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city's ippriisil committee'
NINES MOUNT FOU CONDEMNED
UND IN FORT WESTERN PROJECT
Notwithstanding the fact that no
one appeared for the owners of the
land in the Fort Western park pro
ject, daring a meeting of the mu
nicipal officers, held Friday evening
in City hall for the purpose of esti
mating damages to be paid to each
owner of the lots, the appraisal com
mittee, in a spirit of fairness to^the
owners, named aa amount which was
considered much in excess of the
true value of the land in question,
and the municipal officers assessed a
still larger amount, being desirous
that no question of unfairness might
be raised by the property owners.
George A. Macomber, one of the
appraiaal committee, based the esti
mates of that committee on the rel
atives values of U>e land adjacent
to the property under diacussion and
in each case the adjacent land show
ed a lower estimated price than the
amount assessed for the property in
question, clearly showing that the
- liberal amount named by the com
mittee was In excess of the true val
ue of the property.
Much comment was caused by the
nor.-appearance of the owners of the
lard, which led to the speculation as
to whether the latter would appeal to
a higher court.
A semi-official board of appraisees,
consisting of George E. Macomber,
Charles S. Hichborn and E. E. New
bert. Assisting the municipal officers,
each separately assessed the proper- 1
ty under discussion and arrived at
the following estimated damages to
he paid: For the old Fort lot. 25c
per square foot, which totals to 11750.
For the building on the old Fort lot.
$1000. For the lot. on the west side
of Bowman street, 15c per square
foot, which totals to 13175.20. For
the buildings thereon. $600. Grand
total $6525.20. not including the sta
ble of George A. Bryant.
After the report of the appraisers
was read the Board of Aldermen met
and added the following amounts,
which were read and passed: To the
I buildings on the old Fort lot was
added *250, making a total of *1250.
Xo addition was made to the old Fort
lot. Xo addition wa* made on the
lot on the west side of Bowman
street, mil *250 was added to the
buildings thereon, making a total of
$g00. The sum of *700 was assessed
as a fair value for the ..table of
George A. Bryant.
The Anal total reaches *6975.1). being
*1750 for the old Fort lot. R350 for the
buildings thereon. *3175.35 for the land
on the west side of Bowman street ami
for the buildings thereon, which
together with the *700 assessed for the
stable of George Sryant reaches a
grand total of 17573 3).
' Attorney Walter A. Sanborn appeared
for George* A. Bryant, who owns the
stable and adjoining buildings on the
west side of Bowman street. Attorney
Sanborn stated that his client under
stood that the city officials condemned
the land on which he is located but
did not condemn the buildings thereon.
That being the case. Mr Sryar.t having
been in business for 34 years, asked fer
-damages in proportion to the losfag of
his business g.s he will incur the loss
of moving his buildings or the dispos
ing of them in some way.
The land in question assessed by the
municipal officers does not include the
Riverside hotel property and is bound
ed and described as follows, to writ: A
certain lot o' land situate In Augusta,
cn the east side of Bowman street
known as the "Old Fort L*>t," with
the buildings thereon, bounded wester
ly by said Bowman street: northerly,
easterly and southerly by land of the
Augusta Develorment Co.: also cr.e oth
er certain lot of land situate in said
Augusta bounded southerly by the south
line of Williams street extended to the
Kennebec river: westerly by the Ken
nebec river; norther! v t>v a li-e parallel
w.th the south line jT Williams street
extended to the Kennebec river and
dl-tant 15 feet southerly from the south
end of the Riverside hute! building and
easterly by Bowman street.
AUGUSTA LOCALS
BOY SCOUT BANQUET
VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
It was a pleasant sight at the "Y”
building Friday evening to see 30 or
more Boy Scouts of Troop No. 3
seated at the banquet table with
their fathers, whom they were enter
taining for the evening as their
guests at an old fashioned baked
bean supper. Hon. George E. Ma
comber, who was the guest of his
grandson, Seoul Howard Bodwelh
and Hon. Frank G. Farrington, who
was .the guest of his son Frank, en
tered into the spirit of the occasion
along with the other men who were
presort and were boys once again
lor tne evening.
All of the food for the supper was
donated by the boys themselves and
was arranged tastily on the long
banquet table by Maurice Tapley,
superintendent of the building. Mr.
Tapley is a new employe at the big
buliding, but the boys have found out
that he is a first class chef and as he
is a lover pf boys himself he is an
unusually popular man when the
* word "eats" is mentioned. Baked
beans made p the larger part of the
menu, but the bountiful supply of
cakes, pies, and other sweets soon
disappeared as they had been baked
especially for boys by the mothers
at home who know what a boy likes.
There were Just 43 seated at the
long table and Rev. E. S. Philbrook,
scoutmaster, who was seated at the
head of the table, acted as presiding
officer. After explaining to the
gathering what the scourt organiza
tion aimed to do, he called upon
various guests for remarks and the
following responded with appropri
ate remarks: Hon. Frank G. Farring
ton, E. P. Hewett, George A. Merrill,
William Black, Frank Condon, A. J.
Handy, and F. P. Gray.
Mr. Philbrook announced that In
the future the troop would meet ev
ery other week In place of each
week. At the conclusion of the gath
ering a vote of thanks was extended
to Maurice Tapley, Beulah Stiles,
and Annie Stiles for their services
in helping serve the banquet.
CONY GIRLS WIN FROM
SKOWHEGAN—BOYS LOSE
FAST GAME TO ALUMNI
The Cony girls basketball team
opened their season last evening by
defeating the Skowhegan High
girl’s team by a score of 10 to 4.
The Cony boys, however, suffered
defeat at the hands of the Alunmi
the score being 39 to 26. Assembly
hall waa crowded to the doors with
enthusiastic fans showing that Au
gusta is on the basketball map and
that the students and people are
back of their high school teams.
Following the games a dance was
held.
Cony Girls vs. Skowhegan Girls
The first game of the evening was
staged between the girls teams, the
wearers of the red and white com
ing through with a good clean win.
Miss Alice Sterling and Miss Emily
Toaa starred for the local aggrega
tion while Miss Buteau played the
best all round game for the visitors.
The Sterling sisters netted all of the
goals for Cony and played an ex
cellent passing game.
COXY SKOWHEGAX
A. Sterling, rf.lb, M. Thompson,
. Stanchfleld
.M. Sterling, If.rb, J. Couveau
1. Purington, sc.sc. P. Patten
D. Gidtlings, F. Collins, Jc.
.Jc, M. Friend
M. Cram, rb.If, Buteau
E. Toas, lb.rf. C. Brackett
•Score: Cony 10, Skowhegan, 4.
Goals from floor: Buteau, A.
Sterling 3, M. Sterling 2.
Goals from ljpuls: Brackett.
Referee. Miss Chase, Skowhegan.
Umpire. Miss Leighton of Augusta.
Timers: Murphy and Stanchfleld.
Time: Three 10 minute periods.
Cony vs. Alumni
The Alumni team proved too strong
for the high school boys trimming
them by a score of 39 to 26. Cony
•Jid not uave airy regular outfit on
the floor, the rnen being picked on
:!re spur of tile moment, ^hlle eev
eral of them shone individually it
^ras plainly evident that the boys
had not played together. But the
game last evening showed one thing,
that there is material for a winning
basketball team in the school and
from past experiences if Coach
Thompson has any material at all to
| work with he will develop a win
j ning outfit.
i The Alumni was composed of star
• players such as Toas and Hill, part of
* last year's State championship ou.fit;
Phil McGohldrick. who played an all
star game at hack a couple of yeare
ago; “Cy*’ Thyng, who represented the
red and white three reasons ago, ar.1
Fro’oerger. who played forward on the
outfit the same season. McGouldrick
had a sure eye for baskets, netting an
; even dozer., while Util when he got go
ing came through with six pretty ones
For Cony, Hewins and Benn seemed
the best basket neiteis. Hewins after
a bit more experience should make one
of the best basket netters in this sec
f tion. while Benn is a good mixer and
i has an eye for the basket. Plummer
' also is fast and *-hen the season ad
vances should round into form.
Cony’s first scheduled game will take
place Friday evening, January 3, wne.n
they meet the strong Edward Little
High team in Assembly ball.
COXY. ALUMNI.
Benn, rf . lb, McGouldrick
Gray, Hewjns, If . rb, Toas
Poor, Pierce, c . c. Thyng
Holloway, Pluifimer, rb.If, F. Hilt
Beal, Thomas, lb.rf, Frobc-rgcr
Score—Alumni 39. Cony 28. Goals from
floor—Hewins 3, Benn 3, Plummer 3. F.
Hill 6, P. McGouldrick 12, Gray, Toas.
Frobergc-r, Poor. Goal from foul—Hi!!.
Referee, Abbott. Timer, Hunnewed.
Scorer Young. Time, two 2f?m. periods,
j Attendance. MO.
ALIEN PLOTTERS
(Continued from Page Ono)
1 and encouraged to ridicule all religious
! beliefs. Evidence was introduced be
! fore the Lusk committee, which for
months has been investigating sedi
tious activities in New York state to
i show that a close connected existed
; between the America*> Communist or
i ganisation and the bureau maintained
| in New York City by a.udw!g C. A. K.
j Martens, the self-styled ambassador of
Soviet Russia. The growth of the prop
aganda spread by the Communists in
the United States was intimated by
documents showing that they were set
ting forth their principles, being dis
tributed throughout the country at the
, rate of 200.000 to 500,000 daily,
j The intimation that radical ac
I tlvlty in this country had reached
j the stage of open violence came on
] May Day cf last year when the na
| tion was shocked by the riscovery
i of a plot to assissinate more than a
■ sepre of high government officials
and prominent officials.
| The first intimation of this con
. spirac was first brought to light
when dynamite bombs were found in
the mails of the New York postoffice.
In the meantime a warning fwas
sen{ broadcast and other bombs
were seized in various postofflees
i throughout the country. Several of
j the infernal machines reached their
j destination, but with, one exception
’ failed to explode or do damage.
The bombs were addressed to
| many cabinet and government offi
. cials and prominent citizens includ
I tng: Attorney General Palmer,
I Postmaster General Burleson. Fed
| eral Judge Landis of Chicago; Sec
: retary of Labor Wilson, John D.
1 Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, U. 8.
Commissioner of Immigration Cam
minetti, M. W. Woods, Boston, Gov.
j Sproul of Pennsylvania, John L.
| Burnett, chairman of the House Im
migration committee' and W. J.
Schaeffer, Attorney General of Penn
sylvania.
One of the Infernal machines
which was sent to Senator Thomas
Hardwick of Georgia, when opened
at the senator's home, exploded and
blew the bands ptt a negro maid
and Injured Mrs. Hardwick.
All the bombs found at this time
were cleverly concealed in small
collapsible boxes and were wrapped
with paper, which bore the forged
name of Gimbel Brothers. They
were commonly known at this time
as the “Gimbel Bombs.”
Following the discovery of these
bombs the police of the various clt
tea throughout the country and fad- ;
eral agents launched upon a nation- j
wide raid in search of anarchists, j
Bolshevists and radicals. Although j
a large amount of explosives was
seised and a number of arrests made, I
the senders of the bombs never were j
, apprehended.
On the night of June 2, the country
again was startled by the most dar- 1
! ing bomb outrage in the history of j
! tbe nation, when the home of Attor- ■
ney General Palmer in Washington
I was wrecked and infernal machines
: were exploded damaging the homes
j of public officials and business men
in Washington. Pittsburgh. Cleve
land, Newtonville, Mass. Boston,
Philadelphia. Patterson, N. J, and
.New York city.
None of the men for whom the
bombs were intended were hurt but
a watchman in New York was kill
ed. several persons were injured,
buildings were wrecked and in Wash
ington one of the plotters himself
was blown to pieces when the Infer- '
, nal machine intended for Attorney
.General Palmer exploded premature
ly.
The explosions were practically all
accompanied by the scattering of
anarchistic literature written by per
sons who were not illiterate. The
literature advocated tbe overthrow of
, the government and class war.
Headquarters of Communists and
Communist newspapers were raided
simultaneously by the federal agents
who were aided by the police and by
soldiers. Chief Flynn announced
that most valuable information had
been obtained in a mass of docu
ments seized. About 75 per cent, of
the prisoners were declared to be
Russians.
Eighty per cent, of those taken
admitted membership in the Russian
Communist party.
Among the radical publications
raided was the Novi Mir, the paper
cn which Trotzky worked while in
New York. The publication is rec
ognized by Comunists as the official
Bolshevik organ. “The Communist
World" also was raided.
The largest number of alleged Rad
icals secured in a single meeting
place was at the Communist head
quarters in Brooklyn, where 150
were corralled.
In various Comunist headquarters,
including one with the title “Hell
Gate Branch," meetings were in
progress when the raiders arrived
and from 15 to 20 arrests were made
in each place.
Late tongiht Chief Flynn an
nounced that about 300 arrests al
ready had been made and that addi
tional ones were being reported
constantly. As fast as the radicals
arrived at the Department of Justice
offices they were segregated into
aliens and citizens and the foreigners
were photographed and “finger
printed,” prior to their departure for
Ellis Island. Only onew oman had
( been arrested up to that time.
COAST TO COAST
(Continued from Page One)
membership cards in the organiza
tion were regarded by officials as
constituting the best documentary
evidence on which to base deporta
tion cases.
i Officials said the only difference
between the communist party and
the communist labor party was one
of leadership. Both have been en
i deavoring to bring about the estab
lishment of a Soviet form of gov
ernment in this country since their
organization last September, accord
ing to officials.
| Documents gathered by Federal
agents recently show conclusively,
it was said, that pians were drawn
up by the leaders of each of theee
Parties to develop a score or more of
Soviets throughout the country.
These were to be merged under a
Soviet council similar to that which
now exists in Russia, according to
Mr. Garvan.
The department revealed tonight ac
tivities of these two organizations
among the negroes. Their attempts to
organize the negroes in support of plans
to overthrow the present political and
j economic system were carried far and
! officials admitted that this propaganda
• had gone to 6uch a length that trouble
, may yet be expected among certain
■ negro communities.
Mr. Garvin made public information
gathered by the federal agents show
ing the nature of the work done among
the negroes. One document contains
the following:
"In close connection with the unskilled
j workers Is the problem of the negro.
| The negro presents a political and eeo
i nomic problem. The racial oppression
of the negro is simply the expression of
i bis economic bondage and oppression,
! each Intensifying the other. This com
plicates the negro problem, but does
not alter its proletarian character. The
j Communist party will carry on aglta- j
! tion among the negro workers to unite
; them with all clase conscious workers."
; The Communist party recently spread
: broadcast among Its adherents a "man
| Ifesto" setting forth Its views an plans.
| While officials have been unable to ob
! t*>n a similar document from the Com
| munlst Labor party, they asserted that
i its views were not unlike those of tha
' Communist party as -disclosed In the
i manifesto.
The Communist party of America Is
' the party of the working class," tho
manifesto says. “The Communist party
of America proposed to end capitalism
and organize a workers' Industrial re
public. The workers must control In
dustry and dispose of the products of
; industry. The Communist party >■ a
party releasing the limitations of all
existing workers' organisations and
proposes to develop the revolutionary
movement necessary to free the work
ers from the oppression of capitalism.
The Communist party insists that the
problems of American worked arc
Identical with l.ie problems of the
workers of the world.
“The Communist party is the con
scious expression of the class struggle
of the workers against capitalism. Its
aim is to direct this struggle of the
workers against capitalism.
Its aim is to direct this struggle to
the conquest of political power, the
overthrow of capitalism and the de
struction of the bourgeoise state.
“The Communist party prepares
itself for the revolution in the meas
ure that it develops a program of
immediate action, expressing the
mass struggles of the proletariat.
These struggles must be inspired with
revolutionary spirit and purpose.
“The Communist party Is funda
mentally a party of action. It brings
to the workers a consciousness of |
their oppression of the irtipoesiDUity I
of improving their conditions under I
capitalist!. The Communist party dl- *
recta the workers’ struggle against |
capitalism, developing fuller forms;
forms and purposes in this struggle,
culminating in the mass action on
the revolution.”
In connection with the announce
ment of teh raids tonight. Attorney
General Palmer made public a let
ter which he had written to Maclay
Hoyne. state’s attorney for Cook
county at Chicago, in which Mr. j
Hoyne was requested to defer the
local raid conducted there last night, j
Mr.. Palmer explained in hie letter
that the departmetn of justice had
piynn»H a nation-wide campaign
against the same people which were
to be raided by Mr. Hoyne's agents
in Chicago. Department officials said
they were without information as to
why the Chicago raid went through
last night when Mr. Hoyne had full
information as to the plans of fed
eral agents to do the same work to
night.
Advance information on the activ
ities of the Communist party re
vealed that Its emissaries were in
many cities, boring into labor organ
isations which hitherto have been
noted for their conservatism. Liter
ature obtained by Federal agents
made it apparent that the Commun
ist leaders were concentrating on
plans to obtain control of well
founded labor groups. Through this
method they were to exert their pow
er politically and to put forward can
didates which could be regarded by'
government officials as nothing more
than destructive elements within the
present government.
The communist labor group is said
to have directed its propaganda
among the roreign element of citi
zenry. From several sources, fed
eral agents secured information that
the communist labor party was ap
pealing to the foreign workers with
the argument that the present gov
ernment was unfriendly to them and
that their rights never would be re
spected by the appointed authorities.
The insertion of the word “labor"
in the name of this party was re
carded by officials as only a subter
fuge. the leaders realizing that It
would lead strength to their argu
ment among foreigners.
Assistant Attorney General Gar
van expressed the opinion that tiie
leaders of the two parties had a
“working agreement'’ and planned
eventually to bring all the radicals
under one communist party and
thereby amqss enough strength to
upset the constituted government.
Officials are working on the theory
that a higher power is directing the
work of both organizations and that
the leaders who are behind this di
recting hand only recently have
come to this country from Russia.
This belief, they said, was supportei
by evidence gathered by representa •
fives of this and the allied govern
ments In the heart of Soviet Russia.
It is'known that agents of the al
lied nations have" been working
nearly two years among the follow
ers of Lenine and Trotzkv and their
efforts have resulted in connecting
links in the chain of Soviet propa
ganda in this country and the Soviet
leaders in Russia. ~
Barges Ready to Transport
New York. Jan. 2—Scores of barges
were moored along the New Jersey
shores opposite this city tonight to
transport to Elli» island the Radicals
rounded up by Federal agents in
the New Jersey district. The prison
ers will be placed aboard the barges
In the morning and transported to
the Island.
Aided by 20) policemen. federal
agents rounded up several hundred
alleged "reds” in Jersey City.
In all 410 warrants were issued for
Radicals In Hudson and Bergen
county districts, but most of the men
were taken in the lower section of
Jersey City where they lived. There
were about 150 men sought* in Bay
onne. According to the federal agents
more than 1000 active Communists
have been enrolled In New Jersey
since last September.
Raids also were carried out in
New Brunswick. Elizabeth. Pater
son and South River, Passaic. Plain
held. Dover and Bayonne. All the
prisoners were sent to Newark for
the night.
BIG BAG
(Continued from Pago Ono)
swamped with telephone report •?
from all parts of New England. One
of the first persons reported to him
as having been captured was Ana
fros Karalius of Chicago, a com
munist party organizer. Karalius
had been advertised to speak at a
meeting in NasHua, N. H. He was
arrested before he reached the hall.
Every one of the 181 persons, who
had gathered to hear Karalius was
arrested. This was the largest sin
gle haul In any New England city.
Another arrest Considered Import
ant was th^t of Ime Kaplan at Law
rence. Kaplan was a leader in the
textile strike there last spring. Sev
eral of his assistants also were tak- i
en.
The activities in this section cen- i
tered principally in Massachusetts :
and New Hampshire. The largest
totals of arrests were: Nashua, N.!
H., 181; Manchester, N. H.. 65; Ber- j
lln, N. H.. 40, Boston, 5,; tV'orce.*- i
ter, 32; Springfield, 65; Lowell, g©; !
Haverhill, 21; Holyoke, 20( Chelsea,!
24; Chicopee, 16; Lynn, 46.
Scattered arrets in other places
brought the total reported up to a
late hour to 607. Among them were
a number of women.
Much radical literature was seiped.
Including records of the communist
Party activities.
The raids in New England, in ac
cordance with the general instruc
tions from Attorney General Palmer
were principally upon meting places
of members of the communist party.
George E. Kelleher, division superin
tendent of the Bureau of Investiga
tion of the Federal Department of
Justice, with headquarters in this
city, was in general charge of the
raids in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire.
The arrests made tonight were
based upon careful investigations
which have been carried on in a
quiet way for months past by De
partment of Justice agents in this
district. The agents worked under
instructions of Superintendent Kelle
her and Assistant Superintendents J
B. Hanrahan and William J. West.
U. 8. Marshal John J. Mitchell
and Supt. Michael H. Crowley of the
Boston police cooperated in the raids
in this district. Assistance in the
preparations also was given by im
migration Commissioner H. J. Skef
fington.
For many days past large numbers
of Department of Justice agents have
been arriving quietly la Boston.
From this city they were seat to
various points in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire.
Nine o'clock tonight was the hour
set for activities to begin in New
England. At that hour the Depart
ment agents simultaneously started
to close the net in a dosea cities. At s
the offices of Supt. Kelleher it was
said that the drive was wholly sue- ;
cessful.
The majority of those arrested J
were said to be aliens. Among them >
was Aanafras Kralllus of Chicago, a
Communist party organizer, who was
scheduled to speak at a meting in
Nashua, N. H-. tonight. Another was
Adam Dulski. secretary of the Cam
bridge branch of the party. At the
party’s headquarters on Washington
street. Boston, 24 persons were ar
rested. Twenty-one men and three
women were gathered in at Russian
Communist hall in Chelsea.
Among the documents seized in
the city was the charter of the Rus
sian Branch No. 2 of the commun
ist party. It was dated Chicago,
November 1. 1&19, and was signed by
C. E. Ruthenburg. executive secre
tary and H. M. Wicks, members of
the executive committee. Affixed to
it was the red seal of the central
executive committee of the commun
ist party of America, bearing in the
center a red flag with the words,
“All Power to the Workers.'*
Aftqr announcing that the branch
had been enrolled in the party the
document added:
“We welcome you to the comrade
ship of the workers who are pledged ‘
to the struggle to abolish the capi
talist system and establish the com
munist society.”
Sifting out at Paterson, N. J.
Paterson. N. J., Jan. 2—Radical head
quarters here were raided tonight un
der the direction of federal agents, j
Within an hour after the raids started
5) prisoners had been brought to police
headquarters. Those who were Amer
ican citizens were sent to the county;
jail and aliens were ordered to prepare
to start for 3His Island Immediately. j
Raid* in Newark and Jersey City j
Newark. N. J., Jan. 2—Federal '
agents who were detailed to this city j
in the nation-wide round-up of Rad- !
icals. raided “Red'' headquarters
armed with 220 warrants. In Jersey
City warrants were issued for HO
persons.
Raid Red Headquarters in Phila.
Philadelphia, Jan. 2—Raids on al
leged Radical headquarters in five
different sections of Philadelphia !
were made tonight by agents of the :
department of justice, aided by city
police. Those arrested were taken to
the federal buildifig for examination.
Up to late tonight 121 prisoners had
been taken to two police stations. ■*»
161 at Nashua, N, H.
Nashua, X. H., Jan. 2.—One hun
dred and fifty alleged radicals were
arrested in a raid on a hall here to- j
night. Among them were 23 women.
The meeting was conducted by the
Communist party and all in the hall I
were taken into custody. The prin- j
cipal scheduled speaker, however,:
a:d not appear, as the authorities
said he had been arrested before!
reaching the city. The chairman of
the local party organisation left the
hall just before the raid occurred. He
was arrested in a funning chase. The
women upon arriving at police head
quarters, sang Russian songs and
“My Country 'Tis of Thee.”
The arrests here totalled 161, it:
was announced late tonight. All of
the women arrested were permitted
to go to their homes after being
questioned, except two who jgere
placed in cells.
50 Corralled at Worcester
Worcester, Maes., Jan. 2.—More than
50 radicals were reported to have been
arrested at the county Jail at 10.30 to
night. following raids by agents of the '
department of Justice and state police
officers.
At the jail it was said at mid
night the examination of the men
would not be finished before morn
ing and that no information would
be given. About 65 were taken to
the Jail. Some of these were releas
ed after examination and the rest
held as suspicious persons, pending
the arrival of federal warrants.
Fifty men and women were held
after a raid 'on the headquarters of
the Finnish Workingmen's associa
tion. When the officers entered the
hall a meting of S3 persons was Just
being dismissed. All who could
prove their American citizetfshlp
were permitted to leave and the
others were marched to the Worces
ter county jail. The meeting had
been advertised widely and it was
said that Jim Larkin would be the
principal speaker. He did not ap
pear and Mrs. Ella Reeve Bloor of
Boston, introduced as an organizer
for the machinists’ union spoke in
his stead. She was not arrested.
After being searched at the Jail,
those arrested Were individually
questioned by officers of the depart
ment of justice. The federal officers
gave the local police warrants for
the arrested of several persons not
taken into custody and additional
arrests were expected during the
night.
A raid on the Socialists' headquar
ters, earlier in the evening, netted a
large quantity of literature but no
arrests were made.
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Several at Newtondon, Ct.
Xewtendon, Conn., Jan. 2.—Feder
al agents aided by the local police
started raiding ••rede" tonight. Sev
eral were taken to the local police
station.
Raids at Maynard, Mas*.
Maynard, Mass., Jan. 2.—Six houses
were raided here today by the police,
who seized a quantity of alleged rad
ical literature. No arrests were made
In the initial raids.
Twenty Arrests at Helyoke
Holyoke. Mass.. Jan. 'Twenty ar
rests had been made in this city at
10 o’clock tonight in the nation-wide
round-up of reds and more were ex
pected later.
Shortly before mianlgbt the number of
arrests had increased to V. The offi
cers conducted the raids principally In
private homes, where It was known the
alleged ‘.’reds'’ gathered from time to
time.
Four in Lawrence Round-up
Ikiwrence. Maas.. Jan, 2—Federal
authorities in co-operation with the
local police raided suspected radical
centers here tonight and In the first
round-up arrestejK four men. Many
more arrests were expectad before
morning. -
Later four other arrests were an
nounced. Among those taken into cus
tody were several vbe were prominent
as leaders in the textile strike last
spring They included I me Kaptan. who
previously had been arrested on a
charge of distributing radical literature:
Frank Coco, Joe Salerno and Frank
Sxjna. aa organizer for the Amalga
mated Textile Workers of America,
whose headquarters were raided.
Over 100 in Buffalo
Buffalo, X. Y., Jan. 2.—At 10 o’clock
tonight more than 100 prisoners had
been taken to the Federal building
here by police and government agents
participating in the nation-wide
round-up of radicals. Federal offi
cials said that 230 warrants were
served on alleged radicals here and
in nearby towns. Lackawanna.
North Tonawanda and other places
in the vicinity of Buffalo were vis
ited by the federal officers.
About 100 in Chicago
Chicago, Jan. 2.—The Federal de
partment of justice tonight started
a new campaign against radicals. A
government agent appeared at a po
lice station with a list of places which
he asked the police to raid. State's
Attorney Macly Hoyne last night ar
rested 200 radicals, asserting that
federal agents had failed to aid in a
plan to rounds up reds.
The federal agent arrived at the
station soon after a police raid on
an I. W. W. reading room, the sec
ond time the officers had visited the
place in 24 hours. Only a few ar
rests were made at the reading
room.
Scores of persons were arrested to
night. One hundred policemen. 63
federal agents and 3‘) United States
deputy marshals participated in the
raids.
The government's activities were
directed against specific persons
rather than places. Hundreds of
warrants for individuals had been
issued. The raiders in numerous
squads sought those wanted at their
hordes.
A special grand jury to hear the
cases of Radicals arrested yesterday
was ordered impanelled Monday.
Less than a dozen were arraigned in
court on charges of conspiracy to vio
late the Illinois law against crimin
al syndicalism. Several of the men
were held in 110,00'J bonds.
Approximately 100 arrests were
made tonight. Mr. Brtr.nan an
nounced that 30 perfect cases tor the
immigration bureau had been found.
Raids at Springfield and Chicopee
Springfield, Mass., Jar.. 2.—U. S
Marshal Edward J. Leyden of this
city also conducted raids in Chico
pee, a city bordering this city, and
arrested 16 alleged radicals, who were
brought to the Springfield policy sta
tion.
In Springfield, two women tore in
cluded among those arrested. Miss
Ida Evelevski was arrested in her
home and when her mother, Mrs.
Bessie Evelevski, went to the police
station to ascertain why the arrest
was made, she also was taken into
custody. Raids in tris city were made
on Paole Zion Club, where a "red
flag" and communist party charter
were seized; and on the Victory
Club, where considerable literature
was found.
ToUl Not Known in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 2—Department
of justice agents co-operating in the
nation-wide round-up of radicals
raided alleged Radical headquarters
in various sections of the Pittsburgh
district here tonight.
The number of alleged Radicals
taken was not known at the office of
the department of justice here early
tonight.
Score at Cleveland
Cleveland G., Jan. 2—Up to 10
o'clock tonight 20 alleged Radicals
had been arrested here including the
heads of the local Communist party.
Raids in 17 Conn. Cities
Hartford, Ct„ Jan. 2—Raids on the
headquarters of alleged Radicals
were made tonight simultaneously in
IT cities and towns in the federal dis
trict comptising the state of Connec
ticut and reports at an early hour
showed that many arrests had been
made. Twelve men were taken In
Ansonia while South Manchester and
Meriden reported half a dozen arrests
between them. In this city, Bridge
port and Xew Haven. extensive
search was made and many “Reds”
are expected to be arrested.
Two Score at Berlin, N. H.
Berlin. X. H„ Jan. 2.—Under the di- i
rection of two government officials, as
sisted by the local police force, a sys
tematic search was made here tonight
for alleged Communists and as a re
sult 40 arrests were made.
Sevan in Waterbury
• Waterbury, Ct., Jan. t—Seven alleged'
“reda” were arrested in raids conduct- •
ed here tonight by federal agents and
city detectives. Tons of alleged radiral
literature
63 at Manchester, N. H.
Manchester, X. H.. Jan. 2—About 65'
alleged radicals were rounded up here j
tonight by the police in connection with i
the organized country-wide raids. <
Members of the department of justice,'
assisted by the local police force, went!
about the city In quest of the men de- !
sired, all of whom be'onged, it is said. '
to the same society. The men were
taken by surprise and load after load
was brought to the station. The men
were mostly Litnuanlana and Poles.
The men were searched and booked at
the station. Considerable amount of
literature was found
Some a men. arrested at Derry. wA-e
brought to this city about mUinight in
a special electric car and taken to the
local police station.
Detroit Total Over 300
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 2—More than
300 alleged radicals had been arrest
ed here at 11 o'clock tonight. Raids
were conducted on assembly halls
and private bonnes by more than 200
department of justlcfe operatives.
Baltimore Reports 18 Arreets
Baltimore. Md„ Jan. 2—In less than
two hours tonight department of Jus
tice agents arrested 18 radicals.
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* 18 Bagged at Bridgeport
Bridgeport. Conn.. Jan. 2—Fifteen
alleged radicals were arrested here
tonight by Federal agents, co
operating with the local police.
Women Included in Trenton, N. J.
Trenton. X. J., Jan. 2—At 11.45 o'epet
tonight federal officials assisted by lo
cal police tad «**ered ^w2enal,e‘e'i
radicals, including sever*! women.
20 at Lawiavilla. Ky.
W.. £!£
radicals had been arresmd W w
tonight by department of juatlce a*
15 Takan at Oakland, CaL
Oakland. Cat. Jan. i-Ftfteen
several of them worn*, were arrested
tonight by federal secret service agents
on charges of violation! of the immigra
tion taws.
Nina at St. Paul
St. Paul. Minn.. Jan. 1-Nlne alleged
radicals had been arrested hereup to
s 30 o'clock tonight by federal agen
Paw in Danvar
Denver, Cot. Jan. i-S«* alleged rad
ical leaders *ere arrested here tonight
in raids by department of justice repre
sentatives.
25 at Claremont, N. H
Claremont, X. H.. Jan. i-The police
force here, assisted by a federal official,
arrested about 25 alleged radicals. The
charter of the society was taken and
the men were taken mostly from their
homes. Considerable literature and let
ters were found.
7 Suspects at Portsmouth
Portsmouth. X. H., Jan. 2.-Seven al
leged radicals were arrested here to
night on warrants given the local po
lice by agents of the department of
Justice. Warrants for two others had
been issued and additional arrests were
tipected before morning.
30 Held in Rhode Island
Providence, Jan. "-About 30 arrests
yyere made in Rhode Island tonight dur
ing raids on various Communist head
quarters. About 13 men were takci
into custody in this city, live in Paw
tucket. 10 in Central Falls and two in
Woonsocket. In each -of these cities
wagonloads of alleged anarchistic lit
erature and in some cases firearms were
seized by federal agents.
WATERVILLE
On Sunday January 11 the bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese will visit the.
local parish to administer rite of con
firmation. The confirmation class at
North Vassalboro will meet after the
afternoon service there.
School Men’s Club
Hears Psychologist
The Kennebec Valley School Men's
Club held a banquet and meting at
the Elmwood hotel Friday evening at
which the speaker was Dr. Frederic
H. Knight, who is at the head of the
New England Home for Little Wan
derers in Boston and a noted psy
chologist.
The banquet was held in the pri
vate dining room of the Elmwood
hotel and after due justice had been
done to the excellent vivands the
party adjourned to parlors where the
meeting was held. In the absence of
the president of ths association,
Supt. Herman H. Stuart of Augusta,
the meeting was presided over by
Supt. W. H. Patten of this city, who
introduced the speaker of the eve
ning.
Dr. Knight’s general subject was
"What Can Be Learned from the
Mental Examination of School
Children.” His talk was rather
technical in character, but so da.
lightfuliy enlarged and explained
that it was intensely interesting to
those present as they were men who
deal with children from all walks of
life. He showed how knowledge of a
child’s mentality could be obtained
and illustrated his methods by telling
of group examinations of children of
normal, doubtful and feeble mental
ity.
He said in part: "In dealing with
large groups of children it is dis
covered that a failure to adjust suc
cessfully to one’s environment Is not
always due to low mentality. There
are what may be termed vagaries in
the mental life of children, which
are quite as frequently due to men
tal abnormality as to mental defi
ciency. This suggests to us the fact
that mental examinations are not
solely for the purpose of determin
ing a chili’s intelligent quotient
It is of course, of great importance
to be able to ascertain the ratios be
tween what a given child knows and
what he should know, but this is
only a small part of the story*. When
mental examinations are accompan
ied by a careful study of the child’s
physical condition and also by a
thorough knowlegde of the child's
inheritance and social conduct, thus
far the skilful mental examiner may
confidently expect In some cases by
a single interview and in other cases
by a series of interviews to learn the
following:
1. The psychometric rating at the
time of examination. This, of
course, implies a just estimate of the
nature and quality of the child's
total mental life.
2. If a given examination is not
the first one made a comparison with
previous findings would indicate the
direction and rate of change in the
child's mental life.
3. In such cases analysis of data
may show also in what field devel
opment is taking place, that is for
example, whether memory*, reason
ing. control of language of informa
tion.
^?Inrri60n °f ratlnfr Stan
ford-Binet. or other similar scale
with results on standardised per
formance teats, such as Healy com
fnrtV01) ^ 11 and Porjleous males,
indicates how far the child is artlcu
5. Analysis of reactions, especially
such as bear directly upon memory
and reasoning makes it possible to
predict something as to the emu's
learning capacity when desirabte
T*1*? ca“ ,be Allowed up by further
study with special tests.
6. Analysis of reactions also shows
in many cases whether the mind is of
the promising type that organises its 1
experience and utilises its resources
to good effect. urces
'■ The chnd'8 attitude during the
examination is likely to be typical—
" b®ther cordial and co-operative In
*• Other things that come to llcht
more or less clearly are the qualltv
and stability of attentkm. de^e of
insight and persistence,
Uy and disposition for aufb-crittcUm
9 As given at the Uttle Wand
erers Home the mental examination
Includes questions of normality, hear.
lB?nmbr»ef*«»® mntai examinaOoB
may indicate the mental status of a
child as regards his intelligence. ri>
rate of development at the time his
type of mentality and may prov:*
o«rt of the data needed to determir.f
how he should be treated and what
may reasonably be expected of him
under given conditions.
The gehtlemen present indicated I
their pleasure at hearing tne talk giv.
en by Dr. Knight and the fund
knowledge that he had impaired.
Those who attended were:
Supt. W. H Patten. Waterri*)*
gupt. U A. Ross, Gardiner: J. tr ’
Taylor, State Inspector of high
schools; Harold L. Pride and Leon L.
Williams of Augusta; Drew T. Harth.
cm. principal of Coburn. Watervilif
Robert E. Owen, principal of Oat
Grove Seminary; Harvey S. D©e.
Oak Grove; Thomas C. Chaffee, prip.
cipal Gardiner high school: H L.
Horn. principal Richmond high
school; J. O. Newton, principal Ker.t r
Hill seminary; F. G. Davis. Augusta
Supt. R. J. Oakes of Read fie Id.
NEW YEAR’S FUN
AT ROTARY CLUB
i
There was a big time in Rota:
Circles Friday evening, the regular]
meeting, which was held at the Elm-!
wood, as usual, tailing the form of a -
New Year’s festival, where wtt ar.rf.
laughter and merriment reigned. Th-j
| banquet was held in the main ain-j
ing room of the hotel and the meet
ing was held immediately after, prr ,
sided over by President Arthur j ]
Roberts. j
A message was read from Charies!
\V. Levett, district governor oi I.ynn.l
Mass., who is travelling in the Wes:
| wishing the club a happy and pror
i perous New Year. Four honorar. 1
; members were admitted to the ■ :-jt.f
| last evening, these being Associate;
[Justice Warren C. Philbrijok, Judge!
1 Charles F. Johnson of the
I Circuit court of appeals. Col. r r
| Booihby and Rev. Father Narcissel
| C'harland. Besides these. 12 actite'
' members were admitted, making hi
i total membership of $4 at the pros
i ent time.
j An invitation was received frornt
the Augusta Rotary Club to be their*
: guests in the near future. The in-*
i vitation was enthusiastically received
1 and plans are In the making for the
trip and it is probable that Water-,
ville .will furnish the entertainraen. '
Guests for the evening were S. w
i Lom bard, president of the Lombard
| Traction Company; Henry- S. Kmcl,
| ernocker of New York of the Met -
| chant Marine and William G. Eunk-::-j
of Augusta.
j It was voted to have the n*r
| meeting in the interest of boys ar,d
I it will be arranged for under the aus
pices of the boy’s work committee,
which *00081818 of Carroll Perkins.
William L. Brown. George F. Par
menter. Robert I. Wentworth. Archii
les Joly, Theodore £. Hardy ami
John G. Towne. It was planned for
I each member to invite a boy from
12 to 18 years of age as his special
guest and the meeting will center
around boy life, which is one of the
chief activities of Rotary all over the
country-.
The matter of a banner for the lo
cal club was reported on by a com
mittee of which W. L Brown is
chairman and was left with the com - !
mlttee to act.
The entertainment of the evening
was in the form of a real New Year's
frolic. Several amusing stunts were
carried out. Two of the member'
j were required to read New Year'*’
resolutions as they had not kep
[ their promises. The feature of the
i evening was carried out when a
j member of the club appeared as *
policeman and arrested another
member for,ordering wood alcohol,
from a druggist. Evidence was sub
mitted by the proprietor of the hotel
who brought in a suitcase labelled
all over with red lettered labels on
which “Wood Alcohol” was printed
This was opened and found to be
full of small bottles bearing the sam
label. These were passed around and
| In the passing tome of them were
j tested with the result that one mar
passed out and was carried from the
room on a stretcher by the under
takers. amid shouts of laughter I
The members donned crepe pape:
caps and false noses and in a !a*'
mad frolic threw twirlers across thr
room enmeshing everyone in their
nets, after which they sang their fi
nal song and adjourned.
AUGUSTA GARAGE
MEN WANTED
IN ASSOCIATION
A committee has been appointed
■consisting of Ansel Smith of Far
field, C*. R. Blaisdell of Oakland ■>
F. Hill and Ira Bel yea of this do
to prepare by-laws and other reg ■
lations for the Central Maine Aut • >
motive association. whicn j
formed in this city Thursday n:.1.
It is also proposed to Invite the '
gusta garages to come Into the s*s
ciation as there arc few garage ■
that city and they would benefit 1
belonging to the larger organ*' I
tton. There were no represent.!’;'''
present^ Thursday evening from
gusta but they will probably J.dn ’
the near future.
At the next meeting there w s . r
a speaker, probably one of the w
tlr manufacturers from a larcc ci*
and there will also be music and a**
entertainment.
The name of the association. "Air
tomotive” covers all kinds of ve
hicles on earth, water or in the ■' "
that are propelled by motive poe*
Burger Speaks
at Hub in Face
Legion’s Warnings
Boston, Jan. 2—Victor L. Berg.
Socialist Congressman-elect of Wis
consin, gave an address here tonight ;
®ft*r th°so In charge of the meeting
had been warned by the state con
vention of the American Legion that
any un-American" statements mig’“
nave “serious consequences." Many
former service men attended th» j
tneeting and there were numerous in
terruptions, but there was no notu
disorder.
His reference to the “25,000 vote;-*
who sent men to Congress'* brought a
«T of “you mean 26,000 Germans"
"! never expect to be a Bolsh
tist. ’ he said. “It's none of our busi
ness what kind of a government Rus
sia has."
A number of policemen and agent.
or the Federal Department of Ju
lice wcre in the uudtentw.*