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AUGUSTA MEETIN 6 INDICATES
RENEWED VIGOR IN WORK MAINE
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
important suggestions for the re
organisation of the Maine Branch of
the National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations
together with plans by which the
> branch may broaden the scope of its
work were brought forward and
given wide discussion at the State
meeting which was opened Wednes
day afternoon at the State House.
Speakers of note in educational mat
ters and officers in the National As
sociation addressed the sessions of
the day which were well attended
and at which a large amount of en
thusiasm for the work was mani
fested.
The Maine Branch was organized
in 1915, but since the war has not
been aettve. Miss Nettie E. Bauer
of Providence, R. I., an organizer,
has been engaged in the State since
the first of the year in making ar
rangements for the reorganization
of the branch, and with the interest
which was shown at yesterday s
meetings there is every evidence that
the work will be carried on with
doubled energy. Delegates from 23
of the local associations answered
the roll call.
Among the speakers at yesterday's
sessions were Dr. Payson Smith, the
commissioner of education of Mas
sachusetts, who spoke upon the sub
ject, "Partnership in Education;”
Mrs. Milton P. Higgins of Worcester,
Mass., president of the National
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations; Mrs. Edward
Moulton of Providence, R. I., presi
dent of the Rhode Island Branch,
and Miss Bauer. Mrs. Hugh Ross
Hatch of Fairfield, president of the
Maine Branch, presided.
The State meetings will be con
tffiuad today. Reports front local
associations will lie given. Miss
, Bauer will make Iter report on the
State organization, and there will be
election of officers for the ensuing
year. A fine program of addresses
has also been at ranged for today.
opening Program
Thr conference was opened at 2 o'
clock. Wednesday afternoon in the
Senate f'hamber at the State House,
being called to order by the presiding
officer, Mrs. Hatch of Fairfield pre
siding. Prayer was offered by R, t».
Howard H. Brown of Augusta.
The very efficient work of Miss
Bauer in encouraging the old associa
tion and building up the new associ
ation branch in the State was ,
ferred to by Mrs. Hatch and she
spoke of the importance of this
work being done by personal contact.
She then introduced its the first,
speaker on the program. Mrs. M. P.
Higgins of Worcester. Mass., presi
dent of the National Congress f
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associ
ations. whose subject was "Phut Pa
tent-Teacher Associations Have Ac
complished in Other States."
Mrs. Higgins is a very impressive
speaker and very devoted to the
cause, and her address was fill *1
with helpful suggestions for the new
ly organized Maine Branch. She told
of the start of the National Organi
zation some 2-1 years ago and of '.he
first convention w hich was held at
Washington. P. State organiza
tions and local organizations were
later formed She described the r -
lattonship existing between the na
tional. state and ioacl bodies.
Co-operation, sh • pointed out, is
the keynote of the Parent-Teacher
Association. The Association lias no
right to go into the schools and <rit>
eixe their methods or curriculum.
The universities andn ormal schools
• •an do that. The Association is
merely an avenue b.' which the
homes may reach the schools and the
schools may reach the onus. The
teachers have their chance to get
their suggestions into the homes, and
the homes have the opportunity to
reach back at the schools by training
their children so that the knowledge
which the the children get from the
teacher, will sink into good ground.
Mrs. Higgins spoke of the matters
which are constantly coming before
state legislatures arid before Con
gress and which affect the children
and the schools, and she referred to
the Shepherd-T'>wner and the Smith
Towner bills.
Regarding the work of the associa
tion in other states, the speaker stat
ed that in Memphis. Tenn.. a member
of the association has been appointed
judge of the juvenile court and Judge
t.indsey says that this Woman is the
best juvenile court in the United
.States. Judge Kelley's idea is for
the improvement of the character of
the children rather than for punish
ment. In one of the municipalities in
Florida lunches are served to the chil
dren at noontime for 1<> cents a plate,
and any child who is unable to pay
*ven that sum is not deprived of a
lunch.
The universities in some or the
western states are very active in their
support of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation movement, and the students at
Wisconsin University have been send
ing out organizers.
The speaker stated that there is
need in the country of a greater inter
est in the. schools on the part of the
communities and of informing the
communities upon which fall tin duty
of paying for better teachers nt high
er salaries. The Parent-Teacher As
sociation gives the opportunity for the
communities to hecome acquainted
with what educated people are doing
for the children.
In some of the states, including Col
orado. Oregon and South Dakota, child
welfare commissions have been carried
on and paid fir by the states. These
commissions and the Parent-Teacher
Associations work together. Dental
clinics for school children have been
established in some states. The mat
ter of state censorship of moving pic
tures was referred to by Mrs. Higgins
in the course of her address, and she
told of the advance which Itas bceii
made in some of the states along this
line.
Mrs. Frederick P.' Abbott of Saco
was scheduled as the next speaker on
the program for the afternoon but she
was unable to be present.
Mrs, Edward Moulton of Rhodo Island
A very interesting account of the
work that has been accomplished by
the aaaociation branch in the State
of Rhode Island, was given by Mrs.
Edward Moulton of Providence, R. X,
president of the branch.
Ten years ago the branch of the
j association whs organized in that
state, hut it did not prosper as it
shoud have in the first years. Then a
wonderful organizer from New Jersey
went into “Little Rhodie” and rewrote
the constitution and by-laws of the
branch with the result that it has
forged ahead to the front and gained
influence.
The Rhode Island Branch has four
vice presidents, each of whom has
some other position in connection
with the work. The first vice pres
ident is a member of the State Board
of Education; the second, chairman
of the finance committee; the third',
chairman of the extension depart
ment; and the fourth, a teacher.
The local associations have the co
operation of the school committees
while the state branch has ea<-h of
the state superintendents with it. In
the state congress the work is divided
into departments and committees and
the departments in turn are divided
into sub-committees.
Mrs. Moulton then described the
work of the departments: Child Wel
fare, juvenile court work, the nutri
tion comittee. the education depart
ment, the legislative committee, and
the patriotic committee.
Round Table Discussion
The speakers of the afternoon then
answered many questions pertaining
to their subjects, and an informal
round table discussion was held.
Mrs. Charles Remington, president
of the New England Division of the
I Parent-Teacher Association, spoke of
her interest in the association and its
efforts. She said that the other New
England states in tj.ie division had
decided to center their energies on
! Maine which in the work of the ns
'• sociation was the weakest state in
’ New England, and she expressed the
hope that a good-sized delegation
would be present at the next meet
; ing of the New England Council.
Itev. John Graham of Kittery Point
stated his belief that Maine will come
to the foreground as a branch of the
association, and will be as good in the
work of the association as any state
in New England.
Rev. A. J. Torsleff of BAngor.
secretary of the Maine Baby Saving
Association, read interesting statis
tics relating to the absence of chil
dren from the schools in the State
and the causes.
The afternoon session was then
adjourned.
EVENING SESSION
In the evening ut 8 o’cloek in the
Hal! of Representatives the associa
tion was addressed 1>> three most in
teresting speakers. Dr. Payson
smith, commissioner of education of
Massaehusetts. S. Dana Townsend of
Camden, X. .1.. and Dr. Elizabeth
Gardiner of the Child Welfare De
partment of Rhode Island.
’ The program was iu charge of
Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, president of
the Xational Congress of Mothers*
and Parent-Teacher Associations,
who presided and introduced the
speakers.
The first subject presented was an
excellent descriptive discourse on
“Music Appreciation in the Public
School." b\ Mr. Townsend. With
the aid of the Victrola, lie gave ex
amples of the grade of music best
fitted to the child of the different
ages. Jn his opening,,Mr. Townsend
bitterly arraigned tlie prevailing
sentiment for the so.-ealled “Jazz"
music, and said that it tiad no place
in the school life- of our land. If we
are going to have the child appreci
ate music, we must first know what
tod do. There are three fundamental
principles to begin with. rythm.
melody and bar accent. With the aid
of the machine and a list of selective
records he was able to give his
hearers a wonderful exhibition of the
elementary principles required in
th>' proper teaching of music in the
schools. Music, he said, is an essen
tial well worth doing when it is well
done. His address provoked most
favorable comment and was atten
tively listened to.
The next speaker was Dr. Payson
Smith, who took for his subject
‘•Partnership in Education.” The suc
cess of our institutions here in Now
England reses upon I he efficiency of
our teachers, lie pointed out. The
Parent-Teacher Association can
bring about a betterment in our edu
cational conditions. He cited the
effect of organized social welfare or
ganizations upon the public mind
and the results obtained. This body
can be a clearing house tor problems
confronting school authorities, he
said and pointed out that eoopeliatfon
was absolutely necessary in this age
in which we are living.
Dr. Smith said that first of all
mental, moral and physical habits
must be established in a child’s
surroundings. A reform much need
ed. is to get the machinery out of
education and to got education in.
Maine ne#ls a wide-awake associa
tion of just this kind whose business
it should be to assist and support
the State superintendent of public
schools in the problems that he has
to solve.
In closing. Dr. Smith said that he
had no sympathy with the parent
who took his child from a good pub
lic school and put him in an inferior
private one just that the stamp of
snobbishness might be put upon
him.
Dr. Elizabeth Gardiner
i The last speaker was Dr. Elizabeth
Gardiner, who spoke at somo length
on Child Hygiene, going into some
detail into the bills relating to birth,
registration, milk supply and ven
erial disease control. She urged
proper legislation for such measures.
She cited the bills enacted in Rhode
Island and told of their advantages.
I Her address proved very interesting
and was well received.
Delegates in Attendance
The following registered at the
(Wednesday afternoon session: Alls*
M. Varney. Augusta: Mary F. Leon
ard. Mrs. I.. M. Flint, l.ewiston; j
Nellie W. Jordan, Augusta: Cora B. '
Rowe. Augusta; Mrs. \V. D. Rich.
iBath: F. H. Byrom. Yarmouthville:
Mrs. Hugh Ross Hatch. Fairfield: 1
Rex. John Graham. Ktttery Point: '
Nellie E. Brown, Adelaide Mansur,
' !
Caroline F. Allen, Bangor; Harriett
F. Tibbetts, Augusta; Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Winchester, Corinna: Mrs. j
Frank H. Taylor, Mrs. H. E. Nor- (
wood, Calais: A. .1. Torslelt, Bangor:
Wlnnefred E. Taylor. Bangor; Izara
S. Allan; Florence M. Hale. Henry
E. Dunnock, Kdith Southard. Eva
C. Pishon. Augusta; Harriett M. j
Fendcrson. Monmouth; l.elia M.
Oay. Harrison: Angie D. Field, Man - 1
Chester; Elizabeth Caswell. Harri- j
son; Freda M. Reed, Frank \V. Reed, j
Janice Reed, Portland: Harvey E. .
Driscoll, Bangor; Willard S. Tar
bell, Mapleton; Mary A. Gordon.
Augusta; Alice T. Knight. Maple
ton; S. Dana Townsend, Camden. N. ;
J.; Mrs. Paul Dresser, C. S. Smith,!
Bath; J. E. Barker. Damariscotta; J. '
G. Hatch, Newcastle: Dr. Ethel Wal
ters. Fairfield: Angie Davis Scott,
Mrs. F. P. Gilson, Machias; Mrs. W. j
B. Culley, Bangor; Mrs. W. E. Ayers.
Mrs. Alexander Skillin, ’ Falmouth ,
Foreside; Henry Taylor, Litchfield.
Program for Today
Following the business session
which will be held at 3 o’clock this,
Thursday morning at the State1
House, there will be a lunch served
at the Augusta House at 12.30 P. i
M., at which time Mrs. Allan P.
Stevens and Miss Florence M. Hale
will speak. The afternoon session
will open at 2.30 at the State House.
The speakers will be Miss Amy,
Woods, secretary of the Massachu
setts state committee on motion pic
tures. who will speak on the subject,
"Better Films," and Dr. A. O.
Thomas, State supsrintendent of
schools.
In the rotunda of the State House ,
there is a very interesting exhibit,
from the State library of books
which are circulated through the
traveling libraries, these volumes
being u fine selection on subjects re
lating to those taken up at the ses- j
sions of the Maine branch.
AUGUSTA LOCALS
The Junior League of the Congre
gational church held its last meet
ing of the season on Wednesday
evening- at the Augusta Girls’ Com
munity clubhouse, with .Miss Dor
othy King as hostess. There was a
large attendance and a very pleas- (
am evening was passed. The meet
ings will he resumed in September.
Slow in Getting
Jury for Trial Two
Italians for Murder
Dedham, Mass., June 1—Virtually
wholesale ineligibility of talesmen
drawn to serve on a jury to try Nie
colu Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzctti
for the murder of Frederick A. f’ar
menter and Alessandro Bcrardclli at
South Braintree, a year ago slowed
down the preliminaries of the trial
to a snail’s pace today.
At li o’clock tonight only five jur
ors had been chosen. This was after
nearly 1-1 hours of court sessions in
which more than 1130 talesmen were
examined. An extraordinary sitting
of the court was ordered for this
evening.
More than six hours of court time
elapsed today without finding a jur
or suitable (o ser ve. Then Frank 1>.
Maiden of Weymouth, a stone ma
son. was chosen. Within five min
utes Walter H. Ripley of Quincy, a
stock keeper- also was selected.
Three were picked yesterday.
A majoritj of the talesmen ex
amined today complained of ill
health and conscientious scruples
against the death penalty for muf
fler in the first degree. A number
were beyond the age limit for jur
ors.
After the day’s sessions. Judge
Webster Thayer asserted that he had
asked for figures to show the mone
tary loss to Norfolk county through
failure of towns to revise their jury
lists.
“It is ridiculous to spend the
county's money to send hundreds of
men here for jury duty w ho a pro
per revision of jury lists would show
are ineligible for such service," he
said. "The deaf and sick, some men
who cannot speak or understand the
Knglish language adequately and the
infirm aged would have been weeded
out of these jury lists by revision of
them annually, as prescribed by
law.”
.One talesman was excused when
he requested relief front jury duty ,
because be belonged to a labor un
ion. He was Thomas H. Jackson, a
stair builder of Quincy.
"Do you mean that because you
belong to a labor union you cannot ;
give a true verdict.on the evidence,
in this case” Judge Thayer asked.
"That is just what I mean." Jack
son replied.
Both prosecution and defense ex
ercised dheir right of peremptory
challenge freely. About TO chal
lenges had been used in the two
days of the trial up to the evening
session.
Mrs. Sacco brought her baby Ines
into court today bolding it up for
her husband to kiss. Vanzctti smiled ,
broadly and patted the infant's head (
when it was brought to the prison - !
er's cage. i
Burlington, Vt„ Masons
and Bricklayers Willing
To Take Wage Cut 10 fc
Burlington. Vt.. Juno 1—Brtcklayers
anil masons local Xo. 4 voluntarily
offered tonight to reduce the wages
of members in per cent, in all new
building constructive in Burlington,
a reduction from $1 to 90 cents an
hour. Craftsmen in other building
unions are considering taking similar
action. This is another step in a
proposed program to solve the local
housing situation, the city having al
ready agreed to exempt new houses,
within certain limits from taxation
for a five year period.
• -- i
Ottawa, June 1—The Board of Rail
way Commissioners announced to- j
day that from June 1 to 14. te rate
of exchange in connection with ship
ments of freight between Canada and
the United States would be 12 5-8 per!
cent, and the sur-ehargo 8 per cent j
The rate of sur-charsrc on passenger i
business will be based on 13 per cent,
exchange.
Quebec, June 1.—Baron von Biss- i
ing. half brother of the Genuan gen
eral who ordered Edith Cavell execut
ed. arrived tod^y on the Empress of
Britain to tour Canada.
Filipinos Friendly
—Many Opposed
to Independence
Manila, a.ay 30—iBy The Assoeij
ateil I’ressi—The mission composed
of Major General Leonard Wood and j
\V. Cameron Forbes, which wuss ent j
to the Philippine islands by President;
Hard ins to investigate conditionsv
returned to Manila today, traveling’
IS days by train, automobile, launch, i
horseback ami steamer through the !
northern section of Luzon island. :
The mission held scores of public |
meetings ur,d private conferences. '
listening to the views of the natives
regarding independence for the Phil
ippines, examining local financial at- I
tairs, sanitation, schools, public i
worksC thea dministration of justice !
and agricultural conditions.
After visiting the central provinces j
of Luzon island the mission separ- ;
uted. General Wood traveled through j
the northern Pacific provinces while j
Mr. Forbes went through the moun- j
tainous provinces among the non
Christian tribes. The commissioners
united again on the nest coast of i
Luzon.
Loth commissioners said that their j
sojourns everywhere had been mark- !
ed by the friendliest of feelings of j
the natives for Americans. At the 1
Public hearings they said, virtually j
all of the speakers among the Chris- '
liun population favored independence I
for the islands with a protectorate j
by the United Hates. Only a tew
spekuers advocated complete separa- '
tion. while occasionally speakers op- j
Posed independence in any form at j
prvscent.
Many natives, especially property
owners, told me commissioners in
prixate conferences that they be
lieved the present relations between
ihe United Slates and the Philip
pines should continue indefinitely.
Leaders of the non-Christian I
tribes, comprising approximately;
350,000 people in the mountainous :
provinces, expressed to the mission
the warmest friendship for the
L nite^i Slates and opposed inde
pendence.
'1 hroughout the coast provinces,
while a desire for independence with •
a protectorate was strong, the people 1
seemed more vitally concerned with !
obtaining communication with the 1
outside world. The present means
of transportation into that region, i
with its rich tobacco industry is only ■
by water and mountain trail.
Perhaps the most insistent appeal ;
of all thosennade for immediate in- j
dependence was expressed by speak
ers at public meetings in the central I
provinces of Tariac and Pangasinan.
In a statement read at public *
meetings in the various provinces
tlie commissioners emphasized that
the mission had no authority to au- i
thorize independence and that the1
entire question was solely in the j
hands of t ongress and President ;
Harding.
After passing a week in Manila to I
stud.v the mass of data collected in t
the journey through the northern ;
provinces, tlie mission will begin a
trip through southern Luzon.
Dearth of Doctors
in Rural Districts
Serious Problem
Boston, June 1.—The tendency of
phyisicians to locate in large cities,
leaving rural districts without ade7
quate medical care, and the growth
of specialization was pointed out as
serious problems of health officials
at the annual meeting here today of
the conference of state and provincial
health authorities.
Dr. M. N'ieoll. Jr., deputy commis
sioner of ihe .Yetv York stale depart
ment of health, reporting for the
committee on medical service, declar
ed that notwithstanding a radical re
duction in the nmber of men an
nually graduated from medical
schools there was a sufficient num
ber of qualified phy.-iieans to attend
the needs of the population as a
whole if they were distributed in the
basis of population.
One of the causes of avoidance of
rural communities he said, "is that j
the graduate of today is so thorough - !
lv impressed with tlie complexity and
difficulties of modern medical diag- !
tiosis and practice and the technical ;
facilities essentia! to the proper per- ,
formance of each that he is unwilling
to practice in communities where;
such facilities are lacking.
"There is a broad field for dis- i
cussion as to whether our medical j
schools are tending to exaggerate, j
the dependence of medical diagnosis,'
upon various branches of laboratory
work. Certainly it. is a fact that the j
younger physicians are too fre- :
fiuentlv lacking in the power of. per-j
sonal observation in contrast to those \
of a former generation.
"Whatever the cause or causes, it :
must he admitted that specailists
.multiply the world over, while the j
general practitioner is rapidly dis- j
apeparing or becoming simply a me- j
dium for the transmission of clinical ,
information regarding his patiqnts
to the experts in the various special- !
ties.”
FRENCH PRESIDENT
WELCOMES JAP PRINCE
Paris. June 1. (By The Associated1
Press)—Pres. Millerand welcomed;
frown Prince Hirhito of Japan to
France |ti a brief complimentary j •
.speech at a luncheon in the Elysee
Palace today, to which Hirohito re-j
plied.
The prince was accompanied by |
Viscount-- Ishii. Japanese ambassador j
to France, and the principal members i
of ihc loyal party.
Pres. Alillerand's quests included ;
Premier Etriand. all the members of ,
the cabinet. Marshal Joffre, Marshal '
Foch. Marshal Petaln. Marshal Fay- ,
olle and many others.
Bangor Theological
Commencement Closes
Bangor. Me., June 1—Events of the *
closing day of Bangor Theological 1
Seminary Commencement w ere a i,
dinner in the gymnasium, reception j,
by President and Mrs. Beach toil
friends and graduates, and the grad- : 1
uating exercises, at 7.30 P. At.. in i
Hammond Street church, at which
brief addresses were made by the i
tour members of thee lass—Oscar L. i
Olsen of Bungor. Frederick C. Hunt
of London. England. P.oy H. Burgess •
of Plymouth, Mass . an»F John Cum- :
tilings of Webster, Mass.
1
ASKS PROSPECTS '
(Continued from Page One)
:here will be ma&e available several j
Hundred more millions than the rail- j
oads believe are justly due them for ,
under-maintenance and to meet the;
operating- and maintenance deficit in
the guaranty period.
“The combined result of prompt
payments called for by these sugges
tions would mean the immediate re- '
suscitation of railroad credit and!
would affect to a remarkable degree
the serious situation (hat arises in
part from the depression of the lust
six months."
ro Reorganize
Dry Force of
Revenue Bureau
Washington. June l.—Early and
.•omplete reorganization of the federal
prohibition unit is planned by the in
ternal revenue busej^t. Commissioner
Blair announced todW. More efficient
ind less cosily administration is
sought, with the Volstead act inter
preted as at present.
The commissioner indicated that he
iad under consideration the possible
•reation of federal prohibition super
visors in each state to replace the
present departments comprising sev
ral states.
Mr. Eilair said he had not >et had
time to take up the question of beer
regulations under the Palmer opinion.
->ut would give the subject his earliest
ittention.
Columbia College
lo Build Stadium
Xow York. June 1.—President But
ler of Columbia announced nt the
•ommeneement exercises loda> that
university officials had obtained a
5750,000 option, expiring January 1.
>n 26 acres in upper Manhattan on
which they, planned to erect a Ma
il i u m. Or. Butler called on "all inter
ested in Columbia and the spor: of the
undergraduate to make possible cer
ain acquisition of this property.”
Lewiston Man Stabbed
By Negro in Fight
Sherbrooke, Canada
Lewiston, June I—-An altercation
with a negro in Sherbrooke, Canada,
Tuesday, resulted in Charles Hunter,
i Main strct barber, who resides on
Bearce street, Auburn, receiving two
bad knife wounds. He is now in a
Sherbrooke hospital. I lls wounds are
riot considered serious, however, and
be is expected home in a few days.
In company with T. Leblanc, also a
Lewiston barber, and several other
men. Hunter went to Sherboroke, Le
blanc's former home, to spend the
holidays. On Tuesday, as they were
walking to the'station, they met a
number of friends and stopped to say
Sood-bye. Across the street was a
man named Myers, whom they also
knew, and in fun lie tossed a stick lie
was carrying at one of the party.
The stick happened to strike a large,
stalwart negro, who was passing. He
whirled and began*a tirade at Hunter,
nsisting it was he who had thrown
he stick. The Auburn man denied
t, whereupon the negro •called him a
liar. This started a dispute that grew
nto a fist tight.
Hunter was giving his opponent a
smart battle when the colored man.
seeing that he was losing, started to
walk away. He went about six fret,
turned suddenly, knife in hand, and
lumped toward Hunter. The latter
lidn’t- notice the knife, which was held
■lose to the negro's side, and thought
ihat the fist fight was to be renewed,
lie therefore threw up his hands, and
is he did so the colored man slashed
him across th> left side of (e stom-*
ich, drawing the knife around and
following it up with a thrust that cut
r deep gash in his victim's t ight side.
Hunter dropped to the sidewalk
ind the negro started to run away—
not. however, until he had badly
•ut a man named Flynn, who tried
to stop him. Hunter was rushed to
the hospital, where the wounds were
pronounced serious but not fatal.
The colored man was found at his
home and placed under arrest. The
ttrowd that by this time had gather
'd begged the officers to let the rne
gro go so they eould lynch him. They
made several attempts to get him
iwav from the police. After a strug
gle. however, the man was locked up,
and the preliminary hearing will be
held later in the week.
Women and Children
Help in Fighting Forest
Fire, Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.. June 1—School chil
iren and housewives forsook their
usual duties today to become fire
fighters and armed with brooms and 1
shovels assisted the lire department
md male volunteers in subduing a
forest fire that destroyed 35 acres of j
timberland and for a time seriously
threatened the town.
The blaze was smouldering last
tight and this noon a freshening
breeze stirred the embers into
lames. Three houses about a mile
tom the center of the town were de
utroyd before the fire was brought
under control.
575,000 Fire Damage
Dover St. Bridge, Boston
Boston. June 1.—The Doper street
irtdge which spans an arm of the
■jouth bay was so badly damaged by
'ire hue today that it w*as closed to
.raffle. How the flames started is un- ;
mown. The loss was estimated at ;
(75,000.
Put Off Church Union
Toronto, June 1.—The church union
cimmittee will recommend next week
o the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church in Canada the further
jostponement of organic union with j
he Methodist, Congregational and
episcopal churches, the Toronto Tele-.
;ram stated today, as the assembly |
onvened.
The newspaper said it had learned j
hat the committee would advocate j
:ontin»»d cooperation with the other !
lenominations toward Christian unity, j
• ut believed the time was not ripe for j
ictual organic union. For the first !
ime. it was said, an unanimous re- j
lort on this subject would b» pro- j
ented.
Approximately 600 commissioners i
ssembled. The treasurer's report
ho wed 54.461.565 had been eoe.iributed
or general purposes last year. }
e
R R. WAGE CUTS
(Continued from Page One)
Realizing the futility of attempting a
separate hearing oit each dispute,
the board combined all the cases for
the hearing which resulted in today's
decision.
After only one day's deliberation,
the board made public a resolution on
May 17 stating that prevailing con
ditions justified a readjustment
downward and that a new wage order
would be issued on or about June t,
to bo Effective July 1. The decision,
however, is not as comprehensive as
that which granted the J600.000.000
wage increase to railway workers on
July 20, 1920. Reductions under to
day's decision will be effective only
for the classes of employes named by
the railroads which filed disputes
prior to April IS and which appeared
in the hearing beginning on that
date. The increase last year affected
all so-called Class I roads, including
nearly 200 of the larger rail systems
of the country.
A new hearing will be begun June
6 to include all disputes filed with
the hoard between April 18 and June
6 and a speedy decision is anticipat
ed in the new case, members of the
board stating that today's decision
would set a precedent for subsequent
decisions.
Under the Transportation Act. sev
en factors are prescribed lor consid
eration in determining “just and rea
sonable wages" of railway employes.
The board's wage increase decision
declared all these factors hud been
given consideration and that the
rates established were considered
just and reasonable. The decision at
that time said:
"The Bfiurd has endeavored to fix
such wages as will provide a decent
living and secure for the children of
the wage earners opportunity for ed
ucation. and yet to remember that no
class of Americans should receive
preferred treatment and that the
great mass of the people must ulti
mately pay a great part of the in
creased cost of operation entailed by
the increase in wages. * * * It
is hoped that the present decision
.which adds substantial amounts to
present wages will be. felt to be just
and equitable under all circum
stances and railroad employes will
accordingly render the best service of
which they are capable. If they will
do this, it is believed the American
poople will receive benefits far out
weighing the cost of the increases."
Basing their argument upon the
board's declaration that wages as es
tablished by this decision were just
and reasonable in July. ' 1920, the
railroads presented a volume of tes
timony to show that living costs had
declined and that wages in outside
industries had dropped. The railroad
representatives declared wages
should bo cut in proportion.
The employes, while giving figures
combating the railroads' argument
of lower wages and cost of living,
made their main plea on the princi
ple of the living wage. The labor
men declared railway workers were
underpaid and attempted to set up
so-called "living wage” budgets to
substantiate their fight against any
reductions.
fifteen labor organizations, includ
ing llie Big Four brotherhoods, to
gether with the affiliated members of
the Railway Kmployes’ Department,
American Federation of Labor, rep
resented the employes involved in
the present ease. All of the roads
asked reduction of the common labor
"age scale and numerous carriers
asked reductions in several other
classes, a few of the roads filing pe
titions lor reductions oi wages of ev
ery employe.
The following are the 104 roads:
Ft. Louis. San Francisco; Uhieago
Great Western; Denver & Salt Lake;
Boston A- Albany: Boston Terminal:
Pittsburg A- Lake Krie; Lake Krie A
Eastern: Delaware, Lackawanna A
Western; Lehigh Valley; Rutland;
Gulf foast Lines: Houston Kelt A
Terminal; Buffalo. Rochester A
Pittsburg; Toledo A- Ohio Central;
Zanesville A Western; Kanawha A
Michigan: Kanawha A- West Vir
ginia; Staten Island Rapid Transit:
Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe; Gulf.
<'olorado A Santa Fe; Beaumont.
Wharf A Terminal: Ann Arbor; New
Vork. New Hawn A' Hartford: Cen
tral New England: Erie and subsidi
aries; Central Union Depot A Rail
way of Cincinnati; Lehigh A New
England; Chicago A North Western;
Indiana Harbor Belt; New Vork Cen
tral: Maine Central; Portland Ter
minal; Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago
A- Si. Louis and subsidiaries: Chi
cago. Peoria A St. Louis; Southern
Pacific Co.; Southern Pacific Lines in
Texas and Louisiana; Grand Trunk
west: Chicago. Burlington A Quincy:
Illinois Central and subsidiaries;
Chicago. Rock Island A- Pacific; Chi
cago, Rock Island A Gulf: Central
Railroad of New Jersey; Cincinnati,
Indianapolis A Western; Boston A
Maine: New York,"Ontario A West
ern: Chicago, Indianapolis A- Louis
ville: Texas Midland: Detroit Termi
nal: Monongahela; Great Northern: ,
Buffalo A: Susquehanna; Philadelphia
A Reading and subsidiaries: Norfolk
A Western: Northern Pacific; Min- 1
neapolis A St. Louis; Michigan Cen
tral; Nashville, Chattanooga A St. :
Louis; Bangor A Aroostook: Union
Pacific; St. Joseph A Grand Island:
Oregon Short Line; Oregon-Wash- j
ington Railroad & Navigation Co.:
Hocking Valley; Pittsburg A West
Virginia West Side Belt; Minneapo
lis. St. Qaul A Sault Ste. Marie; Du
luth South Shore: Mineral Range; i
Minnesota A International; Big Fork,
A International Falls: Chicago A i
toasters Illinois: Chicago. Milwaukee
A- St. Paul: Wabash: Missouri, Kan
sas A- Texas; Wichita Falls A North
I
When Tea or
Coffee Hurts
change to
INSTANT
POSTUM i
‘wholesome meal*
time drink is an
other attraction
Setter far you/
The favor of this
western; .Missouri, Kansas & xexas
ot Texas; Belt Railway oi Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal
Baltimore & Ohio; Baltimore Ohesa
peake & Atlantic: Maryland, Delu
ware & Virginia; Ventral Vermont
Chesapeake & Ohio; Chicago A.
Western Indiana; Chicago Junction
Railway; Denver & Rio Grande; K
Paso & Southwestern: Ft. Worth A
Denver City; Wichita Valley; Inter
national & Great Northern; Indian
apolis Union; Kansas City Termi
nal: Kansas City Southern: Dos An
geles & Salt l^ake; Kake Erie A
Western: Pt. Wayne, Cincinnati A
Louisville; Long Island; Louisvill
St N'ashvijle; Missouri Pacific
Northwestern Pacific; Pennsylvania
! Lines; l’ere Marquette; Tennessee
I Central; Western Maryland; Wesferi
Pacific.
Number Uncertain
(Continued from Page One)
strategic points, especially about th<
I negro quarter where JO,000' to i:!,00!
! negroes, it is estimated, make theii
. homes.
1 Nearly half that number are now un
' der guard.
Dick Rowland, the negro w nose ar
rest led to the disturbances,-n as re
; moved from the city to an fitinannH
| spot. Officers declared that he wouli
; be given a speedy tria^
j Prompt medical attention w a
I given to the wounded negroes as wel
| as whites at local hospitals ant
1 dressing stations. Civil organ iza
] tions and citizens who volunteeret
I their services, cared for the n<-gr<
I refusees to whom ice water ant
jsandwiches were served throughou
j the flay. Special care was given t<
i the aged and infirm and a call wa:
; sent to nearby towns for available
; nurses.
j After the firing of the first slio
last night at Sixth* and Boulde
1 streets, the fighting spread to various
1 parts of the city, including the busi
•ness section. At one time two thou
sand armed white men were reportet
j to have engaged the negroes,
i Railroad stations were the scene o
several encounters and a number o
j casualties resulted when trains wen
j fired upon. Women and childrei
j huddled together in the stations
.seeking safety behind marble wains
looting.
i In addition to the negroes unde
l guard at convention hall anti else
’ where 24 negro prisoners were it
| the city jail.
Foreign Briefs
| St. John's X. F„ Juno 1—Premie
f Squires intimated today that h
' would probably be unable to attetn
i he imperial conference of premier
;to be held in London this month. Hi:
! presence here is considered necessar:
i because of the prolongation of tin
j legislature session and the gravity o
i domestic problems growing out o
the business depression and wide
spread unemployment.
Paris, Juno 1. (By The Associates
Press)—The Frenedt foreign office sai<
today that as yet it knew nothing o
- the plan for the American govern
i ment to take up the subject of a re
duction of armaments with the princi
pal governments. The French atti
, tudc is that France must remain pre
i pared until danger front the cast ha;
j disappeared.
Berlin. June 1. (Bv The Associates
Press) — The Reichsbank announced
today its intention in connection witl
, the obligations undertaken through
tin acceptance by Germany of the al
. lied ultimatum, to buy gold coins and
‘gold bars. It was added that th(
; bank would have to pay .60 marks foi
i caeh 20 mark gold piece and 36,00<
marks for a kilogram (2.20 pounds) ol
; fine. gold.
Ottawa. June 1.—Sir Henry Dray
! ton. finance minister, announced to
day that interest amounting to $500.
000 now would be paid on Grant
Trunk Pacific bonds guaranteed b\
the Grand Trunk Railway.
This interest was defaulted April 1
because then the arrangements hae
not been completed for transferrins
ownership of the Grand Trunk Rail
way Company to the Dominion Gov
ernment.
Dublin. June 1.—By order of Ma
jor General Sir Kdward Strickland
commanding the British troops it
Munster, the Freeman’s Journal an«
the Dublin Evening Telegraph liav<
been excluded for a week from circul
ating in the area covered by martia
law.
NORRIDGEWOCK
Charles Fuller, his mother, and
Mrs. Anna Harris went to Watervill*
Memorial Day.
Mrs. Nancy Huckins has returned
to Skowhegan. after being the guest
of her brother, Ira Knowlen, and
his family.
Mrs. Sarah Briggs
Mrs. Sarah Briggs passed away ir
Bangor, Wednesday morning. Hei
remains were brought to her home ir
Norridgewock for burial Friday
morning. The funeral was held in
the Baptist church, Friday, at 2.30
Interment was made In Riverview
cemetery. Mrs. Briggs was born ir
Montieello, November 20, 1860, ami
always lived there, where she was
married May 29, 1SS8. to Asu Briggs
of the same town. One daughter,
Velma, was born to them. The.\
moved to Norridgewock 17 years ago
A year a go Mrs. Briggs’ health be
gan to tail, and she went to a hos
pital in Bangor for treatment, when
she passed away last Wednesday
Besides her husband, she leaves a
daughter. Miss Veima, and several
brothers and sisters, to mourn her
loss. Those from out of town who
attended the funeral were: Dr. and
Mrs. J. F Shaw of Fairfield, Henry
New ha 11 of Augusta, and Mrs. Mary
Hare of Montieello.
Boston. June 1.—Charles l>. How
ditch. archaeologist and director of
many manufacturing concerns, died
suddenly today at hts homo in the Ja
maica Plain district. He was in his
,!Hti year and yesterday attended to
business as ueual.
-Mr. Bowditch was a director of the
Massachusetts cotton mills, the Pep
percil Manufacturing Co., the Mass
achusetts mills in Georgia, the Saco
Water Powar Co., the old Boston &
Providence railroad and other cor
porations. He was a member of the
faculty of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard
and held membership in many scientific
societies.
Ten pamphlets on Central American
archaeology were among Mr. Bou
diteb s numerous writings.
I
t
WATERVILLt
j Dr. W. O. Cobb of Gardiner was &
' business caller in the city Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs.H. L. Emery have *i.„.
i to Portland to attend the State V. n
WJ. A. meeting.
; Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Brooks of
Portland are passing a few days in
the city.
Mrs. M. A. Salford of East Vassal,
boro was the guest rtf her daughter
'Miss Elizabeth Stafford. Wednesday
Mr. end Mrs. George R. foffl,, 0,
Allston. Mass., whj have been visit
ling relatives in the city, returned t,
their home- Wednesday.
Henry T. Smith of GoWeil. yias,
who has tieen visiting his sister MPr
! I.awrence Tuttle, for a few days, has
returned to his home.
Mrs. I. H. FMiodes of TtrookRdk
Mass., is the guest of her sisters, jps
! John Howard and Mrs. Mary Dunbar
I for a day or two on her way to Mr,,
* no. where her nephew will gradua?..
from the Vniversitv of Maine, next
j week.
i * 1—
I M. J. Ilemfnger. lineman tor th<'
1 i Postal Telegraph Company was called
i to Augusta. Wednesday lor line trou
! j hie. and found a tangle of lines that
* j caused considerable work to straight.
* ’ en out. For several hours during p,,.
1 day there was no line west from th<
I i local office working.
i i _
II The manager of the •’h:1ir.t.«
* Commerce has received from the
* td States Chamber >f Commerce a e«r.
> tifleate of organization for the U'atti.
t . \ tile- Winslow chamber. It represent*
it bronze plate around which is a bor
l der of state seals with the name of
' , thy-state below. It is about l*i bv i1)
i . an «es in s;ze and will make a nne ah
ditlon to the offices >f the chamber if
framed and hung on the wall.
Business started right with th*
' ’humber of Commerce Employ ment
bureau when a few hours after the
' i opening of the bureau, an application
1 j for a position came in. One from an
* , employer came in soon after and the
two consummated a deal whereby the
’ wants of both were filled. Several ap
plications came in Wednesday and it
looks as if the bureau would fill a
1 j want in the business life of the city.
Fined for Driving without Lictnit
i Merton R. Wheeler. Stale automo
bile inspector, lodged a . complaint
1 with Judge Atehley Wednesday
against Ralph S. French of Rome for
operating an automobile without 11
' cense, either for himself or the ma
! chine. There were extenuating elr
’ cuntstances, but Mr. French pleaded
guilty and was fined $5 and the costs
' oi court, which totalled $10.15. He al
' so made out an application for a li
r cense and left it with the judge to be
sent to Augusta.
| Pays Fine for Driving
r Auto While Intoxicated
Napoleon Roderick was arraigned
in the municipal court Wednesday
■ morning on the charge of driving an
automobile while intoxicated. Roder
ick plead guilty and was sentenced to
1 pay a tine of *100 and coats amounting
to $5.10 or to serve 30 days in jail.
He paid.
I
COLBY COLLEGE :
Coburn Beats Westbrook
By Stick Work That
Offsets Weak Fielding
Playing errorless ball all the way.
Westbrook Seminary lost to the
■ heavy hitting: t'oburn team on leav
ers field yesterday afternewn to th*1
tune of l*i to <i. t'oburn's fielding wa«
loose and made quite a contrast to the
work of the visitors in this respect,
hut at the plate the local hoys shone
getting IT hit*, including two triples
and a hmer. *>e last fP'm Suttie's bat.
The sixth and the eighth inning1'
were the big ones for t'oburn. seten
tuns coming in in the sixth anil five in
the eighth. Three hits, three passe*'
and an error did the work in the sixth.
■ and five hits were made (good m th»
eighth. Suttii- played a good game for
t’oburn. pitching four innings and
fanning six men in that time His
homer came when there were none on.
Finley's hits were timely ones and
were the cause of much of tv burn's
scoring. SukefOrth pitched the rest
of the way and gate a good exhibition
of ball playing as usual.
For tiie visitors. Rednrmd played an
especially good game In center field.
. making a barehand stop which was
! spectacular, and driving in a homer
1 in the fifth Ryan was caught asleep
taking a lead off first after driving »
; slow fly to second baseman. Hr *p
,1 parently thought the. pitcher would
throw to first and was watching him
carefully, but the second baseman (T't
the hall over and he went out
The score:
t’OBlR.N 1"
ab r
bh po
An sal do. 2 b. ss.. 4
R> an. Cb .1
Franegu, lb ....;>
jCamollj. ss. rf. ..t
Bukefortli. c. p..4
Finley. If .r,
: Suttie. p. of .. .5
j Haines, of, jh. . 4
■Levee, rf. c. . . .rt
(Clarke, rf .ft
1
Totals
IS 17 27 n
1
ft
1
ft
It
WESTBROOK SEMINART
ab r bh po a
I Flaherty. 7ft ... .7 t l i s
! Harney. 2b.j
I J. King, )b ... .,.4
Redmond, of ... 2
'Kenney, ss .....I
! Hilton, c .5
j A'- King. If .... 3
j Skillin, rf.<3
Laskey, p.jj
1
0
Totals .36 g 9 34 S 0
Westbrook .ft 2 ft 2 1 1 Oft 11— *
Coburn .0 0 2 2 0 7 0 5 s-1*
Twj-base hits—J. King. Ansald"
Finley. Suttie. Haines. Three-base hit*
Suttie, Haines. Home runs—R®**'
mond. Suttie. Stolen bases—Finley -■
X King. Sacrifice hits—Ansalde R>»"
Skillin. Base on bails—Suttie 2. Lasts*1’
«. Struck .jut—Suttie 6, Sukeforth *>
Laskey 4. Double play—Sukeferth 19
Haines to Kranega. Passed tall*'"
Sukeforlh. Levee. Hit by pitched ball *
TSy Suttie. X. King. Tim»—2 3». L’«'j
, plre—CUfktt ofLCol^Y ■