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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
KLAN FIGHTERS
LOSE ON PLANK
| DEMO PLATFORM
Resolution Committees Re-
port Is Approved League
Plank Is Given O. K.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
June 30-The Democratic platform
will not single out the Ku Klux
Klan by name.
1t will not contain the Wilsonian
plank on the League of Nations.
These decisions came early Sun
day morning after a 10 hour con-
tinuous session in which some Of
the most disorderly scenes of a con-
vention in history were enacted.
Rejecting Newton d. Bakers sub
stitute plank On the League of Ma
tions. the convention voted by a
substantial majority to stand by
its resolutions committee. This was
after dramatic appeal to the con-
vention by Baker to consider the
memory Of Woodrow Wilson
Khan Plank Vote
When after repeated challenges
and charges, also changes OF votes
by the various delegations the result
OF the vote on the Khan HIank WIS
announced as 542 and three-twentieths
in favor of the plank as the COM
mittee recommended 1t and 524 and
three-twantieths for the seniority
plank which would have singled out
the Klan by name.
Efforts to force another roll call
failed and amid great disorder the
convention finally adjourned until
$50 o'clock Monday morning.
The Klan plank as recommended
by the resolutions committee and as
adopted by the convention is as fol.
lows:
Freedom of Religion
Under the heading Freedom of
Religion" the Democratic Party re-
affirms adherence and devotion TO
those cardinal principles contained
in the Constitution and precepts
upon which our Government is found
ed. that Congress shall make no
laws respecting religion or prohibit
ing the exercise thereof or abridging
freedom of the press or right of
people who peaceably assemble and
petition the government for redress
OF grievances. and that no religious
test be required to hold office"
II concluded with affirming our
faith in this principle. we submit
our cause to the people"
Public Not Excluded
The plan tc exclude the public
last Saturday night at the session
was abandoned when a large part
of the audience left and the debate
on the League of Nations seemed
to have exercised cooling effect
and influence.
Substitute League Plank
The substitute League plank, Of
fered by Newton ID. Baker, was
headed international Cooperation
It declared that the "only hope for
world peace and economic recovery
lies in organized efforts of soyer-
eign nations cooperating to remove
the cause and war and institute
law and order" The substitute
plank remarked that under Demo
cratic leadership. practical plan
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
Presbyterian Missionary
Killed by Chink Bandits

PEKING June 30-Rev. George
Douglas Byers, American Presbyter-
ian missionary, was killed Tuesday
at Insland. Hainan, presumably by
bandits.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
Federal Prohibition Agent
Is Killed, Auto Accident

SEATTLE. June 30.-Horatio !.
Stetson, Federal prohibition agent,
was instantly killed when the auto
mobile he was driving left the
highway and crashed down bank
near Skyhomish.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
College Professor Is
Killed in R.R. Accident

CHICAGO, June 80. Six were
killed, including DR.. F. w. McNeir,
President of the Michigan College
of Mines. and 16 We're hurt when a
mail train hit the rear of an east
bound passenger on the Burlington
near Buda. Illinois, this afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30

SPOKANE. Wash. June 30.-Mfs.
G. w. Gibbon, her six-year-old
daughter Doris and her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. John Jordan,
all of this city, were killed when
an automobile in which they were
riding was struck by Milwaukee
tain at Rock Cut. near Cheney, this
county, this morning.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
AL LAMBDA ON
ALASKA TRIP

SEATTLE. June go Steamer Ala
media sailed for Southeastern Alas
kan ports at 9 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing with 200 passengers. the follow
ing for juneau Miss Elsie Peterson,
Mrs. E. ID. Lockman. G. T. Hanson
and wife. Rev David Waggoner.
Stella Bochernegg and M. Bavard.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
PACKERS MUST
PRODUCE BOOKS

CHICAGO. June 3O.--The Federal
Court has issued a mandate to the
packing companies permitting the
Department of Agriculture to inspect
their books.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
FLIERS
REACH HONCKONC

HONGKONG, June 30.--The Brit
ish globe plane reached here yes
terday from Haipong.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
TOWNS WRECKED
BY STORMS; ONE
CITY IN RUINS
Hundred Persons Believed
lled-Property Damage
Runs Into Millions.

BULLETIN-CLEvELAND, June
30.-Ninety-four are dead as the
aNult of the storm early Saturday
night On the east coast of Lake
Erie, including 20 dead at Lorain.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30
Substitute League Plank

Continued on Page Three.)
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-30

The plan tc exclude the public
last Saturday night at the session
was abandoned when large part
of the audience left and the debate
on the League of Nations seemed
to have exercised a cooling effect
and inflnanca
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Women Are Busy at Harmony

January Is an all day meeting of
the Womens Farm Bureau was held
at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Brown.
The calendar reads as follows; Feb
ruary 8. making the home sanitary;
March IA, millinery; April II, foods
May 8, flreless cooker; June IL,
foods; July II, picnic; August 8,
adaptation of patterns; Sept. II, dry
cleaning; Oct. 10, remodeling; Nov.
IA, Christmas suggestions; Dec. II,
annual meeting. officers for 1924
are. Chairman, Mrs. Eleanor Brown;
secretary, Mrs Nettie Bemis; clothing
project leader, Albra Chadbourn; food
project leader, Melissa Chadbourne;
household management, Mrs. Nettie
Bemis with committees to assist Mrs
Brown, Mrs. Head and Mrs. Dore
The February and March meetings
are to be held with Mrs. Eleanor
Brown.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Road Conditions

Despite the fact that there is only
one week more of January, automo-
biles are still the prevailing vehicle
for travelling. The highways remain
about the same as for the past two
weeks. Ford's with runners on the
front, are especially popular, but the
wheeling Is excellent Automobiles
are being used in Scion and can go
as far north as Bingham, to say the
least. Teams are suggested as the
safest to travel with beyond Athens
village and of course the sleighing is
excellent. So far the Skowhegan
streets have not had to be broken out
this winter. The same rule holds
good again this week, main high
ways good for automobiling, but or
cross roads the turning out process
with cars might be difficult. The
roads are being improved by those
who have hauling to do and much
wood and lumber are being hauled to
market and thessaw lnills.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
POULTRY DISEASES
A Preventive Is Better Than a Cure

(By C. |. Davis, Poultry Expert
In common with all Gods creatures,
hen may start life with perfectly
sound body and health, and it is an
axiom of medical science that a per-
fectly sound body is proof against
every disease, and that such a body
is always endowed by nature with
sufficient vital powers to successful
ly resist every disease and repair
damages without display of unsound-
ness; and it is not unless and until
such vital powers have first been
broken down by excessive old age, or
by some specific mismanagement in
the ways of living. that symptoms OF
disease can appear.
Thus starting with a healthy body,
the successive steps in all poultry all
ments are: Mismanagement, caus-
ing: lowering of vital powers, caus-
ing, first functional arrangements ex-
hibited by diarrhoea and other pre-
liminary symptoms of disease, and
then definite disease of some kind,
or a change of structure in some
organ such as the liver, kidneys or
glands, known as organic disease,
caused by the blood having become
SO poor in preceding stages as to be
unable any longer to dispose of i'm
purities or efficiently repair used up
tissue. The mere fact that indiges-
ton, chickenpox, roup, diphtheria or
whatever the disease may be has
been able to obtain a footing in our
flock argues previous lowering of vi
tai powers by some specific bad man
agement on the part of the poultry
keeper, the principal cause no
doubt being improper feeds and feed
ing.
1t is not good judgment on our
part to confine our efforts, as is so
often done-to getting rid of the
symptoms" alone and ignore the
that caused them, nor to
ease our conscience with the thought
that such disease, or any disease, is
merely bad luck" instead of bad
on our own part. No
matter how virulent the disease, it
can not obtain footing in a body
that is furnished with efficient vital
power; the secret is in those two
two words To the body of an en-
CINE, vital power is furnished by coal;
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
COMMUNITY PLANNING MEETINGS COM
PLETED EXCEPT At ATHENS
Active Organizations Perfected at Harmony
Hartland and Fairfield Center

Mrs. Fred Morse; clothing. Mrs. A.
E. Buffers; foods, Mrs. Frank Farm
ham: household management, Mrs.
G. A Draper; fireless campaign lead
err, Mrs. Charles Webb.
The work planned is as follows:
February -, slips made from one
piece dress patterns; February 81,
betties; March II. foods; April 8,
millinery May, freless campaign;
June II, foods; July 8. Hartland and
St. Adams; August Is, underclothing;
September 10, removal of stains; Oct
ober 8, adaptation of patterns; No
yember IL, Xmas suggestions; De-
cember 10, annual meeting.
The planning meeting at Fairfield
Center was held January 18th with an
attendance of five men and five wo-
men. The committee elected was as
follows: Chairman, r. A. Clifford;
secretary, Mark Stevens; clubs, Mark
Stevens; poultry. N. w Tozier; crops,
A. II. Ellis dairy, A. E. Hodges; farm
management, r. A. Clifford; orchard
+. f. Novel;.
The program of work is as follows;
Clubs, improvement potato seed plots,
lime demonstration, potato seed treat
ment, top dressing grass demonstra-
ton, know your COW, pasture improve
ment demonstration, farm accounts,
Inc, dairy supplies, farm survey,
grating demonstration, orchard fer
tilization demonstration, pruning
campaign, caponizing demonstration,
egg records, selecting breeds demons
trations.
The women's committee is as fol-
lows: Chairman, Miss Lucy Bigelow;
secretary, Mrs. Donald Ellis; cloth
ing, Mrs Mark Stevens; foods, Mrs.
j. A. Jones; household management,
Mrs William Wood; freless campaign
leader, Mrs. William Wood.
The work planned Is as follows:
February II. IL, 10, food school,; Mar.
5, BEETLES and waist patterns; April
2, one piece dress; May Z, fireless
cooker; June 4, removal of stains;
July 2, making the home sanitary;
August 6, healthful corsetting and
color; SeaIember 3, ways of using
milk; Oe4User 1, children's clothing;
November 5, Christmas suggestions,
December 3, annual meeting.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Farm Bureau Activities ut Mercer

Members OF the Farm Bureau met
January 16 at the home of Miss Nell
lie Ford. Three BEETLES were made
Miss Hare instrueting in the work.
Thirteen mehbers were present and
enjoyed the meeting. A picnic din
ner was served. A calendar of the
meetings to come will be as follows:
February 26, betties; March 25, fire.
less cookers; April %, food; May,
flreless cooker canning; June "a,
making home sanitary; July %, food;
August rs, removal of stains; Septem-
Der 23, waist patterns; October %,
dry cleaning; November 25, Christmas
suggestions; December. annual meet
ing. On the dates of March 25, July
%, September % and the December
meetings. Miss Hare will be pres
ent. The exact dates for the May
and December meetings have not been
decided but will be announced later.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Arson Grange Z. Of ii. No. SO

At the last regular meeting of An
son Grange, January is, occurred the
installation of officers for the coming
year, with Harlan Ellis acting as in
stalling master. owing to the non-ap-
pearance of State Master John Abbott,
who was expected to do the work.
Mr.. Ellis certainly did the work In a
manner which was highly commend
ed by the order, and he was very ably
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Dan
forth, Miss Louise Shaw, Sydney
Counce, and Miss Myrtle Berry who
introduced the .officers-elect. Our
Grange is fortunate in having such a
capable installing officer and assist
ants, among its membership.
The next regular meeting will be
on the evening of February 6 and the
first and second degrees will be given
to a class of twelve candidates by the
ladies degree team. At the lecture
hour short program consisting OF
Valentine features will be carried out.
On February 8, poverty party Is be-
ing planned for the benefit of the
sash fund. Boost your Grange by
coming to it's meetings and its So
Gals. Watch for posters of the pow
erty party.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Somerset County Agricultural News
SKONHEGAN GRANGE HAS 434
MEMBERS
Membership Dues and Fees Have
Amounted to $15,40S.10
prepared for meeting of Somerset

prepared for meeting of Somerset
Pomona by S. f. Emerson)
Skowhegan Grange No. 208, was or
ganiZed February Is, 1876 by Deputy
Ansel Holway, with SO charter men,
bers. Previous to the building of the
hall, the meetings were held in the
yestry of the Christian church, yes
try of the Methodist Church and In
Grand Army hall. In the spring OF
1897, a committee was appointed TO
purchase a lot and erect a suitable
Grange hall. The committee, with
the constant aid of the officers and
members of the Grange, moved stead
lily forward in performing the work
that deyolved upon them to do. With
$1100 in the treasury there was just
enough to pay for the lot. Hired
funds were required TO erect the
building. There was no difficulty in
securing the amount needed. ! The
first meeting was held in the new hall
November "a, 1897 and November u
it was dedicated by State Master Ed
ward Wiggin. At the time OF the
dedication S. II. Bradbury, chairman
of the committee announced that
there had been expended in building
S2.989.49. In order to hold meet
ings additional articles of furniture
were purchased, so at the dedication
the Grange was in debt, in round
numbers. $4,000, with member
ship of 2S7. In 1906, contract was
made with X. A. Withee to build an
addition to the hall on the southside,
and the stage was removed from the
west side to the new addition at a
cost of $1,000. The lot, the building
and all the furnishings, cost the
Grange $4,000. There has been added,
in later years, inside work and metal
roofing, with corresponding COST
but today, with all this great expendi-
ture, the Grange is free from debt
with money in the treasury.
1t may be of interest to note that
Skowhegan Grange has held 1907
meetings from the beginning to the
present time, and there has been col
lected in membership fees and dues
the cash sum of SIS, 408.10. For
many years Skowhegan Grange has
had the largest membership in Som
erset County. At one time 1t num-
bered SOP, and ranked the fourth in
the State, but owing to deaths, with
drawals, dimits and suspensions,
there has been a reduction in mem
bership TO 434, for the quarter end
ing December 81, 1923.
OF the 80 charter members two
remain on the rolls. Abel H.. Pat
ten and Mary II. Patten, whom the
Grange delights to honor
The following members have been
active in the duties and responsible
ties connected with Grange work for
forty years and more, and are now
on the rolls of Skowhegan Grange.
Abel H. Patten, Mary H. Patten, Lura
Adams, Stanley e. Nay. Alonzo Smith,
Wilmont B. Whittier, G. Davis Miller,
Afazina Miller Olive Hayden, SAM
uel F. Emerson and Martha A. Emer-
son. The best of harmony and good
will prevails and prosperous future
was never more bright for Skowhe-
gan Grange than today
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Gladiator Receives Friendly Letter

The Independent-Repor acknoW-
lodges a gift from Dr. Bigelow in the
form of a splendid, picture of his
horse Gladiator. This was taken last
July. 1t shows this beautiful animal
with the doctor in the saddle before
his residence on Wateryille road.
Everyone around Skowhegan knows
Gladiator well. Dr. Bigelow has al
ways had a good horse and Gladiator
is one of the best of them. He is
by Pilot Nelson and therefore a
grandson of Nelson. the one-time
champion racing stallion of the
world. His dam was Fanny Wilkes
who had race record of 2:19.
Horse fancers tell the story of the
race at Pennington when Fanny
Wilkes made this record. She was
seventh at the start and away behind
and had not gained at the three
quarters pole. From there in she
showed a wonderful burst of speed;
it is said the fastest of anything that
had, up to that time, ever travelled
over the Franklin County track.
Those in the stand gave it as their
opinion that she made the last quar-
ter at the rate of 156.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
EGG MARKETING ASSN.
FOR SOMERSET
A. L. r. Cummings Is Assisting In
Organization. Apparently Sue
cessful In Vermont

A. L. r. Cummings in his capacity
as executive secretary of the Maine
State Chamber of Commerce and
Agricultural League, is assisting to
organize cooperative egg marketing
associations. The overhead expense
is borne by the aforementioned or
ganization, so that the producer will
get all there is to be derived from it.
A similar association in Vermont has
a contract with a chain store cor
poration and is marketing six hun
dred dozen eggs weekly, under a
guarantee of cents per dozen more
than the market price. 1t has work.
ed out so successfully that the pur-
chasing parties are asking that the
quantity be increased to one thous-
and dozen per week.
Mr.. Cummings and his assistants
will be in Kennebec County early in
February and Somerset County will
be the following County to be visited
for establishing this organization.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24

Planning meetings for the different
towns where Farm Bureau and Elk
tension Service is organized have
been held with the exception OF the
meetings at Athens. These meetings
will probably occur the first week IN
February. The meeting at Harmony
was held January 18th with an attend
ance of nine women. The communi-
ty chairman is as follows: Club lead
err. Mrs. Preston Chadbourne, the Wo-
mems committee is as follows: chair
man, Mrs. Eleanor Brown; secretary,
Mrs. Waiter Bemis clothing, Mrs.
Preston Chadbourne; foods, Mrs. Me-
LISA Chadbourne; household man
agement, Mrs. Walter Bemis; freless
campaign leader, Mrs. Walter Bemis;
assistant leader, Mrs. Eleanor Brown,
Mrs Francis Neal.
The worked planned is as follows:
Making the home sanitary, millinery,
foods, fireless cooker, foods, picnic,
adoption of patterns, dry cleaning, re-
modelling, suggestions, annual meet
ing.
Both men and women's meetings
were held in Hartland on January ~
with an attendance of eight men and
twenty Eight women. The commit
tee elected is as follows:
Chairman, G. ID. Draper: secretary,
Elmer Baird; clubs, Mrs c. d. Drap-
er; poultry, Mrs Fred Morse; crops,
Elmer Baird; dairy, F. l.. Morse;
farm management, r. J. Goodrich, or
chard, Charles Webb.
The program Of work is as follows:
Clubs, improvement potato seed plots,
lime demonstration, potato seed treat
ment, top dressing, grass demonstra-
ton, know your COW, pasture improve
ment demonstration, farm accounts,
inc. dairy supplies, farm survey,
grating demonstration, orchard fer
tilization demonstration, pruning
campaign, caponizing demonstration,
egg records, selecting breeders dem
onstrations.
The community chairman for the
women's division is as follows: Club
leader, Mrs. c. A. Draper; communi-
ty chairman, Mr.. C. A. Draper; sec
rotary, Mr.. Elmer Baird. The wo-
mems committee is as follows: Chair
man, Mrs. Herbert Fisher; secretary
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Bingham Grange Entertains Post

A special meeting of Bingham
Grange was held Thursday evening of
last week for the purpose of Install
ing the officers to which meeting the
Stanley Beane Post and the Auxiliary
of the American Legion were invited.
May Baker acted as installing officer
and was assisted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Savage, Stella Huff and Ethel
Hunnewell The following officers
were installed: Master, Andrew Golf /;
overseer, John Hardy; lecturer, AL
fred Burke; steward, Elva Arno; asst
steward, Chester Lombard; chaplain,
Cyrena Carl; gatekeeper, Harry
Baker; secretary, May Baker; treas
urer; Joseph Whitney; Ceres, Mary
Golf; Pomona. absent; Flora, Fannie
Mahoney; lady asst steward, Evelyn
Lombard.
The members of the Stanley Beane
Post were then invited to lower the
Grange service flag and put 1t in a
case which they did in very impress
sive manner. A, S. Burke then offered
remarks and Andrew Golf recited a
poem appropriate to the occasion
Supper was then served to the guests
and to the members, after which a
social was enjoyed until II o'clock
The next regular meeting is Satur-
day afternoon of this week. This is
the meeting to which suggestions and
plans should be offered for the benefit
and Improvement of the Grange for
the coming year. Boost the meeting
by being present.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24

to the body of hen by food, and the
efficiency Of the vital power in each
case depends mainly on the efficiency
of the food for the work to be done.
We must at all times. keep up their
natural vital powers by means of a
ration that is sufficient for each and
every specific need Of their bodies
and for egg production, besides vi
tamins and certain other chemical
elements, digestible protein, carbohy-
drates, fat and ash, on which alone
aside from water and air their bodies
are maintained, and in hens rela-
tive requirements in each of these
heads there must be a certain fixed
in that head, and each in relation to
the other heads, so that when all are
combined they will furnish fully for
each and every need of body and egg
production, and any amount above
or below that point in each head must
be injurious to the hen, in greater or
less degree according to how far de-
waited from these fixed points of di-
gestible protein, fat, etc.
One big pillar in securing success
with poultry can be summed up in
these few words: 1.-THE basis of all
disease prevention is proper diet and
the basis of proper diet is quality of
food"
There can be no better time to
start rebuilding the health of the
flock in anticipation of the production
of eggs this winter, and of healthy
young stock next spring.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
TUBERCULOSIS TEST FOR
SOMERSET co.
Work of Testing VIII BE Commenced
in Skowhegan and NOrrldgewock
Next Week

Testing herds for tuberculosis will
be commenced next week in Skowhe-
gan and Norridgewock This system
of Graduating tuberculosis is carried
on through the Extension Service and
Farm Bureau. Robert Davis OF X.
F. d. 3, River Road, Skowhegan, is
directly in charge of the work in his
section, while Bliss Shaw is similar
ly in charge at Norridgewock. Far
mers having herds which they wish
tested and living in the locality of
these men should notify them. Maine
is practically free from tuberculosis
and there is concerted effort to
make it entirely So This work of
testing will be carried on in Somer-
set County at intervals during the
present year.