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VOL. XXXIX.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 4,1008-TWELVE PAGES.
NO. 133
ABLE ADDRESSES AT
DEXTER CONVENTION.
Universalists of Maine Hold Important
SessioRS Wednesday and Listen
to Prominent Speakers.
Dexter, Me., June 3.—(Special).—The
programs fur Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of the I’niversalist convention
being held in Dexter were interchanged
in order to allow the departure of Dr.
William li. MeOlauflin, general super
intendent of I niv rsallst churches,
who was called away try the death of
a relative. After a service of song by
the congregation, a selection by the
eheir anil a solo by Mrs. Indian Small,
an interesting addiess waa delivered
|.y Mrs. Virginia Brown of Massachu
setts. Aftir a musical selection by ;i
trio of holies came tin* chief address of
the day, !y l>r. Me< llauHin of Chicago.
H> chose for a tc\a Duke iv.li, "And
Jesus llcturned in the power of the
Spirit."
As an introduction the speaker de
veloped the relation of the text to the
temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
and 11 is triumph in Calilee and made
it plain that tin power of Jesus in re
sistance on one hand and in com titering
on the other, was the power of the
Spirit, the Spirit ot (Jod whereby the
Christ was made one with the Father.
After thus leading up to his main
point, that the essential power of Hie
church today is spiritual, l>r. Me
(lluutlin elaborated his thought along
linos shown in the following sentences:
"On what shall we rely to extend the
kingdom of the good? What is it that
is of tirst importance, so if we have
that in large degree till else will come,
hut without which all other things will
avail little? Is that power in money?
Well, money is power, so the motto
tells us. Churches cannot he run with
out money. In the past century ITni
vcrsalists have been generous. We have
now among our denominational as
sets, $11,000,(1110 in church edifices, $4,
500,000 in schools and colleges, almost
$1,000,000 in permanent and trust
funds, the outcome of which is used
for the extension of our faith and our
fellowship and we raise every year for
all purposes about $1,500,000 more ac
cording to the government's religious
census. The I'niversalist church is the
richest one in this country.
"Hut more money is needed to ade
quately equip our growing missionary
and church extension enterprises. The
general convention reported Inst Octo
ber a deficit of $30,000. The new appeal
is fur each Universalist family to con
trilmte in addition to the regular quota
11 a year for two years to the mission
ary work of the general convention.
This, it is planned, will add over $100,
000 and do vast good in furthering our
mission work in all the states, in Cuba,
in Japan and .among the colored peo
ple of the South.
"Is tlie power we need in more, or
different machinery? The National
League of ( niversalist Laymen is our
newest organization. Its purpose is to
unite the scattered men’s clubs and to
face them toward a more distinctive
religious activity; to win men to the
service of worship, to the study of the
<leep problems of society where the re
ligious sentiment rightly stirred, arc
portent to sava. and to apply more
fully tlie precepts of our faith in the
practice of daily life.
“Or is tlie power most essential to he
derived from an enlarged ministry?
Today most ehurches face what is euil
0,1 a ministerial famine. There are too
few' students in tlie seminaries to take
the places of those falling out of the
Pastorates through illness, old age or
heath. We suffer with tlie others. We
nave one minister reported for each one
and a quarter churches. Hut one-third
"I all our ministers are not pastors—
* Ley are editors, presidents and pro
fessors in colleges. They are secre
taries ami superintendents of coiiven
tions. Some are aged, some ill or
otherwise inactive. A second third of
"nr ministers are pastors of hut one
church and this leaves the final third
to care for three or four churches each.
Some ministers will come to us from
8»ter churches, but we must look to
"Or own homes, our own Sunday
schools for tlie preachers of our good
tiding*.
Is not our first need more of the
PO'vor of the Spirit? The mission of tlie
church is in tlie way of spiritual leader
ship and uplift of tlie life of the world
to spiritual relations. Money of itself,
machinery „f itself, and the ministry
"t itself, have no power to do this. It
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is possible to have; all those and for the
•hurch to wither and die. It is also
possible for the church to lack greatly
in these directions and to grow in num
bers and splendor if it has the power
>f the Spirit. Jesus was without any
such adjuncts as wealth and elaborate
organizations, as a large ministry of
helpers at lust, blit by the power of the
Spirit he triumphed. By that power
must we win also. How shall we at
tain it? By rightly fitting our lives to
the All-Idfe. llow shall we. extend it?
By so preaching and teaching as to
face tip hearts toward the heart of
Hod. This is the day of specialization.
The sye sally of the church is not
politics nor science nor philosophy. The
specialty of the church is to spiritual
ize, to bring in an abundant measure
the fruits of tile spirit for this world
and tiie world to come—love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance; against
such there is r.o law.”
Wednesday’s Session.
At a o'clock Wednesday morning a
praise service was held by delegates
of the State Universalist convention
in session here. The service was led
by James H. Barrows of Bethel. At
8.30 a song service was enjoyed and
prayer was off* red by Rev. Idly 11.
Schafer of Kinglield. This was fol
lowed by a stirring conference led by
Key. John Steele of Hallowed on “The
World Through Which Jesus Passed."
At 9..10 Rev. Howard B. Markley of
Turner addressed the convention on
•‘Our Church and the Social Order.”
Among other tilings Mr. Markley said;
“The characteristic of our age is this
—that the common people tire begin
ning to dream of a new social order.
What is it that makes people restless,
that makes them ask for a higher so
cial organization? It's because they
arc reading the Bible. Men are pro
testing against the effort to make
might right. People are asking today
why we have crime, drinking habits,
poverty and idleness—not the idleness
of the poor men who go tramping
over the country especially, but the
idleness ot rich men’s sons who go
tlamping over the country in auto
mobiles. What part shall our church
have in righting the social order? The
church should have more than a ready
ear for the human cry at. any time.
When we seek to be true to the best
princ iples in the history of our church
then shall the kingdom of God be es
tablished in every interest of human
life.”
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Ip was to have been opened by Rev.
Harry Kben Townsend of Want brook,
but he was called away and his place
on the program was filled by Rev.
Dwight A. Ball of Mechanic Falls.
At 10.30 the church was filled with
people anxious to hear the address by
Rev. William II. Gould of the Church
of the Messiah. Portland, who for 14
years was pastor of the Dexter Bap
tist church. Mr. Gould's subject was
“The Fnivers.alist Evangel and Evan
gelism.” He kept the intense interest
of his audience throughout his ad
dress, saying in part:
“It seems sometimes in these days
that theology is unpopular, but popu
lar or unpopular, it is important—pri
marily important. There is no record
of nnv soul that has found peace un
til it has found it in God the Father.
A man cannot have all that he desires,
for God loves His children too well for
that; He gives them only those things
that are good for them. Wo must
teach the Evangel to our children in
the home. It is our business to tell the
story of the good tidings there. It is
through the father and mother that
Universalist evangelism is to be real
ized. Teach it also in the Sunday
school and hold frequent evangelistic
services. All will lie well in God's
world when all of His children have
come to co-operate with Him to do His
will. Then our Evangel will be re
ceived and give joy to the world.”
After a short discussion led by Rev.
Ebon II. Chapin of Rockland, the con
vention adjourned for dinner.
Prom 2 to 4.30 Wednesday afternoon
the session was in charge of the Wo
man's Universalist Missionary Socie
ty. The president, Mrs. Henry Ber
nard Smith of Mechanic Falls, pre
sided.
From 4.30 to 5.30 was given up to
the discussion of the Daymen s
League. An address on “The Work of
the Laymen” was delivered by the
secretary of the National Laymen s
League, Frank J. Turner of Buffalo.
N. Y.
At 5.30 a Laymen’s banquet tinder
the auspices of the Dexter Laymen s
League was enjoyed at the Exchange
hotel.
Wednesday evening occurred the de
livery of the Occasional sermon by
Rev. Carl F. Henry of Bangor. At the
close of his sermon Communion was
observed. Rev. Stanley Gates Spear
and Rev. A. Gertrude Earle of Dover
presiding. ,
Mr. Henry’s subject was “A Look Intn
the Mirror” and his text 1 Tim. iv:16.
(Continued on Page Two.)
FOR POOR SLEEPERS,
Poor circulations, weak digestions. San
ford's Ginger is grateful, comforting.
MAINE FEDERATION OF
LADOR AT WATERVILLL
DELEGATES TO MAINE FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION AT WATERVILLE.
Waterville, Me., June 3.—(Special).—
The second day’s session of the
Maine State Federation of Labor was
opened for business at 9.45 Wednesday
morning with President Charles < >.
Reals of Auburn in the chair. The roll
call of delegates showed one more than
the previous session.
The report of Secretary John F. Con
nelly of Bangor was read and referred
to the proper committee.
A large number of resolutions were J
then presented by the different dele
gates ami all were referred to the com
mittee on resolutions, which was in
session all morning. These resolutions
will be acted upon and the committee
will report at a later session.
R. A. Eddy of Bar Harbor as chair- ,
man of the legislative committee made
the following report:
To the officers and delegates of the
fifth annual convention of the Maine
State Federation of Labor:
The work of the legislative commit
tee during the past year has been in
connection with the executive hoard
and has already been reported by the
president. Tour committee does not
want to give the impression that there
is no legislative work to do in a year
when there is no session of the legis
lature. This is not the case. There is
work to be done every year if we ex
pect to keep the interest of our legis
lative work where; it should be in our
local unions. Legislative matters can
be laid over without doing much harm
in a year like the past when there is
no session of the Legislature, and in
consideration of this the executive
board deemed it wist* to use what funds
there were at hand for purposes out
side legislative matters. This year
conditions will be different. There is
a session of the Legislature and the
Maine State Federation of Labor must
prepare and lay plans at this conven
tion to continue its legislative work.
In the two sessions of the Legislature
since the existence of the State Feder
ation of Labor we have made wond r
t iiI strides in our work, but we are
only well started as yet and now that
we* have a good start the union men!
Of Maine must confinin' their efforts
until laws are made that will remed>,.
in part at least, some of the great evils
that now exist in this State. There,
are many laws and measures your
committee would like to recommend to
the delegates to this convention for
action during the coming year but we
will take up only those that in our
opinion are tin* most important, first
of all we want the attention and best
efforts of this body in making the
initiative and referendum, passed by
the last Legislature, a law. At the
State election held in September the
people will either accept or reject this
hill The State Federation of Labor
must combine all of its strength in
company with the members of the
State Orange and *o 11 others who are
in sympathy with this law to see that
it is accepted by the people. The at
titude of Senator Hale and other poli
ticians and capitalists toward this bill
is always a source of danger. Me
earnestly recommend to the members
of this convention that they instruct
the delegates to go back to the local
unions in their vicinity and to the peo
ple in gneral and commence at once a
campaign in favor of the referendum.
Our people must all be well informed
before election day in regard to the
details of this bill and when election
day comes we must have competent
men stationed at every voting place in
this State so that voters may be in
formed and that the interests of the
referendum and the people be well
guarded.
The last session of the Legislature
was asked for a 58-hour law for wo
men iind children. The strenuous op
position which, this measure met at the
hands of the textile manufacturers,
causing its underserved defeat, meant
that if we hope for success at the next
session tif whole organized movement
of die State must speak as one man.
Your committee hopes that every dele
gate will take this matter back to his
local and see to it that it is thoroughly
understood and tiait nothing be spared
which might possibly add to the force
of our efforts.
Another measure that we consider
very important to all the people is the
employers’ liability law. Believing that
the working people of this State do
se rvo the same protection to their lives
and limbs as exists in almost all other
states, we recommend that you in
instruct your legislative committee to
make a strong effort to have passed a
law drafted along the same lines as
the Peaks bill, the one that was killed
by the powerful influences of the great
corporations with the judiciary com
THE WEATHER.
CLOUDY—RAIN COMING.
Washington, June 3.—Forecast for
Xew England: Partly cloudy Thurs
day; Friday showers; light to fresh
south winds, becoming variable.
Boston Forecast.
Boston, June 3.—Forecast for Bos
ton and vicinity: Thursday fair; Fri
day fair, probably followed by show
ms in the afternoon or night, slightly
warmer, variable winds.
HEADQUARTERS PANAMA
HATS FOR BOTH MEN AND
WOMEN. PRICES $3.50 to $10.
H. G. Barker Co.
••THE MANHATTAN" X
BOY’S WASH SUITo.
New fresh goods different in
style and quality from other
lines. Prices from $1.00 to $3.50
K. and E. Blouses all new
patterns.
H. G. BARKER & CO.
Cash Outfitters
Two Stores
AUGUSTA AND GARDINER
m21dtf
nittee during the last session of the
[>( gislature.
We recommend that all candidates
'or election to the next legislature be
tuestioned and their past history close
y examined and if it is found that
abor interests are not safe we pledge
>urselvest regardless of politics, to do
•verything in our power to bring about
heir defeat.
Respectfally submitted.
It. A. EDDY.
E. T,. LMK1HTOX,
M. W. DENNIS.
Alexander Eagles of Portland, of ihe
Barbers Union, addressed the conven
tion in regard to the forming of a
Barbers Union in this city. The matter
brought forth a great deal of discussion
imong the delegates and the topic was
taken up for general discussion. .7. F.
Partridge, president of the Central
Labor Union of Watervllle stated that
in attempt had been made to organize,
the barbers of this city but without
avail. But it was the opinion of the
convention that the workers had given
tip hope and that work in this line
should commence immediately and that
the union men of Waterville should de
mand the union labor in shops that
they patronize.
The committee on officers reports re
ported in turn. A. Scherer of Bangor
commended the work of the president
during the past term of office. Ilis re
port was accepted. The committee on
the financial secretary’s report stated
that the accounts were in perfect or
der.
After the many resolutions were pre
sented the time was devoted to the
good and welfare of the convention and
undr this head there were many short
but spirited addresses. Nearly every
one of the delegates had a work for
his union and those he represented
and many interesting incidents were
related in regard to the formation of
unions in the different places and the
trouble undergone to bring it about.
The report of the executive board
was then read and accepted.
The convention adjourned at 12
o'clock for dinner.
The afternoon session opened with
everybody ready for business of any
sort that anybody might wish to de
velop. The Initiative and Referendum
received the usual amount of atten
tion from the orators. Child labor law
came in for a strong season anil a res
olution with a preamble attached was
sent through the convention with fly
ing colors. There was no dearth of
speakers, a feature which has always
been among the principal numbers of
the program of the State Branch of
the American Federation of Labor in
this State.
The convention appeared to favor
the referendum and whenever it was
touched upon applause was easily
forth coining. Delegate John Burns of
Lewiston went after the politician with
a rasn when he took up the question
of child labor. Mr. Burns declared that
labor men are labor men right along
until the time comes to vote for mem
pi-rs of the Legislature; that all union
men are not good union men when the
real crisis comes. Mr. Burns received a
big. hearty hand when he took his seat
By the way Delegate Burns appears
to be the real article of force when a
thing or two goes awry and some one
is wanted who can grasp the situation
with vim.
.Terre Cronin of Bangor, the veteran
labor worker, was on tap for all there
was in his big makeup and succeed
ed in having the committee on resolu
tions report in favor of adopting a res
olution from the Cigarmakers Interna
tional Union. Mr. Cronin came up
again when the question of naturaliz
ing aliens was taken up, and it was
upon his motion. Mr. Cronin said that
at the present time there are 1000 la
boring men in Millinocket but that on
PRES. ROOSEVELT HAS
VERY NARROWESCAPE.
Is Thrown Into Rocky Creek by Rear
ing Horse—Catches Animal Again and
Takes Long Ride In Wet Clothing.
Washington, June 3.—President
Roosevelt late yesterday afternoon
liad an exeeodingly narrow escape
from a serious accident while horse
back riding in Rock Creek park.
Mrs. Roosevelt was with the Presi
dent and the rumors of the affair
, which gained circulation last night
were denied at the White House at the
time, as neither the President nor Mrs.
Roosvelt spoke of the affair upon their
return. The rumor came from the oc
cupants of several carriages who saw
the accident.
The President was riding a new
horse, a young animal. The party rode
down through a cut in a hank, forded
a creek and were ascending the bank
on the other side. The President's
horse reared, the President leaned for
ward in the saddle and threw the reins
down in loops so as to avoid pulling
the horse backward. Again on reaching
the top of the bank the horse reared a
second time and the President leaned
forward again but the animal stood
up straight on its hind legs and then
went over backward into the creek
with the President.
Feeling that he was going backward,
the President slipped from the sad
dip and 11s lurk would hare It, fell in
to the clerk close beside the horse
which landed on it* back. The horse
fell on the downstream side ol the
President, who realizing that he would
be in danger from the anlrual's feet
should the horse turn towards hint,
got out of the way as rapidly as pos
sible. The horse, however, turned over
from the President and got up.
He was captured at once, the Pres
ident remounted and rode for an hour
and a half before returning to the
White House. The fall from the horse's
buck to the stream bed was a dis
tance of more thun 10 feet.
The stream was about two feet deep
with an exceedingly rocky bod. Neith
er the President nor the horse received
the slightest injury.
President Roosevelt's two regular
riding horses were out of commission
yesterday, both being indisposed. The
President's orderly wished to try out
the new horse but the President took
it upon himself to do this. The Presi
dent was dressed in khaki and the
fact that he got thoroughly wet did
not become apparent to those who saw
the accident. Several carriage* which
had crossed the ford just ahead of
the President stopped and the occu
pants were alarmed at what was hap
pening.
ly about 200 of them are voters in this
country. It was upon Mr. Cronin's mo
tion that the matter of securing cheap
er naturalization methods was given
to the incoming executive board to
take care of as soon as that board
shall get together. The complaint ap
peared to be that the present method
of sending men to the county court
for first and second papers of citi
zenship costs too much and that many
men have not the money for such pur
pose.
Hon. Charles F. Johnson of this city
and Hon. George G. Weeks of Fair
field had been invited to address the
convention on the subject of the trus
tee process. Mr. Johnson was the first
speaker and he read a list of all of the
states except New Jersey giving the
trustee law in all. Mr. Johnson de
clared that In his opinion the Maine
law is iniquitous and should be
changed; that there is not sufficient
protection for the family of the labor
ing mao and that the law itself is
very often abused by bill collectors
and that in fact the law has been ho
badly imposed upon that some law
yers have come to regard it as of no
consequence as far as it affects them
selves.
Mr. Weeks spoke for IS minutes on
the same subject and vied with Mr.
Johnson in that the law should be
changed for the benefit of everybody,
the laborer, the family and the mer
chant. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Weeks
were given a rising vote of thanks for
what they had said.
Abner Nichols, chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, read a number
of resolutions which had been handed
to the committee and upon which the
committee had acted favorably. Hie
resolutions are given below and con
stitute only a few of the number to
be finally adopted by the convention.
Stewart Ilecd of Chicago, general
organizer of the American Federation
of Labor, had arrived in the city and
shortly after 4 o'clock visited the con
vention. President Beale Introduced Mr.
Meed and the latter took up all the re
mainder of liie session until adjourn
ment in getting after the laborman and
the politician. Mr. Reed complained of
the lengtii of tile Maine winter, de
clared that he believed there is a great
and earnest movement toward organ
ization of the wage earner In this
State. He paid, as usual, no little at
tention to Hon. Charles R. Littlefield,
member of the national House of Rep
resentatives from Maine. If what Mr.
Heed intimated Is the real fact, and
this appeared to be in doubt with
many in the convention, Mr. Littlefield
recently said he would be re-nomlnated
for Congress from the 2d District in
spite of Samuel Gompers and his
American Federation of Labor and
that very soon thereafter Mr. Littlefield
tendered his resignation as cotigress
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
HARSH TREATMENT
Accorded Philadelphian at
Lille In France.
Held on Requisition Warrant
-Refused Communication
With Amerioan Consul—Ambassa*
dor White Intervenes.
Lille, France, June 3.—Charles Von
Milevieh, of 137 South Fulton street,
Philadelphia, has been in jail hero
for the past fortnight on an rxtradl
tion warrant front Tournai, Belgium,
charging him with robbing his father
in-law of $400 while visiting him at
Frasnes, Belgium, early in May. The
authorities of Lille have treated Von
Milevieh, who protests his innocence,
with great harshness. They refused to
permit him to communicate with the
American consular agent here, C. J.
King. Later they ignored a communi
cation from Mr. King transmitting a
confession from Von Milevich's sister
in-law, Mile. Lnurene® Noules, declar
ing that she took the money In ques
tion to enable her to accompany Voi*
Milevieh to America. Mr. King ha*
asked Ambassador White and Con
sul General Mason at Paris, to inter
vene in the matter.
Paris, June 3.—Ambassador White
has made energetic representations to
Foreign Minister Pichon regarding the
case of Charles Von Mllavlch, who in
held a prisoner at Lille. Ha protests
against the action of the Lilia author
ities in disregarding the onnfeeslon
made by Mile. Houles, in rcfualng Vorc
Milevieh to communicate with the
American consular representative and
in not permitting tha extradition of
Von Milevieh upon tho cliurga of tha
Tournai authorities.
It was announced Wednesday at
Biddeford that the Pepperell Manu
facturing Co. will not go onto short
time as was stated a few days ago.
The cotton mills were to shut down
Fridays and Saturdays but the re
vival of business has brought more
orders than they can handle on a 40
hour schedule.
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