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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
Plenty of Christmas Trees

Washington, Dec. 8. (AP)-Christ-
mas trees should be plentiful his
year, members of the Federal Horti-
cultural Boad said today, despite
Federal guarantees.
The only arear in the United
States from which shipment Of
Christmas trees is prohibited. lies in
eastern New England, certain zee
tions of which are Guaranteed be-
cause of the gypsy moth. Part Of
Quebec adjoining Vermont, also is
similarly barred, but northern Maine.
Vermont, New York and Michigan
should be able, board members de-
clared, to meet all demands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
NEWPORT

The j. r. Club held very pleasant
meeting Saturday afternoon with Miss
Media Sanborn. Those present beside
the little hostess We're, Miss Evelyn
Littlefeld, the leader: Audrey Clark,
Marion Parkman. Persis Meader, Cora
Kennedy and visitor, Miss Matte
Bracket, who aided Mrs Sanborn in
serving refreshments. The next meet
ing will e~held at the home of Miss
Persis Meader Saturday afternoon,
Dec. 10.
Charles Fulton was a business CALL
err in Dover Monday
Miss Elizabeth Hilliker, student
of M. c. l., Pittsfield. was the week
end guest of her sister, Mrs. Emery
Written.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
MONTVILLE

John w. Nutter, has gone to the
Maine General Hospital in Portland,
for treatment.
Quite number from this town at
tended the Grange Fair held in Free
dom, December 4, and report having
had q fine time.
Charles McCorrison. has been
elected attendance officer, in place
of John w. Nutter. who resigned.
Charles McCorrison, recently had
a milking machine installed.
Kendric Harding. has commenced
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

ing the night with loss estimated
this morning at $4,000. Alvin Heath,
one of two brothers who owned the
place where the fire had its start
in barn cellar, suffered severe
burns about the face. hands d
legs, sustained in his efforts to save
stock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

Miss Virginia were in Skowhegan.
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willett Rogers left
Thursday in their automobile for
Washington, D. c., where Mr.. Rogers
has employment at his work in stone
cutting, and where they will pass
the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
$4,000 Fire, Loss in N. n.

Northwood, n. H.. Dec. S.-(AP)-
Three houses and two barns. one of
the homesteads being that of ex-
Governor Albert o. Brown of Man.
chester. were destroyed by fire DUR
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
WEEKS MILLS
Gard of Thanks

Card OF IHaHks
We wish to sincerely thank all VINO
so kindly assisted US when we lost
our home by fire, Nov. 18th.
MIR. AND MRS. B. D.tBRoWN
mr. AND MRS. EARLE DODGE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

When You Feel Cold Coming On
Take Laxative BROMO QUINlNE
Tablets to work off the cause and to
fortify the system against an at
tack of Grip or Influenza. A Safe
and Proven Remedy. The box bears
signature of E. w. Grove. soc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

Frank Newhall of Boston was In
town on business Monday.
III. e. Curtis of Belfast was In
town Monday on business. Mr.. Cur
tbs, who formerly resided here, has
been foreman of the Belfast section
OF the NJ. c. r. r. for over 20 years,
and the oldest section foreman in
point of years service on this divi-
sion. The disseminating of the Bel
fast branch by the Maine Central,
made a change necessary and he will
take charge of the main line section
here January /. John F. Sanborn,
the youngest man and the present
foreman, will remain as second hand.
until another foreman's Job is avail
able.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

that is a necessity. In charge was
Mrs. Amy Packard and Mrs. w. G..
Lord.
The chicken pie dinner served at
noon was just like the kind you had
at Thanksgiving and was well pat
ronized. This part of the days pro-
gram was looked after by Mrs. Mer-
tie Lamb, assisted by score of able
helpers.
1t was a tired but happy lot OF
ladies that closed the doors last
evening upon one of the most sue
cessful fairs in the history of the
church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

the winter term of school at Whites
Corner and is boarding at Herbert F.
Jackson'S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
Change Of Meeting

The Newport Woman's Club will
meet with Mrs. N, r. Cook Friday
afternoon at her home on upper Main
street instead of with Mrs. Lut
Friend, as previously announced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

ly to, remain creative and America
receptive"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

n Mrs. Gertrude Stevens, Leavitt OF
Portland addressed the student body
at the High school Tuesday morn
ing, taking for her subject Youths
Part In Reform" Mrs. Leavitt Is
the daughter of Mrs. L. M. N. Stew
ems of Dover and is power in Nat
ional and state w. c.. T. U. work.
She is also trustee of tire Woman's
Roformatory at Skowbegan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

The regular meeting of Skowhegan
Grange will be held this evening.
Among other matters of business will
be the election of officers. supper
will be served by Section F, under
the direction of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Meader and
Mrs. and Mrs. w. j. Lessard.
There will be a special meeting OF
Somerset Chapter. r A. NJ. this eve
ming with work in the NJ. E. III. de-
gree.
Miss Alice Woodbury., a freshman
at Skowhegan High school, is surg
zeal patient at Kennebec Valley hos
pital,
Miss Cora Baker of Norridgewock
was a business caller in town, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. 3. Whittier went
TO Bangor to attend the State Grange.
Mr.. Whittier is the Master of Show
hogan grange and with Mrs. Whit
tier are delegates from the order.
Wallace B. Hafey represents Wes-
serrunsett Grange, of which he is
Master, as do Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Clements of East Madison.
The next meeting of the Town Inn
provement Society will be held FRI
day, December IL, in Library parlors.
This will be a Christmas meeting in
charge of Mrs Elva Greene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
Methodist Church Fair

The Methodist church fair held in
the large church vestry, which OPEN
ed Tuesday at 10 o'clock and contin-
ned through the day, was most sue
cessful. Large crowds were in at
tendance, both forenoon and after
room. and by night practically every
thing had been sold out. The decor
ations were in red and white with a
background of evergreen and arrang-
ed most tastefrlly. 49,
On the right of*the. enhance was
located the prepared flour booth.
This product was put up in handy
packages to take home and expert
cooks told how to- use the purchase.
Best of all. samples of the finished
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09
Permanent roads are a good
investment-not an expense
The Pavement
That Meets the
Challenge Of Traffic

Your own observation and expert
ence will tell you that the road which
was good enough twenty years ago. or
perhaps even ten years ago, simplywin
not do today.
Itlacks the strength, the rigidityand
the 6rmness necessary to Withstand
the terrific wear and tear Of motor
transportation.
Only pavement will do this And
the pavement that meets all tests is
concrete.
Built in accordance with approved
standards Of highway construction,
the concrete pavement remains free Of
ruts and bumps, year after year.
Requiring practically no mainte.
nance, 1t costs less in the end than any
other pavement
Isn't that the kind your community
ought to have? Then let your local
authorities know that you want your
highways paved with concrete.
Our free booklet Concrete Facts about
Placements" ,viIl be sent promptly on
request. Write for 1t today
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
10 High Street
BOSTON. MASS.
Il National Organization to Improve and
Extend the Uses of Concrete
OFFICES IN 30 CITIES
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-09

dec9-16
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16
Gagging Central Labor Councils

The Federation Labor convention whose delegates
officials national and international
unions who the of rank and file
dd by the city central labor bodies like poison took another crack
membership they authorized the executive council of the
L. take the property of central bodies whose charters
have been revoked.
This against the left wing activities of number of
which, their relations with the union
membership responsive wishes 1t is automatic that
steps towards building militant labor
arousng political the organized work
central labor councils This has been followed
threat revoke their charters and after difficulty they
have been whipped into line
proposal confcate their properties many central labor
temples furniture libraries designed
strengthen the hands of the conservative elements and give them
additional argument against insurgent action.
decision itself proof of the fear of A. of l. ociadom
growing left few this issue could
raised because the only difficulty the executive council
councils that they occasionally took the
ursdona disputes and had their charters revoked But
only family quabbes without difference
in political policy.
Today of central bodies always ceners around
like support of labor party amagamaon sympathy for
presence Communists delegates from local
fundamental questions for the American
which indicate entirely trend of thought
and action n the ranks of organized labor.
important thing in connection with the latest
tempt of L. ocadom hamstrng and gag the union
membership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16
No Agreement at LocGrno

line the prophets
settlement forced explain in detail the
of the continual delay in reaching agreement
Germany willing the security it affects the
French and German frontiers provided reference in 1t is made to
her boundaries The capitalist which has been devotng
space differences the Rhine
land territory and trying conceal the nub the whole question
the Russian border Poland particular
lis unable longer to perver the truth with patudes
has refused united front against
that would be implied in the signing document
recognizing the frontiers and unless the allied i'm
pass get this the whole scheme for confront
Soviet Russia with steel WALL which to have been consum
mated Locarno, falls to pieces.
meantime Germany and Poland to have been
Russia evidenced by the treaties
recently signed by them.
impression that the allied engaged
in their faces and bring home from
kind that be hailed victory
Unless the German
right Poland whipped into line bribed
huge the LocarnO conference will have
failed its obecto close the between the counerrevouon
of Europe made by the refusal OF Germany to
allow territory joint offensive
with Poland against the Soviet Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16
ARTICLE v.

IETHILE Macdonald was doing the
w dirty work for English imperial
ism in Bulgaria noted in the conclu-
sion of the last article, the tories were
preparing quietly but effectively to
aiscredit the Soviet Union among the
British working class. 1t was in the
name of social-pacifism, 'Peace on
earth, good will to men, that Mac
Donald carried on the plot with the
bloody Zankov government against
the workers and peasants govern
ment of Russia
1t was in the name of social-paci-
fism again that Macdonald de-
nounced that masterpiece of capitalist
trickery, the forged zinoyiev letter.
"as a Bolshevik conspiracy" against
the British working class, which was
starving to death quietly Just as
the tories had calculated, the labor
party lost the election and, having
eased the empire thru severe inter-
national crisis, Macdonald was set
aside to await a period when his SER
vices would be required again
The world knows now that the
Zinoviev letter was forged, the Bri-
fish trade union delegation to Sow
ct Russia satisfied itself that this was
he case, but Macdonald to this day
las said not one word to indicate that
he knows it the case. In other words.
he prefers to aid the British foreign
Office by his silence than to aid the
workers and peasants government
of Russia by telling the truth.
Saklatvala fought thru the labor
party campaign in which the forged
zinoviev letter was an issue and he
would have had some interesting
things to say about it. No such first
hand testimony is wanted by either
the British or American imperial gov
ernments
MEANWHILE, the tory British gov
4VA eminent is getting ready for out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

right suppression Of the working
class A dispatch to the New York
Times of October 5, says in part I'M
der a London date line;
How newspaper spoiled the
game Of the crown law officers In
dealing with the "Reds," was re-
vealed today by Sir William Joyn-
son-Hicks, the home secretary, in
speech at Liverpool.
The utterances of SaklatVala and
Tom Mann had been brot to his at
tention and he discussed them with
the attorney general and public
prosecutor. They decided that as
the speakers were getting more Vio-
lent each day It would be better
to wait week or two till they had
completed their series Of speeches
already announced. Then a certain
newspaper published their plan and,
said Sir William, "from that mo-
ment neither Mann nor SakIatvaIa
opened his mouth in public"
Tom Mann and Saklatvala are Com
munists and it may be argued that
such secret preparations apply only
to acknowledged revolutionists. The
Macdonald argument runs something
along this line when he blames the
Communists for the governments
suppressive measures. But Sir Will
lam Joynson-Hicks knocks this social
ist-pacifist argument for a row of
Japanese ash cans. The dispatch con-
tinues:
Then the speaker took up a de-
Tense of blessings he bestowed on
a society known as an organization
for the maintenance of supplies.
This society, with Lord Hardinge Of
Penshurst, the late ambassador to
Paris, as president, and on the ex-
ecutive such men as Lord JeIIiooe
and Sir Francis Lloyd, the general
commanding London during the
war, has been formed to draw up
lists of men ready to maintain pub
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16
What Saklatvala SyrnboIizes sygaEs.5= o..
By William F. Dunno

and equipped to use force.
Its "cIass A" (there are five
classes) is to be recruited from men
Of military age, with military ex-
perience. 1t will be commanded by
military men, and in addition to UNI
specified duties, this class will func-
ton to protect men willing to
work."
at is intended at present to re-
cruit up to 10000 Of this class In
London alone"
MussoIlni out-scabbed.
other classes will run trains,
trans, power stations, gas works,
road vehicles, and messages. Wo-
men are to be roped in for clerical
duties.
Flying squads of wel-disclplin.
ed men will be organized to ''take
on duty at places where rough
fighting is to be expected
Its council (impudently described
as non-political) consists of men Of
title, rank, and wealth, who not only
never have, but are never likely to
have, the smallest grain Of SYM
pathy for labor rightly struggling TO
be free.
And the whole scheme we are
told "has the approval Of the gov.
eminent"
GAKLATVALA, symbolizing both the
y British working class as a whole
and its advance guard, the Commun-
list Party of Great Britain cannot be
permitted to expose with facts, fig
ures and fiery eloquence such startl-
ing evidences of the desperation of
the British rulers before American
audiences of workers, citizens of a
friendly power"
Baldwin, Representatives., Kellogg
and Coolidge unite against Saklatvala
and all he stands for.
Ito be fcontinued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

lie supplies and necessarles In case
of such an emergency as general
strike. Sir William, writing to a
correspondent who consulted him
about 1t had stated that the govern
ment considered 1t its duty to main
tain supplies at such a crisis and
had made plans long since to do
so, but could see no harm in such
a private organization and would
be glad to use its services.
TT must be remembered that this
4 open announcement of the recruit
ing and endorsement of extra-legal an
ti-working class forces was made in
Liverpool where few days before
5000 British fascist had been sworn
in by the chief constable of the city
and the statement made publicly that
this force would act in strikes and
other emergencies "as separate
force. under their own officers
The British capitalist press is not
a unit in support of this assault on
the fabric of bourgeois democracy
which had so successfully fooled the
workers up to short time ago. The
London Daily News comments as fol-
lows on the strike breaking scheme
of the home secretary:
We cannot conceive any enter
prise IikeIier to provoke a breach Of
the peace or to incite the rapid de-
veIopment of class war. If a Liver
pool watch committee enroils the
fascist as police what is to pre-
vent a labor watch committee from
enrolling volunteers to form a labor
defense corps, which labor poIlti7
clans of advanced views regard as
the only possible answer to self
constituted strike breaking organic
ations7
The Ulster volunteers created
the Sim Fen volunteers and the
Sim Fein volunteers produced the
Irish revolution and dragged the
name Of Britain in the dust.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

Tientsin on goth of July, he did it
mainly as result of the slogans Is
sue1 by the Communists on the 18th
Of July. The dissolution of the fight
ing organizations in the different dis
tricts of China and the prohibition
of the Kuomintang in Mukden men,
toned above-all this took place after
the 18th of July. Shanghai, Tientsin
and Tsingtao are the most important
industrial centers in China. In Shang
hal there are Chinese, Japanese and
English textile factories. In Using
tao they are mainly in the hands of
the Japanese, and in Tientsin these
factories are, for the greater part,
owned jointly by Japanese and Chin
ese. AS regards the Chinese prophet
ors, the only difference is that the
Chinese factories in Shanghai are
mostly in the hands of the bourgeoisie
while those in Tientsin are in the
hands of the military rulers. In most
cases the textile factories in Tientsin
belong to members of the party of
that military ruler who exercises the
greatest power in the locality. Previ-
ously they belonged, for the greater
part to the Chilli people (the party Of
Wu-Pei Fu), today to the ADJUSTS
(Tuan She Sui party and Chang Tso-
Lin. The factories of Tientsin are,
therefore, to be regarded not only as
economic factors, but also as political
md personal-political factors. Hence,
the oppression of the workers is par
ticularly brutal. In Tientsin there
are, in all, nine textile companies
with 100000 spindles and 10000
workers.
The facts given above enable us to
Judge for ourselves in whose hands
lies the leadership of the national re-
volution. Not only can the bourgeoisie
not take over the leadership itself.
but it is already counter-revolution
airy; it is the faithful henchman of
the imperialists. Today only the pet
ty bourgeois and the peasantry and
the students who have sprung from
the peasantry can take part in the
fight, and then only as the auxiliary
forces of the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

the control of the workers and by the
strike of the seamen and transport
workers.
NTOW the bourgeoisie is quite openly
~ appealing for support to the tools
Of the imperialists, the Chinese mill
tary rulers Chang Tso-Lin in particu-
lar is fulfilling with the greatest care
these instructions to suppress the
strikes and dissolve the fighting or
ganization. At the end of July he
caused numerous fighting groups to
be dissolved in Shanghai and Tientsin,
and in Mukden even the group of the
Kuomintang.
The imperislists in China are max
ing use of every means in order to
crush the struggle for freedom. Al
though they all stand in one united
front against the Chinese, they are
attempting, one in this way and an
other in that, to suppress the move
ment for freedom. The English are
proceeding with the most brutal
means, whilst the Japanese, who were
the main originators of the unrest,
are attempting to cast all blame from
themselves and to win the sympathies
of the Chinese.
The Chinese bourgeoisie, the tool
of the imperialists, at the instigation
of the Japanese, is only opposing the
English. The workers called meet
ing for the 30th June in Picking in
which resolution was adopted con-
demning the action of the bourgeoisie.
The workers are demanding a fight
against the English and Japanese
imperialists, and not against one
party only. Thereupon, on the 18th
of July, the bourgeois convened a
meeting in Pekin, which again op-
posed the demands of the workers
and only proposed the boycott of the
English. The result of this was a
collision, regarding which the bour-
geois papers naturally reported that
the people with the red flags were
the cause of theA disorders.
Communists Program.
ON the same day the Communists
~ issued the slogan: Flight against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

the tool of the Japanese and against
the betrayer of the people, Chang Tso-
Lin" and put forward the following
demands:
l. Abolition of the unequal
treaties.
2. Disarming of the military rulers
who do not wish to fight against the
imperialists.
3. Guarantee of freedom of speech
and press, and right of combination.
4. Abolition of the unequal treat
ment of women in the jurisdictional,
political and economic sphere.
5. Abolition of the Likien system
and other taxes.
6. Fixing of a maximum amount of
landed property which can be held;
any landowner possessing more than
this quantity must give the same to
the poor peasants and small holders;
establishment Of maximum rent for
land; abolition of the present custom
of paying taxes on land several years
in advance.
z. Unrestricted freedom for trade.
unions, right of strike for the work
ers; establishment of a minimum
wage according to prices of food; le-
gislation for the protection of labor.
s. The right of the workers and
peasants to possess arms for their
own defense.
9. Deposit Of "a definite sum in a
bank for educational purposes.
10. Convocation of real national
assembly.
THESE demands represent the new
L fighting program of the Commun-
lists for the national revolution. The
last horrible blood bath which took
place on the 18th of August, in Tient-
sin was the first onslaught on the
part of Chang Tso-Lin and his crew
in the struggle against the Chinese
proletariat. The workers in Tientsin
have again turned against the Jap
anese and against Chang Tso-Lin. The
answer was the blood bath. Tientsin
is known to be the headquarters Of
Chang Tso-Lin in inner Shanghai
Kwsn. When Chang Tso-Lin left
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-16

of the democratic leader.
1t is our duty to give broad pub
licity to the preparation of this new
blody crime and to urge the parties,
trade unions, cooperative societies,
leagues for human rights, and other
bdies wrkers and humanitarian peo-
pie to take action by means of the
press, mass meetings and protests to
the Bulgarian and other governments
and to arrange demonstrations in
front Of Bulgarian legations in order
to prevent this new bloodshed intend
ed by the Bulgarian fascist govern
ment. sll. sss1
BY all means and with inexhaustible
energy we must strive to bring about
such decisive actions because every
lost moment brings death to hundreds
an dthousandssof victims of this I'M
exampled terror. IL