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The daily worker., 1925-10-13
Working for War in Atlantic City

The convention of the American Federation
the footsteps of William Randolph Hearst cries about
yellow peril 1t scents its officials say plot flood America
with japanese. tHfnia1l
This the most effective making
for American Imperialism War with
Of the mtarss and its necessity the cardinal beliefs
their Wall masters
The ohcaldom of labor joins in the
critical protecting American
the slaughter of both American Japanese workers
This is in which the Imperialism
their share Of impeasm's super profits.
More buminous mines the anthracite strike
inues This relieves the the fuel
both soft and hard coal miners strike
the answer
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for the DAILY WORKER. resios e...
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-18

At Texarkana, Texas, a cyclone
drove a piece of four inch water
pipe through the neck OF horse
making a clean cut hole through
which a person could look to the
other side. Despite the injury the
horse lived for three days.
Sometimes, though It must be ad-
mitted. not often, a disaster is not
an unmitigated tragedy. Occasion
ally. It replaces in kind what 1t has
taken away. Witness a food at
Burlington, Kansas, which picked
up q fine new garage and carried it
far down stream, only to bring an
other one from up the river and lay
1t in the back yard almost on the
very site Of its lost companion. A
similar occurrence took place dur
ing the Lorain tornado. which
picked up and threw into Lake Erie
a touring car parked by its owner
in an adjoining lot, and by way Of
compensation presented him with q
nearly-new sedan. During a Kansas
food q dry goods dealer had prac-
tically his entire stock ruined by
food waters IA feet deep. In an
ironic gesture Of reparation the
swirling waters washed a popcorn
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Saloon Coal Bin
Lures Old Pr0spector

Nome. Alaska. Feb. ia. P. by
MaiD-ln the early days of Nome
coal was more precious than the yell
low metal panned from the mountain
streams and on the Boring Sea beach.
The only places of business that
had enough coal We're saloons. An
old-timer prospector made a coat
with a sack inside. Each evening he
would go to the North Star Wine
Palace" and sit down by the coal box
When no one was looking. he would
place lump of coal in his sack. go
to the bar for a drink, and return to
his cabin. He did this until the pro-
prietor, Pat Cleary, noticed his coal
supply dwindling. One night the
prospector stayed too long and filled
his sack too heavily so that when he
. tried to rise the weight dragged him
down. Cleary bounced on him, made
him disgorge the coal and drove him
outdoors.
Laughing heartily the saloonkeeper
called out: Everybody step up, the
drinks are on me. It's the first time
anybody ever mined coal in Pat
ClearyS camp"
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stand through the plate glass WIN
dows at the front of the store and
parked it on a balcony in the rear.
Miraculous escapes. with death
surging all around, have spared the
lives OF many people caught in dis
asters. In the great flood at Pueblo,
Colo, two years ago, a desperate
mother, with her little two-year-old
girl in her arms, climbed the foot
spikes of a telegraph pole. AS the
waters slowly mounted, she climbed
higher. For hours she hung on sue
cessfully. but the raging waters
finally tore her child from her dead.
ened arms. Rescuers in skiff who
saw her plight hours later expert
enced the greatest difficulty in re-
leasing the nearly demented woman
from the pole. Her convulsive
grasp had to be pried loose. The
climax Of the story was reached
when Red Cross workers found the
little daughter. alive and kicking,
where she had been washed up on
the top Of an overturned freight car.
Three members OF family
escaped death during a tornado in
Oklahoma despite the fact that the
entire upper part OF the house fell
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MAGIC WAND FINDS
SUNkEN TREASURE

The last of the gold has been talk
en- from the hulk of the sunken Lau-
rentic. That means that $4,000. 000
have been salvaged from the bottom
Of the sea.
With this bringing of the last
crumbs. so to speak. from the sunk
ell liner. an amazing feat when it is
remembered that divers usually work
only in summer. closed an epic story
of the sea, the most exciting chapter
of which probably was written in the
log books of the salvagers last Au-
gust when. off Tough. SWill, County
Donegal, Ireland. where the ship was
sunk carly in 1917. nearly all the
gold bars were brought up by the
British admiralty divers working in
conjunction with the engineers of the
White Star Steamship Company.
The last crumbs salvaged since
| then. were Il bars of gold of an I'M
announced value. but estimated to be
worth about $4,000.
1t was during the work on the
| Laurentic that Professor Brooks in
! troduced his almost magical machine
/ which locates gold as a magnet To-
| Gates iroH. This device is of the
nature of spearpoint which. when
! stuck into the sand at the seas bot
| tom or held against a wreck will
register if gold is near and indicate
! in what direction search for it should
1 be made.
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room and shot out through the win.
dow, exactly as a shell from a can
| non. Had she not bent over at that
second, she would have been be-
headed.
One of the strangest situations
ever encountered by Red Cross Dis.
aster Relief workers was met dur
ing the great Ohio floods. The town
Of Future City. Ill.,, was literally
wiped of the map. Every house
and outbuilding was torn from Its
site and sent Keeling down the Ohio
River, like a great herd OF bathing
elephants.
Crowds lining the straining levees
were then spectators to chase
that probably has no parallel in his.
tory. Red Cross Relief workers
manned a fleet of motor boats and
rushed in all directions after the
runaway houses. A boat would dash
alongside a house, her crew would
deftly attach a hawser to It and
then, with racing motor, the "tug"
and her strange tow would 60 slow.
ly back, bucking the food waters,
to Future City. where the dwelling
would be anchored to a projecting
tree or telegraph pole and the home
savers would dash df for moro
houses.
In order that It may be always
prepared to rush quick and ade-
quate relief in any emergency at
any time. the Red Cross within the
past year has established a Mobile
Disaster Unit This corps OF dis
aster relief experts is kept in readi-
ness at all times 10 respond at q
moments notice to the call for as
sistance from stricken communities
anywhere in the United States. Re-
Gently the Government placed at
the disposal Of this unit the flying
corps OF the Army, Navy and Post.
office Aviation services. thus insur.
ing the quickest possible dispatch
of Red Cross relief experts to the
scene Of disaster. ~
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First Aid for Your Plants

Whiting Of plants in winter 10
avoided by increasing the amount Of
moisture in the air. 1t is not neces-
sary to keep the plant roots I'm water
| or to soak the soil continuously. To
keep the air damp, nothing has been
found which equals a pan of water
set on or near the stove. register or
radiator, says Nature Magazine Of
Washington.
The water in the pan is evaporated
and distributed through the air, re-
ducing the Transportation from the
| plants. Spraying the leaves with
water every clear day also increases
the moisture content and acts as a
| general tonic to the plant. Watering
| the plants two or three times . day
! 10 not a good practice, ---------------
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IN on them. Rescuers were aston
ished to hear their cries emerging
from the hopeless ruins of their
home. But what was the amaze
ment Of a Red Cross volunteer to
find that father, mother and son
were practically unscathed! When
the storm first struck, the three
had taken refuge under the baby
grand piano. but this capsized. In
falling, however, it was checked by
the piano stool, the whole making
a pyramid which successfully turn.
ed aside the falling wreckage. Elk.
cept for being nearly suffocated by
dust from broken plaster. the fam.
lily was practically unhurt.
The psychological moment" fig,
ured in saving from a terrible death
a woman in the same tornado-swept
town. When her house began to
rock under the force OF the twister,
she said to her husband: Il must
get Johnny to a safe place." Stoop-
ing over to pick up the child, who
was playing on the floor with a toy,
saved her life. At the very moment
she stopped a section Of brick CHM
ney torn off the house next door
smashed through the wall OF the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-18
Smith School Teachers
Tender Surprise to
Miss Ada E. EdgecOmb

A surprise party in honor Of her
approaching marriage to II. L. An
drews, clothier of Hallowell, was
rendered Tuesday afternoon to Miss
Ada Edgcomb, principal Of the Smith
grammar school, by the teachers of
the school. Miss Edgcomb, after
taking her pupils to the Lincoln pic
ture at the Colonial theatre, returned
to the school building for an umbrella,
only to find that the kindergarten had
been transferred into an attractive
dining room.
The decorations were in green and
the tables We're ornamented with
large vases of jonquils. In front OF
the place prepared for Miss Edg-
comb an Irish boy and an Irish girl.
made of paper. guarded a box. which
upon being opened. disclosed q silver
pie knife. a jelly spoon, and a meat
fork. A beautiful hand painted lamp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-18

The custom which has been fol-
lowed by the Augusta Symphony
Orchestra for the last four years OF
holding once every year a banquet
for it's members and invited guests.
will take place this coming Sunday
at the Augusta House. Arrange
ments have been made and the
members are again looking forward
to the one annual social time. where
they gather not only about the fes-
tive board but rehearse the program
| which has been prepared for the
next public appearance.
This organization now round
ing out it's fifth year of must
! cal service under the most able dir
| ection of its leader, Mr.. Ernest r.
| Hill. enjoys distinction no other
similar group has, that OF being all
| solutely a community affair open to
| those who love music for music's
| sake.
Mr.. Hill has already accomplished
! that which some critics said was i'm
possible. He has held together 10
musicians with the one aim of I'M
proving the grade of music, working
| always to bring out the expression
| which goes far toward the pleasure
| enjoyed by those who listen: he has
| uplifted music in the community do
| ing great deal toward placing It
| on the high PEDESTAL 1t deserves as
| one of the great arts. He has arousE
ed the interest in music, evident by
| the great numbers of individuals
who are now striving to learn and
| master some instrument. He has
| placed Augusta foremost in music
| circles in Maine.
| The program to be rehearsed afte-
the banquet will comprise the num-
| bers which will be heard publicly
at the next public rehearsal, and
will undoubtedly he the last appear
I ancethisseason
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ono family in a small town in South
Carolina saw the ominous funnel
shaped cloud coming. Locking
arms. they threw themselves face
downward on the bed in their small
cabin. The tornado struck. with
fearful roar. A few moments later
the covering figures felt . heavy
jar, followed by silence. Gathering
courage they stood up and looked
about them. The roof and sides of
the house were gone. Nothing was
left but the floor upon which they
stood. Investigating further, they
found that they were nearly a quar-
ter Of a mile away from the site Of
their home. The tornado had car.
ried away the floor supporting them
and the bed, and dropped the whole
business in an apple orchard.
In the National Museum in Wash.
ington is the trunk Of a tree that
had been completely severed by
rife bullets fired during one of the
great battles Of the Civil War. Peo-
pie are frequently amazed by the
peculiar way in which tornadoes
destroy trees, which are not up
rooted. as one would imagine, but
twisted of a few feet above the
ground. This undoubtedly is due
to the rotary motion Of the funnel.
shaped cloud. which, revolving At
terrific speed. grinds up everything
in its path and then disgorges. An.
thentic instances are on record of
straws having been driven through
tree stumps by tornadoes. The
Chamber Of Commerce at Hope.
Ark, has as a relic the trunk Of q
large tree nearly severed BY a piece
Of flying tin. as large as . telephone
book.
Outside Of a small town in Texas
a fine stand Of corn, covering nearly
30 acres, was moved down, not by
the tornado itself, but by sheets of
galvanized iron hurled out OF
wrecked hardware store nearly half
4 mile away. -A-.---5 as-----------
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The new draft Of the bill will be
printed. ....

On motion by Mr.. Seidel of Bidde-
ford, it. was voted to take from the
table II. P. 722, Resolve authorizing
the Treasurer and County Commits
sioners Of York county to procure a
loan. tabled by that gentleman March
13, pending first reading under sus-
pension of the rules.
Mr.. SEIDEL of Biddeford: Mr..
Speaker and members, this matter
was inadvertently reported by the
gentleman from Bangor CMr. Bart
lett. 1t has not been heard by the
committee on Legal Affairs and its
apparent report was a mistake, and
l therefore move that the action
whereby the report Of the committee
on Legal Affairs was accepted on
Friday be reconsidered.
The SPEAKER: The bill can be
recommitted to the committee and
the committee will then have the
possession Of the bill and proceed
to hearing.
Mr.. SEIDEL: I question whether
the proper way is not to rescind the
illegal action of the House on Fri
day whereby they voted on a matter
which was not before the House. 1t
has never been reported by the COM
mittee but O. member of the commit
tee, through mistake, reported a bill
that he never was authorized to re-
Port. The matter is not legally be-
fore the committee, and the action
of the House was a mistake.
Thereupon on motion uy Mr..
Seidel of Biddeford, the House vot-
ed to reconsider its action whereby
| it accepted the report of the COM
mittee: and the report on motion by
Mr.. Bartlett of Bangor was with
| drawn.
On further motion by Mr.. Seidel
| OF Biddeford. the matter was recon-
mitted to the committee on Legal
| Affairs.
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ms. Ark. Searching amidst the
ruins Of . completely demolished
homo. q Red Cross nurse heard the
frantic squawking Of rooster. The
most minute search failed to reveal
tho bird until the nurses eye fell
On . water pitcher that was shak.
ing violently back and forth. At.
tracted by this strange phenome-
NON, she found the trouble. 1t was
necessary for her to crack the I'M
broken pitcher with q stone to re.
lease q very bedraggled Chanticleer.
who, completely de-feathered by
tho terrible wind, had then been
TANNED head first into the pitcher.
SO far as is known, the highest
wind velocity attained during the
height Of . cyclone or tornado is
2l3 miles an hour. This terrific
speed must have been approached
when, on August q, 1924, violent
hurricane swept In from the Carib-
bean Sea and over parts Of the Wiz
KIQ l8lHu08s VI . AoIS0 ASAN "a
cattle, ~ steers were blown across
Coral Bay and into pasture on the
opposite side. They were found ~
Ing dead in . row some distance
inland from the water. In a de-
nolished village on the shores OF
the bay; q Red Cross field repre-
sentative tells Of . native family
with eleven children whose home
had been completely destroyed.
Whsa It became light enough to
count the children two were found
to b missing and were later found,
still asleep. on their mattress,
which had been blown high into a
tree.
~Anything can happen during a
cyclone or tornado" is the ex-
pressed belief of Red Cross Dis
aster Relief workers. Their years
Of experience in the field sooner or
later make them think nothing i'm
possible. During a series OF cy-
clonic. storms that ravaged several
Southern States IN the Fail OF 1923
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GIRLS CLUB llOTES

The Augusta Girls Community club
management has announced that the
Legislative discussion" which was
scheduled for Thursday night will
he postponed as large number Of
the club girls are going to Gardiner
at that time to see the basketball
game between the Gardiner and Au-
gusta girls. Arrangements are being
made for the girls to go in group
and it is hoped that all who attend
the game will be present in time to
take the $50 car for Gardiner.
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brought out, however, is that with
irrigation as a substitute for rain
fall, water can be applied to the
crops at the right time and only at
the right time, also in just the right
amounts.
This fact is in accordance with
current ideas in agricultural meteo-
rology concerning the great import
ance of Critical periods" in the
growth of any crop plant. when its
exact requirements in respect to
heat or moisture must be met in or
der to get the best results.
The ideal plan would be to dispense
with natural climate altogether and
to grow all crops under controlled
conditions OF temperature. moisture
and probably other atmospheric fac
tors.
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days Of the last revolution. they were
carried from Poland by a descend
ant of the owner. They changed
hands several times and finally
found their way to New York, in the
hands of a teacher.
The pieces are So inches in height
and are surmounted by the familiar
IN" and coronet and they bear re-
productions of the Louvre pictures of
the wedding of Napoleon and Marie
Louise and of the coronation. There
is no doubt of the authenticity Of
these pieces.
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A lawyer was examining witness
whom he had reason to suspect Of
deliberate perjury.
At length, becoming impatient, he
asked, very impressively. DO you
know the nature of an OATH"
Are you aware that you are COM
manded in the Bible not to bear false
witness against thy neighbour"
Il am; but I'm not bearin' false
witness against him. I'm bearing
false witness for him."
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COMING EVENTS

Mar. 1S-19-State D. A. f. conference,
Bangor.
Mar 21-First day of spring.
Mar. 31-Apr. 3--Annual Farmers
Week, College Of Agriculture. Orono.
Mar. 31-Farm Bureau Federation
meeting. Orono.
Apr. 9-Bates College debate, Oregon
University. Lewiston.
Apr. 5-Grand Commandery OF Maine,
L. Q. G. c.. Portland
Apr. 22-27-M. E. churches Of Maine
annual conference. Augusta.
Apr. 23-24-Rotary spring conference
Portland.
Apr. 24-27-M. E. Boys conference
Augusta.
Apr. 30-May 1-Y. n. c.. A. Dirpy-
dfome. Augusta.
June 2-4-Maine United Baptist an
nual convention. Lewiston.
June SOB ate Commencement
events
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the United States Department of
Agriculture in search of new fruits
and plants.
One member Of this unique pro-
fession has discovered in Ecuador an
interesting group of fruits. One Of
these, the cherimoya, is described as
vegetable ice cream, because of its
white flesh, which has the consist
ency of firm custar1. 1t has the
combined favors of pineapple, straw
berry and banana,
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|n1N runaway 10uSeSs Uuf0ueo
NIX md fscaDtured :, BY swift
1. meteor beats; children
!. islssp en . mattress blown
Aigh into q tree: . sauavk'
FiAt repstsf tanned head hrst int .
NstR ritsAsr: herds Of cattle blown
aefeags vide bay: . deld Of corn
'ess1letsly moved BY flying iron
k,r,, These are some Of the authentic
AAan II disasters. They will seem
shas1lbis only to those who have
:, ~ ben through he unforgsttabls
ezpsrisnes Of . tornado. hurricane
4 Hood. Some Of the strangest phe-
rAonam On record have resulted
hon tornadoes, those gigantic
ksvAisiins dervishes Of tho sky whose
hsilc force throws buildings about
aeI . boy throws pebbles.
N \ the administration Of the r.
hA6 task following al major dis.
sssAstess In recent years, workers Of
ne American Red Cross have Wit
neaeed the strangest Of happenings
NM : result Of the unleashing Of na-
snfe'ss mighty forces. Often these
mFksrs are the first outside aid
kzp arrive on the scene and are per.
ssoaal Witnesses OF events that
would seem rightfully to belong
@ly IN the realm Of fiction.
Every enc Of the strange happen.
ngs recoupted in this narrative
ssas either been directly witnessed
fJH Red Cross Relief workers Or
'sns bear the stamp Of verify given
~ msticulous investigation. Henry
= baker, National Director Of Red
Ioss Disaster Relief. has person.
I wy interviewed most Of the per.
laas involved.
e. One victim Of 4 tornado's widest
d ums was an old Italian named
k9sey who ran . fruit stand in At.
= Texas. Tony had been picked
u the giant arms Of the crest
. carried through the air .
7 AHer Of q mile and then dropped
1sst into . well That would
saSW been the end Of tho story had
- one Of those strange coinci.
ees happened that often attend
~ passing Of the twister. BY the
Tremendous rotary motion
~ eaasss such terrible damage
seesything In it, path. the tor.
D. so sucked moro than three feet
water out Of the well. leaving
ys head still above the surface.
~. anal action saved the old Ital.
sad when he was rescued hours
49, ne apparently had suffered
lev cuts and bruises. The
aath Of his terrifying expert:
y however. was . nervous COL
4 ~ which yielded only to long
expert treatment
~, W. Of the inexplicabIs features
.nadoes is their uncanny pen.
49, tor sparing the most fragile
Recently the great tornado
saern Ohio picked up Q house
: !, .,a and literally stood II On
An, ocL From an inverted char.
yA hung four electric globes. not
n = which was even cracked.
i 81 other and even moro remark
.pstance Of this tendency &C.
i following the passage Of .
49, through che town Of Blew.
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Wejl.known ADVANTAGES

The farmer on the irrigated arid
lands Of the West is said to have
some advantages over his brother in
the East. The soil. constantly warm,
prevents any cessation of root activ-
ity which would follow night chilling
IL cloudy weather prevailed in day
time.
An arid climate reduces harvesting
costs and insures a higher quality of
products, harvested without delay or
spoilage by rain. The main point
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Luncheon and Bridge Party

Mrs. James F. Ingraham was the
hostess on Tuesday at a most de-
lightful luncheon and bridge held at
her home on South Chestnut street.
The luncheon was served at 100
o'clock and the afternoon was passed
with bridge, nine tables being set for
the occasion. The decorations.
favors and even the luncheon itself
was in keeping with st. Patricks
Day t-