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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-05
ElyTED YOUNG BRIDE
fBR HIMSELF

47 fIlauS+ ile woman ne
hIa had married waldman. Waller
~ Police Chief Eugene Gasser In
lfsston Friday that he came from
Sais to Colfax, Wash. purchased a
lStal and went to the waldman
iens al Pomeroy.
~ Knocked at the door, he 4. al.
~ to have confessed. and called.
here Is a letter for you, wald.
ne young husband opened the
~ His bride caught sight OF the
IA and cried out.
= men" Waller told the Lewiston
1xsr' y shot waldman with the
- q my pocket and turned II on
we. shot her. too. ons shot
" fell" e -
naamans mother rushed to the
- and Waller said he shot her
rsH. '"uiu reach the
rushed outside again. loaded
gun and got back inside ,ust
alne to sec waidman,s mother
~ ~ up for the telephone again. I
~ several more shots at her and
foer.s V'pei NICK on inc
oa the elderly woman was M.
:. - sns succeeded In holding her.
an IN " y leaning on the wall and
,s,.s., sheriff Powell, who dis.
Cultured WHILE
,iN6 BREAKFAST
$50 '''lne Walters purported con.
r ,ssn reads. Il got lost and ,bls
~ s'A " morning I found myseI,
Inn s.a,Hs'on. Wash. I went into
-. 2 and went over to Lewiston '' ~.
~, nave. l went to the LIberty
.,,,,a :" breakfast then, and PA.
sr..a Pay skeeIs got me.
Ia, Az w y, ,aie to be sorry now.
van - =, ~ take my medicine as
wan. 4. 'ney are ready for mo"
NM s"sl was formerly the husband
N = w usaa girls sister. The younger
esus.a "s'a'nan, then Ida Behlau.
wsr'.Ia n arrangement between tho
aas. declared. - a'iesed TO
i. lasn fell in love with h,- -,
iea,s $3.50 ~, 70 marry me. when 7
kek Il =. . married = waldman came
IdecIdsSde :. u II was true. 1t was, 40
rs.s sa TO get them" %
.ry' ava, was no mob action in Pom.
iJd rS ss, pr. fears, Sheriff Powell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Our Task
Lenin and American Films

"The art of the cinema is the
most important of all arts for the
Russian people," wrote Premier
Lenin not long before his death.
So great was the value he placed
on the film as direct appeal and
an education for Russia's backward
masses that at one end of his work
room was given up to white screen
thanked on both sides bv bio lono
book shelves, with the PROTECTING ane
paratus in the opposite corner. In
a box beside the machine were three
OF the latest films, in the showing
of which he delighted.
1t Is interesting to note that two
Of the films were American. The
first was detailed picture of Henry
Ford's Detroit factory. showing the
most modern time and labor saw,
ing methods. The second was en-
Titled Ivan in America and pic-
tured an ignorant Russian immigrant
gazing from between the decks az
the Statue of Liberty and New
FORKS towering battlements Of steel
and stone. Then Ivan goes to Nj
agara, which introduces scenes from
the electric power houses, such as
Lenin wished to install in Russia.
and on thru the Pittsburgh steel
mills and the Pennsylvania coal
mines to Washington, where Ivan
stands awestruck before the Can't
toll and White House. Then he goes
West to Montana's copper mines and
on to California, with all its oil
fields and water power plants. There
are scenes too Of Minnesota's' grain
fields with the very latest agricul-
tural machinery, and grain ele-
vators and scenes Of fruit growing
in Washington and Oregon and of
cattle raising and horse ranches
and sheep, poultry and cotton. The
latter series Lenin liked especially.
saying Russia is still a land Of
peasants; it is from the land we
must live; mining and dectrifica-
ton and factories must come later
The third film was a historical
presentation Of the chief events Of
the Bolshevist revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

ter struggle that even the most con-
sentative unions are forced to con-
duct, combined with this typical
American viewpoint, makes the lead
ership hesitate to place in the hands
of the employers what they, the lead
ers, believe to be an effective weapon
ability to charge and prove radical
tendencies.
Demanding, as American citizens. a
mythical, but, to them, very real
thing known as the American stand
ard of living, these officials view with
a holy horror, absolutely incompre-
hensible to the average Eevolutionist.
any act or utterance that would make
1t difficult to defend their LOYALTY to
American institutions.
Concrete Rewards
In many sections of the trade un-
ion movement favorable working con-
ditions, high wages and Job control
are obtained quite as often by poIiti-
cal deals and trades as they are by
the economic strength Of the unions
To the building trades in many cit
les the appointment Of building.
plumbing, electrical and health in
spectors favorable to the unions is
matter Of vital Importance. In mu-
nicipal elections such issues as these
Will arouse the greatest interest in
the unions and any form of political
activity that would ALLEVIATE the UNI
ions friends in either the democrat
or republican parties is frowned upon.
The labor union government Of San
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

able or hostile measures, and many
times finds it necessary to secure the
passage of resolutions for or against
certain measures and even to organize
demonstrations against them. Last
year in New York the labor unions
sent a veritable army of representa-
tives to Albany to protest against the
enactment of bills menacing labor or
CARNATIONS,
Ease of Betrayal
The officials entrusted with the re-
sponsibility of passing on laws or
candidates for labor to oppose or sup
port develop high degree of skill in
political maneuvering; they often be-
tray the interests of the labor move
ment and certainly nothing could be
easier with the present level of po-
)itical consciousness among the rank
and file; the wonder is that it does
not occur more often.
Progress
To one familiar with the lack Of
cohesion and common program. in
trade union political activities, the or
ganization of the Conference for Pro-
gressive Political Action, was an adj
vance step for the trade union move
ment.
1t has no class Characteristic the
reverse-its program is hopelessly
but for the first time thou
sands Of local unions, scores Of CEN
raj bodies and dozens of state fede-
atoms of labor, found themselves
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
By WILLIAM dunno

italist class, and there is no more inn
portant task for the Communists IN
the trade unions than to assist this
development by activity based on
knowledge of the strength and weak
nesses, the ignorances and prejudlces
Of the membership Of the American
labor movement
OF Strategic Importance
There is no better starting point
than propaganda for a wholesale de-
sertion of the parties of the employ
ers, based on wealth Of concrete
instances of betrayal, both by eandi-
dates and labor officials, for farmer
labor party controlled by the unions
and farmer organizations.
With this idea Of class party every
honest unionist is in sympathy, altho
ne may be held from work for it and
participation in it by fear Of losing
some immediate advantage.
In addition to these fears he must
reckon with the bureaucracy which
now has abandoned all pretense Of
ruling by consent Of the rank and file.
Control Of the unions today is ma
chine-like process comparable only to
the manner in which the capitalist
state maintains power. The bureau
cracy in no way expresses the desire
OF the membership for expansion Of
political activity, but opposes it.
Great Opportunities
With this as beginning, however,
and with the growth of the move
ment Itself, the bars are down for po-
litica1 agitation of a far more funda-
mental character-for Communist
propaganda impossible when the
only political issue discussed is the
extent of the friendship of republi-
can or democrat candidates
Extension of Party Activity
Party activity in the trade unions
from now on must take on more of
a Communist character-it must be
more political. We have won the
sympathy of the left wing with our
slogan of amalgamation and the work
for this objective now is largely of
an organizational characteristic mob
ilization of our sympathizers in the
lights against the sabotage and ter
ror of the bureaucracy.
Our Task
The defeats Of the railway men in
particu' ar, on the industrial field has
given impetus to political thinking.
Inc shopmen know that it was the
capitalist government that beat them.
To drive this lesson home with all
Its coroilaries is the task of the Com
munists, and task that our previous
campaigns have made not easy. but
possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

uniting on program that gave them
a national political viewpoint and a
common program, mild and ineffec-
tive as it was and is.
Effects apparent
The burden Of carrying out this
program falls upon the most adj
vanced groups in the American Fede-
ration of Labor-delegates to the cen
trail bodies and state declarations of
labor-who are always the most ac-
tive and the best informed Of the IN
ion membership. Because Of the dis
illusionment brought by the war, the
bankruptcy of the farmers, with whom
most state declarations are in close
touch, the evident failure Of the To-
cal reward and punish" policy in ma
tional politics, the idea of divorce
from the capitalist parties is sympa-
thetically entertained by central bod
les and state declarations, nor has the
Gompers' machine been signally sue
cessful in sabotaging this new de-
velopment. Political consciousness is
growing in the trade unions and the
idea Of their non-political character
never entirely true-must be revised.
Important Development
For Communists this Is an interest
ing and important development. No
working class movement without clear
political vision and understanding
ever can become q menace to the cap
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Francisco, under Abe Ruef and P. II.
Mccarthy, is case in point.
Defensive Activity

There is again the necessity for Sc
curing neutrality from the police
force during strikes, the ability to
"spring" arrested strikers, immunity
from prosecution from various neces-
sary activities a hostile administra-
ton could make much of, etc.
Much Of the political activity that
secures the privileges mentioned is
altogether valueless, much Of it posi-
lively harmful, but political activity
it is, none the less.
Organs of Political Expression
The state declarations of labor and
the central labor bodies-city central
councils-are the political organs of
the American Federation of Labor.
They have no executive power under
the laws of the A. f. of L., but in
political matters they are allowed
considerable latitude. They are the
only bodies thru which the labor
unions, as such, find organized polit-
ical expression and are important
because Of this fact.
Constant Activity
In many cities the political activi-
ties of these two bodies are Of an in
tensive nature. The state federation
Of labor watches all legislation pro-
posed at the state capitals, keeps the
union membership informed Of favor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

Eject Of Weakness
The weakness of the trade union
movement and the constant and bit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
American theology

Attic a very large percentage of
the union membership is Of foreign
birth and extraction, not citizens Of
the United States, the theological
basis Of trades union organization is
American citizenship. The right Of
franchise is considered the guarantee
OF political and economic equality and,
in practice, this becomes for the trade
unions, hostility to any form Of po-
litical activity based on the class
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
The Late Mrs. Mary l.. French

Mrs. Mary l.. French wife of Moses
French of Solon, died at their home
ON French Hill. November 4th after
several weeks illness of heart trouble.
The deceased was born in Montpe-
lier, Vermont. fifty-eight years ago.
She received her education in the
schools of that city and later attend
ed Wellesley College, being a men,
Der of the class of 1886. She after
ward taught in the high school of her
native city and in st. Cloud, Mime
sofa.
On April "a, 1894. she was married
To Moses French She is survived by
her husband, son. Roger NJ. daugh-
ter Esther D.. (Mrs. Earl Spaulding of
Princeton) an aged mother, Mrs. En-
ma l.. Freeman of Newbury. Vt. and
brother, Stephen Freeman of SYRIA
cuse, Indiana
Although much handicapped by
frail health she was ever a wonder
ful source of cheer and inspiration to
her family. A woman of highest
character, Of keen intellect and wit,
who will be- greatly missed from her
large circle of friends and from the
many local organizations with which
she was affiliated. She was a mem
Der of the Bethany Congregational
Church of Montpelier.
Services. which were largely attend
ed were held at the Solon Methodist
Church, conducted by the pastor. In
terment at Evergreen cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Mary l.. French
very much appreciate the many kind
nesses of friends and neighbors dur
ing her illness and for the many flow
ers at the time of her death.
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
Buys Interest In Newton Plant

Hudson is loosing another citizen. OF
tine type which the town can Ill af-
ford to see depart in the person OF
MalOn P. Whipple, for many years
employed in an official capacity AT
the Firestone-Apsley Rubber Com
panys plant.
Mr.. Whipple leaves Hudson next
week to locate in Newton. For the
past fourteen years he has been con-
nected with the rubber industry in
Hudson, beginning as chief chemist
from which position he was promoted
to assistant superintendent. and upon
the retirement of Ernest w Dunbar
advanced to superintendent and de-
velopment manager. In all positions
he showed exceptional ability, and nc
official was ever held in higher es-
TEEN or given more cooperation by
the employees.
Mr. Whipple has purchased an
active interest in the Wales Com
pany, of Newton Center, and on Mon
day will begin duties as treasurer
and general manager He will dis
pose Of his property in Hudson and
take up his residence permanently II
Newton Center. The Wales Company
has for sixty years manufactured high
grade jams and jellies and Is famous
for the high quality of its product
Its output goes to such high grade
stores as S s. Pierce and the business
of the company during the last five
years has more than tripled.
Mr.. Whipple wfll carry into tho
business a helpful knowledge Of the
product as, while senior at Bow
doin college. where he took an A. B
degree in 1907, he was assistant to tho
state chemist; one of whose chic
duties was the analysis of food prod
ucts, particularly those made from
fruits.
Later at the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology, from which insti-
tuition he graduated in 1909. with the
degree of b. s., he specialized in the
chemistry of foods
Mr.. Mhipple has been active In
many ways in the interest of the towr
during his long residence In Hudson
He is affiliated with many organiza-
tions, among them Keystone Lodge
A. f. & A. NJ. of Solon. Me-. Hough.
ton Royal Arch chapter, Trinity Com
mandcry. X. T.; Corinthian chapter
O. e. S; the Maine association Bow
doin Club of Boston; National Geo.
graphical society; Alumni Association
of NJ. |. T.: Unitarian Laymen's
League; and the Boy Scouts advisory
council He served recently as d
member of the town finance commit.
tee. He has been residing at As
O'Neil street.-Hudson (Mass.) News
Enterprise.
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
AmerlCanWOOlenCOnlpany
The Nation S Comfort

Second fare zone, Cold Brol
Buffers Siding, 10 cents.
Third fare zone, Buffers Sidll
w. S. House. 10 cents.
Fourth fare zone, W S. Hou
LAX ewood.
Fifth fare zone, Lakewood to
we'll. 10 cents.
II Sixth fare zone, Blackwell 10
Siding, 10 cents.
Seventh fare zone, Burns Sldl
-Fahey's House, 10 cents.
Eighth fare zone, Fahey's hOu
Madison, 10 cents. Total NJ
The same zones apply on the
trip from Madison.
Local fares in either Sbo~heg
Madison may be purchased for D
by the purchase of fifty ride u
These local tickets can be had L
family riding and unlimited III
in which they are used.
Communication ticket service
summer and winter.
Limited Communication lcke''
mited communication tickets iol
rides, issued to one individual "
in time to one month Will be W
the basis of 3 cents per mlle,
minimum fare per ride oI eel
Unlimited communication uc'
Communication tickets for NIl!.
issued to an individual or lanl'
limited In time, will be SOFA gu
basis of 4 cents per mile win
mum fare per ride of ) cents.
Excursion or party seryic'.h.'
trip rate over entire line llhl'u
one day for so cents will be 20 y
to a special party OF twenty"
more on regular cars.
A round trip rate oyer ehlls
limited to one day, for 81 vi.
granted to a special party oI
or more on regular cars.
Very truly yours, =,
SOMERSET TRACTlO
II. l.. SWEET, TN
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
New Cement Bridge Over West Branch
Oi CarrabaSsett

The new cement bridge of about
one hundred thirty feet across the
West Branch of the Carrabassett Riv-
er. with approaches of six or eight
feet on the further side and fill of
ten or twelve feet on this end and
about twice the width of the old So
called Norton Bridge is near compile
ton 1t is fine structure and a
credit to the town. 1t is
expected to be opened for traffic the
Grst of December They have been
working'on the job about four months.
When complete there will be two posts
on each end with large lamps similar
to the Centennial concrete bridge.
This however and the railing will not
he finished until spring. The fill is
yet to be made on this end of the
bridge. They are now earting gravel
This bridge consists of three forty feet
spans in the clear; spans are forty
two feet total length. 1t is T-Beam
type of bridge with a twenty or twen-
ty-one foot driveway and five foot
sidewalk on the upstream side. Ce-
ment is all in except the railing. This
week they are taking out piling under
further span and next week the piling
from second span will be removed.
This bridge is built by the town. Coun-
ty and state and Edmond Cyr is the
contractor
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
Increased Fare Announced
Observation-Disclosures,
SkOwhegan, Maine.
Gentlemen.

Observation-Disclosures,
Skowhegan, Maine.
Gentlemen:
Through your columns we wish to
advise the public that an INCREASED
fare on the Somerset Traction Com
pany is necessity. This will. go
into effect on December /, and will
probably not continue after May list.
We now expect to continue the pres
ent rate of fare for seven months of
the twelve. The only reason re-
curing an advance in fare is the al
most universal use of the automobile
for seven or eight months of the year
and the fact that during the summer
months we have all the expenses of
operation and run cars almost desert
ed by passengers. II the public
wishes our road to operate 1t must
pay for the cost or the road must be
discontinued We realize that the
contemplated advance in fare for the
winter months from so cents to so
cents is high rate of transportation,
but we know of no remedy. If the
road continues it must have sufficient
receipts TO pay its bills, and the re-
/ Sullb Itie past nave NV btfh
sufficient to do this. Many other
electric roads have been obliged to
discontinue on account of the auto
mobile, while the roads now operating
arc generally increasing their fares.
We shall require the utmost OF pub
lie support on the railroad and at
Lakewood if this road.,is to continue.
We realize perhaps better than others
the fact that our line is almost a
necessity in the winter to the people
OF Somerset County and we shall
bend every effort to continue. The
road is now in excellent condition
for economical operation, and anoth-
er new steel car will shortly be put
in service.
The rates to go into effect Decem-
ber LIST are arranged to give as little
hardship as possible, We believe the
occasional traveller can best afford
TO pay the advance and that the reg
ular car rider can continue to pur-
chase communication tickets that will
not be excessive. There will be
four fare zones between Skowhegan
and Lakewood and four. zones between
Lakewood and Madison as follows:
First fare zone, Skowhegan to Cold
Brook, 10 cents.
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
Mercer Village School

Ono week of school gone. We like
our hot dinner. Stewed peas Mon
day; soup Tuesday; hash and cocoa
Wednesday; baked beans and brown
bread Thursday; and a whole pail OF
chowder Friday. Pretty near pail
full anyway.
Three new scholars this term. Two
dozen of us now.
Our new boards have come, We
hope to get them right up We also
have $500 worth of new dishes be-
sides some money.
We were glad to have George Gray
split our wood this week. We put 1t
into the shed and are now already for
snow.
Mr.. Simoneau visited us Friday. He
was the only visitor this week Every
one welcome.
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
ROSE GIRL EnR|CHES
BPW TREASURY.
Interesting Features OF the Two Even.
ing Production In SkOWhegan

About $392.00 was cleared from the
two day production of The Rose
Girl" in the Opera House, Thursday
and Friday nights, under the auspices
of the Skowhegan BPW Club. Walter
Z. Cleveland of Coventry, Vt, who has
staged several prior musical comedies
in town, was again director OF this
production and scored his usual sue
cess. The audience the first night
was large and the second night the
performance was also well attended
Among the interesting features were
variety of songs and dances, in
which various local artists appeared
Miss Violet Allan, whose voice has
shown marked Improvement since her
course of training in New York City,
charmed her listeners with the rem
dering of Come Back to Me" An
other pretty feature was the appear
ance of a number of Dream Girls,
during Charles Beaulieu's song,
Girls In My Dream In this ap-
peared Margaret Chase. Blanch Jew
ett Mildred Beale, Ruth lies, Myra
Akeley, Ruby Nadeau, Flayie Thi-
beault. Esther Roderick, Eugenia
Bernier and Marjorie Tozier. Owing
to the illness of Miss Thibeault's s
brother, Miss Marie Bisson, mem
ber of. the chorus substituted during
the second performance. Laura
Chase, uniquely appeared in the. song
number by Miss Isabel Dionn8fand
dancers. entitled Take 1t From Me !"
This dainty little Miss walked lightly
over the backs of the dancers and
was carried off the stage by Charles
Beauleu. one of the leading soloists.
Miss Blanch Jewett, president of the
BPW Club, made graceful announce
ment, in which she extended thanks
for her club, for the courtesy shown
them and announced that lunch would
be served the cast following the per-
formance Thursday and also all Wis
iting BPW members. Candy was sold
during the evning by beyy Of BPW
and high school girls.
A somewhat alarming incident oc
Cured during the Thursday evenings
presentation just as Charles Beauieu
appeared before the footlights in the
final song. The curtain was being
raised and fell striking the performer
on the head. Mr.. Beaulieu suffered
no ill results but curtain man Thi-
beault in the wings, narrowly escaped
a serious blow, as the turn buckle,
which became unfastened, came down
and nearly struck him.
Following the performance Friday
night dance was enjoyed in Grange
Hall, with a good number in attend
ance.. Mrs. Oddy's Orchestra furnish
ed music and about SAC was cleared
from this feature alone. This same
orchestra furnished music during the
two productions in the Opera House
Many Skowhegan people, who have
previously been described in the yari-
Gus roles, appeared in their usual
prajsewDrthy manner and proved
themselves fine entertainers
Local prizes were offered in the
ticket selling contest and were won
by Miss Myra Akeley, first; Miss Sadie
Martin, second; Miss Florence Beale,
third and Miss Ethel Moore. fourth.
The prizes were an overnight leather
bag from the Emery Brown Company;
ten dollar hat from the Bonnet
Shop; ladies' shoes by Bisson & CO.
nant and twenty-five shoe shines by
Peter Leakos.
The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27

piece of flying wood and had lost one
finger by getting it on the big saw
during his work in the mill
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark were the pa
rents of two children, Harold N,
local theatrical advertising man.
ager, and Mrs. Gertrude NJ, wife of
DR.. E. C. Norcross of Hartland