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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
"Bill" Nye Memorials
Dedicated Today
Other Services

Especial to the Kennebec Journap
Fletcher, n. c., Aug. 24-The Ed
gar Wilson Nye Memorial Service
was held at the Calvary Episcopal
church here, Sunday at IL A. NJ. IL
was a very impressive service. Al
4 p. NJ. music festival in memory
of Nve, Prof. George E. Hurt, con-
ductor. This Monday evening from
TO II. there was a public reception
at Calvary rectory to the family of
Bill" Nye.
On Tuesday, Aug. %, P. NJ, oc-
ours the dedication of memorials,
tho Nve Natal Day Celebra ton.
Much public interest in these
events is being manifested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Death of Owner
Quincy Telegram

Quincy. Mass. Aug. 24-(AP)-
William G. Spargo. owner and pub
Usher of the Quincy Evening Tele-
gram. died here today after brief
illness from rheumatic fever. He
founded the paper Is years ago after
he learned the printing business in
| Bristol England He was AZ years
old. He is survived by his widow,
three sons and four daughters. He
was a nephew of John Spargo, the
Socialist writer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Sharp Increase in
BOSTON "Wet" Arrests

Boston, Aug. 24.-(AP)-Poiice
have arrested zoos persons since or
ders were sent out two weeks ago to
bring in anyone showing signs of in
toxication.
The number of arrests for the two
weeks ending today is only per cent
less than for the same period IN Au-
gust. 1918, before prohibition became
effective,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
The DAWN Washington

The Spanish embassy denied an
attempt had been made on the life
of King Alfonso.
The department of agriculture
forecast this years cotton at 49,
100000 bales.
The Macmillan Arctic expedition
arrived at Igloo Houny, Greenland,
on its retreat southwark.
Additional acreage was withdrawn
from public domain in Florida TO
prevent 1t falling into the hands of
spectators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Bandits Rifle
Express Car on
Santa Fe Train

Santa Ana, Calf. Aug. 24-(AP)
A report that Santa Fe train mum
Der rs has arrived from San Diego
with express shipments rif1ed and
the express messenger beaten un-
conscious was telephoned to the
sheriff's Office here tonight. All
available deputies were sent to the
railroad station to investigate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Insane Patient Kills
Attendant with Brush

westboro, Mass, Aug. '24-(AP)-
Richard W. Beddow, 33. an attendant
at the WEXFORD State Hospital for the
Insane, was killed today when an in
sane inmates became violent and
struck him over the head with a
scrubbing brush. The blow fractured
Beddows skull.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
$1,000 Reward in
$4,000 Jewel Theft

Newport, r. l., Aug. 24.-(AP)-A
reward of $1,000 for information lead
ing to the recovery of the $4,000
worth of jewels stolen from Villa
Rosa. summer home of Mrs. James B.,
Hagin of New York, widow of the
well known Kentucky horse breeder,
was announced tonight, The house
was ransacked on July % while Mrs.
Hagin was attending a dinner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Van Buren, Man
Is Drowning Victim

Van Buren,, Maine. Aug. "a
(AP)-Henry T. Therfeult, dealer
In potatoes and pulpwood, was
drowned in Grand River today while
bathing with friends. He had been
in the water but few minutes when
he slipped into an eleven foot hole.
The body was recovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Believed Under Control

1t was not until two o'clock this
morning that the fremen considered
the fire under control and sent from
the scene part of their equipment. At
that hour a three story dwelling
house was still burning fiercely.
Most of the residents whose houses
Continued on Page 4ECoI. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Boy Crushed by
Truck Driven by
Father, Milford, n. III.

Milford, n. H. Aug. 24.-(AP)-
Clinton Holt this evening drove q
truck over his 11-year-old son William
near his home. How the boy. who IL
rot expected to live, fell under the
wheels Is not known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25

Boulogne, France, Aug. 24.-(AP)-
Miss Gertrude Ederle of New York
resumed active training today for the
attempt to swim the English Channel
which she expects to make August 81
or September 1.
Ishak Helmy,- the giant Egyptian
swimmer finished his training today.
He had intended to try the channel
crossing tonight but bad weather dis
couraged him. He said, however, that
he certainly would leave for Dover
just before midnight tomorrow unless
a real storm appears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25

Montreal, Aug 25-(AP)-Fire late last night and early
this morning eveed entire block houses between San
gunet and Emery Streets rendering homeless sxone fam
lies Starting at about II o'clock the flames ragged with great
violence under extremely heavy wind and were aided
also by lack of sufficient water power combat them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
General Forecast

An area of high pressure of great
magnitude remains practically sta
tionary over the eastern half OF the
country. The temperature has
changed very little from the plains
states eastward during the last "a
hours.
The weather will continue general
ly fair without material change in
temperature Tuesday and Wednes-
day in the Washington forecast dis
trict.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Moderate south and southwest winds
and fair Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Two Killed in New York

New York, Aug. 24-(AP)-Ho
Kee, member of the On Leong Tong,
and cook in a Chinatown restau-
rant, was killed late tonight, a few
hours after report had circulated
through Chinatown that member
of the rival Hip Sing Tong had been
killed in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
The Cost of Education

excellent schools listed below are not con-
Quoted for service
An minds of some that me
sending boy of Names private or p,
operating at
cost taxation. little no Indebtedness anu
with given by generous
able that within reach Oh peope III
very moderate circumstances
Fun of school sent request.
Bridgton Cohurn eassieal ih'''tN'N
North WaterVHe
Fryebu Academy
Seminary, Buckspor Fryepurg
Gouds Academy Hebron ACADEMY
Bethel Hebron
KentsI
.kents turner CeIlei
Maine Oak Grove oeHiai! ~ "-N'
= Pttsfed Vassalboro
farsonsfed Seminary Kicker Classcai ihsueuto
Kezar Houlton
yye.throob Seminary for Portland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Flames Sweeping
Area In Montreal
81 Families Homeless; Over
Score Of Buildings De-
stroyed; No Estimate
of Property Loss

Believed Under Control at 2 This
Morning; High Wind at One Time
Threatened Conflagration; People
Escape Homes Scantily Clad;
Casualties Thought to Be Confin-
ed to Firemen Overcome or Hurt
by Falling Glass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Fire at Suspect

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 24-(AP)
Shots were fired by two state pa
trolmen at man they believed to
be John Troy. bandit, when he
jumped from speeding sedan just
as it crashed through a guard rail
of the new bridge at Rockdale and
toppIed into the Blackstone river,
shortly before midnight tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
THE WEATHER
FAIR

New England and Eastern New
York-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day; not much change in tempera-
ture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; little
change in temperature; moderate
south and southwest winds.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
IMPERIALISM IN
PLOT FORLOOT
TO CALL CONFAD
Subject Peoples Are
Near Revolt

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3d.
Coolidoe's diplomats and state off
cIaIs, representing Wall Street i'm
periaIism, were today digging up the
forgotten records of the first "dis-
armament" conference, preparatory to
another meeting Of world powers.
Both the English and the United
States governments have guardedly
approved such conference, and are
studying to see how much they can
get out Of the smaller nations and the
colonies to divide between them.
British capitalists, thru their repre-
sentative, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Austen Chamberlain, are pushing the
proposed AngIo-German alliance
against the French. While Chamber.
lain assures Germany that he is for
the immediate evacuation of Cologne
and the Ruhr by the French and the
"readjustment" of Germany's eastern
border, the Polish foreign minister,
Skrzynsky, announces that Chamber
lain has promised him that England
will not consider such a readjustment.
Poland is endeavoring to secure COM
plete control of Danzig, which the
Germans also claim. The Polish white
CONTINUED on page 81
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
our INDUSTRIAL
MIGHT The ONLY
Hope, SAYS COOK
British Miners Face New
Battle

LONDON, March SO.-The Miners
Minimum Wage Bill was defeated in
the house of commons by a vote OF
20S to 143.
Nearly all the tory members united
against the measure, which would
have given adult coal miners a mini
mum wage Of from ten to twelve
shilling a day, or about SIS a week.
This bill had been declared by the
miners executives necessary to pre-.
vent a general coal strike.
at is now clear that our only hope
as miners is in our Industrial might"
said A. ]. Cook, militant secretary of
the Miners Federation.
Meanwhile, Frank Hodges and other
traitors Of the BLACK Friday" split OF
the triple alliance, known as being
more concerned with the interests of
the mine owners than those of the
miners, are opposing a strike because
they say "the mine owners are losing
money" The miners, OF course, have
nothing to lose but their jobs, and
their miserable existence which a pit.
tance Of wages affords. And despite
their LOSSES" the mine owners
strangely live in luxury.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
New Returns Six
Postal Workers to
Jobs at Reduced Pay

WASHINGTON, March 80, Six
postal officials in various parts Of the
country suspended several weeks ago
on charges of "pernicious" activity
in behalf of the postal pay bill today
were restored to duty, effective April
1, but at reduced salaries, Postmaster
General New announced today.
The men involved are Peter Nc
Gerty, New York; James M. Greig,
Boston; Peter Wiggle, Detroit; Har-
vey M. Title, Springfield, Ohio; J. J.
Fields, Louisville. Kentucky and Will
liam SAMSON, Chicago.
Postmaster General New said he
had given careful consideration to
each of the cases and "in view of their
previous records in the postal service
decided to restore them ito duty, al
though each will have to take re-
duction in salary"
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
Mine STRIKE SET
FOR APRIL FIRST
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Lewis Uses the "Help
Wanted" Columns

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 30
Page advertisements in West Vir-
ginia newspapers are the substitute
used by the officials of the United
Mine Workers Of America in place Of
strike orders issued thru local unions,
to call out on April all the coal min
ers of ten counties of northern West
Virginia.
To this pitiable subterfuge the Lew
is machine is reduced by it's own un-
ion wrecking betrayals of the West
Virginia miners into the hands Of the
coal companies and their munderous
armies. The machinery of the dis.
trict union organization and the local
unions, the natural channel of strike
orders, have been destroyed by Lewis
in combine with the operators and
their gunmen.
"HeIp Wanted" for the U. NJ. w. Of A.
The once mighty u. M. w. of A.,
which marshalled its forces in thou
sands of armed men determined to re-
sfst the operators in battle if need be,
and which whipped the Baldwin-Feltz
gunman army in open armed strug-
gle in 1921, is now reduced to the
ridiculous necessity of using the
Help Wanted" columns of capitalist
papers to advertise for strike, on
April 1.
Weakened by the repeated betrayals
of Lewis, and held down by the most
ruthless array of armed force, the
miners who long for the rebirth of
the union in West Virginia cynicalIy
call the method Of asking them to
strike an April fool joke"
In every coal camp of West vir-
ginia the company gunman is the abb
solute despot. No stranger" can set
foot in any camp OF any of the coun-
ties in the coal fields, or even ride the
trains, unless he is met by couple
Continued on Page A.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
MUCH DEPORTED 'EMIR'
REFUSED BY ALL LANDS
LIVES ON HIGH SEAS

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 80.
The self-styled Emir Of Kurdlstan,
who travelled around the country
under a number Of aliases, including
that Of J. Albert Bronson, and Said
5en-AbduIIah, and who was recently
deported to England, will be shunt-
ed back and forth between the Unit
ed States and England until steam
ship companies tire Of maintaining
him. Z
The "Emir' was deported because
he was in the country on fraudulent
passports. Arriving in England, the
British authorities refused to re-
ceive him and he was sent back to
this country on the same ship on
which he left.
"Under no circumstances will this
man be permitted to land from the
ship on which he is now enroute to
this country" the department Of la
Dor announced today.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
indiana Bank Fails.

HOBART. Ind, March 3d. State
bank examiners today closed the Ho.
bart bank, which was to have been
consolidated with the American Trust
and Savings bank within a few days.
The Hobart bank, examiners say, has
S45.00O worth OF bad paper. The bank
formerly was called the Farmey'
bank and as such was branch Of the
pank Of Valparaiso. which failed six
years ago.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
REDS ARRESTED
WHEN BALFOUR
HITS JERUSALEM
Moslens and Arabs Pro-
test English Rule
tspeeIaI to The Daily wOrksr.l

JERUSALEM, March 3O.-Excited
crowds are walking the streets of this
city, the Arabs and Moslems taking
objection to the visit of Lord Balfour
as a representative of British impe--
rialism. Balfour, who is scheduled to
open the Hebrew university on April
1, has received hundreds of kilograms
protesting against his visit.
British police have arrested every
Jewish Communist here they could
lay their hands on.
The Arab schools in Jaffa, Tul Ke-
ram, GAIA, and Hebron are completely
closed down following the strike of
teachers and pupils as a protest
against Balfour's visit.
zionlsts 6etray Workers.
The leaders of the zionist movement
which is being used by the British
capitalists as a tool to enslave the
workers of Palestine, offered prayers
in the synagogues for Balfour, King
George and Sir Herbert Samuel, high
commissioner of Palestine.
In manifesto signed by Omar Bit
tar, president Of the Moslem- Christian
committee, Sir SamuePs administra-
ton in Palestine is condemned. I'VE
renew our protests against the Brit
ish government" says the statement,
''and raise our voices to the British
public and world opinion against the
great calamity that has befaIlen our
country"
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
Audience Gives Lie
to Mathew WolI's
Attack on Russia

BOSTON Mass, March 30.-Cheers
for Soviet Russia from the audience
Of an open forum here, greeted the
statement of Mathew Woll, vice presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, that the A. F. of L. "defied
the Soviet government.
"The American Federation of Labor
is. opposed to recognition of the Rus
sian Communist regime" Woll, said,
and cries of Liar" rang thru the hall
Woll was Grown prince" in the fe-
deration of labor council during the
rule Of kaiser" Samuel Gompers, and
his speech demonstrated that the A.
F. of L. leadership has not changed
it's reactionary, anti-workingclass po-
Icy since the death of Gompers.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
Weeks to Award
Juicy Contract
to Electric Trust

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3d.
Secretary Of War Weeks shortly will
ask for bids for the disposal OF ap-
proximately 100000 horse power to be
developed at Muscle Shoals, it was
learned at the war department today.
It is rumored Weeks will award the
contract to power company in New
York, connected with the power trust,
in which Weeks is personally interest
ed.
When the Wilson dam Is completed
about July 1, that amount OF power
will become available and the secre-
tary has authority 10 make temporary
contracts for its disposal.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
SOvIETS GUARD
RIGHT SlpF The
CHINESE AEOPLE
RussO-JGpanese Treaty
Protects Workers
EspseIaI o Ths DaIIy wArksrl


PEKlN, China. March sol THE So
Wet Russian ambassador to hina, L.
M. Karakhan, has sent note to the
Chinese minister Of foreIgI affairs,
Huane, Fu, assuring the chinese
people that the Russo-Japaness treaty
protects their rights, and that ss So
Wet government has kept faithl with
the workers of China.
Workers Interests Protectet.
Karakhan's note is reply to a pro
test OF the militaristic foreign minis
ter, who claimed that the Russo-Jap-
anese treaty was a violation of the
Portsmouth treaty signed by the car
and the Chinese government in 1905.
Zarakhan, in his reply, shows that
hereas the czar, in all his treaties
lith China, betrayed the Chinese peo
lie, the Soyfets are at all times pro
Getting their interests, and have re-
ludiated the czaristic treaty which
extracted plumber from foreign work
ers.
The reply OF Karakhan states: 81
have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note protesting
against the recognition, according to
the Soviet-Japanese agreement of Jan
20, of the validity OF the treaty of
Portsmouth Of 1906, as violating the
sovereign rl6hts and interests Of
China.
Now, I feel bound to state that the
said note dealing with that stipulation
Of the convention signed between the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
and Japan which refers to the treaty
of Portsmouth, caused me great sur
prise, and l am constrained to lay
down that your protest against the
recognition Of the validity Of the
treaty of Portsmouth is so much in
contradiction with the true signifi-
canoe of this act that it could at the
best be explained by an adequate ex
animation Of all tl International acts
pertaining thereto and which is ac
eentuated by fully ignoring these acts
which the Chinese government has
tself concluded with Japan.
Il. Being mindful, to a degree
which is well known to the Chinese
people, of the sovereign rights and
interests Of China, the government of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies, in its negotiations with Japan,
did not agree to recognize the valid.
ity of the treaty of Portsmouth until,
after a thorough and most careful
study of the eventual consequences
of such recognition. it was satisfied
beyond any possible doubt that the
recognition in 1925 formally of the
validity of the treaty Of Portsmouth,
Continued on Page 81
The daily worker., 1925-04-01

seS ssAarss
sst'ss"ifsS 8. 80 II
UNITED fnurlT
New York Conference
Sunday, April IL
tspeoIaI to rhe DaIIy wOrker.l

Especial to The Daily Worker.)
NEW YORK, March 2s-The New
York district Of the Workers (comr
munist) Party has sent out call to
all union and fraternaI tabor organ
lzations, calling for a united front
May Day conference.
All members Of the Workers Party
and sympathizers are called upon to
make arrangements for the confer
ence, and to get favorable action on
the May Day united front in their or
ganizations.
The call for the May Day confer
ence, issued by Charles Krumbein on
behalf of the New York, district 2, of
the Workers Party declares:
Call for United Front.
To all labor unions and workers
fraternal organizations: Fellow work
ers:
May Day, the greatest holiday Of
the workers is fast approaching. On
this day the workers of the entire
world will review their experiences
and demonstrate their solidarity. On
this day they will show their deter
mination to fight for a better world
for workers.
The last year has seen the growth
CONTINUED on page A.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
Harrington Machine
Predicts Defeat of
Old Miners Pension

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March .SO.- A
defeat of the Illinois miners old age
pension act was seen here today by
sources close to Frank Harrington, re-
dictionary president Of the Illinois
Miners Union. as preparation was
made to notify locals OF the returns
from the recent referendum vote.
While no official statement was 10,
sued, the pension system was said by,
Harrington men to have been defeat,
ed by at least 10000 votes.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01

cided to impose the death penalty and
refused the offer of the Soviet govern
ment to provide the defendant with
counsel.
Under the direction Of the Commun-
list International, world wide demon
stration was launched protesting
against the proposed execution Of
Lanzutsl5y. Protests began to pour in
from all sides warning the Polish gov
ernment against the carrying out Of
its death sentence. Here in the Unit
ed States, the workers appeared be-
fore the Polish consulates in the prin-
cipal cities and in Washington a dem
onstration was held in front Of the
Polish legation.
The daily worker., 1925-04-01
Joliet POLICE
SUPPORTS JUGO-
.SLAVIAN TERROR
Deports Communist
from City
Especial to The Daily worker.)

JOLIET, H., March 3o.-PoIIee Of
this town faithfully serve not only the
interest Of the steel trust of this coun-
try, but also the bloody government
of reaetionary Jugloslavis.
Workers Of this town arranged q
protest meeting against the white ter.
ror government Of Jugoslavla, which
Is using every means to subject the
working and peasant masses to the
most horrible social conditions.
The South Slavic branch of the
Workers Party of America, together
with other. organizations, called a
meeting for last Sunday afternoon
But before the meeting was opened
the chief of police, with six or seven
of his lackeys came to the hall and
dragged four workers to the police
station and dispersed the rest of the
workers.
Police Chief Propagandist.
The arrested workers were held al
the police station and all the books and
various documents we're taken from
Them While they were held there
for over an hour, the chief of police
tried to convince them that the old
despotic and czaristic government Of
Russia was better than the present
workers and peasants government
OF course, he convinced nobody, ex
cept himself.
Among the arrested was c. Mikal
achky, from Chicago. one of the edi-
tors of the Radnik In his possession
he had a few Inprekors, which the
chief of police took from him and re-
fused to give back. The chief of pO-
lice will have an opportunity to read
about the horrible white terror which
is raging all over Jugoslavia, and to
find out why the workers are protest
ing against the unbearable conditions.
Like the U. S. syndiealIst Laws.
For the last five years, since the
bloody Jugoslavia came into existence,
the terroristic government Of Pash-
itch rules with an iron fist. Under
the infamous "Obznana," which is
equal to criminal syndicalist laws OF
this country, the Pashitch govern
ment has been and is crushing the
workers and peasants. movement
This law is today directed not only
against the toiling masses but against
the national minorities as we'll The
so-called holy trinity Of Jugoslavia,
that is Serbs Croatian-Slovens is only
a mask for the Serbian bourgeoisie.
which is trying to strengthen its
hegemony over the other nationalities.
Since the last election, held on Feb
ruary 8, 1926. the white terror is more
fierce than before.
Deport a Communist.
The chief OF police ordered detec-
tives TO take Comrade Mikalachy and
chase him from the town, which was
done. Mikalachky was taken to the
city limits and told not to come back
to Joliet, Ill.
This reactionary act OF the Joliet
police, in supporting the vassal state
Of the French bourgeoisie in the Bal
kans, fully reveals the international
reactionary character OF the armed
forces of the ruling class. which is
solely used against the labor move
ment, and against the working class
as a whole.
The American democracy" OF Cool
idge and Dawes is nothing else but
the naked and crude dictatorship OF
the steel trust