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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Farmers Union Asks
Congress to Discover
Agriculture's Ailment

Washington, April 20-Congress was
urged in resolution adopted today
by the National Farmers Union in
convention here, to appoint a joint
commission to determine what is
wrong with agriculture" and to enact
legislation to correct the discovered
an established evils
The farmers have been branded as
profiteers," the resolution said, land
have been accused of taking threat
ening measures which would result in
a dangerously diminished quantity of
available products" adding that the
country was entitled to know the
facts and that congress was the only
agency equipped to ascertain the
truth
On the other hand, it charged that
the farmers have been Disseminated
against in the matters of credit and
transportation and that they had been
forced to sell their products below the
cost of production while residents of
the cities had been compelled to pay
five or six times for their food the
amount which the producers OBJ
tanned"
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
urged the various farm organizations
to take constructive steps to build up
up an organization to adequately pro-
tect and promote agriculture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
0'Da|y Ad-
nlits Has Been
Stealing Past
10 Years
Was About to Assume
Office of City Treas
urer--Audit Was De-
signed to Give Him
Clean Slate Bond
Only H 0pe Partial
Recovery of Money

Boston, April 20-Thomas ]. O'Daly.
cashier in the office of the City Treas
urer was booked at police headquar-
tiers tonight, charged with larceny of
$40, 900 from the city on March 5, last.
He was released under $4,000 bail.
.O'Daly, who was to have assumed
the city treasurer's office soon, con-
fessed today, according to Mayor Pet
ers that he had taken considerable
sums of money from the city.
His appointment to the treasurer
ship was withdrawn.
An audit of the city treasurer's ac-
counts. started for the purpose of Civ
ing a clean slate to O'Daly, resulted
today in exposing shortage of ap-
proximately $4,000 in funds under his
accounts as cashier of the depart
nent.
O'Daly has confessed that he took
7 the money. Mayor Andrew j. Peters
announced. The mayor Immediately
withdrew his appointment as city
treasurer, which was awaiting con-
firmation by the civil service commits
sion and police inspectors were de-
tailed to guard O'Daly's home where
the cashier was reported under
physicians care.
| Meanwhile. City Treasurer Thorn
as w. Murray, who was to have quit
Office tomorrow to become Vice-pres
ident of local trust company, has
, agreed to continue in office for the
remainder of the month.
| In his confession. O'Daly said that
; his thefts covered the 10 years that
he had held the post of cashier, ac-
cording to the mayor, the money be-
ing used in part to cover losses in
stocks speculation. He has been in
! the city employ for 35 years.
! O'Dalys confession was made to
| City Auditor J. Alfred Mitchell, who
went to his home as the representa-
. tive of Mayor Peters. Mitchell re-
ported that the man had no proper
ty and that the only restitution which
the city could hope for was through
the $20,O0O bond under which he was
I held.
| The audit of the books began last
week and had proceeded for several
days before any Irregularities We're
! discovered. Last Friday, according
to Mayor Peters. the auditors dis
covered an entry which they were un-
able to understand and O'Daly was
questioned. His answers, the mayor
said. We're vague and unsatisfactory.
On Saturday, O'Daly went home i'll
and has not since been at his desk.
The audit was continuing today and
Mayor Peters was not in a position
to say just how much the shortage
would total, but it was believed it
you'd be in the vicinity of 100000. The
method of manipulating the books by
which it had been possible to escape
detection in the regular annual audits
was not explained. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
After Property Owners
Where Booze Is Sold
in New York Dry Drive

New York, April 20-Drying up New
York after the manner prescribed in
the states new prohibition law today
! assumed a new legal aspect when De-
putty Police Commissioner Leach an
nounced his intention of obtaining
| liens against 1000 property owners to
liquor law infractions of their prem
! Uses.
Citing provision in the law allow
ing this procedure. the official said
this legal action already has been
taken aaginst 500 property owners on
whose premises arrests have been
made and that notices have been sent
to the others that similar action will
/ be taken in the event that suspicious
held by the police led to arrests on
their premises.
] Coincident with this announcement,
Police Commissioner Enright, in a
newspaper interview predicted that
the city can be made as "clean as a
whistle if the administration grant
ed him the man force he has asked
! to enforce the law. He estimated
tate the expenditure of 100000 q
year, $2,5O0,000 of which would be ne
cessary for salaries and the remain
! der for Expenses" under this head h:
listed the expense of buying levi.
dence' on which to base arrests.
| Within Is days, since the police
started, said the commissioner. 700
barrels and 1000 bottles of liquor have
! been seized.
! Today's grist of alleged liquor law
violators was attended by it's usual
quota of amusing incidents. When
one suspect tried to persuade a ma
gistrate to taste the liquid he was
carrying. the court official stoutly de-
clined, adding that policemen "are
risking their lives in tasting the
| 'hootch,' and what-not alcoholic now
| circulating and should be commend
ed for courage"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Congressman of
Western States to
Unite on Jap Question

Washington, April 20-Active work
by the organization of senators and
representatives of II far western
states, perfected today for the pur-
pose of uniting efforts for dealing
with the japanese immigration prob
lem, will begin within the next week
Senator Johnson, Republican. Cali
fornia, chairman of the executive
committee of the organization, an
nounced tonight that he would name
as committeeman one senator and
one representative from each of the
states this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
settlement OF
BRITISH COAL STRIKE
over TO next WEEK

London. April 20.--(By the Associat-
ed Pressl.--It is practically certain
there will be no settlement Of the coal
strike before next week. The miners
federation has decided that the new
proposals made public by the owners
are too vague to afford basis for ne
gotiations.
Both sides. however. continue to dis
play desire to get together if a ne
gotiable basis can be found and. should
Frank Hodges, secretary of the min
ers' union, succeed in the admittedly
hard task of swinging the delegates
conference Friday to his side. it is
believed that another joint conference
will assemble possibly Monday.
The statement of the miners feder-
alton regarding the proposals issued
last night by the owners says they are
vague and meaningless, and in the
main merely reformulate previous Of
fers. '.-
The federation adds that ;ts own
proposals are perfectly clear: A ma
tional wage board with a national ton
mage levy to enable the poorer pits to
pay the rates of wages agreed upon
out of funds contributed through the
levy by the miners and mine owners.
In the event of a new conference
this point will be thoroughly dis
cussed. 1t involves neither state con-
troll nor state subsidy.
The government has taken new
steps to remedy as far as possible the
difficulties of the poorer classes in OBJ
tanning allowances of coal without
waiting in line and also to establishing
emergency public kitchens as was done
during the war
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Vote of So to 10 First Victory for Administra-
ton -- President Believes Will Be Helpful
in Promoting Friendly Relations with Little
American Neighbors Treaty Based on
Charge q. S. Wronged Colombia in Parti-
tioning Off Panama
BY SAFE MARGIN

Washington, April 2e-The Col
ombian treaty growing out of the
partitioning of Panama was ratified
today by the Senate. 1t provides for
the payment by the United States of
$4,000, 600 to the South American re-
public. but has yet to be approved by
the Colombian assembly.
The vote on ratification was 50 to
10, or eleven more than the necessary
tvo-thrds majority.
Fifteen Republicans and four DEM
ocrats voted against ratification.
They We're:
Republicans, Borah, Capper, John
son of California;; Jones of Washing
ton; Kellogg, Kenyon, LaFolette,
Lenroot, McNary, Nelson, Norbeck of
South Dakota; Norris, Poindexter,
Townsend and Wadsworth
Democrats: Dial, Reed, Simmons
and Watson of Georgia.
Senators Summins, Republican,
Iowa, and Trammell Democrat, Flor
ida, were paired against ratification.
The Harding administration
through ratification of the treaty
won its first fight in the Senate. The
President in a message to the spec
ial session of the Senate, March 8
five days after his Inauguration,
recommended ratification as Every
helpful at the present time in pro-
noting our friendly relationships.
This recommendation was supple
mented today by Senator Lodge, who
in reply to attacks of Republican
senator's of the progressive group.
declared ratification of the pact was
part of q great national foreign
policy" contemplated by President
Harding towards our neighbors in
the southern and Eastern hemis-
pheres.'
Forty Republicans were aided by
% Democrats in voting for ratifica-
ton One Republican, Page of YER
mont, and three Democrats, Shields
of Tennessee, Owen of Oklahoma
and Walsh of Montana, were paired
in its favor. Two Republican sena-
tors Elkins, West Virginia and New
berry, Michigan, were absent and
not voting.
The proposal of Senator Poindex-
ter to reduce the payment of Colom-
Continued or Page 2-co'. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
RAIL LABOR BOARD
HEARS LAST OF PLEAS
FOR SLASH IN WAGES

Chicago, April 20.-Setting whirl-
wind pace, more than 80. railroads laid
their pleas for wage reductions be-
fore the Railroad Labor Board in the
final days presentation Of the car
riers' evidence. The board then ad-
journed for one week. until April %,
to allow the employees time in which
to prepare their reply.
Predictions Of, receiverships and
bankruptcies interspersed exhibit after
exhibit introduced by the roads to
show decreases in outside industry
wages and the cost of living since the
present railroad wage scale was made
effective. All Of the roads took the
same position as that expressed by
w. G. Bierd of the Chicago & Alton,
the last witness.
The wage decision of July. 1920. as
I understand it, was based almost en-
tirely on the increased cost of liv-
ing" Mr.. Bierd said. IF that is cor
rect, we feel fully justified in asking
decrease in those rates of pay, first
on the grounds of absolute necessity;
second, because the reason for Great
ing the present rates has been remov-
ed; and third, because other industries
have reduced their wages
The board was flooded with anothr
mass of figures today as roads from
the southeast, southwest and west
made their submissions in rapid sue
cession. Numerous roads told the
board that unless they had relief they
would soon be on the rocks, several
smaller roads facing deficits at pres
ent. Exhibits from all sections of
the country set forth reductions in the
cost of living and in wages paid for
similar work in other industries.
The general rules hearing which
was to have proceeded next Monday
has been indefinitely postponed so that
the board may give itsentire attention
for the present to the wage contro-
versy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
AndrOsc0ggin Yields
Up Bodies of Three
Small Lewiston Bows

Auburn, Me-, April 20.--.Tho bodies
of Robert Aube, 10, and Philip Beau
lieu, ., who with Romeo Deschenes,
IL. were swept in boat over the dam
above the Barker mill on the Little
Androscoggin river yesterday after
noon. were found this morning by men
assisting the Auburn police in drag
ging the river with graphing hooks.
The search was being continued this
afternoon in the river below the dam
and the police were using dynamite
in the two big eddies in an attempt to
bring the body of the Deschenes boy
to the surface.
The body of the third victims Romeo
Deschenes. aged 10, was found at 2.3O
near the spot where the other two
bodies were discovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Immigration Bill
Passage Soon Despite
Opposition in House.

Washington. April 20-The immi-
grafton restriction bill drew sharp fire
today in the House, especially from
members from New York State and
was as vigorously urged by Chair
man Johnson of the immigration
committee and other representatives
who declared legislation to keep out
undesirable immigrants necessary at
this time.
Debate on the measure continued
throughout the day and will be re-
sumed tomorrow with vote expect
ed before adjournment or on Friday.
While confident of it's passage by a
large majority, leaders conceded that
it would not receive the overwhelm-
ing vote that similar bill did at the
last session.
Leading the fight on the measure
were Representatives Cochran, Dem
ocrat; Siegel, Republican; Chandler.
Republican, and London, Socialist, all
of New York; SABBATH, Democrat. IL
linois: Stevenson, Democrat South
Carolina and Huddleston, Democrat,
Alabama. Representative Covkran de-
CldIcu tHS pIll IIIdIheu the TeI1unCld-
ton and abandonment Of the policy
which had fixed the position Of the
United States in the civilized world.
This BILL if passed." Mr. Cochran
said, will extinguish the light Of
hope and progress throughout the
world. You have here today plenty
of speakers and rulers, but what you
want is the decent immigrant to
cultivate the earth. Under your re-
. lotions. plan, no one may come here
after, unless he is a sailor, soldier,
"a potential statesman or a scholar
and gentleman
The House was told by Representa-
tive SABBATH that persons fleeing from
political and religious oppression
could not be admitted to the United
States under the bill as presented.
Such persons. he insisted. should be
permitted to seek refuge here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Reflect Mcdonald
to Head M. G.. r. r.

Portland, Me-. April 2O-Directors
were reelected at the annual meet
ingstod ay of the stockholders of the
Maine Central Railroad Co. and its
subsidiaries. The officers including
President Morris. Mcdonald and
Dana c. Douglass, vice president and
general manager. were reelected.
The Maine Central stockholders
voted to continue indefinitely the
5O-year lease of the Belfast & Moose
head Lake railroad which expires
next month, with the understanding
that either party may terminate it
with six months written notice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Novel Move Against
Daylight Saving Plan
by Connecticut Scion

Hartford, Comp, April 30-The first
effort of n memDer of the general as
sembly to obtain action against a
community which seeks to use day
light saving time locally, in order to
be in unision with railroad train
schedules and the mails, was made
by Representatives Wadsworth today
when he offered a resolution for sus-
pension of the city charter of Hart
ford The resolution sets forth that
the city of Hartford, through resolu-
tons Of the common council and by
proclamation of Mayor Brainard has
taken steps to bring about daylight
saving in contravention of the stand
ard time law of the state, and is in
rebellion against the state. This pun
ishment would >be to suspend the
charter of the city until such a time
as it obeys the law. The resolution
was ordered printed in the Journal
and it is expected that it will be dis
cussed tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Packer Cudahy Uses
Shotgun to End
Own Life, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, April .2O-John p.
Gack) Cudahy, son of the late
Michael Cudahy, internationally
known meat packer of Kansas City.
and found dead today in his bed
room with his head shattered by a
shotgun wound, committed suicide
after failing to negotiate a $4,000
loan with a Chicago bank. Detective
Sergeant McMahan. said tonight
McMahan said Mrs. Cudahy, the
widow, told him her husband re-
ceived a letter yesterday from an
officer of the bank informing him
the loan could not be carried I'M
less "vouched for" by another men,
Der of the Cudahy family. Today
according to McMahan, Cudahy re-
ceived telegram from the relative
in question declining to vouch for
the loan.
Relatives said he had been i'll
for some time but that his illness
was not serious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
THE REASON WHY

Washington, April 20.-The Colom-
bian treaty grew out of the charge
that the United States had wronged
Colombia in the partition of Panama
1t was one thing in q sequence of
many connected with the tuilding of
the Panama canal, and what was
characterized by it's proponents the
taking of the Isthmus by Theodore
Roosevelt while Congress debated"
Briefly stated, those who urged rat
ification of the treaty charged that
when Panama revolted from Colom-
bian rule, the American naval forces
prevented Colombia from recovering
her lost territory.
Those who opposed ratification of
the treaty charged that Colombia
had long been engaged in trying to
| hold up" the United States for a
, larger sum of money for a canal
route; that Panama, once an indie
pendent state, revolted from Colom-
bian rule for just cause and that the
! had nothing to do with the failure of
Colombia to force Panama back into
her state.
In short, it was charged that the
United States winkcd or cOnnived at
the Panama revolution to get the
canal zone. This charge was denied
, with equal vigor. The treaty as at
first negotiated expressed the re-
greet" of the United States. Later the
treaty was re-drawn to merely pay
: S25,000,0 900 to Colombia. 1t was ar
gued by the treaty opponents that the
payment of $4,000, 900 was in itself an
admission that the United States had
wronged Colombia.
In the wrangle which has lasted
over many years few facts seem to
be uncontroverted. 1t does seen
undisputed, however, that President
Roosevelt. acting under authority of
a law fathered by the late Senator
Spooner, of Washington, negotiated
treaty with Colombia by which the
rights of the old French canal COM
pany to build the canal, with a cash
payment of s10,0O0,000 and an an
nual payment of s250,000. The treaty
was ratified by the United States
Senate, but the Colombian Senate
refused to accept it. The motives
which were said to have actuated the
Colombian Senate in it's refusal fur
nished the ground work for some of
the charges against Colombia by the
opponents of the present treaty.
DeLesseps, the French canal build
er, had spent millions of dollars and
thousands of lives in unsuccessful
efforts to build the canal and the pro-
ject was the worlds dream for at
least two centuries.
On November Bird, 1908, Panama
revolted and set itself up as an in
Continued on Page 2-CoI. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
800 Carpenters to
Resume Work Today

Woburn, Mass, April 20-Carpen
tiers in this city. Winchester, Stone
ham, Reading. Wakefield, Lexington
and Wilmington, who have been on
strike for two months, will return to
work tomorrow under wage OF 80
cents an hour awarded by an arbi-
tration committee which reported
today. The agreement will be eff
fective until March 1, 1922.
The controversy was submitted to
arbitration at the suggestion of May
or Bernard j. Golden. The men,
numbering about 500 had asked for
81 an hour, while the builders Of
fered 80 cents under an agreement
which would have expired at the end
of the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Stolen Auto Stuck
in Thieves
Are Caught Later

Burlington, Vt., April 2U.-SWltt
Justice today overlook Robert Shan
non. Robert Monroe and James Jordan,
automobile thieves who drifted into
town two weeks ago. Early Sunday
morning they are alleged to have
stolen two cars from local garage
which they abandoned few hours
later when they beca emstuck in the
mud. The trio were arrested a few
miles south of the city. In city court
today Monroe and Shannon received
state prison sentences of not less than
four years or more than five and a
half years each. Jordan received not
less than three and a half or more
than four and half years. The men
came here from Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Governors Maine and
N. III. to Witness Start
Interstate Bridge

Portland, Me-, April Ex-Governor
Percival P. Baxter and party will go
to Portsmouth, n. H., tomorrow to
witness the launching of the first
caisson for the Interstate bridge to
be erected across the Pisctatqua
river by the States of Maine and New
Hampshire and the federal govern
ment. The commission to build the
bridge. consisting of Governor Bax-
ter, Governor Brown of New Hamp-
shire and a representative OF the
Navy department will hold it's first
meeting preceding the launching. The
bridge will cost about two million
dollars and will be dedicated to the
world war heroes of the two states.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY

Northern New England: Partly
cloudy Thursday, probably showers
in northern Vermont; Friday show
ers and cooler.
Southern New England: Fair
Thursday; Friday showers and cool.
Eastern New York: Increasing
cloudiness Thursday, probably fol-
lowed by showers Thursday after
noon in north and central portions; ;
Friday showers and cooler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
General Forecast

A disturbance whose center was
over eastern Nebraska last night will
continue to move eastward north
eastward and will be attended by
showers over practically all sections
east of the Mississippi river within
the next SO hours. Mild temporal
lures will continue Thursday follow
ed by somewhat cooler weather Fri
day almost generally east of the
Mississippi river, except in the south
Atlantic states.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook -
Will be fresh southwest and south
winds and fair weather Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
CALAIS 100000 FIRE
is M. G. r. r. LOSS

Calais. Me, April 20.-The Maine
Central railroad sustained fire loss
of approximately 100000 today at it's
terminus here. The engine house. car
repair shops. four locomotives. two
passenger and four freight cars.
steam shovel, lumber She'd blat l.sniith
shop and work equipment were burn
OH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Cong. Peters Named
on Committee to Probe
Escape of BergdOll

Washington, April 20-Representd-
tive ePters, Republican, Maine, was
named today by Speaker GilIett as
chairman of the special committee to
investigate the escape of Grover c.
Bergdo1l, the Philadelphia draft
dodger, who now is in Geramny.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Thursday fair: Friday showers and
cooler. Increasing southwest and
south winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21

If each person buys ten stamps at
cost Of so cents, this community
will 20 over it's stamp quota.
Stamps can be secured from the
committee at the Chamber of Com
meree rooms, City hall, Augusta,
Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-21

Genuine bargains In household fur'
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