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DAILY KENNEBECJOURNAL
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Wednesday, September 21, 1921.
league and conterence
Those who are committed to the
Washington conference on limitation
cf armament arc endeavoring as a
preliminary to abolish or smooth
away those tilings likely to prove
causes of war. -Meanwhile the
League of Nations, while accom
plishing little, is serving to agitato
^he sentiment favorable to such lim
itation.
Recently the League sent out an
appeal for an agreement to keep tire
military and naval budgets of* the
next two years within the appropria
tions of the current year. Its last
bulletin states that 26 nations have
answered that appeal of which but
seven have replied in the negative.
These it appears agreed to the gen
eral principle but cited conditions, as
in the case of Poland, to show that
they are unable to comply with the
terms at this time. Of those agree
ing nearly all answered with reser
vations referring to the present un
settled conditions of the world and
the uncertainty that is a conse
quence. The report sums up: "The
refrain of all these answers might
be said to be.: ‘To be able to act at
all, we must act together.’ ”
It appears that Spain, Roumania
and Japan gave evasive answers,
though the spirit is said to have been
favorable. The latter has this to
eay: .
"It is the earnest desire of the Jap
anese government that an agreement
should be reached between all states
for the simultaneous reduction of
their armaments, in accordance with
the spirit of the League of Nations
and with a view to the maintenance
of peace throughout the world.
Nevertheless, in view of the fact that
the Council of the League, by virtue
of the provisions of the Covenant, is
closely studying plans for disarma
ment, the Japanese government does
not consider that it would be advis
able to take any action upon the rec
ommendation of the Assembly until
these plans have been completed.”
The report that Japan and the
United States have concluded an
agreement respecting the question of
Yap Is very encouraging and is the
result of the common-sense method
adopted by Secretary Hughes for
getting at the roots of the difficulties
While all sorts of propositions are
in the air, such as Japan insisting on
the immigration question being the
subject of the conference and the ex
treme unlikelihood that China may
agree to Japan's terms respecting
Shantung and ..the former’s unwill
ingness to have this considered by
the conference, the settlement of the
Yap controversy is a happy augury
of a solution in the other matters.
It is interesting to note from the
replies of the League that Brazil
points out that she has let her de
fensive measures fall far behind the
requirements of the country;
France declares that she has entered
resolutely on the reduction of arma
, menta. Austria and Bulgaria aver
i the matter has been settled between
them by peace treaties. Roumania
points to the precariousness of her
situation with regard to Russia.
Although not reported in the bulle
tin it is a matter of record that the
League finds great enthusiasm
among the weaker or unarmed na
tions for a limitation of armaments
of the big ones, a most natural de
sire on their part. While they have
three quarters of the vote"of the As
sembly It has been demonstrated that
the greater nations through the
council dominate the situation. It is
first necessary that they shall come
to an understanding if any may he
had. And this is just what the con
ference at Washington will afford an
opportunity for doing. It is grati
fying and encouraging to have the
League Council's Commission on dis
armament publicly recognize the
situation.
Open diplomacy is being subject
ed to a test in the messages passing
between De Valera and Lloyd George,
wherein each feels compelled to ad
just hie words to the popular ear.
Some are fearful this will result bad
ly. Judging from the impression
made in this country Lloyd George
has gained much for his cause and
De Valera has lost. Moreover the
discussion has served to arouse the
public’s sense of duty In the matter.
If reports concerning the sentiment
are in any considerable measure de
pendable the people of Ireland would
like to say to England: ’’We’ll try
your plan If you mean it In good
faith" and England would, reply:
“We are sick of this continual dis
turbance and willing to do anything,
in reason." If a plebiscite shall be
found necessary this open diplomacy
will probably be found to prove very
J valuable.
THE WORM HAS TURNED
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By ALBERT T. REID
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Amo Now the
LITTLE WORM
REFUSES To KEEh
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I’VE 6ROWN
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GERMANY LEARNING
One may get some idea of the dif
ficulties the Germans favoring a re
publican form of government arc en
countering from the fact that the as
sassins who killed Erzberger art still |
at large and associated with the
monarchists in Bavaria and in Aus
tria who are holding demonstrations
calling for the union of Austria and
Germany and plotting for return to
the monarchy. The trouble is fur
ther aggravated by the financial con
dition which i3 deplorable and likely
to result in a collapse. Should this
occur France to secure her claims
will be disposed to seize the Ruhr
territory and the Rhine.
Out of all this the Germans are |
acquiring education in the methods |
of government and coming to rccog- i
nize their individual responsibilities j
as never before. These may prove j
too burdensome, in which event they
may weakly yield to the desire to be
relieved by the overlords. Mean
while the education continues and
pertains to finances as well as to pol
itics. A subject of daily discussion
are the rates of exchange which af
fect every German household. The
information so being inculcated could
scarcely be Hohenzollernized out of
them in a generation.
New York was surprised to learn
Monday night that she had so many
Chinese as appeared in tlie demon
stration by 3000 men, Chinese in
sympathy with southern China’s
claim for representation at the ar
mament conference. Peking was
denounced by mottoes and speech as
being corrupt, militaristic and but
an echo of Japan. The Chinese Free
Masons, merchants’ associations and
other Chinese organizations in the
city declare for representation for
southern China. Peking, however, is
the seat of the government which
this country recognizes in China and
the possibility of representation of
all the Chinese factions is extremely
remote.
Prohibition Commissioner Haines
having announced that it is legal for
a family to have in its possession 200
gallons of unfermented fruit juice
perhaps can now get a day off to in
vestigate the alleged public delivery
of booze in Philadelphia, the alleged
smuggling operations from Mexico
to Los Angeles, the robbery of a dis
tillery at Bloomfield, Ky., not U> men
tion many other instances which in
dicate brazen and widespread viola
tion of the law by powerful interests.
Possibly there is an implied com
pliment In Maine not being repre
sented in the group chosen by Mr.
Hoover to consider unemployment.
Maine doesn't know so much about
unemployment as many of the other
states.
The first hundred dollars Chauncey
' Depew ever earned he deposited in a
savings bank in 1861 where it still re
mains, now amounting to seven hun
I died dollars. No bank failure inter
fered with this demonstration of
thrift
Three Epochs in Woman's Life
There are three critical stages in a
woman’s life which leave theiy mark
on her career—the first when she
changes from a carefree girl to' a
woman, the second motherhood, and
the third is change of life. Most of
the misery which comes women
through ill health dates from one or
another of these periods, but women
should remember that Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound Is a re
liable remedy and has been very suc
cessful in overcoming the ailments
which may come to them at these
times, 'as It is a natural restorative
for such conditions. Nearly a half
a century of success entitles Lydia
E.v Pinkhamta Vegetable Compound
to the vespect and confidence of ev
ery fair minded woman.—Adv. ,
WHAT ABOUT IT !
If that alleged confession of |
Charles Burke caught in an attempt
to bomb a shoe repairing plant in
Chicago be found true it must prove
very damaging to the cause of union j
labor. A consideration of all that
confession implies is important.
The occurrence recalls the Wall !
street bomb outrage, a mystery not;
vet solved, but in which organized
labor was suspected by some of being
implicated. It more than serves to
stimulate recollection. The confes
sion is said to admit that this one in
dividual, Burke, supplied bombs for
several labor unions. If this be true
what about the leadership in such
unions, not only the local leadership
but that higher up? Is it conceivable
that such a condition of things
should escape their notice? Is it
probable .that the sentiment which
would be needed to support such out
rages could exist without hint to the
leaders higher up? If so then they '
are out of touch with the led, are not
doing their duty by the organization
they assume to lead.
The development of the real truth
about this outrage in Chicago will
be awaited with deep interest.
Colonel House makes a plea for the
Russian refugees. These.N among
the most intelligent of Russians,
fleeing from Russia without other
than a few trinkets and glad to es
cape with their lives, unskilled in
ways of getting a livelihood or
knowledge of the value of money
are now scattered throughout the
world and in most Instances are in
dire distress. Existing agencies for
giving them relief no longer exist.
Without such relief many of them
must perish. The Russians are a
people with whom Americans have
ever had the friendliest relations.
Their plight should appeal strongly
to us. v
It might be well to inquire into the
sanity of the New York nurse who
for a week painted the body of a lit
tle 17-months-old boy with iodine
and claimed she was - following the
doctor’s instructions. The child, suf
fering with skin disease, died. The
nurse, even if a doctor had ordered
such a course, should have known
better than to carry out the treat
ment, Just as a druggist sometimes
corrects an incorrectly written pre
scription.
If Halifax men interested in the
fishermen’s race inspected the May
flower when building and knew why
she was being built and made no pro
test then, it hardly seems sportman
like to come to”the front with one—
when the Mayflower has indicated
that winning will he a walkover for
her and that the Scotian craft will
be in the “also ran” class.
The three-year-old Nahant boy
was no doubt able in safety to drive
his little velocipede four miles from
home and into the heart of quiet,
old Lynn, Mass., U. S. A., but was it
fair for the Boston Globe to set oflf
that quietness in a display box. Sort
of makes poor old Lynn look like a
Vermont—no, not Maine—village.
Harris B. Moulton of Westfield,
Mass., has by careful experimenting
succeeded in raising Siamese Twin
potatoes. It is doubtful if they will
supplant the Aroostook spuds for
general use.
The control of Siberia and China
is a big stake; no wonder Japan is
reluctant tb forego any part of her
dream of empire.
V-- —- -—
Calling prohibition a “flat failure"
may refer to what fits the hip
pocket , i
QLEAN-UP SQUAD COMING
Included in the Red Cross notes In
Tuesday morning's edition of the
Journal was an announcement to the
effect that the Clean Up Squad of the
Veterans’ Bureau is to be in Augusta
from September 26 to October I in
clusive At that time all ex-service
men who have claims to present in
regard to delayed adjustment of in
dividual difficulties have been urged
to bring testimonials in proof of their
claims to the attention of the Clean
Up Squad.
There is small doubt of the fact
that the action urged for so long by
those who have had the welfare of
the war veteran at heart is speeding
up a bit The Bureau established by
act of the last Congress has pushed
action in thc-ir behalf, and this in
face of severe criticism.
'Recently- the Bureau has been the
target of directly aimed shots of Dr.
Haven Emerson, who has just sev
ered his connection with the organi
zation. The accusations with which
Dr. Emerson accompanied his resig
nation charge that unskilled inef
ficient men have begun to occupy
pos.tions of preeminence in the Bu
reau, rendering it an organ of petty
polities, wasting money in all chan
nels, defeating its entire purpose. We
trust that the doctor's eneige'tic re
marks are as exaggerated as they
seem to be. Those of us who are far
from official Washington can judge
only by effects which thus far ac
claim a worthy organization, striving
to accomplish that which is its reason
for being.
The American Legion says that six
hundred thousand veterans are out of
employment and makes use of this as
an argument for the passage of the
relief bill. But the latter would be
only temporary; it could not take the
place of employment. The latter is
what should immediately be found for
them 4 possible.
"Hardly more than a dozen men in
congress have dry hip pockets’*
shouts Governor Edwards of New
Jersey. He was the fellow who said
he would make New Jersey- as wet as
the Atlantic ocean and now wants to
go to the Senate. In other words he's
not above being suspected of ex
aggeration.
The sale of firearms w-ill probably
continue in Boston, as May-or Peters
is expected to veto the council order
for suspension of sales, having been
advised by the law department that
the council has no authority to make
such a wholesale revocation.
The congressmen are getting back
to work and it is safe to assume they
arg “wise to the fact that people
back home want something done
toward limiting the expense of arm
aments.
The Philadelphia saloons are ord
ered closed on the night of the city
election.—Headline.
Um-ah! Why close ’em if they
aren’t selling booze?
A Boston policeman whose maxim
is not "discretion is the better part
of valor” killed a skunk with his
night stick and telephoned for a new
suit of clothes.
The establishment through the
Rockefeller Foundation of the medi
cal college at Peking may prove a
bigger piece of bread cast on the
waters than now appears.
T
Pile Sufferers
Can Yon Answer TOmm Questions T
Do you .know why ointments do not
give you quick and lasting relief?
Why cutting and operations fail?
Do you know the cause of piles is i
internal?
That there is a stagnation of blood
in the lower bowel?
Do you know that there is a harm
less remedy discovered by Dr. Leon
hardt and know as HEM-ROID, now
sold by Fletcher's drug store and
druggists generally, that Is guaran
teed?
HEM-ROID banishes piles by re
moving the cause, by freeing blood
circulation in the lower bowel. This
simple home treatment has an almost
unbelievable record for sure, safe and
lasting relief to thousands of pile
sick sufferers. There is no reason
why it should not do the same for you.
—Adv._ s
Maine Gossip
A. Little Boy’s Lament.
Every morning there's excitement,
At our house 'bout half-past eight,
For it’s lesson time an' mother
Is afraid that I'll be late.
Seems like things are all turned side
ways,
'Til I've started on my way;
Oh—how I despise that scrubbing.
Gosh—ma makes me wash all day.
Then, my books and cap are missin'
And I must hunt high and low,
Next—my hair needs combing over.
But that’s not 'cause I think so.
Soon the baby starts in cryin'
It seems babies always do,
While the puppy, grabs my bookstrap
An' starts off—he runs soma too.
When at last I think I'm ready,.
Mother calls: “Come rjght back
here;
Don't you leave the house this morn
ing
'Till you wash behind your ear."
Soon my tie needs flxin' o\er,
While my shoes are dirty too;
Oh! it's awful fo be little
And have folks all pick on you.
Now I've never liked to study.
Rut* these last few weeks or so,
I have changed my mind a little.
An’ there's one thing sure I know:
School is not as bad as some things,
And I’d rather study books.
Than spend hours with the washrag,
Tryin’ to improve my looks.
—Frances Kane, in New Haven (Conn.)
Journal-Courier.
The distinction or being; the nrst
j lawyer to challenge a prospective
! woman juror in Maine belongs to
1 Frank A. Tirrell, formerly of Quincy,
Mass., who refused to allow Mrs.
1-llizabeth Gregory of Rockport a
place in the panel Monday at Rock
land. He was diplomatic and polite
about it, however, and explained to
the novice that a challenge was one'
of the privileges of the legal fraterni
ty. The case about to be tried was
for alleged liquor nuisance. Mrs.
Gregory was eliminated on account
of a report that she- had criticised
another jury in a similar case for
, having returned so ^oon with an ac
quittal. "They would have stayed
| longer if I had been on the jury,” is
the remark attributed to her.
The present demand for labor in
the potato fields of Aroostook county
is fully met bl' the local people and
men already on the ground. The
Boston Advertiser is trying to place
ex-service men in that section, but
the Aroostook Dally News notifies It
that a surplus of labor is al>eady
there, although the demand will be
About 75 per cent, of the crop is to
be dug.
course of 10 days.
The cranberry crop is being:
gathered at Popham and Small
Point. The yield is good, but on ac
count of the drouth the berries are
not so well filled out as usual. T
The Bowdolnham Ridge tomato
crop is so large that even at 15
pounds for a quarter they are a
drug on the market.
A State of Maine Centennial half
dollar was recently placed—accord
ing to an ojd custom—on the keel
son under a mast of the schoon
er Gardiner G. Deering repuir
I ing at Rath by one of the
| owners, it being alleged in "ye
olden days” that such a proceeding
brought good luck to the vessel and
good money to the owners. The
owner especially hoped, says the
Times, “that the fates of the sea will
deal rather mo're kindly with this big
five-master than they have durinf
the past year.”
Miss Ada H. Hutton, the young
' woman artist, confined in the Dan
; vers, Mass.. State hospital for a 30
days observation, committed last
Friday from the Lynn district court,
proves to be a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Hutton of Cathance.
Bowdoinham, Mr. Hutton being
station agent there. They came from
Lawrence, Mass., several years ago,
but so far as is known, Miss Hutton
never .lived there, studying and
! working as a commercial artist in
, Massachusetts.
Light and Airy
Giving the Phillies the Willis*!
| There was a young man named Phil,
Who had in the woods a fine still;
Said he with a larf
As he took a big quaf.
The otiicers may yet get their Phil!
—Cartoons Magazine.
Put Away
j A lady who had been given a party
, told her maid to put away the refresh
I ments that were left on the tables be
1 fore retiring to bed. The next day. on
j looking, the lady could not find them
jand called .to the maid:
“Bridget, what did you do with
those things I told you to put away
last night?"
"Sure, mum, and ve* told me to put
’em away, and I did. njura. and en
| joyed 'em.”—Pearson's Weekly,
Each. Por His Own
j “I am, like any other man, entitled
to my own opinion."
“Of course.” replied Mr. Groucher;
"the same as I'm entitled'to this dog
of mine. It doesn't follow, however,
that the dog is any good.”—Washing
ton Star.
Willy (waking up at piano recital)—
What's he playing now?
Hilly—Liszt's twelfth rhapsody.
Willy—Let s go before he playa the
i thirteenth. I'm superstitious.
Compliment
Mary<T>layhd the piano rather poor
ly. but had been urged to play for the
guests After the painful ordeal was
finished, she said modestly, “I know
I play fierce, but I'll get there some
time!”
"You do beautifully!" said Great
Aunt Susan cnmfartshtv. "Wh»_
folks that couldn't play better n you
wouldn't play at all."—Life.
The Heat cf Battle
Ensign (as be sees a direct shot
scored on the enemy)—Good worn!
who fired that shot?
Gob—The ship’s cook. sir. He got
the range and stove in her side —
American Legion Weekly.
Editorial Comment
Government Interference.
(E. C. McDougal in Journal of the
American Bankers Association.)
Should the government continue to
interfere in our banking1 Business,
except for the enforcement of law and
the protection of depositois, it in
evitably will make the same ^record ■
of inefficiency and failure as in de- i
signing airplanes, in builuir.g and
operating ships, and in operating
railroads. Hampered by red tape,
banks will not be able to give the
public good service. Strict super
vision, criticism and correction should
be maintained, but the government
should not ^>ass the line that sep
arates these proper functions from
actual management. Credit, without
which this country never could have
developed and outstripped all others,
cannot thrive shackled by politics
and bureaucracy.
Fault of Bcobs Not of Money
("Breakfast Tabic Chat,” in the
Detroit Free Press)
“Fatty” Arbuekle is just another
illustration of the fact that it is not
enough in this world to be able to
make money. The difference always
between the rich fool and the rich
wise man is that the letter knows
how to spend his surplus well. The
man who tries to spend all his mon
ey on himself is headed for destruc
tion. It can’t be done in safety. To
be wisely rich one must be modest,
kindly, cheerful, helpful and thought
ful of others. And we never heard
of a rich man landing in a'prison cell
because h£ gave to hospitals, endow
ed polleges, sent poor boys to school
or made orphan asylums more com
fortable. The fault isn't with money:
it's with the boobs who sometimes
get hold of it.
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Unemployment and Work.
(Andover Townsman.)
, There is a lot of talk about unem
ployment, relieving the situation, and
many other collateral features of the
same subject. If you have tried to
hire somebdy to do a .iob for you and
attempted to fix a fair remuneration,
particularly if the job isn’t a soft one
with big pay, you will realize how
much real merit there is in many of
the attempts to “alleviate the condi
tion of the unemployed.” Some of the
mills of the country, shoe factories,
large employers of the type of labor
that used to be employed doing a
good job of house work, are running
anywhere from twenty per cent to
sixty per cent capacity. How many
of the women out of work are will
ing to take the thousand housework
places that are probably available in
Andover at the present moment? The
same analysis of the situation ap
plied to many other types would
yield the Fame answer. Perhaps
there are two sides to this story of
unemployment.
Curbing a Peril.
* (Boston Post.)
In suspending the license of an
^utomohilist for hitting another
man’s car while engaged in the prac
tice of "cutting in,” the State Regis
trar of Motor Vehicles has taken a
step that should be thoughtfully not
ed by drivers generally.
“This is the beginning of a'cam
paign to prevent the dangerous prac
tice of cutting-in ahead of other
automobiles too sharply,” snvs the
registrar. “The practice is altogeth
er too prevalent, and the inspectors
of the department have hern request
ed to report to the registrar all cafes
which come within their observa
tion.”
This “cutting-In” Is one of the
many manifestations of the consum
ing desire for speed on the road. The
fellow in front is a "slow-poke.” Bet's
pet ahead of him right away. Thus
the risk of collision, not only with the
“slow-poke’s” car. but with some
other coming in the opposite direc
tion. It was high time to discourage
officially this perilous habit.
The Voting in Maine. i
(Boston Transcript.)
When Maine voted for governor a
year ago, there were.thrown for the
two leading candidates a total of 205,
500 votes. Past week the people of
Maine voted on three resolves pro
posing amendments to the State con
stitution. Jieturns have been tabu
lated from the cities and more than
half the towns, and it appears that
the number of voters who took the
trouble to go to the polls in these
places was about 25.000. As the
towns not represented in the tabula
tion are probably small in population,
| it would seem safe to assume that the
total vote of the State did not greatly
exceed 30,000. Bast year six or seven
t times as many votes were cast at the
regular election as were thrown at
' the special election this year. It is
; the old story of the difficulty of get
ting the people to the polls to deal
solely with questions of puhlic Inter
est where no choice of candidates is
involved.
But the majority of the Maine vot
; ers who took the trouble to express
[their preferences gave evidence that
i they knew' what they were about. It
is somtimes assumed that measures
! submitted to the people stand more
than an even chance of adoption re
gardless of their merits, for the rea
son that their advocates will be out
In force and the thoughtless often
find it easier to say yes than to say
no. But the Maine folk who voted
last week rejected two of three pro
posed amendments.
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The Work of 1787
(New York Tribune.)
In choosing Constitution Day as a
fit time to denounce the Constitution
and its framers "The New York CalV' 1
[ runs true to form. So also In the dls- j
[tortion of historical facts and in the!
Ifnlse picture given by applying the
Marxian catchwords with their pre^
ent interpretations to conditions
which 134 years ago were totally dif
ferent.
This falto'-v Is common #amon?
those who Interpret history to sup
port causes. The labels of today, !
such as “capitalism,” “property In-j
terests” and “wage workers,” which ,
^are inseperable in the minds of most
readers from the industrial era of the 1 <
present, are applied loosely to condi-11
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VvTdiv u day of <aeh month at Masonic
Temple. All members sojourning in
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Regular meeting every trilld Tuesday
it 4 o'clock.
F. M. STEARIN. Capt.
A. M. DRUMMOND, Clerk.
Itf
RrB. CAPEN REBEKAH LODGE
Nie 52. 1. O. O' Ft. meets 2d and 4tii
Wednesday ev ening at is o'clock.
ELIZABETH JACOBS, N. G.
MRS. CORA IBAiLtltl, Kec. Sec.
me i, i flin-vv-f. ly r
G7A. R.. THE REGULAR MEETING
et; cetli VViRiums Post No. ill, brat
Tnu. sua" of eacii month.
GEi> E. GAY. Comm-’nder.
WILLIAM McUAVlU, Adjutant.
O. o. f- I'GTsoN. Quartermaster.
CAL A NTH E LODGE. NO. 52, K. P.
Regular meeting Uednes .ay evenings.
Meeting commenced ai 7.30.
FETER BUSH. JR.. C. C.
PERCY E. D. .i.V'uX, K. of R. and S.
mon-t u-vved.tf__
KNIGHTS”- OF ~T HE MA C C A B EE 8
Kennebec Te.it No. lb. meets in Mac
i-ibees hall on the first and third
Xue-'divs of each month til 7.SO.
HERBERT A. FOLSOM. Com.
\VM. E. CROSS. K. K.
mon-wed-sat
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. 964. B.P.O.E.
Regu.ar meetings In the Elks Home,
Wintnrop street, the second and
fourth Tnursdays of each month at 8
o dock.
J. F BILODEAU. E R.
\V. G. THOMAS. Sec.
lunel.m-w-'.h.tf
KENNEBEC TRIBE NOT 25, IMP. Oi
K. M. F.egU.ar n.cetiiig r i .uay eve
ning, Golden Cross ball at 8 o clock.
LEONARD GEuRGE. Saclicm.
CLIFFORD AMAZEENE.
Chief of Records.
apr20,mon-wed-fri,ly r____
LOMBARD CAMP,”-2751. ROYAL
eigiiboi a of Amt* ica. Meetings see
nd ana fourth Friday evenings of
leu inoiiUi at G. A. R. hull.
IYA HAbKELL, Olacle.
JUBIA 10. ROBINSON. Kec.
it mnn-vved-fi i.lyr
AUGUSTA CAMP NO 7400, M. W. A.
- |
Uegu.ar meeting second and fourth
ciiua> of .Hill month at d A. It. ball.
W. W. TAYLOR. Consul.
BERT 1,. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
m-w-f tf
U.O.G.C. MORRILL COMMANDERY
No. 326. U. O. G. C. Regular meetings
second and tourtii 'i uesduy evenings
at 7.3b o c me tv at Gulden Cross ball.
ETHEL V. COLBY. N. C.
W. E. CLOUGH. F. K. IL
m-w-f _ _
KENNEBEC LODGE, NO. 1458.
i.ovai Older of Moose, meets In G. A
It hall. Water street, first and third
Wednesday evening of each month at
7.30.
GEORGE R. GOLFER. Dictator.
\V. W. JACKSON. Sec.. IS Pike St.
; l '
srpm that those conditions were the
same as the present. "The workers
had no organization" it is glibly ,
charged. “The great mass of small
farmers was not represented in the
convention.” These and other simi
lar statements are made, deliberately
Ignoring the conditions of the time. ; >
America of 1787 had no large class
of industrial laborers, even though 1
the curse of slavery existed. It was
a nation of*small farmers and small
tradespeople, with a limited profes
sional class. Whoever was willing to
work could become a "property own
er.” Politics, it is true, was largely I
in the hands of lawyers, but the peo
ple's representatives were truly rep- ,
resentative, and required the support
of their constituents to remain in j
power. Then, as today, there were
those who disliked lawyers as a class j
anil who questioned their motives, j
And these men opposed the Constitu- i
lion. |
At the meeting of the Massachu- (
setts convention in 17S8 to ratify the ,
Constitution one of these opponents ' i
spoke. When he had done, a certain *
Jonathan Smith, farmer, from Lanes- *
boro, arose and*addressed his "broth- ,
er farmers”: "I don’t think the worse j
of the Constitution because lawyers t
and men of lfarning and moneyed 7
men are fond of it,” said he. "I am j
not of such a Jealous make. They j
that are honest men themselves are |
not apt to suspect other people.
These lawyers, these moneyed men, !
these men of learning, are all em- ;
barke,d in the same cause with us, 1
and we must all sink or swim to- I '
gether.” j1
Jonathan Smith sensed the spirit of a
the Constitution. And like a hundred ;l
million that have followed him, he j
saw that its foundations were sound ; f
and that it promised a greater degree ; “
of liberty and the pursuit of happi- ! i
ness for a greater number than had j
ever seemed likely before. And like t
a hundred million others he was ig- 1
norant of the bogey of capitalism.
Me believed in the gospel of work, i j
He knew that men like Franklin had
achieved world fame from the hum- £
blest beginnings. He believed in rep- c
resentative government. He accept- \
3d authority. I
And Jonathan Smith represented t
he “rank and file” of his time. It i
s a spirit such as his that has given r
America its strength. His was no
jospel of hate, destruction and de
:eit. He preached no class war, be
’ause, being an American, hd recog- ’
ilzcd no class distin'etion. And It t
aras to foster the rights of men such t
Business Cajug
Fisher & Tiffin
ATTOBWBY8-AT-LAW
fUliam H. Fisher Artluu r. TtOa
' 307 Water Street
Augusta, Maine
__aprSMtt
KcLEAN, FOGG & SOUTHARD
Counsijt Lid
Jrnest L. McLean Sanford L. Son
Frank E. Southard
Successors re
Williamson, Burleigh * McLean
142 Water Street. Augusta, Maine
Telephone 240
3URLE1GH MARTIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
The First National Bank Bulldlnf
223 Water Street. Augusta, iia
Telephone 88s
Residence 45 Sewell Street
Telephone 842-M.
ROBERT A. CONY
attorney anl.
COUNSELOR AT LAW
Jotary Public Justice of the Peeti
General Law Practice
>pera rlouee Block. Augusta, Maine
Telephone 4ft0
H. S. Williams, D. C,
CHIROPRACTOR
Palmer Graduate, Lady Attrndan
20C Water St„ Augusta, Mr.ine
Tol Ml ! 10 A M. to 1 P. M.
a to 6 p. m.
7 to 3 P. M. Men., Wed., and Fit
E. J. Roberts. D. D. S.
- DENTISTRY .
TELEPHONE CALL 597-W
Railroads and Steamboats
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
Trains Leave Augusta for
Bangor, U-24 a. tn.. {1.38 a. m . *2.32 a ra..
1.53a. m , *y.33 a. pi.. t2.42p.rn., {3.11 p.ffl.,
3.40 p. in.
B & A. Pts., tl.24a.ro.. t2.32 a m , t9.33a. a. |
Bar Harbor *2.32 a. m.. t'*.38 a. m.
Bath. t3 10a.m.. ttt. 19a.m. ,t9.20a.m.,|10.15a.ts.
4.05 p.m.. 17.35 p. m.. *10.61 p. in, I
Belfast A4.55a. m., t9.3S u. m.. 12.42 p m.
Boston *3.10a m.. tC.lOu tn. 19.20a ni . 110IS
in., 13.00.p.m. t4.05p.ra.. {5.39p.m.*10.ilp.m.
Calais. 12.32 ». m, 1
Dover-Foxcrolt. A4.55a m.,12.42 p. m.
Gardiner, *3,10a. m., td.19 a. m.. t9.20 a. m
10.18a in.. t3.C0 p.m., 14.1op.m , {5.39p.a.,
7.35 p. in.. *10.51 p. m.
Hallowell, 16.19a. ra.. 19.20a. tn., {1018am
3.00 p. m . 14.15 p.m.. 55.30 p. ro„ 17.35p.m.
*10.51 p. m. -
Harmony. A4.55a.tn.. t2,12p. m.
Lewiston. t6.19a. m., f9.20 a. m , {1018a.m.,
4.05 p. m.. *10.51 p.. m.
New York. 14.05 p. ra{5.39 p. m.
Portland.*3.10 a.m.. 10.19 a.m., 19.20a.m..{101*
urn. 13.00p.m. 14.05p.m.. {5.39p.ra..t7.35p.o
'10.51 p. m.
Rockland. \J.10 a. m , t6.19a. m.. 19.20 a. o
14.05 p.m. .
Skowhegan, A4.55 a.m.. *9.38a.m., t-.42p.m
So.Gardiner. 16.19a.m.. 19.20a.m , {[O lSam.
13.00 p.m., 14 15 p. m., {5.39p.m.. 17.35p.m,
>10.51 p. tn. I
St. John. 11.24 a.m.
Waterville. 11.24 a. m.. {1.3S a. m.. *2.32 a.m,
14.55 a. m., *9.38 a.m.. 12.42 p. m {3.11 p.a
16.40 p.m H Daily, except Monday
’Daily. IDaily. except Sunday. {Sunday only,
k Except Sunday and Monday.
D. C. DOUGLASS, M. I.. HARRIS,
1-7-21 V.P. & Gen 1 Mgr. Gen lPaiiaengerAjl
Eastern Steamship Lines, me
Eoston and
Portland Line
EZPB£3S PASSBHGEB AND
l'KdtlO.a.T aEBVlCE
TEAM3H1.3 BAKECU B. FULLS®
FARE $2.93 (wav tax lnclad«4)>
Ixja.aiBOODEJ $1.02.
TSAMSHiPd LEAVE BY OAT*
L-GaaX BA V AMO TIME
.cave Portland. Tuesday, Thursday
nd Saturday at 8 P. M.
teturn:—Leave Boston Monday.
Wednesday and Friday at 6 P. M.
At iioston, connection i» mad*
he Metropolitan Line, passenger *64
i eight steamers tor New York t1*
ape < tod Canal.
JeL 6600
U. A. CLAY, Superintendent.
Franklin Wharf, Portland
Iy2dtf _ _
Kennebec Navigation Co.
Aj.iLLUVII OLV-- 1*
STEAMSHIP CITY OF BOCIil-AJ®
Leaves Gardiner at 4.50. Cedar Or#**
r.i limond) at 5.10, Bath at 7, Tuesday.
hu.Rttay am! Saturday nights
Lsfeavttf Boittou iioudayiis Watioesu4*1
xiai Ki44..a.yti at 6 1*. *4. ior all iveuuel**
oints.
B(M)THBA V D1 VISION
Daily Bouts, bumlay excepted, to
rom iiouthbuy Harbor an»l tha LjiXnOi
re operated by this company connect*®*
•i*h steamer to anJ from Boston
lath.
ALL SAILINGS ON DAYLIGHT TIME
end Tor tln.e tap.es and other Infor***"
on to
KENNEBEC NAVIGATION TO.
Publicity Department, Bath, Main.
n22dtf -
s himself, without consideration W
lass or gToups, that the Constitute11
fas drawn. Is it likely that a VTt'
onderance of socialist-minded “P**
rlotic Americans” of alien orif>n
rould have drawn up a better docu
ment?
Kicking a stone about In the str««*
ras recently decided to be "football
y a London magistrate, who flneJ
hree lads for the offense.