Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-28

state hospitals, was ole Of the i'm
portant matters Of business before
| the Governor and Council at its reg
ular session Friday morning in the
Council room. This schedule was
drawn up by the superintendent and
stewards Of the two institutions and
| was brought to the attention of the
| Executive group by Col. Albert j.
Stearns of Norway, member of the
Board of State Hospital Trustees.
The Governor and Council took no
! action on the matter, tabling 1T until
/ the next session.
| The need of maximum wage
I schedule at the two State lnstltu-
| tions in order to keep up the eff1cl-
ency of work. was pointed out by
| Col. Stearns. The schedule had been
! prepared to establish the maximum
as low as possible consistent with
| efficient service. Col. Stearns stated
that the presentation of this schedule
did not necessarily mean that the
| superintendents were Immediately
going to increase the wages. but they
thought If they had a definite maxi
mum schedule they would feel that
they had the power to advance the
wages when it became very neces-
sary, particularly when some en-
pioye was exceptionally efficient.
Others who spoke in favor of the
adoption Of such a maximum wage
schedule were DR.. Forrest G. Tyson,
superintendent of the Augusta State
hospital, Dr. r. j. Hedin, superinten-
cent of the Bangor State hospital.
and Samuel n. Tobey, steward and
treasurer of the Augusta institution,
1t was pointed out that this schedule
would not apply to the employees of
the Home for Feeble Minded at West
Powanal but Lad been drawn up for
the Augusta and Bangor institutions
only.
Under the proposed schedule as
submitted to the council, the maxi
mum weekly wage for stenographers
would be $14; social service workers,
SIS; telephone operators, $12; watch
men, SIS; chauffeurs, SCI; assistants,
SIS; chief business clerks, $25;
store keeper, $40; assistants, SIS;
|
and attendants, SO; II, -, accord
ing to grade; industrial director,
$685. industrial teachers, $40; up
holsterer, $50: head seamstress, SIS;
seamstrcss $12; housekeeper, SIS;
head waitress, $12; mattresses, SO:
laundrymen. s25; laundresses, $40;
chief engineer, 1872; electricians, $40;
plumber, $50: steamfitters, $22; head
carpenter, $25; carpenters, $21;
head painter, $22; head farmer, $50
at Augusta, and $40 at Bangor; gar
dener $40; farmers $14 and florist
SIS.
Asks for Repreve
Attorney Samuel Titcomb of Au-
gusta appeared before the Governor
and Council to take up the case of
+. +. Dodge of Portland, a World
war soldier, who had been serving a
term at Thomaston for adultery, and
was also convicted in a case of
fraud, and his sentence in each case
was not less than two or more than
four years.
Some time ago he became serious
ly i'll and developed tuberculosis and
the Governor and Council granted a
four months reprieve from his SEN
tcnce. This reprieve has now nearly
expired and he is still in L. S. Mar
inc hospital in Portland where the
attendant physician says that it
would be fatal to confine him in Jail
at this time.
Lawyer Titcomb asked for a fur
Their extension of the reprieve of six
months, or if the council saw fit, to
grant him a pardon.
Governor Baxter observed that the
council had had a little experience
with a reprieve case some time ago,
that did not turn out satisfactorily
About the time that the prisoner
completed her reprieve her lawyer
took out a writ of habeas corpus
and now they cannot find the pris-
oner to serve out the uneXpired SEN
tence.
The Governor and Council in eX-
ecutive session decided to grant
Dodge a further reprieve Of six
months to commence at the eXpira-
ton of the first reprieve on Novem-
Der Z.
Consider Return of License Fees
Commissioner Parsons of the De-
rartment of Inland Fisheries and
Game appeared at the session asking
that the Governor and Council con-
slider the question of whether or not
hunters from out of the State, who
paid SIS license fees and yet were
unable to do any hunting in the
State on account of the Governor S
proclamation forbidding hunting for
several days, should have this money
refunded to them.
some of the hunters who pur-
chased licenses to hunt in the State
Of Maine lost two or three days of
hunting when Governor Baxter is
sued his proclamation placing ban
on hunting while the forest fires
were raging. Some hunters did not
get into the woods at all and were
obliged to return home before the
ban was lifted. These hunters have
written in to the State Fish and
Game department asking if their
money cannot be refunded.
The Governor was Of the opinion
that those who secured licenses and
did not have an opportunity actual
ly TO go into the woods should have
their license fees returned. but he
questioned whether they should be
returned if the hunters simply lost
day or two. while the ban was on.
Councillor Stearns suggested that
if 1t became known that the license
fees were to be returned in these
cases, the applications for the same