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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
9ethanx C.. e. Meeting

The Bethany Baptist Christian En-
deavor Society held an interesting
service Sunday evening with Smith
W. Ames leading the service, which
opened with a selection by the or
chestra and continued with singing
hymns; cornetl solo. Consolation"
Chesley Moore accompanied by Mrs.
Ethel w. Ames: announcements: pi-
ano solo. "Murmuring Spring" Lynn
nette Mantor; Scripture reading.
Helen Halves: talk by leader and
readings by members: prayer, pas
tor. Rev. George Merriam: vocal
solo. Some One Is Praying for
You" Clifton Lord: orchestra selec-
ton. The subject of the meeting
was How and When Jesus Prayed"
The meeting was well attended.
there being 90 present.
The literary committee of the
student council met ana chose Four
class reporters and a general report
er to report all school happenings
to the following papers: The hide
pendent Reporter, the Daily Ken
nebec Journal and the Waterville
Sentinel. The class reporters are:
Senior ciazs reporter, Richard La
ney: Junior class reporter, Phyllis
Whiting: sophomore class reporter,
Marjorie Tozier; freshman class re-
porter Lucille Moore: and the gen
eral reporter il Mamie Seamans.
The Skowhegan ID o. X. X. Lodge
win hold It's semi-monthly meeting
this evening in the Castle hall An
oyster supper will be served and all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
Miss Mabel kennison

Miss Mabel Kennison died Sunday
noon at her home on Park street
after short illness. Miss Kennison
was taken sick on the street last
Wednesday. Miss Kennison is sur
vived by her mother. Mrs. Harriet
Kennison and sister. Miss Helen
Kennison. The funeral services will
he held Wednesday afternoon AMI
the lnterment will be in the family
lot in South Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
Temperance Meeting


A Union GOSPEL Temperance meet
ing was held Sunday evening at the
Methodist Episcopal church under
the auspices of the Madison w. c. Il.
U. The music of the evening was
furnished by a large chorus choir
composed of the singers of the NJ. T..
and r. b churches. The order IF
exercises was prayer by Rev. f. r..
Tetley: scripture reading. Rev. c. 7.
Brown: address of the evening was
given by Miss Edith Porter. State
field worker from Luhec: benedictiun,
Rev. c. III. Mckinney.
Mrs. FauStina Brooks went Mon
dav to Portland on a business trip.
Gardiner Da@gett and Edward
Sabin went to Waterville Monday for
brief visit.
A social is to he held at the Con-
gregational church next Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the
Y. p. :. c. Il.
Mrs. II. T.. Glidden and Mrs.
Thaxter Small left town Monday for
few days visit with friends in
Portland, Dover. n. H.. and Bos-
ton.
Harry Dyer of Waterville was the
guest of friends in Madison over Sat
urday night. Mr.. Dyer was resi-
dent of Madison for a number of
years.
W. IT. IIannaga of Waterville was
in Madison Monday on business.
TO town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Boyle are visit
ing his relatives in West Sumner
and vicinity this uael,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15

Warren ]. Lincoln. who confessed
that he killed his wife at Aurora. ILL.,.
win be charged with first degree MUIR
der. says prosecutor. 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
PERSONAL MENTION

~. Fred Mullen of Parker's Corner.
Madison, was bushes caller in
r. Mrs. Ella Mckay Of skowhegan is
4 q surgical patient at the Somerset
cony Witham returned to Benton
Monday after passing the weekend
> in town with friends.
a. Mrs. John Fl. Steward passed
Monday in Augusta with her neice,
Mrs. ALICE Deyin.
RAYMOND, went to Plymouth, Maine,
> Monday, where she will be the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Bert Raynes.
John Provost, who some weeks
.-ngo met with a shooting accident. Is
"a surgical patient at the Somerset
hospital.
80. Mrs. Ruben French. who was for
> Ynerly employed at oaks is taking
Mrs. Williams place at the Oak
; store.
~ Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Voter and
daughter. Lillis. OF New Vineyard
we're callers at the home of pr.
road Saturday.
an Miss Ona Mayo returned to Fair
field Monday after visiting over Sum-
day with Miss Airline Piummer Of
d. Fairfield, who is one of the teachers
in the junior high.
~ Miss Alice X. Parker. the Red
Gross School Nurse and Miss Melissa
Twitchell, the Skowhegan helping
teacher, who teaches at the Parker
, school, visited rural schools Monday.
3, Mrs. Alice Devin, who has been
the guest of her uncle and aunt. Mr..
land Mrs. John II. Steward OF Co
(. burn avenue. returned Monday 10
: Augusta.
- Harlie Bishop who passed Sun
g., day with his family at their home on
bloomfield street returned Monday
TO Oakland where he Is employed by
T.. the Central Maine Power co.
h. Mr. and Mrs. George Newton, who
have been guests OF Mrs. Annie
Steward on the River road on the
north side of the river LIT Monday
on their return to West Upton. Mass.
Miss. Gala Packard. who passed
Sunday in town with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Packard OF Beech
street. returned to Waterville Mon
day where she Is employed AT the
Gilmore Insurance agency.
Miss Jackson. a food specialist OF
ahc F,xtcnsion Work at the Cniver-
sity of Maine was in town Moncay
in attendance at the all day FOODS
Meeting held by the Skowhegan To-
dies
90, Chester Elwell. who Is employed
by the Central Maine Power Co, re-
turned Monday to Oakland where ne
ia now working after passing sun
= slay with Mrs. Elwell at their nome
here.
- Carroll Rice who passed sunday
with his parents. Mr.. ana MITE
2 charles Rice OF Court street, re-
turned Monday to Auburn where she
~ employed by the Central Name
B. Power Co.
3 ! Mrs. Margaret Henderson, VINO
has been the guest OF her uausn'el.
airs. Everett Burner at the nome OIL
mfr. Burners PARENTS. Mr.. ana Mrs.
charles A. Burner on winter street
IL since Thursday night. returned Mon
,,ay TO her home in Fairfield.
p" Miss Helen {. Hight. accompanied
,hy Miss Olive Lee OF Dover FoXcroit
who were week end guests OF Miss
1Iiuht's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gar
once II, Hight of West Front street.
returned Monday TO WaterVllie 10 re-
sumo their studies ut Colby college:
.e, Mr., and Mrs. Howard il. steward
,nassed uart of Sunday at their sum
,ner home on the east shore or Lake
Wesserrunsett, making the TRIP rs
far as East Madison by nutomopi'e
and walking the rest or the WHY W
the camp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
GEORGE n. Marden

The remains of George III. Mar
den. who died in the Bangor hos
pitai Friday. were brought to his
residence in Madison Saturday
night. Besides his immediate family,
Mr. Marden is survived by four
brothers. William T. and Lester of
Millinocket; James A. Marden of Al
bany, N. Y: and Walter Marden of
North Conway, n. H: also two sis
tiers, Miss Elizabeth Marden OF Mil
linocket, and Mrs. Alice Slovenian
of Detroit, Mich. The funeral will
be held Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15

Cambridge. Mass, Jan. IA sug-
gestion that Harvard University limit.
at least temporarily. the number Of
students in the college as a solution
to the problem of increased applicants
seeking admission, was made by Pres
ident A. Lawrence Lowell in his an
nual report today 10 the board Of over
seers. The question has presented it,
self this autumn In an acute form"
said Mr.. Lowell. THE idea of limiting
the number of students in the college
is not agreeable. and no one would
propose 1t as a finality. or suggest
that there Is here some permanent size
Of maximum usefulness; but for time
the conditions of the teaching staff
and equipment may render It impossi-
BILE to do full Justice TO more than a
definite number OF students. That is.
in fact. our situation today. as It Is
also at Yale. Princeton. Dartmouth and
other colleges which have set limit
to the number Of their students"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15

Mrs. James B. Weston. who has
been visiting her granddaughter in
Camden and her son in Brunswick
for the past two weeks. returned To
her home in Arson SATURDAY. night.
Mrs. Ingleton Schenck, Jr.. and
infant son. who have been in the
Bangor hospital for the past few
weeks. returned to their home in this
place Saturday night.
Miss Esther Marden, who is a stu
dent at the Boston Conservatory of
Music. arrived home Saturday. be-
ing called here by the death of her
father, George III. Marden.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
Isaac L. Dunning, HarpsweIl

Especial TO kennebec JournaD
HarpswelL Me-. Jan. 14.-Isaac Lin
coin Dunning, who was organist at
the Harpsweii Congregational church
while Rev. Elijah Kellogg. the famous
writer of boys stories. was the pastor,
died very suddenly yesterday. Mr..
Dunning had walked up to aswoodlot to
look over the work and was on his way
home when he stopped at a pair OF
bars about $50 yards from the house.
T0re his son found him an hour later.
Mr.. Dunning was born II years ago
last April in Harpswell, the son of
Isaac and Nancy Dover Dunning. He
had lived in this town all his life. be-
ing a farmer and lobster fisherman. AS
a young man he played in Givens' band
at Brunswick and also sang I'm the
church choir. He is survived by two
children. Mrs. Lora G. Dunning and
Gilbert $. Cunning. both of whom live
at home. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at ! o'clock and
will be conducted by Rev. Arthur I.
Stray of Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
Salmon Lake Grange

At the regular meeting of Sal
mon Lake Grange held on Saturday
evening the following officers were
installed for the ensuing year by
State Secretary +. II. Libby of Au-
burn, assisted by Lulu Watson, Will
liam Withers and wis Alexander:
Master, Charles ElwcIl: Overseer.
Floyd Alexander: Lecturer. Lloyd
Alexander; Steward, Hugh Gleason:
Assistant Steward, Maynard Fur
| buch: Treasurer, A. +. Watson; Sec
rotary, Lucy Watson; Gate Keeper.
Lorenzo Richardson; Ceres, Helen
Elwell; Pomona, Matte Furbuch: :
Flora. Daphinee Nuttcr: Lady AS
sistant Steward. Edith Gleason. Az
ter the installation a delicious baked
bean supper with pie. cake. dough-
nuts and coffee was served under
the direction of a committee con-
sisting of members whose sur-names
begin with b. At the close of the
supper the following program was
carried out: singing by chorus: re-
marks by f. II. Libby, Secretary of
State Grange: duet by Mrs. Minnie
Cook and Mrs. Winnie Stevens; re-
marks by Arthur Gleason, Lecturer
of Pomona Grange: reading by Will
I.arkin: duet. Miss Royal and Mrs.
Fannie Sturtevant.
The Cottage Prayer Meetings
which are being held by the pastor.
Rev. Weston Il. Holman, will con-
tinue this week and next. Any 9TH
ers who desire one of these meet
ings at their home will consult with
the pastor.
The "Lakcshore Sewing Circle"
will meet on Wednesday of this
week at the home of Mrs. Nina
| Bickford.
The Dirigo Glass of the Methodist
Sunday school will meet this Tues
day evening at the home of Lorena
Luther on Water street.
Mrs. Guy Sawtelle and children,
Roland and Muriel. who have been
visiting Mrs Carolyn Sawtelle, re-
tArncd Monday morning to their
home in Portland.
Services were held at the Free
Baptist chapel at North Belgrade
Sunday morning at 1870 o'clock.
conducted by Rev. James Taylor of
Norridgewocll and in the evening at
1870 conducted by Rev. Newall
Boynton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15

:. The following Is, this weeks scheo-
'ulc for the Somerset county exten-
sion work: Monday, Jan. IA. foods
meeting at Madison: Tuesday. annual
meeting at Fairfield Center IN tue
Bictor Grange hail, oil day meeting
with picnic dinner. Any one interest,".
cd Is invited. County agent Geraiu
e. Dunn and the Home Demonstration
agent Miss Marion G. Hare VIII at
tend. "Wednesday meeting at Mer-
ger when the men will consider gem
erai topic and the women will have
betty meeting. Both MIR. Dunn ana
Miss Hare will attend these meetings.
Friday, Jan. IS, the annual meeting
will be held at Harmony. and Satuf-
day the annual meeting Will be held
Mt Hartiand. Theses meetings Will
nc all day and all interested are cor
daily invited TO attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-15
planning Meeting at e. New Portland


The following were elected at the
community planning meeting at East
New Portland held on "Wednesday.
Jan. .. Club leader. WIN Parsons;
secretary. Charles Walker; Womens
committee. chairman. Mrs. II. A. En-
cry: secretary, Mrs. Ray A. Nye;
clothing. Carrie Ames, foods. Mrs.
VIII Rrand; household management.
Mrs. A. A. Johnson: fireless COCKER
campaign, Mrs. II. p. Jones; assist
ants, Mrs. Carl Walker. Mrs. Frank
Emery and Mrs. Dan Emery.
The following Is the work as plan
ned for the coming year: Jan. is.
making the home sanitary: Feb. 20.
healthful corseting and color: March
10, house cleaning hints; April 16.
foods (first meeting of end year, May
1g, fireless cooker campaign; June
IS. one piece dress pattern; July Is.
slips made from one piece dress pat
terms; Aug. 90, machine attachments:
Sept. II, foods (second meeting Of
second year) Oct Is, childrens' CLOTH
ing: Nov. 10, household furnishings:
Dec. IL. open.
The daily worker., 1924-06-27
AMALGAMATION
VITAL TO WIN
UNION Power
Electric Workers Must
Unite
BY KARL REEVE.

The militant trade unionists
belonging to the metal trades
industries demand the amaIga-
nation of all the craft unions
connected with the electrical in
dustries, if the Electric Trust is
to be prevented from annihiIat-
ing the electrical workers un-
ions.
The large electrical factories
are only the manufacturing de-
partments of the telephone, teIe-
graph, light and power COM
panies," states the International
Committee for Amalgamation in
the Metal Trades Industries, in
their "Amalgamation Bulletin"
ITO organize these factories
it is necessary that both
branches of the electrical indus
try be organized, namely, the
The daily worker., 1924-06-27
KNIFE LAFOLLETTE FOR McADOO

This story that appeared under the
name of the World reporter, Leary
can no doubt be taken as authentic
Leary has always trailed with the
most reactionary elements in the la
Dor movement. He has always been
a little poodle at the heels of Sam
Gompers and other labor leaders, act
ing as semi-official publicity agent fol-
all their attacks on the militants in
the labor movement.
No doubt the railroad chiefs, be
lieving that their little show planned
for Cleveland on July has no chance
of developing anything worth while
are taking this method of letting La
Toilette know that he has been knitted
and that the labor lieutenants of cap
italism" are out to see what they car
get from the Democratic party, that
has always been the party of San
Gompers.
The daily worker., 1924-06-27

OF vast creulCS winch are TO be
extended to Europe, but this
gold will stay at home.
Federal Reserve Shows Way.
The Federal Reserve Board has
shown the way by authorizing a S5,-
100000 credit, in the form of redis-
counts, to group of 81 American
banks, headed by Paul Warburg's In
ternational Acceptance Bank, Inc, to
be used by the banking syndicate for
the convenience of German importers
and exporters. The bank in Germany
which will handle this first credit is
the Schacht Gold Bank, the shares of
which are owned by the Bank Of Eng.
land.
As explained here, the Federal Re-
serve Board has set a precedent for
the granting of unlimited credits to
the commercial interests of Germany
and of all other countries which the
Board may favor. ALI transactions
will be in dollars, and the plan in
cludes the complete sterilization of
exchange by making dollar credits
the international unit of value.
Can Starve Europe Any Time.
Significant Of the grip which this
system-built upon the Federal Re-
serve Board and the bankers who con-
troll twill exert upon the life of
the world is the statement that the
flow of credit can be stopped at any
time by the mere refusal of private
American banks to handle the trade
bills offered. What the bankers did
to the American farmers in 1920 they
can do to the industries of all other
countries at will when once the new
system Of super-control is established.
The process will be contingent upon
acceptance by Europe of the Dawes
plan.
Wall Streets chance to turn this
is dpa IN '--' n --'-----A'~-
The daily worker., 1924-06-27
Op6IdLIIlS and uIdnuIaCLurII
departments"
Rank and File VS.. Leaders.

OpCA dIAAAS anu u1duuldCluIIllS
departments"
Rank and File VS.. Leaders.
This statement is the voicing by
the militants of the electrical work
ers' union of the protest of the entire
rank and file membership against the
structural weakness of the electrical
workers brought about by the reac-
tionary disruptive tactics employed
by the union officials.
The metal trades department at the
Portland convention passed a resolu-
tion, under pressure Of the militants,
signed by James P. Noonan, interna-
tional president of the Electrical
Workers union, that the president of
the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor "call a
conference Immediately upon adjourn
ment of the [Portland] convention of
the officers Of the various organiza-
tions having members engaged in this
industry, for the purpose of formu-
lating such plans as would tend to
bring about the much needed organ
ization of these workers"
The resolution, which was also
signed by William Johnston, presi-
dent of the machinists' union, and w.
w. Britton, president of the metal
polishers' union, declares that there
is general movement of expansion
and increased business in all branches
fof the electrical industry. Scattered
efforts have been made to do organ
izing work in most of the large elec-
trical manufacturing establishments,
with no appreciable success"
Boyle Raises Initiation.
In spite of the passage of this reso-
luton by the Portland convention,
the initiation fee of Local 134, which
is supposed to be organizing the
Western Electric shop, was raised
from 1910 to 1910.
Edward Evans, who was appointed
to take charge Of the organization
drive, spoke at the Local 1874 meeting
in favor of Mike 6oyIe's motion rails.
ing the initiation fee.
Local 713, the only local in Chicago
taking in manufacturing plants, sent
plan to the International Electrical
Workers union officials asking that
the Western Electric company be or
ganized on an industrial basis. In
spite Of the fact that history has
proven that craft organization will
not bring results In a manufacturing
plant embracing many trades, the In
ternationaI union turned down the
The daily worker., 1924-06-27

To the DAILY WORKER: Most
of the readers of the DAILY
WORKER already know that the
Western Electric and the West
ern Union and the various Bell
Telephone companies are, to say
the least, on very friendly terms
with each other, with the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph
Co. as a sort of "Fraternal''
head.
l am going to tell little story Of
my experience so that employees Of
this great fraternity" might know
what to expect.
During the war the Western Elec,
trio company, the Western Union and
the various telephone companies all
made practice of sending employees
from one town to another, from points
where they were not so short to
points where they were very short Of
help.
Girls Brought from Far.
Many girl operators (among others)
were sent from the New England
states, from all along the east and
southeast to such central points as
New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington, D. C.
l was working in the main Office of
the Western Union in Washington as
q 0M1Yvv v,,ofvtanoroo ,.,o- ny
girl operators from all over. Some
of them had brought younger sister
or an old mother with them, expect
ing to be able to support them from
their own wages.
Then, all of sudden, without warn
ing, during the early part of 1919, the
first year after the war, after con-
gress had adjourned, came a slump.
Did the company send the workers
back to their home towns? They did
not. Did the company let them work
part time? No. Did the company lay
them off temporarily? Worse than
that. They had to add insult to the
injury. They forced the workers to
sign REQUEST for furlough with
out pay. The answer was the tele-
graph strike of 1919.
Some Of us were organized in the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America; most of us were disorgan-
lied in the employees association.
Graft Union Failed.
The Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America was craft union.
We had no trade union. However, we
fought hard. We organized picket
work. We helped those strikers who
were out of funds. But our craft
e lunionism proved a handican. Y
The daily worker., 1924-06-27
N. Y. BULLS PACK
CONVENTION HALL
YELLING FOR AL
Morgan Lets Puppets
Play; Pulls Wires

NEW YORK CITY, June 26.-"Al
Smith is a jolly good fellow, who can
slap you on the back and tell a joke
in a peerless manner. Therefore he
should be the next president of the
United States. He has no ideas that
would cause anyone to quarrel with
him, he gets along famously with his
legislatures, and jollies the workers
along quite admirably. You can't get
a better bull-shooter than AL"
This is, in substance if not in form,
the nominating speech for AL Smith in
the democratic convention today. 1t
was delivered by Franklin d. Roose-
welt, who was member of the Wilson
administration.
viii Noise Win Votes?
The Tammany forces had evidently
spent lot of coin to make a noise
for their favorite, as the galleries
were packed with loud-voiced individ-
uals with all sorts of noise-making ma
chinery. The problems of putting over
a candidate in this convention seems
to have been conceived as one of
drowning the gathering in sea of
commotion. But it is all rather dull,
mechanical, and machine made, just
like the issues and candidates.
Behind the surface confusion of the
hundreds Of puppet delegates, boost
ing insanely for the particular can
didate that suits the purpose of their
bosses, the real convention is going
on in private conferences in the ho-
tells, on the long distance telephones,
and over the cables. The rival can
didates, the khan, and anti-klan, and
fake issues of various sorts, will oc-
cupy the stage until Morgan has
things lined up for the final decisions.
"oiI! Oil Oil"
AL Smiths supporters, apparently
with the assistance of the New York
police, rushed the hall this morning,
broke down the gates, and occupied
the galleries. When Gov. Sweet Of
Colorado, Unexpectedly to the crowd,
took the floor to second the nomina-
tion of McAdoo, the Smith supporters
drowned him out with cries of "Oil
oil, OIL" "Take out your hoods, we
know you," and ''Where is Doheny."
The daily worker., 1924-06-27
Clothing Bosses in
New York Weaken;
Strikers Stand Solid
CONTINUED from page J.

and children's clothing shops are in
the neighborhood of Madison Square.
The entire clothing district was
crowded with the tens of thousands of
workers who slowly made their way
to the various halls where meetings
were held. No arrests were reported
the first day of the strike.
Cite Chicago Agreement
The Amalgamated issued a state
ment to the public before the strike
was called. 1t follows: "In both Chi
cago and Rochester clothing markets,
the union has recently renewed its
agreements with the manufacturers Of
these cities without either strike or
a threat to strike. The largest cloth
ing manufacturers in the United States
are maintaining satisfactory relation
ships with the Amalgamated and
through civilized industrial machinery,
maintained by both the manufacturers
and the union, the industry in these
markets enjoys peace and efficiency.
"The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers have struggled to bring about the
same conditions in New York only to
be met constantly by opposition on the
part of some of the manufacturers who
do not seem to understand that only
through the maintenance of decent
conditions can the clothing industry
prosper as 1t should"