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Daily Kennebec Journa Entered at the Augusta Post Office a second class mail matter ESTABLISHED 18 23 No notice whatever will be taken o unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return ol rejected communications Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH FVLNT Publish ers Augusta Maine Saturday September 28 1912 REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS i i For President WILLIAM H TAFT Of Ohio tift i For Vice President JAMES S SHERMAN Of New York The Good and the Bad in New Law With nil its absurdities and its jokers and its nonentities the news paper law we are bound to admit has Its partially redeeming features If a few less lawmakers had been content to keep their mischievous fingers out of the pie and had aimed honestly to produce a law unquestionably consti tutional with the determination to reach the root of acknowledged evils according to tjic intent of the origi natorswell if all these things had been adhered to it might have been a law worth while The decision of the attorneygen eral published Friday morning deals with certain important phases of the law but does not relieve the general contempt
ZONE POSTAL LAW REPEAL OPPOSED BY EDITORS HOLD BREEZY BANQUET Press Association to Name Advisory Board to Act With Faculty of Journalism School The Montana State Tress association now meeting in Great Palls favors the retention of the zone second class post age law which the organization last year at Miles City went on record as opposing To that end a committee was named to draft resolutions to be for warded to the Montana delegation in congress urging theni to work and vote against the repeal of the law The sub ject was brought before the convention by F M Tenney business manager of the ïrent Falls Leader who stated his belief that the vast majority of the men who last year were opposed to the measure had changed their minds and were now in favor of retaining it on the statute books Mr Tenney moved the appointment of a committee to draft resolutions opposing the repeal of the zone law and it was warmly seconded by M L Hutchens editor of the Mis soulian Mr Hütchens declared that the law had been of distinct advantage to the newspapers of Montana and the west and to the local newspapers in
THE VETERANS POLL TAX In the Maine House Feb 7th on motion of Mr Skidmore of Liberty an act to amend Chapter 163 Public Laws ot 1905 relating to the exemption of soldiers and sailors from poll tax was taken from the table Mr Skidmore then addressed the House rs follows Mr Speaker in tabling this bill my purpose was to call the attention of the members of the House to the fact that this bill was treading ou dangerous ground that it created a class legisla tion that is it relieved from taxation a certain portion of onr people who were well able to pay The law relat ing to a poll tax by some is considered to be absurd and wholly wrong but as for me I do not think so It gives to those w ho are young and just coming on the held of action and who have not had the privilege that others have had to acquire property ou which to be taxed a better and more thorough knowledge of the plan and conditions of government Now there is a law on the statute books which this law calls attention to which exempted all soldiers
FBI Head Hits Misinformation And Suppression Of News Misinformation and suppression of news are deadly enemies of a free people J Edgari Hoover said in a special tribute to American newspapers on the occasion of National Newspaper Week October 1420 Integrity in journalism as in law enforcement cannot be a matter of percentages It must be com plete and impregnable cordingly thp newspapers role in keeping the public in formed becomes increasingly significant Integrity in journalism r m law enforcement cannot be a matter of percentages It must bp complete and impreg nable As guardians of Ameri can liberty the press and t e police are charged with a i rd trust Operations whch j closely affect the lives of millions of nenplp must be exemolarv and above re proach In addition to its innate re sponsibilities 1he press is mrrallv obligated to promote hp fim heanno of justice and tee pertefm4on of law and nrdnr In deed much of the nrorpq pr profession V is v_iedp m rising its standards mf3ional status is di dl 1butablp to tP sup port of editors and publishers u0 pconize tho need for ffivp law enforcement On oodcn to be sure the nene
MAINE ITEMS Mothers Aid Law Goes Into Effect in Maine Augusta Me July 7 Capt James F Bagley secretary of the State Board of Charities and Corrections is sending out to the municipal boards instructions on the Mothers Aid law passed at the last session of the Legislature which be came effective today The act provides that every city and town shall help mothers with children under 14 The applicants must apply in person to the Municipal Board of Moth ers Aid and file a statement of their re sources and when medical aid is required the request shall be made to the nearest hospital receiving State aid Dependent children upon reaching 14 shall go to work for the time allowed by the school attendance laws if physically able Cash aid will be given in every case if the mother is found to be compe tent to manage cash and if she is not competent some one else will be ap pointed The municipal board will be re quired to furnish proof satisfactory to the State board that the applicant has lived in Maine for five years When an applicant moves out of a city or town it will be
Established July 1 1859 A Map cf Busy Life Its Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns Subscription 1 a Year in Advance VOLUME 32 BENTON LA MARCH 30 1893 a o s JA ttonicy at Law i iti v Louisiam Snifter Bellevue Bossier jtar A Joan n es Sm i fh ttoruey at Law lieaton Bossier parish A J Ai u rtf Will J pruetiee in the Courts ol Bossier amt adjoitiiut parishes A If Lowry A ttoruev at Law Benton La Will prae tioeintho Courts of Bossier Bienville and Webster parishes Dr AY r AI Abney Physician and Surgeon BENTON LA Office at Drug Store of Benton Drug Co CITY HOTEL MILAM STREET SBBE VEPOll T LO UISIA NA A J REYNOLDS Proprietor Omnibusses Connect with all Trains G W SENTELL W B MCLEAN L K BARBER G W SENTELL JK Gr W Sentell Co Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants No 190 Gravier St New Orleans T M COMEGYS DEJYTIST Offiee on second floor in Zoiliaips Building Adjoining the Opera House Shreveport La O ffice hours from 9 a m to 5 p in ami trom 2 I m to 5 p in Telephone con nection Dr C Ratzburg OFAtlST
THIRTY NINE NEW LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT FRIDAY JULY FIRS Thirtynine of the 163 laws passed by the twentieth session of the Mon tana legislature went into effect July 1 Except for a provision requiring that personal property taxes on autoJ mobiles must be paid before a license is issued the 1927 budget now is in force The automobile law goes into effect December 1 when the 1928 li tenses are ready I As summarized by E C Toomey for the Corporation company of Hel en a the new statutes are i Chapter 1Increasing the monthly maintenance allowance for persons receiving state vocational training Chapter 4Fixing the order of ad mission at the Montana State Tuber culosis sanitarium for males and fe males according to available accom me da cions at the time of entry Chapter 5Limiting liability of coropration directors for failure to file statements as required to debts which may thereafter after failure to file be in any wise incurred until such report shall be made and filed Chapter 6Making Eastern Mon tana State Normal school at Bil lints and Northern Agricultural and Manual Training school at Fort As sinniboine component parts of the University of Montana Chapter
m JEROME E WILLIAMS the northwest In the fall of 1889 he entered the law office of Congressman A J Campbell of Living ston who had just arrived from Reed City Michi gan One year later he engaged in newspaper work and for the next eight years his labors were spent al ternately between the law office of Mr Campbell and the offices of the Post Herald and Enterprise news papers In the fall of 1894 Mr Williams took up the study of shorthand alone and mastered the Ben Pitman system The following year was spent in newspaper reporting and in the winter of 1895 he entered the law office of Campbell Stark as their chief stenographer In July 1897 he was appointed court stenographer of the Sixth Judicial district J B F Hoover On the eve of August 24 1899 the city of Living ston was shocked by the intelligence that at 625 one of the most respected citizens had met his untimely death by the accidental discharge of a gun The sadness and regrets of his death grew more intense as everybody reflected on the loss of him as a citizen member of prominent fraternal societies efficient co
NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity