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Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-11
WINSL0vy

Mrs. Louis LaPointe and little
daughter, Louise, of Halifax street,
have gone to Livermore Falls, where
they will pass the winter. Mr.. la
Pointe is to be employed in Farming
dale.
Reed sideiinger of Troy, formerly
employed at the Maxim motor COM
pany on Bay Street. was visiting
friends in town recently. :
Mrs. Georgia Pooler OF the Cush-
man road is employed at the Emery
Brown store in Watervilie during the
Christmas rush.
ness visitor in Winslow Wednesday.
Many people from Winslow were in
waterville last evening to attend the
performance given by the Jimmie
Evans musical revue. at the City
Opera House. /.
C. F. Ware of Fairfield was a re-
cent business caller in town.
Mrs. Lafey Pooler OF Birch street
is employed atN the Emery -Browh
store in waterville.
w. c. Williams Of Benton station
was a business visitor in town yes
terday.
Many people from waterville and
other towns were in town yesterday
afternoon and evening to attend the
sale and supper held at the Winslow
Congregational church under the
auspices Of the Sewing Circle Ladies.
Funeral Of Mrs. Mary Richards
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Richards who died Monday at her
home in Massachusetts,. were con-
Quoted from the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Young of Waterville.
burial being in the family lot in Fort
Hill cemetery. Winslow. Mrs. Rich
ards was well known here, having
lived here for some time, years ago
NJ. S. Howard Of the river road has
gone to Portland. where he will serve
on the grand jury.
Earl CLANCY of Vassalboro was n
business caller in town Wednesday.
Christmas exercises will be held al
the high school Friday afternoon and
school will close for two weeks vo-
cation. All schools in town viii
close at that time.
There will be an entertainment. So
cial and Christmas tree at the higl
school building Friday evening, Dec
! 18th, under the auspices of the junior
| class of the high school. Music
games and dancing will be enjoyed
and god attendance is desired.
! Miss Viola Blake. who has been II
; at her home on Benton avenue has
returned to her school.
! Mrs Joseph Frappier who has beer
, i'll at her home on Bay street Is ablt
| to be out.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-11
LOCAL NOTICE

!. Today's Christmas Sale at Penney
Memorial Church opens. at sle A. NJ.
: Luncheon served after li.Su. Supper
beginning at $50. Dectldlt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-11

: The Last-minute Gift Shop win
open Monday. Dec. lk. ut Mrs. Le-
LIARS Miuinery shop opp. the
nember OF the family incxpensiyely
snrineds Marjorie II. Walker. Man,
decsdst
Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-11
ST. Adams GRANGE

st Adams Grange held regular
meeting Saturday evening" Dec. 6.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
Your Union Meeting
Fourth Friday, July rs, 1924.
Name OF Local and Place
of Meeting

Name of Local and Place
No. of Meeting
1872 HIaeksmiths, saith and S. Ashland
42s Boiler Makers, 1osth and Avenue
434 Boiler Makers, s5th and HaIsted.
5S3 Boiler Makers, 62nd and HaIsted
1872 EIeetricians, 10 w. Adams st.
6s3 Engineers (LoeomotIve), Madison
and Sacramento.
s4s Enslnsers, 1so w: Washington 81 81
o74 Firemen and Enoinemen, 542e
Wentworth Avenue.
as Fur Workers.
11s Hold Carriers, 1850 Sherman Ave-,
4 LIthoursphers, $40 S, Ashland Blvd.
237 Bakers and Confectloners, 342o w.
Roosevelt Road.
Building Trades Council, 1870 w.
Washington Street:
state ST.
,,od1 esrp.n.sr.. 1 rs. "; w.;hlngse. St.
22oe csrpentsrs' 4ssg 5; Ha'stsd ST. o,o
10 c9 nsnI,e1 s,d ss'ssesp,nq carr s's
3 Elsctrosypsrs. IT'S W" Washington
Street.
IS Granite cutters, 1870 W. Washing.
100 Maehlnists, ff3 S. Ashland Ave.
4e2 Machlnlsts, bbth and Halsted
Streets.
74S MaehinIsts, S. E. cor. Lexington
and Western.
1925 Maehinlsts, ssrd PI. and HnIsted
Street.
8 Metal Pollshers, 1te $. Throop 81.
73 Pattern Makers, f19 s. Throop ST.
$40 Plasterers, 1870 w. Washington ST.
563 Plumbers, 5212 S. ttalsted st.
1893 Railway Carmen, Blue Island, III.
1907 Railway Carmen, s2nd and Robey.
sos Railway Clerks, Q S, Clinton st.
aof Watohnnen (stook Yards), 374e s.
Halsted ST., Q a. m.
o Electricians, 2eoi w. Monroe st.
81 Glass Workers, Emily and Marsh
field Ave.
Ladies' Garment Workers, Joint
Board, 328 w. Van Buren, st.
1t3 Machinlsts, 113 s. Ashland Blvd.
e37 Painters, School and Sheffield Ave.
012 Plumbers, 1921 s. Chicago Ave.
Plano and Organ Workers, $40 w.
Harrison street.
sss Railway Carmen, 1905 Michigan
Avenue,
500 Railway clssks, AtIsp&Is Lsisi.
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CHARGE OFFICIAL
FAXED FIGURES
ON EMPLOYMENT
Exaggerates Job Data to
Depress Wages
BY MILr wHITTINcroN

Federated Press staff Correspondent.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 24-U. s.
employment service figures sent in
from Texarkana, are heavily padded
TO make it appear that there are
plenty of jobs, says the assistant man
ager Of the combined state and fed
eral office at Little Rock. He accuses
the Texerkana official of working in
the interests Of the U. S. chamber of
commerce.
The Texerkana manager is J. j.
Kress. His method is stated by his
superior Office to multiply the actual
notices of Jobs by six. IF Kress has
call for % men on Monday" the
Little Rock official said, che puts this
number down every day for the rest Of
the week, making $50 openings in
stead of rs. His Office is the only one
in the state showing more jobs than
men. All the rest show more men
than jobs. His methods make our
Arkansas report, which we have to
send to Washington, misleading and
inaccurate.
"Kress falsifies to force wages down
by causing rush of men into the
state to compete for the few jobs that
turn up"
The appointment of Kress was on
the recommendation of H. L. RemmelI,
state republican leader, who gave It to
him as a consolation prize. Kress had
wanted to be postmaster Of Arka-
delphia but another deserving poll
tician came first so the Texarkana en-
ployment bureau was showed his way.
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ANY LAWYER WOULD
Be PROUD OF THESE
CLIENTS, SAID DAVIS

WASHINGTON, July 24.-John w.
Davis letter of March 81, 1924, to a
friend who asked him his attitude
toward the combination of presidential
politics and big-business legal services,
in thus quoted among his lawyer asso-
ciates in Washington:
Il have fine list of clients. What
lawyer wouldn't want them? 1 have
]. p Morgan, the Erie railroad, the
Guaranty Trust Co., the Standard Oil
Co., and other foremost companies on
my list, am proud of them.
"They are big institutions, and so
long as they ask for my services for
honest work l am pleased to work for
them. Big business has made this
country what it is. We want big bust
ness, but it must be honest; and a
lawyer can be proud to tackle big pro-
blems for big business when all inten-
tions are right and honest"
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fall from 5000 to $500 short of the
lowest of these standards.
These low paid employees who could
least afford any cut in their pay have
been particularly hit by the rail
labor boards wage reduction orders.
Changes sanctioned by the board
since 1920 in the case Of 100000 main
tenance of way workers mean total
cut of about 25 per cent. In the case
of more than 100000 shop and engine
house workers the cuts total more
than % per cent. Wage cuts ordered
for train and engine service employees
in no case exceed 1914 per cent, in
the telegrapher group 81 per cent
and in the shop craft group 1914 per
cent With the cost of living about
10 per cent below the base used by
the board in 1920 it appears that the
lowest paid workers have been made
to suffer the most material reduction
in the purchasing power of their
wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
NICARAGUANS
CRAVE HUGHES
0. K. ON RULER
independence of Nation
is Mere Sham
BY LAURENCE TODD
ierated Press star correspondent.l

Federated Press STAR correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, July 24.-President
Martinez of Nicaragua, who was
recently warned by Secretary Hughes
that he would not be recognized
by the United States If he were
elected to the next constitutional term
of Office, has put up to the state de-
partment the issue as to whether
Nicaragua is to run it's own political
affairs without interference from
Washington.
The point on which Hughes black
balled Martinez was that Martinez,
having become president thru the
death Of the elected president Diego
Manuel Chamorro, was barred from
another term by the constitution,
which forbids any president to sue
coed himself in office.
The Bankers Choice.
Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, a former
president by grace Of American bank
ers and American marines has an
nounced his candidacy-for the next
four.year term. He is claimed to be
the choice of the American state de-
partment.
Against him the Martinez progress
sive alliance has been organized. On
July 16 Foreign Minister Urtocho
cabled to Hughes:
Under the presidents instructions
! beg to say to Your ExceIlency:
Prominent conservatives and liberals
earnestly desiring international con-
cord agree on ticket, Carlos Solozano,
conservative, for president for the next
term, and Juan Batista Sacasa, liberal,
for vice-president, and ask me to re-
ceive and forward their wishes to
know whether the state department
would look with favor on the alliance
for the organization Of the national
government"
Hughes Bunk.
Hughes replied thru his represen-
tative: "My government supports no
candidate and is hostile to no candi-
date; it desires only that free and
fair elections may be held in order
that the will of the people may be
expressed without hindrance at the
polls. My government feels that the
transference of the center of political
activity of Nicaragua to Washington
would be detrimental to that govern
ment's interests, and this government
cannot therefore express its views re-
garding any ticket"
Martinez Alone Barred.
He adds that no candidate for the
presidency mot prohibited from hold
ing such Office by Article II Of the
treaty of peace and amity signed at
Washington on Feb. Z, 1929" should
be impeded from presenting his case
to the electors. That is to say. no
man but Martinez is barred.
In spite of this the Nicaraguans re-
member that bad luck has followed
all leaders in their country, in the
past IL years, who were not the
servants Of the American bankers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
Russia Sends Coop
Stores on Freight
Cars into Country

MOSCOW, July 24.-"Rolling Co
operatives" is the title given by the
Russian central cooperative organiza-
tion to the experiment of placing
compact cooperative store in a big
railroad box car and moving it to
remote country points In order to
serve the rural population. The first
Of these rolling co-operatives" has
met with tremendous success. Prac-
tically all the goods were sold out
before the car completed its itin-
erary. In consequence, these cooper
alive stores on wheels now serving
the Moscow-Leningrad line and the
Finland branch line are to be ex-
tended on a large scale to the other
railway routes of European Russia.
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Need More For Living.
The National (EmployersD Indus
trial Conference board minimum sub
sistence budget for workers in Gin
cinnati brought up-to-date figures at
1880. The minimum budget pre-
pared by w. P. Ogburn of Columbia
would cost $1,375. Accord
ing to the Philadelphia bureau of
research at least $1,S75 is
necessary to support family in mini
mum health and decency. The wages
of half a million men on the railroads
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A DAINTY SUMMER FRoCK

474S. This is nice for crepe de
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lace or embroidery. The new printed
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strike action unnecessary. In
stead the board appointed un-
der the act has received gov
eminent backing in maintain
ing wages on a par with those
in the openshop labor market
where workers are unprotected
by organization.
Less than $1,000 Yearly.
Maintenance Of way labor accounted
for approximately 275,0OO of these low
paid workers. In April the average
earnings of work train and section
labor were under STA for the month
with overtime pay included. On a
straight-time basis the average month
ly pay envelope did not exceed $40
At this rate annual earnings would
run considerably under 5000 If full
employment were available turnout
the year.
The following figures from the April
report Of the commission show for
selected occupations the number en-
ployed, average straight-time month
ly earnings and average earnings with
overtime included:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
German Communists
at Workers Meeting
Arrested; Released

EISENACH, Germany, July "a
Some 400 Communist delegates to a
national workers congress parading
under the name of Friends of Nature
at Eisenach, to discuss tactics, were
arrested thru a stool pigeon. Among
those arrested were most Of the Com
munist members of the reichstag.
They were released.
The Communists had twice tried to
call national workers congress dur
ing June. Both times the minister of
the interior prohibited the meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
HALF MILLION RAILWAY WORKERS
CAN BLAME ESCH- CUMMINS ACT FOR
WAGE CUTS BELOW LIVING STANDARD
BY LELAND OLDS
Federated Press Industrial Editor)

More than 100000 railroad employees with April pay checks
running under 500 for the month bear witness to the gigantic
fraud put organized railroad workers by the enactment
Of the labor provisions in the Cummn transportation
Approximately 100000 of these workers received SIS
during the month according interstate
figures.
When the law passed labor assured that it
antstrke provision railroad
would maintain such just and reasonable would render
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
B. & o. PLAN DESERTS UNIONISM

The open shop" drive is to be stop
ped, in other words, by eliminating
everything from the unions that the
bosses don't like. Make the unions
just the kind Of organizations that
the employers want, says Johnston;
make the unions profitable to the
capitalist class rather than to the
workers. and then 1T follows as
night follows day" that there will
be no conflict with the employers.
1t is all so simple!
Damnable Poison.
What is the reason that such
damnable poison and intellectual
rot can be peddled to the labor
movement by so-called responsible
leaders? II such proposals had
been made before the shipments
strike there is no doubt they would
have been scorned by the rank and
file. But now the shop unions have
had a long and unsuccessful strug-
gle; the unions have been wiped
out on many lines, and seriously
weakened everywhere. Pessimism
and hopelessness is prevalent. The
disastrous tendency of leaving the
union has been affecting large num-
bers. 1t is under such circum-
stances as these, suffering from the
sickness Of its bad leadership, that
the shop unions are thought ready
to take a new dose of medicine
from the same doctors.
Officials sabotaeed Strike.
The prime motive for action Of
the reactionary officialdom of the
shop unions, is the desire to remain
leaders" with secure and comfort
able positions. They were afraid to
put up a real fight against the rail-
roads, but were forced by a mill
tant rank and file to go along with
the strike. They sabotaged the
struggle, however, by complete fail
ure to have any centralized plan of
battle, an entire absence Of COM
missary or relief organization, and
not the slightest move for unity of
the railroad men generally for the
struggle. After the failure of the
strike they became panic stricken at
the result of their handiwork-be-
cause it threatened to lose them
their positions. The one measure
that could save the situation-amal-
gamation of the railroad unions
they would have nothing Of.
They tried to reorganize the un-
ions with the Selling talks" of in
surance statesmen, boosting the in
surance and fraternal features of
the unions. This, Of course, failed.
The officialdom, bankrupt because
afraid of every really progressive
measure, had but one place to 60
to the employers. And there they
went. Cooperation" is the result.
Workers VIII Be Weakened.
The rapacity of the railroad COM
panies will soon wake the workers
from any sweet dreams of class col
laboration with the bosses and force
them to resume the struggle from
which there is no escape. Collabo-
ration is bound to fail, but in the
failure 1t can do terrible damage to
the railroad shop unions.
The task OF the class conscious
and revolutionary workers in the
railroad unions is to fight against
this bosses propaganda with all
their energy, pointing out to the
rank and file the disastrous defeat
that this plan will lead them into.
The spirit of true unionism must be
kept alive despite all of the John
stons and all the collaboration
schemes and the day prepared for
the coming renaissance OF. the rail-
road unions generally.
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Continued from page ~

CONTINUED from page ~
ers come to a close. That is the
meaning Of the so called co-opera-
ton schemes proposed by VIM. H.
Johnston after the failure of the
railroad strike.
Mr.. Johnson proposes land he
evidently speaks for most of the Of
flcials of the shop unions) that the
unions shall become efficiency in
struments for the companies, prom
Using the railroad corporations
greater profits from union labor
than what they can squeeze from
non-union labor.
Thus 1t is hoped to gain the favor
of capital so that the unions, in
stead Of being broken up by. the
bosses, will be invited into the par
lor and served with ice cream and
cake.
Efficiency For the Boss.
The new scheme is being tried
out on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. The officials of the unions
are hiring efficiency experts to
show the bosses how to get more
work out Of their members. "The
idea underlying our service to the
Baltimore & Ohio Railway" says
Mr.. Johnston, may be compared
to the idea which underlies the en-
gineering services extended to rail-
roads by large supply corporations
which have contracts with these
railroads to furnish, let us say,
arch-brick, superheaters, stokers,
or lubricating OIL" The union, in
short, is to become supply corpo-
ration to the railroad companies. en-
gagged in the business of selling la
Dor just as another corporation may
sell lubricants. 1t will compete in
the market, like any other COM
modify selling organization, and en-
cages to deliver more work for less
cost than non-union labor can de-
liver. That is the essence of the
scheme.
AmaIgamation Only Remedy.
This is the only remedy these
railroad union officials have to Of
fer as a solution for the present
situation. The only effective means
to strengthen the unions on the
railroads would be to amalgamate
them into one powerful industrial
union which was proposed at the
convention of Railway Employees
Department Convention before the
strike was called. But, of course,
the officials would hear of nothing
which might endanger their posi-
tions, and the same Mr.. Johnston,
in spite of the fact that the machin-
lists organization is on record in IA
vor of amalgamation, fought most
bitterly against it. The effect of
Johnston's substitute for amalgama-
ton, the B. & o. plan, If established
throughout the railroad industry
will be to eliminate unionism alto
gether. 1
Using Union For Employees.
1t is a method for the railroad
employers to capture the unions and
turn them to proft-making pur-
poses. 1t is direct competitor Of
the company unions, promising the
bosses that it will be more effective
than even such organizations
formed by their paid agents. John
ston says on this point: Il want
to emphasize as strongly as | know
how the fact that in the task Of posi-
tive cooperation in the railroad in
dustry there can be no substitute
for the genuine unions Of the rail-
road employees" And later: Il main
tain that such a management would
never again, as long as it retains it's
good sense, desire to see the ANIL
Rted shop crafts effaced from the
scheme of things on the railroads"
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Brazil still Fights.

BUENoS AIRES. July 24.-Rebel
lines have bombed the Brazilian
lrship Minas Geraes in the harbor
Santos, according to dispatch to-
y to La Nacion from Santos.
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New Greek Premier.

ATHENS. July 23.-Former Premier
Kaphandaris today had undertaken to
form new cabinet to succeed that
which resigned yesterday after
parliamentary defeat.
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4S07. This model is very practical
nd protective. 1t may be developed
/ sateen, Bingham or percale, with
finish of binding, stitching or wash
raid.
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Polish Foreign Minister Resigns.
WARSAW, July 24.-Count Zamoy-
ski resigned today from his post as
Minister of Foreign Affairs. Stanis-
law Thugutt, the leader of the Polish
radical peasant party, "WyEwolenie,"
has been appointed in his place.
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The border vidette., 1924-11-01
ARIZONA MINERALS AT FAIR.

4 glittering display of costly
specimens depicting the varied
character Of Arizona's mineral
wealth, will be on display in the
mines and mineral building, as
one of the chief attractions of
the Arizona state fair during the
week OF November 20 to j., in
elusive. it was announced this
week by the state fair commits.
sion.
A special feature calculated to
be of aid to prospectors was an.
nounced by Superintendent w.
J. Graham. This will consist of
G series of displays showing the
rock Of the various mining dis.
tricts os the state.
The permanent exhibit of cop.
per ore in the mineral building
is declared to be one of the finest
Ia the United States. This col.
lection is made up of contribu.
tions sent in by all of the large
copper producers and presents q
comprehensive study of the vari.
Gus ores carrying copper values.
MIR. Graham is paying special
atten tion TO the silver producers
this year and already has secur.
ed a number of superb exhibits,
including rich ores from the
Monte Cristo the rural Of Mo-
have county and the 'Red Row
err, one Of the new proprietors
of Maricopa county.
Many outside applications are
being mailed to the state fair
commission for boxes at the fair.
The drawing will be held at IL
a. m. October 20, at the Phoe.
nix chamber OF commerce. all
outside applications being drawn
first.