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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
He Couldn't Talk,

At Carnegie Music hall in Pitts
burgh one day an old gentleman was
pointed out to a girl. with the infor
nation that he had once met the
great composer. Rossini. The girl
was musical enthusiast and she
became greatly excited. She sought
an introduction to the old gentleman.
II am told that you once met the
great composer, Rossini." she cried.
YES" said the old man, Il met him
once"
you met the great composer of
William Tell?"
1.-THE same"
How grand! How very romantic!
And would you please tell me what
Rossini had to say?"
WELL he didn't have very much
to say. He was eating spaghetti at
the time. and you know that doesn't
facilitate conversation"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
FLIGHT TO THE MOON
ASTRONOMER DOES NOT THINK
THE FEAT IMPOSSIBLE.
BY the Use of Electrical Force II Can
Be Done, and Doubtless VIII, Ac-
cordine to Professor Gar
rett p. Servlss.

On the deck of La Provence, at the
beginning of an old-fashiOned ocean
tourney for q summer In France, Gar
rett P. Serviss, the well known as
tronomer, talked seriously OF an air
ship service to the moon which he
believes the future has In store fol
man.
Il begin to think seriously. but not
too seriously, now that we have
achieved the navigation of the air by
mechanical means, that there only re-
mains the necessity of providing air
to exist upon and things to eat for
man to go to the moon," he said.-
but we have got to have a new
motive force Electrical propulsion
begins to hint what that force will be
when men fly from planet to planet
You understand we have got to over
come gravity and there are only two
forces which overcome gravity under
certain conditions-pressure OF light
and electricity.
so l say that the first flying ma.
chine to the moon will be based on
the principle OF the pfth ball that
flies away from the conductor OF an
electrical machine. When this has
been accomplished there only remains
to be done what modern chemistry
certainly can achieve; that is, to fill
strong vessel, a spherical vessel, with
enough air and food to sustain man
during the flight. This is not so ride
ulous as 1t may seem, and the modern
achievement OF flying Is step In that
direction"
Incid entally Prof Serviss does not
believe there are any inhabitants on
Mars. "My friend Lowell" he said,
doesn't allow for the fact that Mars
Is too small to retain an atmosphere.
Human beings could not remain on
Mars because there probably Is not
enough oxygen and nitrogen on that
planet. The gravitative force is too
small to retain an atmosphere. The
atmosphere flies away. Those lines
called canals are no doubt natural
phenomenon, notwithstanding the fact
that they look artificial. Their ex-
istence is due to the fact that Mars
Is very fat planet. There are no
mountains there, and waters spread
out In every direction and form con-
Meeting lines The drainage system
runs in every direction and gives that
checkered appearance OF criss-cross-
ing canals"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
LIES IN HOT SALT SOLUTION
Dixie Doctors Try to Save Louisville
(Ky.) Newspaper Man Suffering
From Burns.

Louisville, Ky.-Charles T. Rogers.
who for six years was night editor at
Louisville, and who suffered severe
burns In fire in his rooming house,
lies immersed in a bathtub filled with
saline solution kept at tempera-
ture of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This
course was directed by the surgeon at
tending him at hosuital as a last
chance to save his life. Gangrene has
developed and the doctors hope in
this way to check it.
Mr.. Rogers not only suffered burns
upon his limbs, face and body, but in
hailed fumes as well.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
OFFERS $1,000 FOR BODY
Mrs. Paul Rathmann of Grand RapIds,
Mich, Socks Husbands
Corpse.

New York reward of 81.
900 was offered by Mrs. Paul Rath
mann of Grand Rapids. Mich. for tht
recovery of the body Of her husband
who leaped overheard from the linel
Kaiser wilhelm II. shortly after leay
Ing Charbourg, France, for New York
Mrs Rathmann arrived here on the
liner Frustrated by the death OF hel
husband. Mr.. Rathmann had beer
Ill for long time and went to BAD
Nauheim to take treatment for hear
disease. He was sixty-f1ve years ole
and his wife is sixty.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
Old Men Must Not FIIrt.

Chicago.-Judge Goodnow has de-
cided to give Frank Hughes. 81 years
old, another chance. In the court OF
domestic relations Mrs. Hughes testi-
ned her husband took girls out riding
In his automobile. one named "Tootsie"
being a frequent occupant of the car,
While the Judge remarked that There
ia no fool like an old fool" he did not
feel like sending Hughes to the Bride
we'll and let him go, with an admoni-
ton to cease flirting
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
THE WATER CURE
Few People Drink Enough Water

Few People Drink Enough Water
to maintain the proper amount OF
fluid in the system, to eliminate
through the bowels and kidneys the
waste products of the body. If drink
ing a glass upon rising and between
meals does not keep your bowels act
i've and digestion good, remember the
old reliable IL. F." Atwood's Medi-
cine has been successfully used for
sixty years. Read this letter
Il used to be subject to severe at
tacks of Bilious and Sick Headaches,
but if | feel one coming on, take the
az. F." Atwood's Medicine. 1t helps
me every time. | would as soon be
without water in the house as IL. F."
Atwoods Medicine"
Mrs. e. A. Nolan,
No. Whitefeld, Me.
Sample free for the asking.
IL. F." MEDICINE CO., Portland, Me.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
Maine Central R. R.
Arrangement of Train,
In Effect lure "a,
1912
IIvl:llsl3
lSd,f1il.

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows:
hOO a. M, TOR all points west: al. o To llot "Io
Foxcroft, Bangor and way sta iiony. IL 80 o 81
Tor Wafervi'ie, Oakland, Bingham Lewis
\ isusGt. "A liner, brunswick, I.urtlan nd a'i,
BOSTON, Dexter, lover and Foxcraft. Gnu
vile, Bangor, Aroostook and yashtnsteaii,,
Co, st, John a, d Halifax. 32l D. M on ~.
Watervi.e, enabling passengers l. take afr ,o'
press and night Pullman for +. rtland an "a
Boston--4.lO p M, Sundays only to Watnsu
viile, connecting for Portland, i:oston ari
New York ana
Arrivals :--7.I5 a. m, from WateryiIle dam.
except sundays 2b a. m. Pass .nper fry
Portland, Oakland, Waterville, A ug7Ista an
nahgo 8, ~ and go p. m, from all points
and Mt lO3 a. IN. Sundays only. '''
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
What We Never Forget

according to science, are the things
associated with our early home life
such as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that
mother or grandmother used to euro
our burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin
eruptions, cuts, sprains or bruises.
Forty years of cures prove its mel It.
Unrivaled for piles, corns or CO. !
sores. Only 25 cents at +. w. b. ..
nam, Sampson e Avore, The Full. E.
Drug Co, G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
Would Keep Girls From Stage.

Are great artists happy? Emma
Calve, one OF the most talented, adj
mired, and in every way successful
artists the world has ever seen, has
for a number of years made a special
ty of advising girls to get married and
try to make happy homes instead of
studying for the stage. Her latest
statement OF her views. which she
says she has held ever since she was
twenty-five, was given to a journalist
In Los Angeles. 20, the girls" she
exclaimed, the hundreds, the thous-
ands of poor girls You will write
just what say? Then write that but
one woman in hundred thousand
who tries wins. There Is In a million
one Geraldine Farrar, one Emma
Games, one Schumann-Heink. Do you
grasp what that means? l have seen
them-these girls that come to Paris
to study. to fight their way among
men. When the day comes that ]
shall teach I shall teach no girl fol-
the stage. l will teach only the rich
girls who wish to sing for accomplish.
ment. for home, for husband-that Is
o woman's place. New York Eve
ming Post.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
Dlscouraelne.
whats the matter?"
"Oh. nothing"

whats the matter?"
"Oh, nothing"
mo, no, don't tell me that. Some
thing disagreeable or discouraging has
happened. Your look shows It,"
well. If you insist on knowing.
started out this morning feeling af
gay and clipper as a boy Of twenty
but little while ago met a former
sweetheart of mine and she told me
that her second daughter had just
graduated from high school. Say, are
the wrinkles around my eyes very no
ticeable7"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

We know best what we are least
conscious of knowing.
1t is fine thing to know when to
let go. Many a man holds on too long.
1t is better to jump overheard than to
go down with the sinking ship
A girl can get figure out of her
imagination and looking glass.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
Uncle Ezra Saws

1T don't take morn gill NV effort
to git folks into peck of trouble" and
little neglect of constipation, bill
business, indigestion or other liver de-
rangement will do the same. If all
ing, take DR.. Kings New Life Pills for
quick results. Easy, safe, sure, and
only rs cents at f. w. Buchanan,
Sampson & Avore, The Fuller Drug
Co., G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

Family Warned by Mental TeIepathy.
Detroit, Mich.-Mental telepathy
aided Mrs. Richard Meyer to foretell
her fathers death at st. Louis, Mo.
He died shortly after telepathic CON-
munication had been flashed to all his
children. Mrs. Meyer claims that for
years the family has been warned OF
impending disaster by similar flashes
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
klNEO TO OAK AND

f-Stop ON gnal or ON notice 10 COnductor
t-naily except Sundays
"-Daily, Sundays included.
+-Daiy except Saturdays,
At kineo Station steamer connects to ora
from all points OH Moosehead Lake
ii. u. WALDRDN, Gen. Passenger Ar
NORRIS MCDONALD, ~
Vice President and General MANAGER
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

Great ideas don't have to prove it
with lectures and magazine articles;
they just make good.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

How very small the world seems
when you are trying to dodge an
enemy, and how very large when look
ing for friendi
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

Order is mans greatest need and
his true well being.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

In the reflection of heat brass
stands first and silver tin, steel and
lead in the order named.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

The wages of sin are paid no mat
ter what the industrial conditions may
be.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

We know men whose idea of being
perfecly wild consists in partaking
of the free lunch.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

Much of a woman's self-confidenc
Is due to the fit of her gown.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some persons have the ob-be-cheer
full habit so badly that they can ac
tually enjoy their friends misfortunes
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-05

Swimmers should look before they
dive.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
BLIND MEN PROTEST
AGAINST BLIND BEGGARS
Petition Is Presented to Macon
Asking That They Be Bar
red from Streets
Especial Dispatch to The Journal)

MACON, Ga, May 23.-An amusing pc
tition that will be presented to city
council at their next meeting is that
of the blind men of Macon, who reside
here altogether, asking that other blind
men who traverse the country with a
musical instrument and a tin cup. not
be allowed to operate i'm Macon.
They declare in their petition that per-
sons contributing to these so-called blind
men. encourage them into a life of a
vagrant They aver that these tin cup
and grinding organ men are willing to
lay aside any vestige of self-respect
which many of them had at one time
TO use their blindness as means of
preying upon public sympathy and char
ity to get something for nothing. They
city instances whore the blind operators
have been the means of causing great
trouble In the blind academys of the
country.
For the past year, all blind Migrants
have been refused admittance to the local
Institution for the blind and the author
tiles in charge declare that the school
will never be at their assistance again,
unless a ban is placed on the professional
blind men. from begging in Macon
The petition viii probably be acted on
favorably by council which will mean
an end to the begging of tin cup musi-
clans who have been found in Macon
for years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
WANT SOUTHERN MAN ON
TICKET WITH ROOSEVELT
Club tor White Voters Only
Formed to Boom ROoSe-
welt Campaign

The organization OF southern white
sentiment supporting Theodore Roose-
welt for president was begun in Allan
ia Thursday morning when a. caucus
OF about a dozen men assembled at 3
O'Clock. in the office Of Edward IL.
Walker, at 80 North Forsyth street.
elected officers and organized the
Southern Roosevelt Campaign club, 10
be open to white voters only. The pu--
poses Of the club are TO help. split
Georgia and the south for Mr.. Roose-
Welt, in the event of his nomination by
the Republican convention, and to Sc
cure the name of a southern man for
vice president on the ticket with Nc.
Roosevelt.
Edward n Walker, candidate for gov
ernor Georgia two years ago. formerly
mayor Of College Park, where he now
resides. was elected president of The
club. DR.. Horace Grant was elected
treasurer; II. X Dranke was elected
secretary. and A. G. Moser was elected
assistant treasurer. An executive COM
mittee will be chosen later. In the
meantime the canvass for members VIII
be carried on. and when the time is ripe
for il a general meeting Of the mem
bership will be called. precedent to the
opening, Of headquarters in Atlanta and
the Inauguration Of other details Of
the proposed work
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
STRIKERS AND POLICE
BATTLING IN BUDAPEST
Two Labor Union Men Killed.
Twenty-Five Police Badly
Wounded
(By Associated Press.

BUDAPEST. Hungary, May %
Sharp battles between the police and
strikers have been frequent all over the
city throughout the morning. Two strik-
ers have been killed and many of the
police and strikers wounded, % of the
latter severely.
Practically all the trade unionist
workmen in Budapest with the excep-
tion Of municipal employees. struck work
this morning as result of a resolution
passed last night by the socialist union,
which proclaimed a general strike as
a protest against the election of Count
Tisza as speaker of the lower house.
Count Tisza is a strong opponent of
universal suffrage.
The most serious encounter occurred
on Outer. Wigner street, where the
strikers took possession of big build
ing, from which they fired at the po-
lice with revolvers. After several of
the policemen had been hit with bull
let's, the officer in charge ordered the
men to return fire.
Several volleys were fired into the
crowd and two of the strikers were
killed and a dozen wounded.
The strikers in the building, unable
to withstand the sharp reply of the
police, fled.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
Senate COMMITTEE Report Con
dennis Dead Captain for Not
Needing Warnings : General
Conditions Also Criticised
tBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The senate
commerce committee today considered the
report on the Titanic disaster, which
will be submitted to the senate next
Tuesday. 1t will be a sweeping arraign-
ment of the conditions under which the
Titanic raced along through the iceberg
area to her doom.
, 1t is understood the report will severe
ly criticise Captain Smith, of the Titanic,
as mainly responsible for the disaster,
because of failure to heed the warnings
of other vessels; the British board of
trade for lax inspection J Bruce Ismay,
who was a passenger, and will point to
the lack of discipline in the time of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
BUMPER DAT CROP
FORECAST IN SUMTER
Yield win Probably Reach a
Quarter of Million
Bushels
Especial Dispatch to The JournaI)

Especial Dispatch TO The Journal.)
b AMERICUS. Ca. May 23.@The oat
crop Of sumter county is the finest this
season produced in a number OF years.
and. in the opinion Of capable judges.
viii probably yield a quarter million
bushels. Sumter is the banner grain
county OF south Georgia. and last year
produced an cat crop OF 100000 bush
els The acreage in oats this season
IS not as great perhaps. as last year,
but the crop is a better one. and the
net yield will be quite as large The
machines and reapers are busy this
week on the fine farms about Americas.
AMI vast fields Of magnificent oats and
rye alike are being cut down
on some farms the yield in oats il
as high as 80 bushels per acre. although
the general average is IS TO 80 bushels.
Several farmers here are so well
pleased with results I'm growing grain
that they viii almost abandon cotton
IN future. as corn. oats. rye and hay
are produced az such small cost as COM
pared with cotton production
one large farmer in Americas who
operates 80 plows and makes 500 bales
OF cotton annually. declares his inten-
tion or converting his entire farm into
grain fields next year. cutting out cot
ton almost altogether.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
.S4,OOO,OOO COMBINE
Of GEORGIA COTTON
OIL MILLS FORMED
Empire Cotton Oil Company Is
Organized and Has Acquired
Twelve of the Largest Cot
ton Seed Mills in State

A million-dollar corporation,
known as the Empire Cotton OIL COM
pany. has been organized in Atlanta,
and has acquired 12 of the largest and
most important cotton seed oil mills in
Georgia. the Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer
company being among the number.
This corporation. which will have its
central offices in Atlanta. wah promoted
and organized by the Trust Company
OF Georgia. and all of the directors and
principal clients of the trust company
are substantially interested in the big
undertaking. a
The officers OF the Empire Cotton oil
company are Thomas Egleston, well
known Atlanta insurance man, president;
f. p. McBurney. secretary and manager
West View Cemetery association. and
capitalist. vice president and general
manager, L. G. Neal. vice president At
lanta Oil and Fertilizer company. vice
president and manager fertilizer depart
ment.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Composing the board OF directors
are. Charles E. Currier. president At
lsnta National bank; John f. Murphy
capitalist; Ernest Woodruff, president
Trust Company of Georgia; J.. n.
Goddard. manager ConkEn Tin Plate
and Metal company; L. G. Neal, vice
president Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer
company; j. NJ. Diffey. general man
ager Bainbridge on company; Nell r.
Wilkinson. secretary Van Wrinkle Gin
and Machinery company; G. L. G.
Thomas. manager Madison Cotton Oil
company; Thomas Egleston. of the IN
surance firm of Egleston & Prescott:
Z. P. McBurney, Capitalist and secre-
tary and manager West View Gene
terry association; j. +. Smith, Jr.,
president Lawrence Cotton OIL compa-
ny Dublin. and Edward. H. Inman, of
the cotton firm of Inman. Akers & In
man.
All Of the mills in the big combine are
located in Georgia, although it is under
stood the company may extend its opera
lions into other southern states. Mills
already acquired are situated in Atlanta.
Valdosta, cambridge, Madison. Dublin
and other Georgia cities. Only one of
the I2-the Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer
company's-is In Atlanta. The full list
of the various properties taken over by
the Empire Cotton oil company has not
been made public.
100000 CAPITAL.
The 10 mills, which are to form the nu-
cleus of the new corporation, and to
which Others are to he added as rapidly
as they can be erected and purchased.
now crush 1900 tons OF cotton seed per
annum.
The capital stock Of the Empire Cot
ton oil company is divided into $4,000
600 common stock and S2,0OO,OOO per
cent preferred stock. Two million and
I'VE hundred thousand dollars worth
of this stock, divided equally between
preferred and common, will be issued
at once, and il is said that the full
amount has already been subscribed.
1t is said that the combination of
mills into one large corporation will
greatly reduce expenses of manage
ment. This corporation will be well
provided with capital and will, ii is
said, begin business with cash on hand
Of upwards OF S400s000
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-24
ROOSEVELT OHIO VICTORY
COMPLETELY ROUTs TAFT
But Harmon Lead Over Wilson
Decreases AS Late Returns
Come in
az Assooiated Prea..l

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2s.-Scattering
returns from the most distant districts
which have been received within the last
few hours indicate that Colonel Roose-
velt's delegates acquired in Tuesdays
primaries will not drop below the 30 hith-
erto accorded him. Governor Wilson, of
New Jersey, however, has made slight
gains and there is a possibility that
Governor Harmon's delegates will not to-
tai more than q.
HARMON LEAD DECREASES.
A count of the Democratic preferential
vote, with seven counties only partly
complete, give Governor Wilson 10,137
votes and Governor Harmon 23,22S. a plu-
rality to the Ohio governor of 1901
While the seven counties, IT Is thought
may reduce Harmons plurality slight
ly, no important change in these figures
is expected.
LOSES HOME COUNTY.
The governor lost his home county,
Hamilton in the first district, by
close race. but suffered no loss of dele
g2tes there, in as much as his oppo-
nent had no candidates for delegates.
On the basis of fluctuations of delegates
to the Republican state convention, Colo
mel Roosevelt apparently has 3S7 out of
754 while 37S are necessary to control.
The county conventions to which dele
gates were elected Tuesday and at which
al! but % counties will name state dele
gates have not yet met but estimates
in each county accord Colonel Roosevelt
an advantage.
TAFT DYING HARD.
Taft supporters do not admit this, how
ever, and intimate that the president
wi! have enought strength in the state
convention in June to give him the six
delegates at large to the Chicago con-
vention, over which the chief fight in the
state is to be waged