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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
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Mrs. H. w. Maxwell, who ha. 49,
passing a few days in Greena 49,. .ssn
Mr.. and Mrs. Milan Sanborn. re,,,.Rn ,n
ed home Sunday. 's'u-'
The whist party held at the c...
nail Thursday evening was not va.
well attended, on account az NJ
travelling. e. d. Cram and Mar,css.
Perry won the first prizes, while WIN w,s
Woodbury. and sister, Miss Har,,,.M.
received the consolation prizes. ~,
next party will be held this ThursSsss
evening at the home of Mrs. y
Grams.
Doris Cram and Evelyn Small ~.
have been going back and forth y
work by auto through the summss
have now moved In town. They -.
boarding with Mrs. F. e. Baker.
School closed here Friday might =.
a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. A. s. Trott entertained n.
Neighborhood club last WedneaSa,
afternoon and evening. A very pleass
ant time was passed. A bounfifn,
supper was served. It being M
Trott's birthday. he was presentas
with a birthday cake, covered via
candles, a pocketbook ana othe
gifts.
PLAINS-The Community circk
will hold its regular meeting
Wednesday evening. December is. n
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. n
Small. A chicken pie supper win h
served, followed by an entertainnaept
in charge of Rev. c. A. Watkins.
Mrs. e. T. Packard who has been
visiting her son. B. z. Packard q
Augusta, returned home. Friday.
The Pine Tree school closed nj.
day. with Christmas tree and fns
program.
Alfred Whipple. teacher OF ths
Pine Tree school. has returned to hs
home in New Hampshire for tNo
weeks vacation.
Perley e. Campbell and family, Il
Augusta, were callers In town. Sun.
daV
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

blanket come from?" asked the Curl
Gus little bunny.
"Wait a minute while I take a look
Book"
replied Professor Jim Crow. wiping q
snowflake from his spectacles.
"Wait just minute, but not much
more,
While l read a bit of nature lore"
and turning to page 40, the good old
bird read what you will learn In the
next story.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

An Ohio judge sentenced a reck-
less driver to be specimen for the
study of university class in
psychology. Good suggestion, though
in some instances it might be i'm
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
CHINA
Silver Lake Grange


Silver Lake Grange holds it's next
meeting Tuesday evening, December
Is. Some of the officers are to be
elected. Let every member be pres
ent if possible.
Those from China that attended
the State Grange report very
profitable and pleasant meetings.
The people here were much sad
dened by the death of Mrs. Emma
Doe of East Vassalboro.
Monthly meeting of Friends to be
held December 18th.
The Baptist Church is to have a
Christmas tree, Tuesday, Dec. %.
Nelson Bailey is at home on his
Christmas vacation. from Colby Col
lege.
Lila Washburn is at home from
Coburr.
The Farm Bureau held Wednes-
day, Dec. 9. was a very profitable
meeting, the ladies taking up
basketry work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

cnans, Feng: Feng, Chang; whsm
pouf; pouf. bang; when will tho hv.
ISLANDERS get . Peekin:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
MAINE GOSSIP
The OLD Dances

Henry Ford likes dances old,
So we've very oft been told.
Portland Fancy, Boston too,
Lady of the Lake will do.
Quadrilles, fancy and the plain
To the merry fiddle strain.
Waltz and schottische, polka brisk,
At them round the room he'd frisk;
Fen the stately minuet
Which was our grandparents pet.
But we've wondered just a mite, N
Not that we are sure we're right,
What would happen IL old Hank,
Should mix in a fox trot prank,
Or this Charleston thing so new
With a merry flapper crew.
Would the saxophone and drum
And the lively banjo's strum
Set old Henry's feet a prancing
To the present style of dancinge
Fred Owen, Portland Express.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
Light and Airy


Linguistic
My brother takes up Spanish.
French, Italian. German and Scotch" !"
Goodness! Where does he study ?"
study? He runs an elevator
Los Angeles Times.
Some public speakers are accused
or using a good deal of slang in
their talks. There may be something
to 1t. Slang is. after all, only that
part OF the language which has not
reached the dictionary: In the next
generation it will be there, and the
next generation will express itself
better because of it. Languages grow
through their slang. It is usually
more expressive than some express j.
sion which preceded II. For example.
a certain bishop once said to a little
girl: Ethel. you seem to a bright
iittle girl. Can you repeat a verse
from the Bible?"
I'll say l can," replied Ethel.
very well. my dear" answered the
bishop. which one is.it?"
The Lord is my shepherd-I
should worry."-I. III. NJ. Ill.
Under Suspicion
You should walk in the straight
and narrow path"
Yes. parson. and If I did, every
body would say sthat I'd been drink
ing and was trying to walk straight
to prove ! hadn't"
Romance
No, dearie, Tom isn4 much of a
driver" conceded Gladys to her
chum, 'b6e Ae certainly does know
how to park a car."-American
Legion Weekly.
Close Resemblance
Mrs. O'Brien (to caller)-Faith
Norah. yez risimble yure mother that
much Oid know va1 xuOr- har danOt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
Editorial Comment
MOI!
(Biddeford Journal)

(Biddeford JournaD
Are you among the trustful-
minded minority who believe that
the price of hard coal will drop just
as soon as the strike of miners is de-
clared at an end?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
Close Resemblance

VIoSe HeSembIance
Mrs. O'Brien Ito caller)-Faith
Norah. yez risimble yure mother that
much Ord know yez wor her daugh-
ter If Ord never seen ayther av yez.
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

The University of Maine has COM
plied some interesting statistics which
refute the statements OF certain peo-
ule who say that football players are
no good off the football field and are
nothing but dubs in the classroom"
The figures compiled by assistant reg
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

Dexter is hoping for a new post
Office as the result of the bill intro
duced in Congress by Congressman
Ira G.. Hersey. The bill seeks an ap-
preparation for a lot and p. o. build
ing in that town.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15
Augusta Lodge Directory

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT. NO 9.
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
of each month at 7.30 o'clock. Tues
day, Dec %, election of officers.
EDGAR w FLETCHER. c. p.
G. S. PEASLEE Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-12-15

Clipperty clop. clipperty clop!
My, how the little rabbit can hop!
Up to the Farmyard over the snow,
Goodness me, how fast he can go!
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NOTED PUBLISHER FRANK A. MUNSEY
 DIES NEW YORK
DEATH COMES FOLLOWING AP. PENDlCITIS OPERATION;
 SUcCUMBED SUDDENLY
Made Fortune On Magazines
Was Single Man; Started Life At Telegraph Station; HeWed Suc-
 cess Out of Failure.

NEW YORK, Dec. p. (P-
 Frank A. Munsey, died here last
 night from peritonitis, which
 followed an appendicitis opera
 tion which was performed on
 him December 13. Recovery was
 expected, but sinking spell be-
 gan early yesterday.
 Frank Andrew Munsey was 2S years old and a telegraph operator when he arrived in New York one cold bleak day in the winter of 1882. He had come down to the metropolis from Maine, bringing all his prop erty with him. It consisted of a grip-full of manuscripts, the clothes he had on, and $40 in cash. He was going to start a publishing business.
 Penniess In New York
 Seeking a focusing point for what he felt certain, even at that time, would one day be great enterprise, he engaged a little room for an of- flee, bought an eight dollar table and couple of cheap kitchen chairs, some pens and a bottle of ink, and
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the $40 was gone. Frank Munsey was broke in the worlds greatest city, where even the mighty must fight to hang on.
 Starts Argosy Magazine
 With all his troubles ahead of him he started to work and two months later appeared the first number of the Argosy Magazine-then an it. illustrated weekly paper of eight pages for boys and girls. Horatio Alger, jr., was one of the contribu- tors. This was the beginning of a struggle which has had few if any parallels in the publishin world.
 Forty years later, after one of the most remarkable demonstrations of hewing success out of failure ever seen in that particular business, Frank Andrew Munsey had become one of the foremost publishers in the United States, numbering his newspapers and magazines by the score and his wealth by the millions. It had been fight every step of the way, and not once did luck lend a hand with the burden.
 Acquires N. Y. Herald
 His most notable achievement in the newspaper field came in Febru- ary, 1920, when he acquired the New York HERALD, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, and merg- ed with it the New York SUN, the HERALD'S senior by two years, which MT. Munsey had purchased in 1916 and consolidated with the New York PRESS. The elder James Cor don Bennett had founded the HER ALD, and Charles A. Dana developed the SUN. The merged publication was called The SUN and The New York HERALD for a time, and then changed simply to the HERALD. At the same time the EVENING SUN, another Munsey newspaper, was changed to the SUN.
 Then he acquired the TELE- GRAM, and in 1923 purchased the GLOBE and COMMERCIAL ADvER- TISER and consolidated them. The SUN bought the New York MAIL last year and merged it with the TELEGRAM. He then sold the HER ALD, including his European edition to Ogden Reid. Later Reid consol- idated the HERALD with the New York TRIBUNE which is now called the HERALD-TRIBUNE
 Born in State of Maine.
 The early life of MT. Munsey, as he forged gradually ahead in spite
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PAGE THREE

paying net income of $1,5OO a week. He wrote third serial, grind ing out another 5000 words a week. It was called "The Boy Broker" and added another 10000 to the circula- tion.
 But something was wrong. The circulation soon began to fade. The trouble seemed to be with juvenile publications, all of which were rap- idly failing. In 1891 he started Mun- sey's Weekly, hoping to get it un- der way before The Argosy went completely down. In few months
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SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. 6 A. M.
 A Stated communications first NG&and third Wednesdays of each IVY \month; visiting brethren well come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold Painter, Secretary.
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RESURRECTION LODGE NO. AZ,
 l. o. o. F.
 ~@ Meets every Thursday at G@S 500 D. m. in Odd Fellows Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting brothers welcome. Fred Martinides, N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
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iGLoo No. NINE, PIONEERS OF
 ALASKA Meets every Second and Fourth Fri day nights in Odd Fellows Hall; John Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou- gall, Secretary.
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Photo Albums, s1 to s9-Alaska Shop. If
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
The Real General Feng

The outstanding military figure in the Chinese
the liberation is General Feng YuHng also called the christian
general Feng supporter of Britain and when WuPe
Flu started the that ended his eclipse Feng
of his leading generals.
In those days. the christian general pictured to the readers
of the American and British capitalist glowing coors
nice humane and democratic But Feng ceased be the
tool of British Imperialism He quit WuPeu seized Peking and
that the political end of Flu Suddenly Feng lost all virtue in
the British and American capitalist editors His christianity
shoughd off him like rubber the public has been given the
impression that the humane and democratic Chinese
had changed maneang tiger who around hunting nice
fat bodies which to perform carving tricks with his sword
About the only coherent speech Feng could make according
his capitalist aducers camOrng and plenty it.
He represented be boodhst the god of William
nings Bryan He had Unsuitable desire for
limited unceang slaughter In view of this campaign Of
umny the DAILY WORKER pleased to feature another
article cabd by General Feng the Workers Weekly of Great
Britain official the Communist Party that country
The article which readers urged study, is calm
setting forth the facts that led the
crisis China the bloody deeds of British Imperialism and the
determination the Chinese people free themselves from the
bghng and brutal yoke of all foreign Imperialism This article
picture of the General Feng the
that the paid liars of capitalism drew to fool the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
A Nev Chinese Saviour

George Kirkpatrick of the socialist partys press agents
agrees capitalists that ignorance the chief Chna
while the capitalists solution als
China long hours short pay and poison Kirkpatrick flies
Margaret Sanger holds article made rubber
evils that poster the Chinese Masses simple terms
Kirkpatrick with China Chinese
This typical of the socialist of looking things
blaming the impera robbers the dreadful poverty
Chinese grope scina evidence
prove Chinese themselves blame tendency of
the Chinese beget children the why American British
Japanese British capitalists shooting
their streets!
kirkpatrick evidently WORKER that the
Chinese question He therefore our rulers
big bateshp be sufficient provide every woman
by bishops senator's Judges governors and
United voluntary
parenhood that harmless painless method preventing
ception. Why hestate-to China ?"
old Mahuan falacy has been exploded time and time
again The earth oerpopulated The poverty
many people, the unequal distribution wealth. This con
dtion will only be eliminated when capitalism eliminated There
enough wealth China take teeming population
many times But the Chinese have this wealth.
They entitled according the
What the Chinese do and what all the exploited people
the world do abolish the robber system
Then they begin the task of disseminating knowledge
enable them regulate their lives own
and those of society whole What the
days than knowledge about contracepes knowledge
how to rifles and plentiful supply of them
There many Chinese China; but there are too
many imperialists there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17

THE speeches contain impressive
1 figures.
The regular army the first line Of
defense (meaning, the first line Of
offense)-1SO,OOO men. The National
Guard, the second line of defense
Tread: second line Of offense)-
100000. The reserves, the third line
of offense- 95,O 900. The Women's
corps for war work-25O, 900 (the pro
posal to organize such a woman's
crops is now being considered by the
war department as an integral part of
its permanent defense" plan). The
thoro preparedness Of our industry for
war, and lastly, by way of dessert. the
jesuitical attempt by Admiral Fiske to
pass the blame for the suffering
caused by war to the pacifists.
The reasoning Of this old admiral
deserves detailed consideration. The
admiral declares: Il know that the So
called militarists (of course there are
no militarists, there are only so
called militaristsD are much more pa
cific in their attitude and language
than the pacifists" Such is the old
sea-wolf's aphorism number one.
HERE is aphorism number two;
1 l 1.-THE tendency Of. wealthy and
commercial nations has always been
toward effeminacy and away from
wor, while the tendency Of poor and
aspiring nations has always been to
make war against them as the short
est road to wealth and power"
The retired admiral does not take
pains to mention instances proving
this last aphorism. Let's do it for
him. The poor, very poor England
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17

preparation for war Of enoroach'
ment and plumber. sse
But the admiral was carried away
by his theme, and let the cat out OF
the bag. He concluded his speech
with: "A continuance to protect at
all times, and in all places, under all
conceivable ircumstances-th Amer
lean flag"
To esure, lin all places" That
is, in China and in Japan, in Russia
and in the Philippines, in South
America and in Mexico.
THAT is the real meaning Of the
4 present militarist campaign, was
best proven by Ex-senator Hamilton
Lewis, who in his speech, as reported
by the Chicago Sunday Tribune
warned against a war from out Of
the orient in whcih America will be
without, the aid of her late allies
England, France and Italy never
would aid us against China, Japan mad
Russia
Thus, China possessing no navy
Russia possessing only small rem
nants Of the czarist feet, and Japan
which has been weakened by earth
quakes for at least a score of years
are menacing the U. s. with war Of
''offense." And the poor U. S., in
possession of an immense and power
full navy. is compelled to make prep
arations for war of defense.
LAVE mercy, honorable senator
- There are bounds to credulity
which even senator may not cross
With your talk of Japan, China and
Russia you are giving away your real
intnetions-.to enslave these countries
to American Imperialism. You let the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
British Ordered "Shot to kip in China

been summoned from nearby ports
and sailors and marines have been
landed from the ships already in the
harbor to patrol the settlement and
protect foreign life and property" in
Shanghai s
Not only were Saturdays and Mon
days shots heard in Shanghai, but
they echoed and re-echoed thruout the
Yangtze valley and thrfout China. No
sooner was the news known than
things began to happen in other
cities. In Picking where student de-
monstrations were taking place be-
fore the Tsingtao and Shanghai MUIR
ders, the news was Only more fuel
to the fire and as result there is a
general strike proclaimed which is
spreading daily.
At Chinkiang, some miles from the
city of Marking, the Students had a
demonstration, with the result that
all foreigners we're ordered out of
tho cifsr wifbia 81 4onre and sl.oeo
orders were obeyed P. d. O., with
the result that the Loong Wo steamed
into Shanghai three days ago with a
boatload Of foreigners. i. e., mission
aries and businessmen.
Two days ago Hankow was the
scene of slaughter when foreign vol
unteers and marines turned machine
guns on mass of unarmed students
and workers demonstrating against
the Marking Road massacre. Eight
Chinese students were killed and
many more wounded.
Kiukiang was the scene of more
outright murder but actual figures
and facts have not as yet been Sc
cured. 800 81
Numerous demonstrations of stu
dents in many other cities are report
ed and the general trend portends
non-peaceful elimination China, al
ready at the boiling point, is begin
ming to seep over; and once she gets
started, "All hell can't stop her."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
By John BrOwn

secret out Mr.. senator, you recklessly
exposed the cards, The fairy tale
about an alliance between socialist
Russia, which has no plan Of con-
quest and is helping China in her
struggle for liberation, and japan,
which is right now taking leading
part, alongside Of the American
forces, in the suppression OF the Chi
nese liberation movement,--this yarn
is too much even for the most impor-
tant, for the least class conscious
worker. You're mighty poor story
teller, Mr.. Senator.
A ND now, comrade reader, compare
"A the bellicose speeches OF the gen
erals, who are contemplating the en-
slavement of Japan, China and Russia
(and are therefore shouting about
protecting the independence of the
United States), with the speech, Of
President Coolidge, which was alsorde-
livered on July 4. The president calls
upon all nations of the old world to
make permanent peace. admiral
Fiske, is not this most typical pacif-
ist preaching? Or do you favor pa
citism for the old world, and militar
ism for the new world?)
President Coolidge adds to this,
that the only hope of success lies in
peace with. Justice"
N old Latin general declared; IF
"A you want peace, prepare for war"
In the United States this proverb has
been changed to read:
when you want war, shout for
peace, if you contemplate the en-.
slavement of other nations, talk of
defending the independence of your
nation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
FLEXIBLE SHAFT
COMP ANY PRUNES
WORKERS. WAGES
Employees Quit When
Stop Watch Introduced

The Flexible Shaft company which
manufactures considerable sh p
shearing machinery for Australian,
New Zealand and Argentinian exoprt,
also is quite efficient at the task Of
shearing the workers employed in its
shops thru a highly developed system
Of speeding up accompanied by dras-
tic wage cutting.
The Taylor stop-watch system was
introduced in punch and drill press
departments. AS result of this in
tolerable system, 20 workers quit.
This system is also in preparation for
the toolmakers, maiiers, assemblers,
polishers and plasterers.
The Flexible Shaft company. which
n located at 5000 West Roosevelt
Road, also makes Sunbeam" electric
irons. The wages were slashed in
some departments from IS cents to
So cents an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17

has waged war against the wealthy
people Of India. Pauperized France
is now waging, war against the Riff
ans who live in abundance and lux
ury. Lastly, poverty stricken United
States is preparing to war against
China which is suffocating in wealth.
A PHORISM number three:
1 \ 1.-THE greatest danger to the
American flag Is not Communism.
The greatest danger is that mis-
called paeIfism which is softening
the fibre of the nation"
You are mistaken, wise admiral in
retirement. Precisely Communism is
the greatest menace to the power of
Wall Street And do you know why?
Because Communism is REAL pacif-
ism, not the bourgeois and petty
bourgeois pacifism which, as you cor
rectly declare, has not prevented a
single war in the past and has no con-
crete plan how to prevent war in the
future. The Communists are the only
real pacifists, and they have a con-
crete plan, namely to establish a
workers and farmers government the
world over, and then war will become
impossible. Precisely as pacifists
really having no intention to Cypress
any nation, the Communists are the
greatest menace to Wall Street.
DMIRAL Fiske is confusing these. W
A DMIRAL FISKE is confusing the
1 4 question of militarism, pacifism
and Communism in order to cover up
the traces, to conceal from the work
ers and farmers that the bombast
about defense, self-protection and in
dependence is used to camoufage the
actual practical and concrete plan of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-17
NEARING FINDS
DEMOCRACY OF
BRITAIN CONE
Paci6st Also Stopped by
Hand Across Sea

NEW YORK, July 15.- Visaes on
American passports have been denied
Scott Nearing and his wife Nellie
Nearing without explanation. Less
than two weeks previous a British
visa was denied Brent Dow Allin-
son, conscientious objector during the
war.
Atkinson left with group of young
people for a peace conference in Eng
land and was forced to leave the
party in France. The Nearing plan
to go to Europe for travel and study.
The British consulate wrote to Lon
don for further instructions on the
case as the hearings intend to fight
the decision if visaes are again re-
fused.
1T is remarkable to think that the
British secret service should main
tain in this country file of the ac-
tivities and politics of American citi
zens,' Nearing statsg.
British officials attempted to pre-
vent foreign Communists from enter
ing England to attend the party con-
gress this year. However, two dele
gates from France and Germany, not
being sticklers for etiquette, slipped
thru the swarm of detectives, deliver
ed speeches and then vanished.