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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-01-25
CASCARA BARK PEELERS
HAVE FEW DAYS LEFT
FOR FILING APPLICATIONS
Commissioner Savitlge Schedules
Land and Timber Sale for Tues
day, April =.

y sale OF state lands and tim Der
has been ordered for Tuesday, April
5, and as the preparations for state
land sale are commenced not less
than @ ght weeks prior to the date
of the sale, State Commissioner of
Public Lands, Clark V. Savidge ad-
v ses all persons desiring to peel cas-
cara bark on state lands to file their
applications Immediately in the state
land office at Olympia for the pur-
chase Of bark II this is not done
there will be no time to have the
bark valued or included in the April
land sale.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-01-25
Chicken Dinner.

a four course Chicken dlhner
Brighton Park Grange Hall Saturday
January 30, at noon, also evening al
6 to -.
Menu
Fricassee and hot Dissatisfaction
Roast Fry and hot rolls-----$l'2o
CHECKER fried a la mode (halb Sl.5o
with French fried.
Appetizer salad, ice cream and cake
served with all orders
| mako all the cake rolls and DIS
cults myself. Chickens will be
Barred Rock variety. (no Leghorns) }.
Children 6 years and under i've
provided accompanied by both of the
parnts, all the milk they can drink
Come on boys. The most and pest
real chicken you ever got outside or
before.
ANGELA P. ALDERMAN
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-01-25

Saturday--Pay Your Bills Prompt
~ is O. slogan with Henry Mathers.
my present owner. There YVES time
when it was just the opposite. Tim
Henry bought clothes, shoes, flowers.
iewelry, ard various other kinds OF
always saying, charge
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-01-25

Constitutionality OF the ordinance
recently passed by the Seattle city
council prohibiting sale OF Jamaica
ginger as beverage. is being at
tackled in the federal court.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-01-25

Washing machines can be replaced;
WOmen's backs cannot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
GOVERNOR AND
SCHOOL CHIEF
TOUR AROOSTOOK

Bangor. Me, Oct 1S-GoVernor
Baxter and members OF his staff.
with State Superintendent A. O..
Thomas of the public schools left
this morning for a tour of 10 places
in eastern and northern Maine to
visit high schools and NStional
Guard units of Aroostook county.
Governor Baxter and DR.. Thomas adj
dressed high schools Of Orono and
Oldtown in the early forenoon, eX-
pecting to speak at Lincoln in the
afternoon and reach Houlton by
night.
Governor Baxter and State Super
intendent of Schools A. o. Thomas,
on their arrival at Lincoln this noon,
were met by a citizens committee
and the Eastern band and was intro
duced to the school children and
many citizens of the town, at the
Grammar school building. by Sena-
tor Toombs of this town. Both gave
short addresses. Later they visited
and inspected the Lincoln Worsted
companys new mill: A group picture
was taken at the mill. included in
which were the Governors party and
most of the directors. After lunch
con the Governor, Superintendent
Thomas and party left for Island
Falls and Houlton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
Glad to Confer,
Stones Declaration

Cleveland, O., Oct 1S-By the A.
PD-The scene of action in the
threatened nation wide progressive
railroad strike shifted back to Chi
cago today with the announcement
that the three local members of the
Big Five" railroad brotherhoods
had accepted a request from the
railroad labor board that the five
chief executives confer with the
board in Chicago Thursday after
noon.
The kilograms requesting the con-
ference were sent to Warren S.
Stone, president OF the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers, w. G. Lee.
president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and w. S. Car
ter, president of the brotherhood of
Firemen and Enginemen all with
headqua rters in this city. After a
telephone conference Mr.. Stone an
nounced tonight that three chief exc
cutives had accepted the invitation
and would leave for Chicago We'd
1.
Stone said, were sent 20 L. S. Shep-
pard, president of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors and T. C. Cashen,
president of the Switchmen's Union
of North America, with headquar-
tiers in Cedar Rapids. Ia, and Buffa-
10, respectively.
The local executives had but little
comment to make on the request for
the conference with the labor board,
saying that the purpose Of the meet
ing was not spuecified.
Referring to the call for the Chi
cago conference, President Lee said
"Of course l will attend the con-
ference. l will attend any confer
ence at any time or place that holds
out the possibility of an open door
to settle this matter 7 have in mind
the homes of the 10000 men in nv
organization and I realize what this
means to them. ! will do nv utmost
at all times to reach an amicable set
Element"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
GARDINER Man
TAKES OWN LIFE
IN AUGUSTA
Body Found in Local
Hotel on Tuesday
Afternoon
Was Wholesale and Retail Bak-
er-Worry Over Business
Matters Believed Reason for
Deed-Leaves Widow and
Two Children

Bert c. Davis Of Gardiner a whole
sale and retail baker, AZ years Of
age, committed suicide In a room at
the Augusta House about - o'clock
Tuesday. noon. His body was found
shortly after 2 o'clock with a bullet
wound in the right side Of the head
and a new automatic revolver of a for
eign make was lying on the floor
nearby. Medical Examiner W. H.
Harris pronounced it case of sui
eide and said that death was instan-
taneous. Worry over business affairs
is believed to have been the rcason
for his act.
Mr.. Davis came to the hotel Tuesday
forenoon and registered. AS this room
had been in use the preceding night,
the bed had not been made. Mr. Da-
Wis. who seemed in good spirits. said
the room. A while later he left it for
a short time and the maid took the
clothes from the bed but did not re-
place them. About As ?. NJ. she at
tempted to enter the room TO finish
the work there. but was unable to do
so. There was apparently no one in
the room but the door was locked and
bar
other key was in the lock on the in
side. She became suspicious and mott
fed the clerk who called DR. w. II.
Harris and the two then entered the
room through an adjoining room and
found the body This was about 3l7
p. NJ. DIR. Harris believes t"at Mr.
Davis had been dead for about two
hours. so the act probab occurred
about IL o'clock
A peculiar thing about this case
is that no one heard the shot. al
though a maid was at work on the
same floor and the bell boys We're
passing through the corridor con
stantly.
Mr. Davis left home Tuesday morn
ing. and when he did not return AT
noon his wife became anxious and
started a search for him. The police
Of this city We're notified but were I'M
able to find him. After the BODY was
found. pr Harris called tho man 8
home by telephone and found thar
Mrs. Davis was in this city and mig
possibly be reached at the police sta
ton. She had left there about 20
minutes before the call. however. and
the new police signal system was call
ed into action with the result that
she was Intercepted as she was board
ing car to return to her home. She
went to Dr. Harris office and was no
tilted of the death of her husba nd.
and letter which he had written and
addressed to her was delivered
The body was taken to Pldmme or s
undertaking rooms and will be sent to
Gardiner today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
General Forecast

The disturbance that was central
over Wisconsin Monday night moved
northeastward to Ontaria, attended
by showers in the lake region, the
upper Ohio and upper Mississippi
valleys while the Alberta disturbance
moved eastward to Manitoba at
tendad by local rains in North Da-
kota, and the Canadian northwest.
Over the remainder of the country
generally fair weather has prevailed
during tn last a hours except that
there were local rains in the Florida
peninsula.
The temperature continued above
normal Tuesday. Several stations
reported the highest ever recorded
at this time of the year.
The indications are for local rains
in the lake region, Maine and south
ern Florida. There will be little
change in temperature Wednesday
but somewhat colder weather will
overspread middle ard northern sec
tions east of the Mississippi river on
Thursday and Thursday night.
Winds north OF Sandy Hook will
be fresh, probably strong southwest
and west. overcast weather Wednes-
day, probably rain over North por-
tions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19


Washington, Oct. 1S-Placemont Of
disa blcd service men under condi-
tons that are criminal and relating
to slavery" was charged by Director
Forbes of the veterans bureau. in an
address today at the first meeting Of
the veterans bureau, in an address
today at the first meeting of the bu-
reau's district managers.
Colonel Forbes criticized in detail
the system by which service mon had
been placed in training and in the
course of his address and later
through a formal statement issued
from the veterans bureau announced
the disapproval Of contracts held by
81 schools and individuals for train
ing those disabled in the world war
In this connection, he told the district
managers that in a number Of cases
they had been dcrelict in their duty.
YOU men had no records of the
training history of the men" he as
serted. You should have had this in
forma ton, but I had to dig it out for
myself at an additional expense.
THE word has also gone around
that certain districts have their own
little political machines here in WASH
ington to run the affairs of that dis
trict. | want to warn those men who
may have such an idea hat Imgoing
to wreck all political machines and
before | am through with this expo
sition this bureau is going to be
operated on sound modern business
principles and every phase of it is
going to be clean and above board.
Il have nothing to apologize for in
my statements that men have been
placed in training under conditions
that are criminal and relative to
slavery"
The soldier rehabilitation division
OF the federal board for vocational
training was blamed by Director
Forbes for some of the difficulties en-
countered and a project in. southern
California was mentioned by the Di-
rector as a place where 1.-THE men had
no more chance than a SNOWFALL in
Hades of being trained"
The New England schools and in
dividuals whose contracts have been
disapproved by the veterans bureau
were announced by Mr.. Forbes as fol-
lows:
Berkeley Pre- Vocational School,
Boston: Stone Drum School. Boston:
Windsor Mountain Camp. Hillsboro.
\. H.; and tutorial contracts with
Harry A. Bower. Boston, Mabel NJ.
Taylor, Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
WARREN S. STONE, Presi-
dent of Brotherhood Loco
motive Engineers, One of
big Five" Group to Confer
With Rail Labor Board To-
morrow
BOARDS CHANCE

Washington, Oct. 1S-The threat
cned railroad strike was recognized
in high official circles today as hav-
ing developed into the first real test
of the practicability of the railroad
labor board. The outcome of the ne
gotiations now in progress, it was
an "entirely futile" agency had been
created
Prominent in the defense put for
ward by labor leaders in every con-
troversy in the past, it was pointed
out, was the plea that there was no
legally constituted body before
which they could lay their griev-
ances or to whose impartial judg-
ment they could submit petitions for
relief. With the labor board express
~ created to fill this gap, assurance
was given today that it would he
permitted to have a free hand in its
efforts to meet the initial test pro-
vided by the disagreement Of the
railroads and their employees over
wage schedules and working condi-
tons
With practically every active effort
toward averting the walk out schcd-
uled to begin October 30 centcred in
Chicago, the government today had
Il
was watching developments. The
cabinet gave only passive atten-
ton to the subject at its regular
meeting and there was no official
statement on any phase of the strike
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
Bergdoll Papers
Stolen from Office
of Rep. Johnson

w aShlnEtOn, OCT. IN early
thousand copies of House commit
tee report on the escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll. the draft dodger,
and a big wooden box containing GER
tain Bergdoll documents together
with many private letters and papers
We're stolen last night from the Of
flee of Representative Ben Johnson,
Democrat. Kentucky.
The theft of the reports which were
written by Mr.. Johnson and printed
at his own expense was not dis
covered until late today while the
Washington police We're still trying
to get on the trail of the thieves by
examination of finger prints on the
window paneS, one of which was par
tally removed. Entering the window
Of the office, on the main floor OF the
House office building and adjacent to
the post office, the thieves made no
attempt to steal articles of pecuniary
value and the room was not ran
sacked.
The box bigger than a steamer
trunk, was only partly filled with pa
pers, and by shaking it round. Mr..
Johnson said, the thieves easily could
have learned it contained nothing as
heavy as bottle of whiskey. a
product which, it was said, robbers
lately have sought in the building. 1t
was dragged through the door, the
marks being plainly visible, but cap
itol police, some of them assigned to
duty only a short distance away dur
ing the night declared it could not
have been taken from the building
without their knowledge. They had
failed tonight, however, to locate it.
Mr., Johnson said
Il have no hesitancy in saying that
the robbery was for the purpose of
securing certain particular papers
as well as to have the opportunity to
look over other private papers of
mine. Since l have been asked the
direct question. / will state that the
with the recent Bergdoll investigation
besides very private and important
papers.
The circumstances also plainly in
dictate that the person on the outside
who planned the robbery had one or
more confederates on the inside"
The majority report on Bergdoll's
escape was prepared by Mr.. Johnson
and filed some weeks ago in the
House, but no action on it has been
taken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
TO Be
CONSIDERED At
THURSDAY MEET

Chicago, Oct. 1S-CBy the A. P.)-
Charged by President Harding to
take every possible step to throttle
the threatened rail strike, Chairman
Barton of the United States Rail-
road Labor Board reached Chicago
late tonight, coming direct from the
White House.
The president is very anxious to
do everything possible to avert this
threatened calamity Judge Barton
said on his arrival. THE matter has
been placed in the hands of the
board to see what can be done"
The kilograms summoning the
heads of the four brotherhoods and
the switchmen's union were sent out
by Walter l.. McMenimen, labor
member of the board. at the request
of Judge Barton, who was then in
Washington comforting with the
president The labor board chairman
remained in conference with the
president until late yesterday, their
conclusions resulting in the sum-
mons to the labor leaders. No fixed
plan was laid down in the White
House conference, but opinions Of
board members. coupled with the
announcement of the puplic group in
Washington Sunday, indicated that
the proposals taken up in Thursdays
conference will be:
81 ~ hA
strike order pending further negoti-
itons looking TO a settlement.
Use of the brotherhoods' influence
20 forestall strike orders by any OF
the other labor organiza tons now
considering a walkout.
3-Proposal of platform on
which final settlement might be
reached. to include these points:
With the proviso there will be no
strike:
Withdrawal for definite period
Of the proposed request by the roads
for further wage reductions.
B-lmmediate REDUCTION Of freight
rates by the roads.
This leaves open the two points
said by the train service men to be
paramount. One is the question Of
time and the other is the cancella-
ton or revision of the existing rules
and working conditions High labor
leaders have been insistent that
these two points form the real bone
Of contention despite the fact that
tho brothcrhoods' strike vote was
taken on the July | wage reduction.
Just how the labor board proposes
to get around these two stumbling
blocks was not made clear.
Il understand the Interstate Com
merce Commission has a number Of
important rate reduction cases on
hand on which it will act immedi-
ately," Judge Barton explained.
"That will give us something to work
on. OF course, the Interstate Com
merce Commission has no iurisdic-
ton on wage questions"
Mr.. Barton declined to give his
personal views of the situation and
said he could not speak for the board.
The actual basis OF the Thursday
conference. he said, was indef1nable
tonight and would not be formulated
until the entire membership OF the
board compared suggestions tomor-
row.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
CONFERENCE THURSDAY

Chicago, Oct. 1S-(By A. P.)-Ef-
forts to avert the nation wide rail
strike scheduled for October 80 to-
night found Governmental agencies,
representatives of the public and
some railway labor unions taking ac-
ton simultaneously which all hoped
would prevent a tie-up of the coun-
try's transporta ton system through a
walkout of nearly 100000 employees
in protest against wage cuts. Fore
most among the moves being made
by the different groups was a meet
ing between the United States rail-
road labor board and the heads CT
the five unions which have already
authorized their men to strike, called
the request of President Harding it
was said by board members.
The first move on the part Of a
public organization to avert strike
came when the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, representing 1885,
900 farmers, sent petitions to the In
terstate Comemrce Commission ask
ing an immediate 10 to 90 percent re-
duction in freight rates on necessi-
tics and announced that it also would
appeal to the labor board not to
grant a new 10 percent wage reduc-
ton which the roads have announced
they will seek, but rather generally
to revise wages in accordance with
the cost of living in various sections.
Concurrents in these requests should
avert the strike, the federation said
in its announcement through which
it volunteered to meet with union
and rail representatives as media :
tor.
The conference with the union
leaders was called for the avowed
purpose OF preventing a strike, ac-
cordng to Ben Hooper, former Gov
ernor Of Tennessee. vice chairman OF
the labor board Mr.. Hooper return
ed tonight from Washington where
he and other members Of the public
group conferred with President Hard
ing. He Immediately called other
members Of the board into confer
ence.
Mr.. Hooper refused to say whether
the board regarded the conference
summons as an investigation Of a
threatening violation Of the boards
orders. It was pointed out, however
that there would be no violation OF
the boards July /, wage reduction
order until the men actually walked
out.
Clifford Thorne, general counsel for
the farm bureau federation tonight
aracterized action Of the railroad
executives in refusing a 10 percen,
reduction in freight rates as "a grave
error" Practically every great in
dustry and the railroad employees
themselves have been forced to &C
cept cuts in prices or wages, he said
The eleven railroad unions which
have not vet issued strike call. al
though most of them have voted fol
a walkout will hold their proposed
meetings beginning tomorrow regard
less of the call of a conference be.
tween the Brotherhood chiefs and The
labor board.
Leaders Of several OF these union:
saw thew will oppose a strike call
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
House Votes to
Extend Emergency
Tariff to Feb. 1st

washington, Oct. ia bllI TO ex-
tend the life Of the emergency tariff
law to February ! was passed late
today by the House. 1877 to "a. The
measure now goes to the Senate.
If the extension is not authorized,
the emergency law will expire NO.
vember 81.
Democrats with only few excep-
tons opposed the proposed extension
An amendment by Representative
Newton, Republican, Minnesota, to
exempt from the extension the duty
on fax seed was rejected A to SO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
Two Are Shot Dead
After "Kissing Game"

Baltimore. Oct. 1s.-Two men were
shot to death in an ARRAY which. it is
said. was the outcome of a kissing
game at party at the home of John
Allen at Curtis Bay. suburb. early
today. The dead are John Allen, 81.
and Robert Reed. So. William H.
Thompson, SO years. Of Lynchburg,
Va. is in Jail charged with murder.
He claims he shot in self-defence.
The shooting is said to have result
ed from Thompson's resentment of
attentions paid by another man to AL
lens 16-year-old granddaughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
Searching Army
for Men with
. K. r. Experience

San Antonio, Tex. Oct, is. --tBy
y. PJ-Orders for canvass of all
military commands in the eighth
army corps area comprising five
states. for soldiers experienced in the
operation of railway trains and the
maintenance of ways have been is
Sled AT area headquarters. Fort Sam
houston, il was learned today.
Tho report, it was said. would show
NE number of officers and enlisted
men of each command woh have had
'a'lload experience in % lines of
work, The men are to be classified
uhder five separate heads: Officials,
ram Employees. Yard and Station
employees, shop men and maintenance
NJ way and structures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-19
Plenty Newsprint
Paper Coming Year

Chicago, Oct. 1s-Newspaper pub
fishers need not worry over the sup
ply of print paper for next year, f.
L. Adler, chairman of the Paper COM
mttee of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association today told the
Inland Daily Press Association.
Quantities Of print paper are being
imported and this paper has been
found by Atlantic coast journals to be
satisfactory, he said.
A. J.. Dave. secretary of the Cana :
dian Pulp and Paper Association. re-
ported that Canada had reached a
newsprint manufacturing capacity OF
100000 tons year. Consumption
in the United States. he said, is o
100000 tons.