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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-08
Seek Primary Change
CONTINUED from PAGE Cne)

retained the primary provision SO
that those dissatisfied with the con-
VentIon nominations had recourse to
that. Ii would. he said. prevent any
possibility of few politicians con-
trolling q convention.
Senator Wordsworth of Kennebec
supported the bill.
Judge Benjamin +. Ceavcs spoke in
favor of the bill. lie recalled in a
most cnticing word picture tho old
convention days. county conventions
in particular. with their nights before
and told of the gathering on the lawn
in front of the court house in Alfred
after the nominations had been made
This. he said. was what had kept the
party spirit alive; this spirit he as
serted had gone out with the coming
Of the primary.
In referring to the presence of
women in politics. Judge Cleaves paid
n graceful compliment to Mrs. Pink
ha m,the woman member of the
House. Said he: This lady came
here to this Legislature it's first wom-
an member. She could have wrought
great havoc with the cause of wom-
an. but she has not. l have observed
her. She has always been in her seat
when the session opened; she has
had no business in, the corridor durA
ing the session; she has not talked
too much and when she has talked
she has had something to say. She
has done much to depopularize our
objection to women in politics. /
shall not live long enough to see the
debt the. men and women of Maine
owe TO Mrs. Pinkham." (Applause.)
Rep. Phillips of Orrington and Cy-
rus n. Blanchard of Wilton also spoke
in favor of the resolve.
\ Mrs. Jennie Flood Kreger n Fairfield
supported the bill. She said the pres
cnt primary law was complicated, while
she was convinced that the convention
system had many advantages The
primary destroyed the party spirit
which was essential in country such
as this where government is by party.
1t was common habit to refer to this
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Augusta Epworth
League Given
Good Social Time

The Epworth League Social. given
in tue Methodist Ncstry Tuesday
evening was truly an evening pack
cd full Of fun from start to finish.
This included the delegation from the
Augusta Epwortl League whose
members were the guests of the &C.
CaSion.
\ short program was given rs fol-
lows: Selections by the seven piece
orchestra, vocal duct by Mrs. Simp-
son and Miss Nina Smith. solo by
Miss fOmayne Perry. Humorous
readings by Nina Smith. violin solo
by Calvin Hutchinson. All were en-
Enthusiastically applaudcd. The or
chcstra also furnished music for the
entire evening and was greatly ap-
-preciated.
The program was followed by va
rious games such as Musical Arms,
Whirlfgig. Bell March. Seven in,
Seven Out. Ocean Wave. Thrashing
Machine. "Trip to Europe and others
full of pep and life. Several of the
stunts planned had to be ommitted
because some of the Augusta dele
cation were Obliged to leave early.
The social was in charge of Edwin
Small and Calvin Hutchinson.
Sewins Orchestra furnished music
and ice cream bars were served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-08
Interesting War Time
Southern NeWspaner

~ copy of the Savannah. (GaD Re-
publican is in the possession of Miss
Gertrude Cox. and is an interesting
souvenir of the South. during the
Clvll war. 1t is dated April II, 1865.
ana Is printed on an odd coIored
brown paper, much like the wrapping
paper of today. The policy Of the
paper as outlined by the publishers
was, TO furnish the latest news
from all quarters at the earliest
moment. 1t will maintain the Union.
oppose secession and strive, by ar
Eument and persuasion. to encourage
that spirit Of Loyalty to the govern
ment upon which the future peace and
prosperity Of the people must for
ever depend By this it will be
seen that the press of the South was
not a unit against the Union. The
subscription price was $40 per annum
or five cents a copy. The terms of
advertising were 50 per inch for the
first insertion and 81 for each sub
sequent one.
Among the advertisements is one
for Our House." hotel where "all
the latest Northern newspapers are
kept on file for the convenience Of
guests and where gentlemen connect
SN wan tHC dIlIiy anu navy, tIdNGl-
ers and citizens are respectfully in
vited to call when hungry or thirsty"
l.. c. Norvelland Co. in their adver-
tisement say Northern Bank Bills,
State Of Maine and other Northern
Bank bills purchased"
Especially interesting is an article
dated March %, 1865. Headquarters
u. S. Forces" which regulates the
prices at which goods may be sold
at the Public Market" Sales were
allowed on all days but Sunday, sub
= to scale of prices which shall
be fixed and posted. Any person eX-
posing for sale any article of market
ing higher than the established scale
will be subject to a fine and forfeit
urc of all rights to make further
sales. Prices posted were as fol-
lows: Fowl (pair) $1.50 to $500;
beef, best cuts, 40 cents per pound;
beef, second cuts, 20 cents per pound;
bacon. % to 80 cents per pound; NUT
ton 80 cents; pork (fresh) 20 cents;
eggs, 60 cents a dozen; honey. 25
cents pound; veal, 80 cents; sausage
(pork), so cents; sausage (beef), 20
cents; shriinps. 25 cents a quart:
oysters, 40 cents quart; jerked beer,
25 cents a pound.
A local item reads as follows: "A
letter from the Slst Maine, stationed
in Virginia, states that the regiment
presented their chaplain. Rev. George
Crawford, with $3.50. The regiment
has been paid of and in three days
the men sent home $4,000"
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MusSOlini Protests
Attack on Italian
WOrkmen in Bavaria

Rome. March 7--(By A. P.)-Pre-
mier Mussoljni today telegraphed the
italian ambassador in Berlin and the
Italian consul in Munich instructing
them to enter strong protests against
an attack which has been made on Il
Italian workmen in Bavaria.
1t is reported that the workmcn
We're passing through Germany on
their way to Belgium and were
forced to leave the train at Rosen-
helm, where a crowd manhandled
them in the belief that they were
bound for the Ruhr.
Premier Mussolini Instructed the
ambassador and the consul OF de-
mand exemplary punishment Of. the
ringleaders Of the attack and COM
pensatiOn for the victims. The pre-
mier also informed the German and
Navarian governments that new
Italy will not permit maltreatment
of her subjects and will defend them
whatever the consequences.
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Directs New Trial
Reed Will Contest

Boston. March The full bench Of
the supreme judicial court decided to-
day that a new trial must be held Of
the contest of the will of Mrs. Mary
Read of Boston. who left the bulk of
her sac. 900 estate to the Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. According to the provis-
ions of the will the income of the es-
tate was to be used largely in the care
of "Baby Read" race horse owned by
Mrs. Reads husband. J. Irving Read.
who prc-deceascd her. and generally to
provide for homeless and neglected
horses.
a jury in the superior court broke
the will on the ground that it was pro-
cured by the undue influence of Joseph
c. Aldrich, long mcrlber of the Read
household. who died several months
before Mrs. Read. At the trial it was
testified that Mrs. Read took no I'm
portant step without consulting Aldrich
through the medium of a planchctte
The new trial was granted because the
trial judge admitted evidence to the
effect that Aldrich had told certain per-
sons that lie had induced Mrs. Read to
disinherit relatives. The will was con-
tested by three sisters who had been
loft nominal legacics.
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PROPOSE POLL
TAX FOR WOMEN

Three reasons why women should
pay a poll tax-that it would be an
act by which they might retain their
self respect, an act of justice and the
last step towards equality-were
advanced by Mrs. Jennie Flood
kreger of Fairfield, who appeared
before the committee on taxation
Wednesday afternoon in favor of the
act which would extend the poll tax
fixed at SO to all inhabitants of the
State over the age Of q years.
The first speaker in behalf Of the
measure was Representative Story
of Washburn, who had introduced
the bill. He pointed out that 21S,-
$50 men of the State now pay poll
taxes amounting to s635.140. and he
estimated that figuring from this If
the poll tax was extended 10 women
that it would raise s6o0,0p0 addi-
tional.
He said that there is a lot of diff.
ference between states on the matter
OF poll tax. that women pay poll
taxes in IL states. and the poll taxes
of states vary from 81 to $40, two
states having a $40 poll tax.
We know the question of n poll
tax is debatable for both men and
women" satu Mrs. Kreger of Fair
field. But if men pay. | should like
to know why women shouldn't" She
stated that she thought the conser-
vative women Of Maine desire TO
pay a. poll tax.
"Women themselves are 10 blame
for the position in which they find
themselves" she said. I'VE have
sought case ana protection, which
has always been granted. but we
did not realize the fact that that
weakened US mentally, morally and
physically"
= Mrs. Dora r. Pinkham. reprcsen-
tative from Fort Kent. stated that
she was not appearing for or against
the measure, but wished to present
to the committee some statistics she
had compiled regarding the IL states
in which the poll tax is extended to
women. She said that from her study
of the matter she had been unable
to reach any conclusion on the
question. She felt that If there is a
poll tax for women that 1t should
not be raised on mon for it would
he too hard to collect. She said that
many of the club women Of the State
have declared themselves in favor
of a poll tax for women, but whether
this represents the opinion of the
average woman is another question.
Speaking in opposition to the
measure. Mrs. William r. Pattan-
gall of Augusta said that person.
ally while it would make very little
difference TO her. she desired that
the committee think of the working
women to whom it would he a grave
question. Referring to Mrs. Kreger's
statement that to a woman employ
ed it would mean one less pair of
silk hose, she said that there arc
many such women who do not get
the first pair. If it cuts down the
mans tax. it would shift the bur
den from the male side to the wom-
an.
Exeisss Tax on Railroads
There was no opposition to the
act to arHend the Revised Statutes
so as to change the date of the pay
ment OF excise tax on railroads from
June 18th annually. to three equal
installments payable on June Is,
September 10 and December 10.
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Mrs. Ida (Cole) Lawrence

The death of Mrs. Ida Cole Law
renee. wife Of John w. Lawrence,
occurred at the home on Brunswick
avenue. Wednesday ~evening. She
was born in West Gardiner, Dec. 90.
1862. the daughter Of Daniel Cole and
Hannah Edwards Cole. Beside the
husband. she is survived by one
daughter, Caroline Lawrence Clark Of
Gardiner, and four brothers, James
r. Cole, Royal Cole, Clarence Cole,
all of Boston. and Arthur S. Cole of
Gardiner.
Mrs. Lawrence was a woman OF
peasing personally and enjoyed the
acquaintance of large circle OF
friends. She was of n quiet and I'M
assuming nature and had done n
great amount Of good. She was a
member Of the Methodist church. The
funeral will be held on Sunday after
noon at o'clock at the home on
brunswick avenue.
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Ask State Fee Direct
From Travelling Circus

Rep. Charles Kicf OF Nanceboro be-
fore the committee on Judiciary
Wednesday afternoon declared that
Maine is the only state in the Union
which does not require n travelling cir
Gus TO pay fee direct to the state.
The hearing was on the bill introduced
by Rep. keefe charging an annual Ii
cense fee of $500 to each travelling cir
Gus. Rep. kief said that perhaps the
amount of the fee might be high for
some OF the smaller shows and he
would not object if the committee
amended the act to make the fee
smaller.
DR.. Clarence F. Kendall. State health
commissioner. also favored the bill but
he wanted travelling carnival shows In
cluded
Frank d. Marshall OF Portland. rep
resentfng the Maine Automobile Asso-
citation, favored bills to increase the
exemption of registration of out-of-
the-State passenger cars from 80 to 80
days and to- allow trucks an exemp-
ton Of 80 days. trucks under the pres
ent law from out Of the State being
required to be registered on their arr
rival in Maine. Attorney Marshall ar
sued that the exemption would help the
state as 1t would be the means of
bringing people here.
Henry A. Shorey. Jr. directing the
enforcement Of the automobile laws UNI
der the supervision Of the State High
way commission, said that last year
the State received approximately $780,
ooo IN registration fees from these
cars from out Of the State and he
thought 1t inadvisable to change the
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Mission Circle to
Hold Sewing Meet

On Friday the Woman's Mission
Circle of the First Baptist church
will meet with Mrs. Willis Fish,
Spruce street for an all day session
are sewing on clothing and articles
for Darrell which they are soon to
send to Mather Industrial School at
Beaufort. South Carolina, n school
which depends largely upon barrels
sent from the North for support.
Reverend II. l.. Skillin is planning to
be present in the afternoon if pos
sible and speak on the continuation
OF the new world movement. Mrs.
#. l.. Weeks, the president will re-
port on the part the local church has
, mad In the new world movement.
Plans will be made at this meeting
ior silver tea and mite box opening
to be held in April. The money re.
celved at this time will be used for
the above purpose. 1t is desired that
any unable to be present all day viii
attend the afternoon meeting at o3O
O'Clock. NV
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Missionary Society
Entertaining Program

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Church held
n very interesting meeting at the
home of Mrs. Lincoln Parks on Dcns-
more Court Monday afternoon. A
large number of members were
present. The program given was
both entertaining and instructive.
The Study of Mexico ana South
America was taken up under differ
cnt topics as follows: First Things
in Mission Work. in Mexico. by Miss
Eta Rdwoll; "SchoolS' by Mrs. An
ME Manhirc; Our Forces. by Mrs.
G. o. Perry: Difficulties in the Way
by Mrs. William Wedge; Compcnsa-
ton by Mrs. Noel stevens: Begin
nings in South America. Mrs. w. TT.
Perry; What the future holds for
South America, by Mrs. NJ. C. Me-
Intyre. The mystery box was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Wedge. The benc-
diction was pronounced by Mrs. Noel
Steves. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess.
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country a. q democracy, but she said
IL was not true; Il was q representative
forn Of government And when dele.
gates were elected to a convention.
Mrs. Kreger said. the people were act
ing in accord with the principle OF our
government.
+ She summarized her objections TO
the primary law thusly: 1t 10 expen-
sivc: 1t is complicated; 1t lowers the
quality Of the craftsmanship.
Mrs. George ". French Of Portland
opened the opposition against the Cur
tbs bill by declaring that 1t was very
drastic and not in line with the plat
form Of the Bangor convention. which
was to submit the primary law to the
people OF the state. This bill made
such sweeping changes in the direct
primary lay that 1t was bad. This
bin, she said, would sweep away the
direct primary which had done away
with the boss rule in this State.
The.direct primary. she DECLARED. had
purified politics and given the govern
lnent into the hands OF the people. The
women wanted the direct primary. I'M
der the old convention system every.
thing was cut and dried. Women
would lose their influence in politics
If this bin were to become a law.
Rep. Rogers on behalf on the Edu-
cational Club of Knox County opposed
the bill.
MISS Rosamond Conner Of Augusta
opposed the bill in behalf of the Maine
League OF Women Voters, and also
told the committee that she had been
asked to state that the Maine w. c. T.
Y. was opposed to it by the president,
Mrs. Quimby.
Mrs. w. r. Pattangall of Augusta
said that as the only member of the
legislative committee of the Maine
Federation of Womcn's Clubs present
she wished to state that that organ
ization at it's last meeting in Dover
adopted a resolution opposing aboli =
ton of the direct primaries. but no ac-
tion was taken which. in her judy
| ment, would cover a measure of this
kind.
George ii. Allen. chairman OF the
Portland board Of registration. found
many flaws in the proposed bill. He
said that in Cumberland county. under
| the convention system, tho nomination
| to any office centered around the fight
| for the sheriff's place on the ticket. IT
must always be so in that system.
| There would be one contest in con-
ycntion which would dominate all 9TH
crs.
Senator Buzzc1l Of Waldo county was
| opposed to doing away with the pri-
| mary law. He did not believe that the
plank adopted at Bangor really repre-
| scented the sentiment Of the convention
or of the state.
There is nothing to warrant this
Legislature in turning down the direct
primary law which protects the people
from the control of political bosscs,"
said Senator BuzzelL
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Jesse G. Bridges

Jesse G. Bridges died Tuesday
>evcning at 3l5 Water Street. He is
survived by widow. one son, Ma
thaniel Bridges of Hallowell. three
brothers. Almon II. Bridges of East
on, Maine, Cyrus l.. OF Allston, Mass.
and Augustus y. Bridges of SOM
erville. Mass, two sisters. Mrs.
Minerva Jones and Mrs. A, b. Hamor
of Lawrence. Mass. He was born
in 1882 in Charlotte, Me. For the
past 35 years he has resided in Hal
lowell and Farmingdale. He has al
ways been farmer Tho funeral
services will be held Friday. after
noon at . o'clock. Friends will
please remit flowers.
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NATIONAL HOME.

Officer Of the day. Captain John
DAILY.
Patrick Paine has returned from a
pass 'saxonville, Mass. -,
Robert +. Todd, late Company B.
II U. S. Cavalry. has obtained dis
charge from the Home.
Colonel Roy l.. Marston left We'd
nesday morning for his home in
Skowhegan after a short business
trip to the Home.
George II. Ruffell was called to
Hartford, Conn, Wednesday by the
serious illness Of a son.
Lieutenant William Tiffany Camp,
Spanish War Veterans. will hold its
regular meeting Thursday evening.
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Two Consignments
Wild Animals Reach
New York in One Day

New York. March Two consign 4
ments OF wild animals reached port
today. one on the Hamburg -Ameri-
can liner Bayern, which was nine
days overdue, and the other on the
Mount Clay Of the same line which
left Hamburg seven days after the
Bayern sailed.
The Bayerns consignment repre-
sented the largest collection of wild
animals ever landed at New York in
one day. Included were nine camels.
four tigers. four polar bears. and q
16-foot python. The polar bears
were the only living things on the
ship that apparently enjoyed the
tempestuOus passage.
The 323 human passengers on the
Bayern were glad to see the dock.
Two leopards and 5000 canaries
came over on the Mount Clay, which
also brought $50 passengers.
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Find Bodiesof Two
Deputy Sheriffs
Shot by MOOnshinerS

Franklinton. La. March 7.-Bullot-
pierced and tramplcd by booted feet.
the bodies of Wesley Grain and Wiley
Pierce. deputy sherinfs of Washington
Parish, shot by moonshiners they had
captured at a still in the swamps eight
miles east Of here Saturday morning.
were found carly today buried in a
shallow grave a quarter of mile from
q destroyed still.
The carcass of COW had been drag
ged on top OF Grains body. The body
of Pierce had been dressed down in is
inches OF mud and slush.
John Murphy and Gideon Roster. two
Of the men rounded up by posse yes
terday. are accused by the authorities
Of the crime. An official statement.
credited to the franklin ION authorities.
is that both men confessed.
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$47,OOO,0Oo Losses
BAD Checks in<U. S.

New York. March 7.--Losscs Of near-
lv s47,000.000 from raised and forged
checks occurred throughout the United
States in 1922, according to estimates
made public tonight by the forgery pre-
vcnton bureau.
New York City paid the highest toll
to forgers, approximately $27.e0Q.0O0
more than half of the total for tn en-
tire country. Chicago's loss was placed
at $3,504.525 Philadelphia, $2,s11.25o;
Boston, S2.056s25
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WEEK BY WEEK
BUSHES MEMS
GLASS is GROWING

The Business Mems class was held
as usual this week in the high school
gymnasium. Coach O'Brien was
present again to lead the exercises
by music. A. large number of men
were present to participate in the
games and exercises and many new
faces were seen on the sidelines.
These gatherings are fast becoming
popular among the men of the city
and each time they meet new men,
bers join the classes. After the ex-
ercises the men elected Arthur Ian
der and d. s. McNaughton as cap
tains of both the volley ball and
basketball teams. Two games of
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A. o. U. W. Executive Council Meets

There was a meeting Tuesday in
the Hallowell State Headquarters of
the Executive Council of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. Those
present at the meeting We're Grand
Master Workman Roscoe Hanson of
Waterville: Grand Recorder, Charles
T.. Roberts of .Portland Grand Re
corder, J. Warren Jones Of Hallowell
and members of the advisory council.
l.. l.. Walton of S'kowhegan. Carl
Jones Of Portland. Charles L. Flynt
of Augusta. Judge Fred Emery
Beane of Hallowell. o. w. Cross of
Waterville and George S. Longley Of
Watervlle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-08

volley ball were played and Nc
Naughton's again proved victor.
The lineup: Lander's; B. Talbot.
If; Eastman, If; Lander c; Lawton,
&: Slosberg, lg: Scott. rg. Nc
Naughton's: D. Talbot. II: Duneen,
IF; Whalen, c; McNaughton. s: Haz-
Yard, lg; Curtis. re-. r eferee.
O'Brien: scorer. Cobb. Time, two
five-minute periods. Score ~.
Lander feels that his defeat was due
to the absence of one of his regular
men so he has challenged McNaubh-
toms team to another game Monday
next
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Storm Strikes Hard

Wednesday forenoon was one of the
most ,disagreeable Of the winter. The
storm commenced shortly before six
o'clock. Many pedestrians had falls
which resulted upon stepping upon
ice covered with snow. The electrics
ceased running at 1890, the last car
leaving for Augusta at that hour
The $50 car in from Lewiston was
the last connection with that city.
All steam trains were behind the
schedule,
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WINTHROP
Legion MinstrsIs' Last Rshsa"

SosS'' VtbSNSiS 49,
The last rehearsal OF the
Minstrel Show troupe has peel
Scenery has arrived. The oI.
has rehearsed with the men.
thing is all set for the big ~
show which will be staged ms
ming and tomorrow evening
Winthrop Town hall. II advanV
dications amount to anything
will be a turn away house W. IN,
the boys when the curtain ~"
for things to get under way
Everything points to q %l
house and the public IS aa as,,
secure their seats carly. NV
from 0 A. NJ. to $50 p. N. ~
seats will be on sale at HAM
drug store, and from that un"a
the Town hall. The advancs
admit the holder to a grap I'M
on the payment Of Csc IN aus
reservation may be secured.
One Of the biggest feature
entire affair Is the dance tns.
diately follows the Friday "a
performance. Smiths orches
been secured to dispense
which is an assurance o.
music.-Adv.