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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

He-There are two periods in a
mans life when he doesn't under
stand woman.
She-when are they?
He-Before he's married and after
he's married.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

A small decrease in the number of
commitments to Cumberland county
Jail for intoXication during 1925 is
shown in the annual report of Sheriff
Graham, while there is light increase
in the number of commitments for
breaking the dry statutes. Commit
ments for intoxication last year We're
al, five fewer than the eyar before,
while there were 237 confinements for
liquor convictions in 1925, II more
than in 1924. Seventy persons were
sent to Jail for drunken driving in
1925, two more than in 1924.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05
Joint Installation

The joint public installation exer-
cises Of Berry Lodge, L. o. l.. and
True Blue Lodge Ladies' Auxiliary,
l.. o. L., were held in their hall in
the I. o. o. F. block Saturday eve
ming before an interested audience.
The officers of Berry Lodge for the
coming year are: Master, Wesley
richards: deputy master, Loren
cooper: secretary, Harvey Quimby:
chaplain, Raymond Richards; dicta-
tor OF ceremonies, Herbert Frost:
foreman committee. Herbert w.
I4add; inside tyler, Eden Richards:
outside tyler, Moses Knox.
The officers of True Blue Lodge
are: Mistress, Mrs. Josephine Frost:
deputy mistress, Mrs. Hattie Donna:
chaplain. Belle Perry; treasurer.
MRS. Belle Weber; secretary, Mrs.
Gertrude Fleet: inner guard, Flor
ence OTIS. outer guard, Ethel Long
Iey' nrst conductress, Lizzie Birch
ell: second conductress, Mrs. Lucy
Qulmby: trustees. Benjamin Frost.
+. ID. Quimby, Halle Collins: advis-
DRY board. L. V. Copper, Harvey
Quimby. Wilbert Birchell.
After the installation ceremonies
baked bean supper was served in
the 1. y. Q. F. banquet hall by the
women. There was a large delega-
ton of visitors from Skowhegan.
Roy l.. Head, who is working at
Rangeley. passed the weekend with
his family in Madison.
Earl McColley, who has been
passing the holidays with his family
INN addison, returned Monday morn
ing to Sharon, Mass, where he is
employed as a teacher in the high
school.
Linton Clark returned Monday
morning to Orono, where he is a
student at the University of Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford B. Rood,
who have been guests of Mrs. Rood's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Laid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

Congress Il hack at it's desk "nice-
II rlstsd. thank YOU.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

A total of $43.160 in fines was COL
lected during 1925 in the U. S. dis
trict court of Maine, practically
every penny coming from violators of
rum laws. This is 100000 less than
the sum for 1924. There were 226 in
dictments in 1925 and 1876 in 1924.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05
MT. VERNON
Mount Vernon e..

Mount Vernon Grange heS
day meeting Saturday, Jan !
sonic hall. There was a 80 Y
attendance and the forenoos
was devoted to business Az.
about 80 partook of the di,s
enjoyed a eocial chat. Al ~
noon session the officers ~
stalled for the coming yea, =
thy State Deputy Fred A, WI
very interesting report Of tsa
Grange was given by WortE.
ron Mrs. Newell WeymonsS
next meeting will be in tbs -. !.
of Jan. 16. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

Belfast, Belgrade, Biddeford, Buxton,
Calais, Camden, Caribou, Cornish,
Cumberland, Dexter, Ellsworth, Fair
field, Gardiner, Hiram, Houlton, Kezar
Falls, Lamoine, Lewiston. Lisbon,
Norway, Old Orchard, Pittsfield, Po-
land, Portland, Pressure Isle, Rocllland,
Rumford, Saco, South Berwick, South
port, South Portland, Southwest Har-
Dor, Unity, Waterville, Westbrook,
Wiscasset and Woodland. OF the 154
places on the State of Maine special
train. 100 have already been engaged
by Maine men and women. The secre-
tary of the general committee of the
State Chamber of Commerce headquar-
tiers in Portland, has just sent let
ters to many other Maine people who
had expressed an interest in the pill
grimage, asking them to make definite
reservations now in order that the
quota may be filled as early as posi-
BILE this month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

The following cities and towns of
the State are represented in the adj
vance bookings for the State of Maine
pilgrimage to Florida, starting from
Portland Feb. 1 and covering a route
occupying 20 days: Auburn, Augusta,
Baldwin, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

Hundreds of childrenAin Maine
have been killed or manned during
the last few years by automobiles,
declares Lyman H. Nelson of Port
land, former member of the Maine
State Highway Commission. but. SO
far as he is aware, no driver has
ever been punished by he courts.
He says that almost invariably the
statement is made 1.-The driver was in
no way responsible, because the
child ran directly in front of the ma
chine"
During my last term as member
of the State Highway Commission,
investigated number of cases In
which children were killed, and found
in. some of them that, in my opinion,
the driver was clearly at fault. The
only punishment, however. that the
Highway Commission could mete out
was to take up the drivers license as
penalty for reckless driving.
"My study of the whole question at
that time convinced me that there is
a we'll established principle of law
which recognizes the responsibility
of young children, an opinion which
is now quite clearly confirmed by the
decision from the Chicago Municipal
Court. which holds that a child six
years or under cannot be guilty of
any contributory negligence. as it is
not really responsible for its actions,
and that the entire onus of an acct
dent involving such a child rests
squarely upon the shoulders of the
driver.
have repeatedly brought this
phase of the question to the at
tention of the prosecuting officials
and, to higher executives of the
State. and at one time l made an ap-
peal to some of those interested in
child welfare, but these appeals have
invariably fallen upon deaf ears and
the slaughter Of children goes on.
Until the principle of the irresponsi-
bility of the child and the complete
responsibility of the driver are recog-
nized, these terrible fatalities will
continue.
, "It is the duty Of driver to watca
constantly that children do not dodge
into his path. Whenever he sees a
group of them at play he should slow
down, even to the point of a dead
stop, rather than take the slightest
chance of injury to the child"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05
ST Is" began Tommy,

I Is" began Tommy.
Il am, not 7 is" corrected the
teacher, promptly.
I am the ninth letter Of the alph-
abet," Tommy went on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

The Junior leaders corps Of the
Bangor Y. NJ. c. A. have returned
from a three days camping. trip to
Pushaw Pond, reporting a most en-
joyable time skiing. snowshoeing,
skating and fishing through the ice.
There were II boys in the party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

Maine has eight Centennial towns
in 1926, for that number were in
corporated by the legislature of
1926. And it is quite probable that
as many communities will have cele-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

An elaborate program is being ar
ranged by the High ST. Congrega-
tional church of Auburn for the OBJ
this year. The church was estab
lished on Feb. 8, 1926 and a special
communion service will be held at
that time this year. The real OBJ
servance however will occur OH
June 1916 in order that conditions
will warrant a success. This church
Is the mother parish of the Pine st.
Congregational church of Lewiston
and the Sixth st. Congregational of
Auburn. The latter recently observ-
ed it's 50th anniversary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

lildl llIIle IlllS year. he real OD-
servance however will occur OH
June 1915 in order that conditions
will warrant success. This church
is the mother parish of the Pine ST.
Congregational church of Lewiston
and the Sixth st. Congregational of
Auburn. The latter recently observ-
ed it's 50th anniversary.
Sam Morrill,, Lewiston's weather
prophet, comes forward with his
prediction of the weather which the
first month of the new year has in
store for us. Sam says, Il think the
temperature and the precipitation
will be about normal with the warm
est part of the month being the lat
ter half with the balmiest days ON
Jan. s and 10. The coolest will be
from the 7th to the 14th. I think
there will be three storm periods. on
Jan. 4-10; 1922 and q to the end OF
the month with a cold wave at the
last of the month. The January
thaw will come sometime during the
third week."
I'VE are having some warm rains
here, and If it does not grow colder
I shall have all of my apples
spoiled" writes Jesse NJ. Blackington,
former Rockland boy. who now
makes his home in Marshfield. Ore
gon. 1.-THE thermometer now stands
at go above and the roses and grass
are coming fine, but this is too early
and I do not like to see it till Febru-
airy. This is my second winter on
the coast at Marshfield. The fresh
fish and CLAIMS agree with me. But
oh, for a broiled live lobster! would
like to be in Rockland and go frost
fishing with Elmer Bird. That puts
me in mind: we have quite a few
wild pigeons here-the only place I
have seen them on the coast from
Redwood City to Portland. Some
time I will give you spiel about
Marshf1eld and North Bend. where
Bert Gen. Fl. Nd Lord is spending
$3,000,000 on a jetty."-Rockland
Courier Gazette.
In 1S45 Henry w. Longfellow wrote
the poem, THE Old Clock on the
Stairs" with it's melancholy refrain of
For Ever-Never; Never-For Ever"
He was inspired to write this poem
while passing a summer vacation in
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass.
At the foot Of the stairs in the house
where he lived was an old clock of the
grandfather type whose peculiar tick
ing suggested the refrain of the poem.
The poet passed several summers in
the old colonial house at Pittsfield
and the building came to be called the
Longfellow house. Now the high
school building commission of Pitts
field has recommended that the site of
this house, together with adjacent
properties, be taken for $1,000, 900
high school building. Many residents of
Pittsfield have protested against the
destruction of the Longfellow house.
1t remains for the city government of
Pittsfield to decide whether the recon-
mendation of the commission shall be
adopted.
The following cities and towns of
the State are represented in the ad-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular. meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock.
JOHN G. HowEs, Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMMOND, Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-05

cUsHNoc CHAPTER. NO. a. r.

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENr, NO. 8.
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
Of each month at 7.30 o'clock.
EDGAR w. FLETCHER. C, p.
G. S. PEASLEE, Scribe,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-11
ONE FIREMAN LOSES LIFE
FIGHTING $50, 900 BLAZE

WILKES BARRE. Pa, June IL
One fireman died Of suffocation and
twenty were overcome BY d fire
which caused q loss, estimated at
$3.50 900. In the central business sec
ton of the city today. Al Eyrman,
80. was the man killed.
Seven of the other victims are In
hospitals. The blaze. starting short
" before midnight, was one Of the
most stubborn In the cityss history
because OF the dense smoke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-11
CHAMPION sPELLERs
WILL COMPETE HERE

Champion spoilers Of the United
states win compete here june Il
for the title.
Winners Is sectional contests Ia q
ctties win battle with the dictiopary'i
worst for 81, 900 Ii prizes and the dis.
tinetion Of being the best spellsg Y
America
The sectional contests drew iead'
Ing spoilers from more than 5000
600 school children.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
A New Generation in the Making

Athletics and Side Features.
TUE school had a ''cracker-jack !"
baseball team which won three
games out of four. and lost only
one. Besides baseball. there was
swimming, canoeing, fishing, high
jumping, pole vaulting, shot throwing
and track athletics. The real spirit
of working class sportsmanship was
built up in the school-and no little
part was played in this development
by the girls.
The school had q wan paper az It's
official organ which was called The
Red Reve1. A husky young farmer
from Vermont was the editor-in-chief
who was supported by an able star of
students.
Michael Gold, would have received
the thrill of his life If he had seen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09

other reason, the short school term,
made this impermissable. Some Of
the students, who when they we're
younger, had attended socialist Sun
day schools, were questioned one day
as to what they had learned there.
One remembered hazily that she had
learned something about an ape; an
other had learned that at one time
there were cave men. Marian eco
nomics, / e., an analysis of the capi-
talist mode of production was logic
ally our starting point II We aimed
to be realists.
From this starting point we were
able to advance to a consideration Of
the question Of the class struggle and
the role Of state; classes and parties
In America; imperialism; forms and
strategy Of the class struggle and
revolution; the role Of the party; the
role of the Young Workers League
and the youth problems, etc. During
the last two weeks we also added the
study OF American history to our cur
riculum- The day was divided so that
there was plenty Of time for the
school work, study circle work, recre-
alton and meetings Of the students
government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09

these students present his mass reci-
tation, Strike" to large audience
of sympathizers. Debates andsmany
other side activities arranged by the
students, kept this youth community
hustling all the time.
As the school was coming to close
the students all lined up in the Young
Workers League. Speeches OF de-
termination to win away the youth
from the grip Of the capitalist ex-
ploiters were made on all sides. Many
Of the students felt sad as they had
to say goodbye to their comrades
who were leaving for their homes In
all parts. 'In our future work in the
movement" said one of the students
in parting, I'VE will never forget the
spirit and the lessons Of the Lake
Dennison School,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09

Johnny Red's mother Just couldn't
help smiling at him. Johnny had a
happy grin from ear to ear and IL was
all because Of this dandy letter from
DOROTHY RUBIN, Minneapolis.
Dear Comrade, Johnny Red:
l am glad to hear you are going to
have a Sunday Worker. Good luck
to you Johnny and hope II win mean
more space for the TINY WORKER.
HERE IS MY DOLLAR SPENDING
MONEY TO HELP 1T. l am also
going TO send you a nice story for
the first issue OF the TINY WORKER
in the new SUNDAY WORKER.
The Daily Worker is no shirker
1t is working like a bumble-bee.
II the workers send in their dollars
II win help it fight to make US free.
Oh let US all Tiny Workers
ALSO do our share.
HERES MY DOLLAR SPENDING
MONEY
For The Daily Workers care.
Ghee, whiIlkens, kids, isn't that
spiendid7 And we are going TO get a
story tool Johnny Just feels like
singing as loud asa dozen train whis-
Rco-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
HEY-WHAT'S
THIS?

A bird that fies
only when he's
chased This bird
talks and talks
and never listens.
So se stays dumb
and .lates Negroes,
Catholics and Jews.
At night he goes
around In a bed
sheet and every
body knows him by
three letters. You
know the bird,
don't your
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
Salvation
By HENRY GEORGE WEISS

The volunteer clerks for firm of
Secondhand clothes dealers pie the sky merchants
Come every night and sing Are You Washed in the Blood
of the Lamb?
When the drab they sell casoffs day
Have seldom the price of soap and water
To give themselves wash week!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
81 NAr KAPLAN.

ny IVA NAT L-fAiNs
IMAGINE corraling fifty-two Ameri-
can youngsters of both sexes onto
a thirty-acre New England farm and
telling them: "This Is your domain
Set up your government and rule"
Some of the old gray boards who
think thru their hardened arteries
would answer, Impossible, chaos,
scandalous- petting parties, ETC." We
hate to disappoint them, but nothing
of the sort took place. From the first
to the fifth week the Young Workers
League Summer Training school held
on Lake Dennison Farm, near Win
chendon, Mass, was perfect pic
ture Of sen-discipline enacted and en-
forced by the students themselves.
It Is true that in the beginning we
had some hazings. One of the Boston
students, a member Of the rules en-
forcement committee elected by the
students, was about to retire one fair
evening, and found q cool reception
awaiting him. Another student from
Long Island had decorated his bed
with small Jumps of-what the stu
dent lawyer in the students trial on
The matter called-frozen Ice" The
students court found the "cnlprit"
guilty and promptly sentenced him to
become the school ice man and to
supply the refrigerator daily. Since
that time no serious breech Of disci-
Diina was racorded
Purpose Of the School.
TVHE school was one of a series of
= three district schools established
for the Young Workers League this
year. The main purpose Of the school
was to give a minimum political
theoretical training to a number of
chosen members of the Young Work
ers' League so that they could be-
come better functionaries of the
league. When the instructors arriv-
ed, they found that large number of
the students were non-Communist
youths, many had no contact with
working class organizations before.
The Finnish comrades, who we're
helping to finance the school, had In
this way extended its purpose.
The Student Composition.
OF the fifty-two students in the
school, 30 were girls and 20 we're
boys. Thirty of the students of both
sexes were American-born american
lied youngsters in every sense OF the
world. The social composition was
not Of the best. There were 10 young
workers, young farmers and 81 were
students (the majority attending high
school. Yet, we cannot be too dis
NAL in regards to this composition.
Large numbers of the students m
American schools have demonstrated
their militancy in the struggle against
compulsory military training in the
Reserve Officers Training Corps. Not
only that but large numbers OF the
students from working class families
win be forced into the industries az
ter leaving the schools. Twenty Of
our school students were not men,
beers in any part of the radical move
ment when they arrived.
The Curriculum.
DOTH of the instructors were una
- nimous from the start in discard
ing the old socialist Sunday school
type of curriculum, 4. g., one which
starts with the evolution of the earth.
Of man and society and finally comes
If ever-to a consideration of the
present capitalist system and the
problems facing us today. II for no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09

This bird has
only three letters
to his nickname.
He beats up strik-
ers, h a 8 heavy
shoes and chases
kids on the street
when they play
ball This bird has
no respect for him
self or he would
get another job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
AT SCHOOL
BY Rose BeAner,
". Y.

When our teach
'er asked us for
names OF great
men / said: Len
in" s h Q said;
Time will tell"
Which meant that
she wouldn't be-
cause she didn't
know l guess.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
Method Of instruction.

|TNHE Instructors merely tried to
guide the students In their self
education Neither of the instructors
assumed that they were to present
their lectures and disregard whether
the students were actually deriving
something from them. The instruct
ors invited interruptions and inter
rupted themselves during the course
Of the lectures to present concrete
problems to the students. The ord1-
nary lecture method was turned into
a discussion method and thus the ini-
tiative of the students was developed.
The main bulk of the discussion, how
ever. took place within the students
study circles.
There was one basic faux in the
teaching method. The school was too
far removed from the actual strug-
giles of the workers during the per-
iod Of its existence. The academic
training should have been combined
with real work In the factories Of
Gardner and vicinity. A factory could
have been visited and studied, then a
campaign among the workers plan
ned.
Students SeIf-Government.
T mike the capitalist schools, the
~ highest authority on this farm
school were the students themselves.
The final say ON all matters was in
the hands of students body COM
posed of all the students. This body
elected a students council of 10 men,
bers which functioned between meet
ings of the students body.
Some permanent committees Ga re-
strictive committee to enforce the
student rules, an athletic committee,
kitchen police committee, which APP
portioned X. p. duty to all students
evenly, ETC., were elected. Besides
the permanent committees temporary
ones were elected whenever neces-
sary.
Some of the students had been sent
to the school under the instructions
OF their parents. not on their own In
itiative and had so expressed them
selves in the beginning. It was the
students form Of self government
within the school which absorbed
these students and made them refuse
to leave at any price.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
EXTRA
No. 20

On Oct. 20 the
Sunday worker
win appear. That
means our little
Tiny Worker win
be read by many
many moro chill
dren. SO now we
have to get real
good. Send in al
many stories,
poems, jokes and
everything so that
we can have a real
dandy issue every
week. And espec-
tally the first is
sue.
Oh and here's
another thing. For
one dollar you can
get four subs for
20 weeks = that's
only one for .
quarter. Go ON.
tell your daddy to
subscribe for the
men in his shop
and the kids in
your block so they
can read the TINY
WORKER tool
A POEM
BY Florence Johns
Philadelphia
Little girls work
And die like rats.
The profits go
For swell clothes
and hats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
FUNNYBIRDs

This one IL by
John Mankowski,
Cleveland.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-26


Booze. the Yolstead Act and VIVA.
TO DO About IT," was the subject
Of an open forum meeting at the ser
vi,cs held M the Post Assembly Hall.
Port Sam Houston. SUNDAY morn
ing.
chaplain Alya J. Breasted and about
- members Of his audience took parf
ID the discussion Of the prohibition
question. some favOring modification
Of the present national law and others
opposing any change.
Chaplain Breasted declared that he
was q total abstainer and in favor o.
strict prohibition bat that this being
government Of. for and by the PEG
ole. II y majority Of the people want
changes in the present law. the sooner
hat verdict Is declared and a con
siiiuri0nal law passed that viii stop
fruitless discussion the better.
~This question is one Of that should
b. considered Donpartisan. he de-
siHfod. -and y special ballot u all
people entitled 10 vote In al Con
grcssionai districts and in an srates.
instr1icting legislators as b. just what
Misunderstanding drinks are wanted.
should make a speedy settlement 81
ihf question
-fiui ilesi III ali the country should
giee fhc present law n fair chsnce.
NoIa ~ The meu favored return
u the cd - ls.aE.