious unemployment sit
uation In San Francisco requiring
remedial measures at this time.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
Granite Dust In the Lungs.

Workers In mineral industries
where the air is dusty with particles
of rock are subject to a peculiar pull
monary disease known as miners
phthisis or stone-cutters' consumption,
reports the United States bureau Of
mines.
In granite cutters the disease Is spe-
officially designated as granite pneu-
monaconiosis. Very fine particles of
the harder rocks are especially injuri-
Gus when inhaled into the lungs. 1t is
estimated that particles about one
micron (one-twenty-tive thousandth
part of an inch) in diameter are most
injurious. because large particles are
more readily removed by the ella and
wet surfaces of the respiratory pas
sages before reaching the lungs
Granite cutting with the highpower
pneumatic tools in use today raises a
profuse dust in the air of shops.
Vacuum systems of considerable efii-
cheney have been installed for remov-
ing the dust as it forms, but no def
mite information on just how effective
these are has previously been secured.
When the dust is scattered into the
air the heavier particles quickly fall
to the ground, but very fine particles
remain suspended for long time.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
DlSSEnSlOn IN LABOR UNION
Stone Cutters Local Appeals TO Courts
to Prevent National orgsniza-
ton Withdrawing Charter.

Members of Syracuse local, Journey
men Stone Cutters Association OF
North America, obtained an injunction
at Syracuse, \. Y. from Justice Irving
X. Devendorf restraining the national
organization from taking away the
charter Of the local, from filming, sus-
pending or expelling the members,
from interfering with them In their
employment and preventing issuance
Of strike orders.
The action, which is said to be un-
precedented In labor circles was taken
by 10 union stone cutters at the plant
of the Onondaga Litholite company,
all Of whom declared they are fully
satisfied with wages, hours and work.
ing conditions at their place OF en-
ployment Arthur G. Dougherty of In
dianapolls, national president; Albert
Powell, president Of the Syracuse local,
and Joseph Wall of New York. MEM
Der of the Sixth District Executive
board. are named defendants In the
temporary restraining order.
II is alleged In the injunction ap-
plication that Dougherty at meeting
at Syracuse March 4 declared that
trade and economic conditions In New
York city were such that the Syracuse
company must not sell Its output to
customers In that city and that If sales
continued the stone cutters would be
ordered to go on strike. Refusal, IL Is
alleged would be followed by suspen-
sion from the union, and II continued
the local charter would be taken away.
These alleged demands are termed
Illegal. Workmen declared In aflidavits
that such steps would deprive them
Of means of earning living and there
fore would work them an irreparable
injury. The men are paid So day
for an eight hour day.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
AVERT STOCK YARDS STRIKE
Difficulties Between Packers and Their
Employees OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Accept Wage Reduction.

A successful settlement was brought
about through mediation By Secretary
of Labor Davis OF the dispute between
the Big Five" packers and their union
employees. the first major labor con-
troyersy TO cone up for adjustment
under the new administration.
Compromises by both the packers
and their employees made possible
settlement of the dispute. Representa-
tiyes of the latter agreed TO accept the
wage reduction OF S cents an hour and
1914 per cent for piece work. while the
packers met the demand of the work
ers for extension of the wartime arbi-
tration agreement for six months, or
until next September 10. The other
major provision of the agreement was
the retention of the basic eight-hOur
day and overtime rates as provided in
q previous arbitration ruling.
Redmond s. Brennan, one of the
workers representatives at the confer
ence, declared In a statement that the
agreement was but a truce for us TO
prepare for war;" and added If at the
expiration of the arbitration period the
packers maintain the attitude they
have shown in the past there would
be serious Industrial strike"
Representatives of the packers de-
clared after signing the agreement that
its provision fixing a definite date for
termination of the wartime arbitration
agreement would ENABLE the packers
to complete the plans already an
nounced to adjust between themselves
and their employees all matters OF mu-
tual interest"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
Mine Fatalities Reduced.

A fatality rate of $50 for every mill
lion tons of coal mined in 1920. as
compared with 4.24 In 1919, was an
nounced by the bureau of mines. This
was said TO be the lowest rate in the
history of the industry in this country.
A total of 2,260 men were killed in
the coal mines last year, decrease
of 81 over the preceding year. while
at the same time production of coal in
creased Is per cent over 1919.
Preliminary reports indicate that
production of coal in 1920 amounted to
645,663,000 tons. The number of en-
ployees mining coal In 1920 was 775.-
600, as compared with 765,0o0 the pre-
cedlng year.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-22
Mexico Bars Workers.

All foreign laborers. and particular
ly American lahorers, have been
barred from Mexico by a decree Is
sued by President 0bregon. The rea-
son assigned was that an influx of
foreigners would prevent full employ
ment of native labor during scarcity
of work.
The decree. II is understood. was
aimed more directly at the situation
in the oil fields. where there has been
an increasing use Of American work
men. but no specific reference to this
was made in the document. Excep-
ton was provided In the decree for
those who could show that they had
sufficient sustenance and nipple
ments" for colonization or agriculture.