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R|CHESON PAYS The
PENALTY
Electrocuted Tuesday
Morning at 1917
Walked to the Chair Erect and Main
talned His COmpOsure While Straps
We're Being Adjusted.

Clarence Y. T. Richardson was cleo
trocuted at 12.17, Tuesday.
The current was turned on at
t2:10:02 and the prisoner was pro-
nounced legally dead at l217
The former Baptist clergyman con-
fessed poisoner of Avis Linnell of
Hyannis, his one-time sweetheart was
outwardly calm when he entered the
death chamber and he maintained his
composure while the straps and cleo
trodes were being adjusted as he sat
in the electric chair.
Richeson walked to the chair erect,
eyes straight ahead, until he sat down
Then he closed his eyes and kept them
shut until the end.
Seated in the chair, he was asked a
series of questions by Rev. Herbert s.
Johnson, his spiritual adviser. In the
course of his answers he said: God
will taks care of my soul and | pray
for all. | forgive everybody. The
last of the questions was: Are you
willing to die for Jesus sake?' The
reply in an even, -modulated tone
was simply: Il am willing to die"
The current applied was 1900 volts,
eight amperes. One application was
sufficient.
Douglas Richeson of Chicago. broth
pr of the former CLERGYMAN claimed
the body, Monday Before the remains
could be turned over to relatives it
was necessary that DR.. Geo. b. Ma
grath, medical examiner of Suffolk
county, performed an autopsy as pro
yided by law. This he planned to do
during the forenoon at the county
morgue, where the body was taken af-
ter the electrocution.
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with the experience of two weeks it
would seem that Curtis should have
known how to have attended to the
difficulty without any help from any
one Curtis was not pleased with this
remark and after some arguments it
was agreed to settle the matter after
work was completed, with the fists.
They lett the mill together and OPP
posite the Pulp company's land. Cur
tbs observed that he was ready to set
tie the difficulty and stopped to set
down an article he had in his hand,
when it is alleged Hawes picked up
a sharp piece of rock weighing In the
neighborhood of a pound and hurled
it at Curtis. 1t struck him just over
the ear and he fell to the ground. This
seemed to frighten Hawes and he ran
to the aid of the man he had
injured calling for help. With the as
sistance of others he got him into a
wagon and started him for DR.. Green's
hospital, who with DR.. Piper worked
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important law and hat Tho people
should take advantage OF IT, 1t gives
the people the right Of power and
takes it away from the bosses who
have heretofore controlled our nomi-
nations. It gives the people self
government that they have never
known before He urged upon those
present the necessity of enrolling be
fore they can vote at the primaries.
In Skowhegan between 300 and Goo
Republicans have enrolled so far The
straight Republican vote two years
ago he said, was only 147. It
shows that there is marked change
in sentiment We used TO have from
zoo to sao Republican votes It will
b. Republican town at next falls
election We shall get out the larg-
est vote Of any town in the State in
September. don't remember" he
said when there has been so much
interest in the political situation as at
present and unless every sign fails
Somerset County Will 20 1000 majority
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gality of members of the Legislature
holding other offices of profit under
the State Although some of the
judges lodged the issue, Whitehouse,
Emery and Peabody, sustained Mr..
Walkers contention by handing down
the decision that the practice was IL
legal. The decision dealt a deadly
blow to that form of graft.
In 1902 Mr.. Walker came to Show
hogan where he continued his inter
est in lumber manufacturing Four
years later he bought the mill prop
erty and a farm located at Malbon's
Mills, where he now resides. In ad
dition Mr. Walker has business inter
ests in Madison, Cornville, Mercer,
Rome, New Sharon, and Starks. By
rare business acumen, and the thrift
characteristic of his long line of New
England ancestors, he has wrested
competence from life He owes his
success to his industry and cheerful
optimism rather than to the smiles
of fortune; he is a self-made man in
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-23
AN EVENT FOR CHILDREN
TUESDAY EVENING
Given by the Members OF the Priscilla
Rebekah Lodge in the Lodge Rooms

Tuesday evening was a very happy
ella Rebekah Lodge observed child
ren's evening. The attendance was
large and a program WAS presented
as follows arranged by Miss d. Jet
Briggs assisted by the other teachers
of the public schools. Flag drill,
children; song. Who Made the First
Flag" Dorothy Gaylord; exercise, 3rd
and 9Th grade girls; song, Let us
Sing of the Flag" 9Th grade girls and
piano solo, Ella Flanders; song End
grade girls; exercise 3rd grade; solo,
Berdena Waller; recitation, Wilbur
Chase; solo, Helen Hight; recitation,
Raymond Fogg; piano solo, Pearl
HarvilIe; exercise, 5th grade; recita-
ton, Dorothy Dane; recitation, Ken
meth Copp; exercise, Kindergarten;
song, Joel Taylor; recitation, Mylon
Jacobs; piano duet Velma Fogg, Haz-
ell Burkhardt; recitation, Ruth Waller;
song, Miss Sweet; song, Katherine
Burns, Delight Trufant, recitation,
Margaret Sheaf, Marion Jacobs; reci-
tation Wendell Thompson; solo, Gladys
Simpson; exercise, Vera Heseltine,
Edna lie Forte; piano solo, Mahlon
Gerrish.
At the close of these very enter
tanning numbers, ice cream and cake
were served under the direction of
Mrs. Martha Davis, chairman of the
refreshment committee, and the little
folks enjoyed themselves with games
etc
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JUNIOR EXHIBITION.
A Breezy Comedy to be Presented by
This Glass Tomorrow Evening, Fol-
lowed by Junior Prom.

The members of the Junior class will
have their annual exhibition to-mor-
row evening in the Opera House. the
nature of the entertainment being a
comedy entitled "A College Town, "
with Miss Hazel T. Leayitt the popular
dramatic coach as director 1t is ar
ranged in three acts and there will be
specialities by Airline Burnor, who
will play the piano solo, Blue Bells, "
and by Sherman N. Shumway, who will
read "A Modern Sermon" Following
the presentation of the play the annual
Junior promenade will be held in
Grange Hall.
Included on the cast is:
Jimmie Cavendish A Rah-Rah Boy.
Sherman n. Shumway; Tad Cheseldine
The College Cut-Up, Carroll F. Nor
rill; Leyiticus, The Ace of Spades,
Charles Sheridan; Major Kilpeppe, The
Head of the Military, Clifton F. Wheel
er; Professor Senachairib Popp, Dom
aid w. Philbrick; Scotch McAllister,
The Football Captain, Gerald C. Mar
BILE; Shorty Long, The Ubiquitous
Freshman, Carroll B. Flanders; Billy
Van Dorm. On the Glee Club, Joseph
R. Sandford; DR.. Twiggs, On the Fac
ulty, Chester A. Nutting; Miss Jim"
Charming, The Girl from Dixie. Marie
L. Merrill; Majorie Hairland, The Col
lege Widow, Marie L. Brown; Mrs
Baggsby, Ma" a Popular Landlady
A. Beulah Currie; Miss Jane Caven-
dish, Wall ST, N. Y, Agnes P. Mantor;
Mrs, Cleopatra Popp, Helen Pratt;
Mrs. Mollie Stiles, A Honeymooner,
Eunice E. Chase; Miss Twiggs, A Rel
ic of other Days, Margaret Young;
Mrs. Twiggs, A Motherly Old Soul, Ar
line Burnor; Mrs. Schlanber Mabel
Hall.
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BOARD Of TRADE
MEETING
Betterment OF Condi-
tions Discussed
An Enthusiastic Gathering at the Num-
icipal Building Friday Evening.

Owing to the numerous other bust
ness and amusement attractions in
SkoWhegan, Friday evening, there was
not an extremely large attendance at
the Board of Trade meeting held in
the Municipal building, several mat
ters of interest however for the better
ment of local conditions were discus
sed and necessary matters were at
tended to.
The president, Carleton p. Merrill,
presided and the first matter taken up
was the reading of letter by the sec
retary, John II. Lancaster, from the
Boston Chamber of Commerce, asking
the Board to choose delegates to at
tend the National Forest Commission
In Washington, as regards to the Ma
tional Forest Reserve in the White
Mountains and to urge that the 81
100000 appropriation be spent before
June 30, when if at that time it was
unspent 1t would revert to the L. S.
Treasury. The delegates chosen were
The plan of having Dr. A. A. Downes
of Fairfield appear before the board
on the matter of tuberculosis and to
take steps in forming an anti-crusade
league here was brought up and 1t was
voted to leave this matter with the
Village Improvement and Sanitary
committee. This committee with whom
any interested party can confer, is
made up of Ernest c. Butler, Esq, DR..
L. A. Dascombe, c. r. Cook and w. T.
Seekins, the latter being a special
member appointed at this meeting.
1t was decided by those present to
refer the matter of disposition Of rub
bish to the selectmen and it was also
voted to notify the selectmen that they
were TO use their efforts to prohibit the
posting of bills on telephone poles. The
secretary was instructed to confer
with the owners Of the pole lines in
order to get their assistance in stop
ping the matter.
1t was asked that the secretary
write Congressman Gould to the eff
feet that he request the L. s. Geologi-
cal Survey to publish Skowhegan in
their quadrangle in which at the pres
ent time it is missing
In closing it was voted to adjourn
until September, subject to special
call.
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liam T Scokiu9. fiee presidents. T.
y. Merrill. Bin Y. Page, 4 X. But
Ter. Clyde II. Smith. secretary VIII
Elliott; treasurer, L F. Merrill, d!-
rectors, Forrest Goodwin, j. ". Fog
Ter, Carleton p. Merrill Henry Lewia,
Irving Rice, Everett Adams, Lawrence
Cock kburn, Harry Churchill Arthur
Jones, Charles Gardner, Arthur Jew
EFT. Charles Adams, Thomas Thibo-
deau. S. H. Bradbury Maurice Mer-
rill, Charles A. Ross, Thomas Dione.
Bert Green, Harlie Wyman. John Z.
Taylor was appointed secretary pro
tenn in absence of the secretary.
The most interesting feature OF the
meeting was an address by Hon. For
rest Goodwin, candidate for Congress
from the Third Maine District He
told the fellows that he was going
to speak informally but before he Was
through with his address he had way
ed eloquent and gave the audience one
of the best informal speeches heard
here for a long time He dealt large
ly with facts and talked at quite a
length on the working Of the Direct
Primary Law. He said 1t Was an
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-23
EVERETT SAVAGE
DROWNED
Accident Occurred in
River Below Bingham
Was at Work on Boom and ii is
Thought He Had a Attack OF Heart
Failure.

A drowning accident in which Ever
EFT Savage was the victim, occurred in
the river a few miles below Bingham
1t is the general opinion that the
young man had a sudden attack OF
heart failure and pitched headlong in
to the swift water. Searchers drag
ged the river for day and half, but
were unable to locate the body.
He was about a years of age and
is survived by a wife and two children
one three years old and the other only
two days when the accident occurred.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-23
SKOWHEGAN ODD Eel,
LOWS CONFER DEGREE
At District Meeting OF Lodges OF that
Order in Madison Friday Evening

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men He was also very prominent
in Party politics, acting as member of
the Republican Town Committee ten
years and as member of the County
Committee four years. In 1898 he
was nominated by the Republicans Of
the district composed of Starks, An
son, New Portland and Norridgewock,
as their candidate for Representative
to the Legislature, and elected by a
large majority. So eminently salts
factory did his Legislative service
prove that in 1900 he was re-nominat-
ed-an unusual courtesy in this dis
trict-and elected by an increased ma
iority
In the House of Representatives he
served as Chairman of the Committees
of Education and Temperance and, as
a member of the Committees on Elec-
tons and the University of Maine. He
labored earnestly and consistently in
behalf Of education, economy, and
equalization of taxation. He intro
duced and succeeded in passing
through the Legislature an order ask
ing the judges of the Supreme Court
to decide upon the Constitutional le-
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over the victim for the most of the

over the victim for the most OF the
forenoon.
Halves was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff J. L. Foss while returning
from an errand a short distance from
the village and was taken to Skowhe
gan. When arraigned before Judge
Lawrence he plead guilty and was
held under $500 bonds He is await
ing trial before Judge Lawrence to
morrow and is confined at the Somer-
set County Jail.
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Card OF Thanks.

We wish to express our thanks to
the kind friends and neighbors for the
help rendered and sympathy shown
during our bereavement in the death
of our dear husband, son and brother.
Mrs. Maggie +. Graffte.
Mr and Mrs. Thomas Grafftc,
Mr.. and Mrs A. A Graffte,
Mr. and Mrs. W. j. Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. / l. Graffte.
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Gerrish, Z W Ochampaueh and e r
Oliver. Remarks were also made ~
past grands, A. Johnson OF Virginia
Willis Emery of North Auson, f. /.
Powers, F. /. Harding and II. Ladd Of
Madison
At the close of the meeting a supper
was served in the banquet room by
the ladies of Sterling Kebekah lodee.
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the broadest sense of the word Dur
ing his residence in Skowhegan he
has been very active in party politics.
For ID years he has been a member
of the Grange; and like most Grang-
ers, believes that the tax laws should
be revised SO as to lift the burden of
over taxation from the shoulders Of
the farmer and small householder and
oblige the wild land owners" and
coporate interests to assume their
share of the load He is not only a
believer in but a practicer of temper
ance and is a staunch advocate of the
Prohibtory law and its enforcement.
AS regards conservation Mr.. Walker
strenuously urges the use of Maine
water power for the benefit of her
people-not its transmittal to other
states to the detriment of Names
manufacturing industries.
The record of his life and public
service cannot fail to appeal to the
voters of the county, for it demon
strates his ability to cope with any
problem which may be presented, and
to work earnestly and steadfastly for
the right.
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Republican H.>t tail have been al
over The county and End this s!fua-
uou ~ 1usestigaron He coutnu-
I'D i Ms over in PIttsGeld TO attend
a Republican banquet recently and
There were loa Republicans present.
The town normally casts only 200
Republican votes" He stated that
there @ere twenty at that banquet
who said Two years ago they voted for
Plaisted and further said that no mat
ter what kind OF candidate the
Republicans put up they should vote
for him instead OF repeating their vote
of two years ago.
Mr. Goodwin urged the voters 10 get
out TO the polls If you want the
boss ridden system stay at home; if
not, get out 10 the polls In his
own behalf as a candidate for Con
gress he said
4 passed In my resignation as a.
torney for the Maine Central Railroad
when | announced ny candidacy TO
take effect at once. except the cases
now pending in court hope to be
nominated at the June primaries and
Continued on Page thrccI
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Master Bernard Kennedy has been
quite i'll this week threatened with
pneumonia.
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Clyde Sanderson has accepted a
position as clerk at Sampson G.
Azores.
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Money may be filthy lucre, but it a.!
comes out IN the wash.
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troller Tracewell, of the Treasury partments are prohibited from buying anything not specified in contract.
 For example, some bureaus using cards of standard make order these cards whenever necessary. charging the expense to the department. The ruling would prevent such practice unless it happened that those cards were specified in the original con- tract.
 Applying this ruling to the office furniture question, an impossible sit uation might easily arise. Should any department, or any bureau, de- sire for any reason to buy in the open market, some standard filing cases to match those it now has, it could not do so if the proposed COIL tract were enforced. The govern ment then would be committed to the purchase of only the freak goods, and it would be illegal to buy any other furniture to match that now in the offices, notwithstanding that the new goods are not stand ard, and would not coincide with anything now on hand.
 In view of these departures from sound business administration, it is the intention Of cartain onpUrnccmpp to ask that change in the meth ods of letting government contracts he made. A central committee of some kind has been urgently sug- gested by manufacturers, but the proposition advanced is that if the government wants economy, it can get it only by adopting sound busi- ness methods. " XtSE
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and Assistant Barnett, were congrat- ulated freely on the splendid success they had made of the occasion.
FORMALLY BEAR' IS
 DISORDERLY DANCE

Minneapolis, Minn., June 15.-That the Grizzly Bear," dance constitutes disorderly conduct was the decision of Judge Smith in the case of Miss Ida Johnson and Miss Mildred Swan son, and the girls were released on probation to appear in court today.
 It was charged that the young wo- men had performed the dance in a local hall and they were arrested by Miss Emile Gloriouz, a policewoman engaged by the city to look after the morals of dance halls, picture houses and similar places of popular amuse- ment. The officeress testified that in her opinion the dance was very objectionable, and Detective Gleason. who had seen the dance in burlesuue houses, also offered the opinion that the contortions were Suggestive.
 His honor was given demonstra- ton of the movement by reporter and an attorney, and agreed that it was no sort of a dance for girls to perform in public dance halls.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-16

project, either in size, in quantity of water carried, and the natural diff culties which had to be overcome With the Roosevelt Dam and the
 Yuma project to their credit in less than three years, the service could well afford to rest on it's laurels, but Director Newhall is authority for the statement that the next feat under- taken by his engineers will eclipse both of these wonders and do more than both of them together for the betterment of America and the cheap CT living of the American people. What, this feat will be the Director Will not say, but it will have to be
 stupendous indeed to surpasS the Yuma Siphon.
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RIVERS CROSS
 EACH OTHER Great Engineering Feat Will Be Completed by Re clamation Service Soon. FOR IRRIGATION 
 Colorado River is Diverted Through Huge Turner Under Gila River In Arizona.
FOR IRRIG A TON
t -5 (By Jonathan Winfield.)

Washington, D. G., June 15.--The latter part of this month will mark the opening of the most stupendous piece of engineering ever undertaken by the Reclamation Service of the Interior Department.
 Scarcely had the first wave topped the Roosevelt Dam, rushing onward toward the desert region which it was to irrigate than the experts of the Reclamation Service cast their eyes about@for some other natural obstacle which they might overcome and thus aid Americans to add to the resour- ces of their country. The desert, of which the Service has reclaimed more than a million acres up to the present time, seemed to be the most profitable place for future work and Director Newhall, accordingly sent out letters to the governors of the desert states asking the questions Of irrigation which seemed insur- mountable be submitted to the ser- Vice for a possible solution.
 The reply from the governor of Arizona won the prize and it was decided to try the ingenuity of the service on the following problem.
 Tho C01nrodo ri1 in Cy between the lower part of Arizona and California, carries vast amount of water which might be used for the irrigation and fertilization of the fuma Misa, which, at present, is en- arely barren and sterile because of the lack of moisture. The Gila (pro- nounced Hila) river forming the nor mern boundary of the Mesa is a nckle stream, seldom remaining iii : tne same place for two consecutive months and oftentimes shifting as much as five or ten miles in a sin sie season, so it was impracticable " >'@P 'lio otI ICdll WILL VIEW CO COll auctlng the water through canals to ; Ae mesa. For the same reason it was not possible to tap the Colorado aoove the Gila and run the water uoWn in canal under the Gila and thence to the mesa, for the Gila would not remain in one place long { enough to be undermined.
 Therefore the question was how to , set the water over the Eastern bank oI the Colorado so as to irrigate the mesa.
 plrector Newhall accordingly sent eAperts from Washington to the sou'nern part of Colorado and told "em te take measurements of the ,atrouhdlng country and to report to 3 .'u as to the best methods of con- s uucting water to the 100000 acres of arid mesa.
 ine experts stated that the only E 'as 10 accomplish this feat would be