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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29

systems that he has instituted have
been recognized throughout the State
Mr.. Perkins was born in Brook
Vile, Me, 3S years ago, the son of
/ Captain c. H. Perkins. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools of his
native town and at the East Maine
Conference Seminary at Bucksport.
After finishing his preparatory school
course, he made up his mind that he
would go TO college. and though il
was necessary that he should work
! his way through, nevertheless. his
courage was good and he was gradu-
ated from the University of Maine
| with an A. B. degree. Willingness tC
work has been one of his strongest
| assets. After finishing his course in
college he began teaching school. He
was principal of the Grammar school
for two years at Ashland, Me Not
being satisfied with a diploma from
the University of Maine he continued
his studies and soon after his gradu-
alton he received the degrees of
Bachelor of Philosophy and Master of
Arts from the University of Maine He
still kept on teaching. but during the
summer vacations he pursued his
studies and little later he received
the degree of Bachelor of Laws from
Chicago University. In 1902 he was
elected principal of the Skowhegan
High school. holding this position un-
til 1908. 1t was here that the people
of Skowhegan began to feel their
great appreciation for him, and not
class has graduated from the school
/ since that time but has the greatest
respect and esteem for him AS a
teacher he had marked ability and
many of the boys and girls who have
been students under him declare that
Mr.. Perkins has been of the Creates
help to them.
In 1908 it was decided to unite tn,
schools of the towns OF Madison anC
Skowhegan under one superintendent
Mr. Perkins was chosen first super
/ intendent and has held the position
until this time and the two towns
would have been glad to have re
elected him if they had been able t
| hold him. He is not only a leading
educator of the State but his person
ality has made him a leader of men
He is now President of the Maine
Teachers association For two years
/ he. was president of the Somerset
/ Teachers Association and for two
years he was president of the Somer-
set Association of School Superinten-
dents. He holds a life certificate for
first grade teaching. He is a mem
Der of the National Education Asso
citation. Among the Masons he holds
a high place. He is a member o
Blue lodge, Royal Arch Chapter
Council and Commandery; Past Com
mander of DeMolay Commandery
Past Grand Warder, Past High Prizes
of Somerset Chapter He has beel
thrice Illustrious Master of Noun
Moriah Council and Grand Master o
Ceremonies of Grand Council o
Maine. He has always been publi
spirited citizen. Not only the school
will miss him. but the churches
Board Of Trade, and all organization
for advancement of good citizenship.
Kennebec Journal l:-Skowhegan'
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The plow wounds the earth. The
growing grain that follows heals the
wound.
Some of the sweetest fruits and
nuts are enclosed in the toughest
shells.
A boy and a farm make a good
team-try and keep them htched.
No man is so far from market as
he who has nothing 10 sell.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29

The month of June is the time to
prune for the growth of fruit spurs.
The tractorsis going to be the new
est and biggest help to the farmer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A daily record Of work done will
cut out many Of the wastes of the
farm.
1t is easier to find crosses in ones
lot than to feel quite sure that one
could change 1t for better.
You can't overwork the harrow.
Give the hen wide range.
Apples. plums and cherries should
not be over three years old for setting
out.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29

Gordon Bragg has gone to Mouse
island to spend the summer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-29

Kennebec Observation-Disclosures
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Turkish Troops Slaughtered.

HoDEIDAH, Arabia, June II, via
Amen, June 23.-Rebels in great force
today surprised and cut up Turkish
column commanded by Mahomed Ali
Pasha, outside Gheesan, q town on
the Red sea, about 100 miles north of
Hodeidah. A thousand Turkish SOL
diers were killed. Mahomed Ali
Pasha is retreating.
The fighting was so desperate and
at such close quarters that 500 Turk
ish fugitives are suffering from dagger
wounds. The survivors fed in dis
order to Gheesan, pursued by the
rebels.
The Turkish gunboat Sutebbe, In
tending to she'll the Arabs, shelled
Gheesan instead, killing or wouuding
several hundred soldiers.
The rebels captured four big guns,
two maxims. 1900 rides and . guam.
tity of ammunition and ultim ately re-
treated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Powder Trust Must Go.

WILMINGTON, June 2l.-The United
States circuit court for the district OF
Delew are today handed down deci
zion declaring that the alleged powder
trust which is dominated by the E. l.
Dupont. Donomours company, Is 9
com bin alton in restraint of interstate
commerce, and decreeing tina the com.
bination should be dissolved.
The action against the powder trust
was begun by the government in 1907,
and was directed against 43 corpor ate
and individual defenders. The suit as
to fifteen of the defendants was dis
missed because some of the concerns
are out of existence, or because they
are not parties to the combin alton.
In an interlocutory decree the court
fixed August l6 as the date to hear
both sides as to the nature of the in.
junction to be granted, and to con.
slider plan for dissolving the COM
binStion, 10 the end that this court
may ascertain and determine upon q
plan or method for such dissolution
which would not deprive the defend.
ants of the opportunity to recreate
out of the elements now composing
said combination, q new condition
whias. will be honestly in harmon!
with aud not repugua ant to the law"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Alaska Coal Claims Cancelled.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-The famous
Cunningham Alaskan coal land
claims, through which it was alleged
the Morg an Guggenheim syndicate
had planned to extend the vast inter.
est in Alaska, and to control one of
the most elaborate coal fields in the
world, were today formally disallowed
by the department of the interior.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher hav.
ing approved the departments decision
as handed down by Fred bennett,
commissioner of the land Office, the
last door is believed to have been
closed to the Cunningham claim ants.
Their attorneys have threatened an
appeal to the United States supreme
court, but such an appeal can be based
only on some point of law involved,
and not on the findings of fact, as
announced by the department.
The Cunningham claims have been
In the public eye for more than two
years. They brought about the Bal
linger.Pinchot investigation by con
gress, and the dismissal from the pub
lie service of Chief Forester Clifford
Pinchot, Louis r. CLAWS, a chief o
field division in the land Office, anc
several minor officials"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
A Great Naval Display.

PORTSMOUTH, June 24.-The war
ships of the world doomed royal sa.
Lutte today in honor of England's
sailor king. Bright sunshine came at
last to lend its brilliancy to one Of the
most impressive scenes of all the gor.
geous pageantry attending the corna.
tion of George V. In q double line
six miles in length floated the might.
lest of Britain's warships. These
lines were joined on either end by a
two.mile stretch of smaller craft, while
off the Isle of Wight Is foreign vessels
lay dressed in glittering colors. The
narrow waters of the Solent never held
80 large feet.
Every class was represented and
every one of the 185 ships anchored
there was ready for action. All the
British chips in the long lines were on
the active list, and OF the visitors four
we're of the most modern type, the
American battleship Delaware Arst in
armament and size. The mighty feet
presented an appearance at once mag.
nificent and awe.inspiring.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28

the promise he made to the org aniza.
ton to vote sgainst any reduction OF
duty upon imports OF raw wool prior
to the receipt of the report Of the tariff
board. Commenting upon this mes
sage Senate Myers said:
"Since my vote against the Cora
resolution to take up the wool sched.
ule-my vote being the only democrat
ic one cast against the resolution-1
have considered that my obligation to
oppose the consider alton OF the reduc.
tion Of the duty on raw wool prior to
the receipt of the tariff board report
was discharged, and I have been In
tending to write the association ask'
ing If it coincided with this view. The
voluntary offer of the association to
relieve me is very gratifying. l now
intend II there is q general revision OF
the tariff to vote for downward re-
vision and, If there is reduction oi
rates all around l believe the wool
growers will not object to standing
their proportionate share OF reduc
tiOns,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
House Rejects Amendments.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The house
of representatives., by q vote of l72 to
liz, practically q strict party vote,
refused to concur in the Bristow
amendment adopted by the senate to
the house resolution, providing for
the direct election of senator's. The
Bristow amendment leaves congress
the right to regulate the time and
manner of holding these elections,
while the resolution passed by the
house during the early days of the
session would change the constitution
so that "the time, places and manner
of holding elections of senator's shall
be prescibed in each state by the leg
islature thereof"
Representative Sells, republican,
Tennessee, voted against the amend.
ment, while Mr.. Burke, democrat,
Wisconsin, voted for It. Represen.
tive Berger, Wisconsin, socialist,
voted for it.
The resolution, therefore, ia re.
turned to the senate for reconsiders-
ton by that body as to whether 1t will
reverse it's former action.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Wants Pure Food:Law Amended.

NEW YORK, June 2l. - President
Taft this morning sent to Washington
q special message which will be pre-
sented to congress today, recommend.
ing an amendment to the pure food
law.
1t ia the result of recent supreme
court decision which ruled that man
ufacturer could legally label nos.
trum as "cure for consumption "
even though he failed to establish the
curative qualities of his medicine, 90
long as the label complied with the
law In publishing truthfully the chem
ical contents of the remedy.
The president wants congress to pass
further legislation providing that no
misbr anding or misleading statement
whatsoever may be placed on the Ia
bells,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Reciprocity, In the Senate.

WAsHINGToN, June 2l.-Sen ator
Roots long expected explain alton of
his amendment to the Canadian re-.
ciprocity bill was looked for in the
nate today to give the debate on the
measure the impetus it has lacked up
to this time.
The New York senator's amendment
deals with the reciprocity exchange of
print paper and pulp wood by the two
countries, and he has argued that the
bill as it stands is incomplete without
such an amendment. President Taft
has urged the defeat of the amendment
and 1t has been charged that it would
jeopardize the entire agreement.
While the senate was busily eng aged
with reciprocity, the house had on its
program today consideration of the
joint resolution providing for the elec.
tion of United States senators. The
amendment by the senate, providing
for federal supervision of elections
when necess ary, is not to the liking of
southern representatives and before
adjournment it is considered likely
tn at the resolution will be sent to con.
ference with instructions by the house
to oppose the adoption of the provi.
siOn
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
The Lorimer Bribery Case.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-Clarance
S. Funk, general manager of the In.
ternational Harvester company, who
gave an account to the Illinois bribery
investig ating committee, of an alleged
request to him by Edward Hines Of
Chicago, for q SIC, 900 contribution to-
ward a s100, 900 Lorimer election fund,
appeared today before the senate Lor-
inner invessig ating committee.
Mr.. Funk said that he had not only
been hreatened with death but that
he had been followed with threats
ever since he testified in Springfield.
He said five detectives were following
him in Washington, two trailing him
to the senate building after luncheon
today. He said one detective con-
fessed he was hired to "get anything
on him he could"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Preacher Boosts For Baseball.

SACRAMENTO, June 25.-Prefacing
his sermon with a recitation of "Casey
at the Bat," the Rev. Frankling
Baker, pastor OF the Fret Unitarian
church. tonight spoke to q large con.
greg alton in defense of Sunday base.
ball, declaring that the sl5, ,00O, 900
spent for baseball last season was
better expended than the came sum in
foreign missions, and that the game
is Americas mental shower bath.
Declaring that the worship Of one
day instead of seven "belongs even
now to the theological junk pile upon
which are cast infant damnation and
hell fire and brimstone," DR.. Baker
called attention to the large
salaries paid to league players and
the enormous sums spent annually by
the American people in witnessing
their chief source OF amusement.
DR.. Baker is q baseball enthusiast
and q former player, and his dis
course lacked none of the modern
baseball vernacular. He traced the
evolution of the game for the past 81
years until its intern ational recogni'
ton as Americas national sport.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Will Not Be Captured.

BUTTE, June 21.-Whitney, the out.
law, who held up the Monida saloon
and afterwards shot conductor Kidd,
and wounded McGill, Deputy Sheriff
Melton and others, is still at large
and, according to advices received
this afternoon from Idaho Falls, there
ia little prospect of catching him.
Last night, tired cut, he stopped at
ranch house, secured bed for the
night, and departed this morning In
the direction of the Jackson Hole
country. The rancher, while Whitney
was having q hurried breakfast, came
to the conclusion that he was the man
wanted and sent word to Shelly, but
before assistance arrived Whitney
had left.
McGill, the ranchman, and Deputy
Sheriff Melton are still alive, and
there Is some indication that both will
recover although change for the
worst in both cases ia not impro obable
at any time.
Frank Conley, warden of the Mon
tana state penitentiary, said today
that too much had been expected O.
his pack OF bloodhounds. The trai
was too old.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
RYAN Denies Combine.

BUTTE, June 2l.-John D. Ryan,
president of the Amalgamated com.
pany, accompanied by his son Charles
arrived today from the east.
Mr.. Ryan denied that the Amalga-
mated Copper company had taken over
the Missouri River power company for
sl5, 600, 900. Moreover, he said that
the Amalgamated had not acquired
aud did not intend to acquire control
OF or interest in any other power com.
pany, either in Great Falls or near
Helena.
"The Amalgamatedj Copper com.
pany," he said, "has absolutely no
interest in the Missouri River Power
company and had none for several
years. might add that it is not in.
tending to acquire any interest in tha
concern or in any other power com
pany, and that it has no interest VIII at
ever in the Great Falls Power com.
pany, or any other power company.
"When the Hauser lake project was
proposed seven or eight years ago the
Amalgamated company furnished the
money with which to build the plant,
after the lam went out the Amalga'
mated company found it necessary tc
provide for power from another
source, and entered into a contrac,
with the Great Falls Power company
to supply 1t. At that time the Anal
gamsted sold the securities it held ir
the Missouri River company. and hat
had no interest in them since.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
GEORGE V. IS CROWNED.
Hundreds Of Thousands Of People
View the Interesting Ceremonies.

Hundreds Of Thousands Of People
View the Interesting Ceremonies.
LONDON, June 22.-King George w.,
eighth of the house of Hanover, was
today crowned king OF the British en-
pire and given the public homage Of
his worldwide subjects.
With his consort, Queen Mary, his
majesty was crowned in the Abbey Of
Westminster with all the wealth of
religious rites and royal ceremonial
prescribed by custom.
The picture within the gray walled
abbey was one OF medieval splendor.
The coron alton services, solemn and
imposing, we're those handed down
from the earlier centuries and the act.
ors 10 the principal and secondary
roles of today's great function were
garbed in reproductions of the multi
colored, gold embroidered trappings
worn by their ancestors. The latter
made wonderfully effective sitting
around the central figures.
Outside the usually dull streets had
been transformed into mass of color.
The king and queens progress to the
abbey and the route to Buckingham
palace was one unbroken ovation.
The route was hedged with q vast
polyglot host with a background Of
gaily decorated viewing stands and
windows and roofs, all of which were
crammed to their capacity.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators
shouted themselves hoarse at central
points like the Mall, and the entrance
to the abbey archway, where the gov
ernment stands held score of thou
sands. Trafalgar Square was densely
packed with humanity that it would
not have been difficult to traverse the
square walking on the heads of the
people.
The great ceremonial passed off un-
marred by untoward incidents. When
dawn broke the skies were heavy and
showers fell during the progress of
the professions OF the royal guests
and the junior members of the roya
family to the abbey; but when the king
and queen left Buckingham palace to
be crowned, the heavens smiled and q
flood of sudshine frightened the splen.
did pageant. 1t was = proud day in
the British empire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Taft Favors Aldrich Plan.

NEW YORK, June 22.-"There is no
proposttion-I care not what it is, the
tariff. railroads, corpor ations. or
other subjects OF q general political
character-that at all equals the i'm.
portance of putting our banking and
currency system on a business basis
as proposed by the national monetary
commission plan."
So declared President Taft tonight
to a big delegation of bankers and
men prominent in the business and
financial world at banquet OF the
New York State Bankers associa.
ton.
His address was mainly devoted to
a careful elucid alton of the Aldrich
national reserve association plan,
which he warmly commended as pro-
viding for the establishment of the
seven thousand national banks OF
this country on q representative re.
publican basis.'
He declared it a "careful and we'll
drawn plan, devised by non.parti.
san commission to avoid the concen-
ration of controlling influence either
in Wall street or in Washington,
and expressed his belief that the plan,
in its general features ought to com
mend itsel! to "the whole business
community Of the country-the farm
ers and wage earners as we'll as ths
banking, railroad, commercial and
manufacturing interests
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Sandbagged and Robbed.

Los ANGELES, Cal, June 22.-H. 7.
Reid, q diamond merchant, was at
tackled in his Office in the Grant build.
ing today by two men, one of them
armed with q sandbsg, beaten into in
sensibility and robbed of a tray of
gems valued at 5000. The bandits
escaped.
Some hours after the assault was
committed Reid recovered conscious
ness and his groans attracted the at
tention of the occupants of an adioin'
ing building. he was removed to an
hospital and revived sufficiently to
tell of the robbery.
He said that one of the men came
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
The Senate Middle.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-An already
badly tangled situ alton In the senate
was still further complicated today
when the senate finance committee
decided to throw the wooden revision
and so-called farmers free list bills,
recently passed by the democratic
house, into the open senate at once,
to take their ch hances along with con.
elders alton of reciprocity with Canada.
Both measures, however, received
formal adverse committee reports.
The committee refused to take re-
sponsibility for reporting in detail on
these matters at q given time and de.
cided to cast the burden of senate leg.
isla.ion on the coalition of democrat
and insurgent republicans, jointly
brought about last night when the
wool bill came from the house.
"It has been demonstra ated that the
republicans are no longer In control
Of the senate and responsibility has
been taken from them" This state.
ment from Senator Penrose, of Penn.
sylvania, chairman of the once all
powerful committee of finance, today
reflected the chaotic conditions in the
| senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
Probable Lake Disaster.

SALT LAKE, June 23.-There is
much anxiety in this city over the
failure Of any news from q party of
elk which went out on q gasoline
launch on Great Salt Lake yesterd ay.
The party consisted of Joseph Mel.
son, president of the Ssltair Beach
company and five Of his nephews and
nieces. They started on an excursion
to Bird island, q distance of come 30
miles. During the afternoon sud
den storm came up over the lake. 1t
is possible tn at the launch took shelter
on some island or was disabled. The
party should have returned at 8 O'Clock
last night.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
TAFT THREATENS VETO.
President Insists Upon His Own
Brand Of Reciprocity.

President Insists Upon His Own
Brand Of Reciprocity.
WASHINGTON, June "a 1T became
known at the capitol today that Presi.
dent Taft talking over the long dis.
tance telephone from Providence r. l.,
last night, repeated to several sena.
tors that he would veto the Canadian
reciprocity agreement in case an
amendment is added to it:
Senators accept the presidents ulti.
mstum on reciprocity as applicable to
modification which might be made at
the instance of republicans ss we'll as
democrats. Many senator's have re.
ceived kilograms and letters snnounc-
ing q purpose on the part OF farmers
to test the constitutions ality OF the
proposed reciprocity law II it receives
less than two-thirds majority Of the
senate. This position is taken on the
ground that, as the bill carries into
effect the provisions OF treaty, 1t
should receive the vote in the senate
necessary to render treaty effective.
The friends of the measure do not
concede the point, but they are claim
ing the two-thirds.
Speaker Champ Clark issued def
to the administr alton today on learn.
ing OF reports that President Taft is
disposed to veto any general legisla'
ton at the extra session of congress.
The spe aker in q formal statement de.
clared that the whole tariff ought tt
be revised and that the democra attic
party would rest it's case with the
country.
"The tariff ought to be revised from
top to bottom" said Mr.. Clark. "The
people of the land so decided last No
vember. That is their latest maud ate
The house decided that it is best te
revise it schedule by schedule. W.
will continue as we have begun. Th
country endorses what the house II
doing. If the repu blican senate beat
our bills or President Taft vetoe
them, we will appeal to the country an,
it will sustain US. We believe we ar
right. We are not afraid OF a con
test.'