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The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Gay Season in prospect

to but
n which the wind blows and there which
go exceedingly gay one
al ball will rolling earlier than
informal undoubtedly
Wilson her Mr. preceding wedding
Der % Then the members Of the Cabinet will also be kept busy returning the
hospitality extended them last of the
prevented their acknowledging a that
The society during
after and girl
lie the mght The debanes steadily growing all
they all extremely Among those who will make bid for
social Miss daughter the Speaker
and Mrs Clark Miss Frances Moore daughter Mrs Clarence Moore Miss
Mary Ghen daughter Ghn; Miss Hardy dauh
ter Representative and Mrs Rufus Hardy; Miss Cae oke Smith daugh
Representative California; Miss Fern Church. daugh
daughter OF Mr. Alexander Brn; Miss Hope Norman daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Guy Norman Miss Helen He daughter of Col Charles
Robert w.
Miss Marie Elaine Denepre de of Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Denege and
Miss Mrs Be wife of Representative Bea of
Texas
Diplomatic Corps usually of its
rank promises be
make the
Spring Ambassador, Nine
Dba of the Ambassador They said be
charming will at and social prestige entertainments
without they will be much
sought after.
where she recently, Nine
Dumba Washington her husband here 1t said
that the fine old embassy building Connecticut Avenue from the
British Embassy will be used the nce the Austrian Embassy and
residence belonging Mr. George Howard in
The Avenue o. Presidents his wife and himself
Nine Dumba her husbands junior and said to be
accomplished and
mastered languages She fond of golf and horseback
Nine Dumba each other
friendship husbands represented
respective al Stockholm
Spring Rice the British Embassy will again the
NY Neither the Ambassador
Bryce society hospitality the
bachelors
have been detailed the embassy staff and their presence will also add to the
gayey
Laly Spring NJ. and al
ready paid their the First Lady of the Land they July
within distance of the Summer White House Cor
n. social questions settled by Mrs
andth of diplomats friendly
Bakhnneef will
diplomats They
villa October q
Dplomaque
heels sail this
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Sails for Europe

Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte, who has di-
vided the summer. between Newport, r.
l., and Bar Harborp Ne, sailed yester-
day for Europe.
Mrs. Amy n. Talbot and her daughter.
Miss Amylita Talbot, are spending a few
days in New York, en- route to Wash
ington. They have spent most of the
summer at Utica, N. Y. The marriage of
Miss Talbot and Mr.. Charles Wilson will
be one of the social events of the early
fall.
Commander c. NJ. Stone, q. S. N, and
Mrs Stone have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Kath-
crime Virginia Stone, to Ensign Frederick
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Leaves for Ann Arbor

A delightful entertainment was given
by DIR. and Mrs. Lyman F. Kebler. at
their 'home in Park Road, Wednesday
evening. in honor of their daughter. Miss
Mabel, who leaves for Ann ArbOr,
Mich. next week, where she will enter
the university. The affair was a surprise
to Miss Mabel. who had been dining with
friends and returned TO find the parlor
filled with guests. During the evening
Miss May Thompson sang a group of
songs and Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe
read a number of dialect stories. Dane
ing was enjoyed by the younger guests,
and later refreshments were served.
Mile. Eugenie Liebschutz. teacher of
French in the Central High School of
this c6y, will stop this winter at 1916
Kilbourn Street. Last June Mile. Lieb-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
CHEVY CHASE.

Mr. and Mrs Clarence E. Dawson ano
sons are in Atlantic City.
The Misses CugIe have returned from
a summer spent in visiting several
Northern resorts.
Mrs. II. 4. COombs and little daughter.
Elizabeth. are home after a short visit
TO Atlantic City.
Mrs. c. E. GaIIiher has gone to Staun-
ton, Va, where she will place her daugh-
ter, Virginia. at school
Mrs w. Z. ChandIee and Miss Grace
Chandlee have returned after the month
Of August spent at Terra Alta. W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royce A. Ruess are in
Bluemont. Va. and will visit in Penn
syIvania before returning home
Mr. I. o. FuIlmer. of Princeton. y. J.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Eberhart.
of Easton, Pa. who have been the guests
of Mr., Mrs. and Miss Fullmer have re-
turned to their respective homes.
Mrs. Walter 5. Abraham and family
have returned from Atlantic City.
Miss Flora McGm has returned from
Berlin. where she was a pupil of Mrs.
Nicklaff- Hempner.
Mrs. Robert L. Corby and family are
again established in their home after
spending the summer at Eagles Mere,
Pa.
Mr. Richard Sanderson, who has been
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Sanderson, has left for st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bates, who have
had the Ellis Platt house in Oliver
Street for the summer. returned to their
town home on Tuesday.
DR. and Mrs. Thomas A. Poole and
daughter. Jane. are home from Eagles
Mere, Pa
Dr. and Mrs. J. A Emery are back
from a ten days fishing trip along the
SusQuehanna River.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Walker. who have
had the Frank cottage for the summer,
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

schultz was given the decoration of an
Officer d'Acadamie by the French gov
ernment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar c. Kaufman and
daughter Ida are at their home in Mount
Pleasant Street. after a three months
stay at Villa Flora, North Brightwood
Sonora Rita L. de Ruiz, of the Ashley
will take possession of her new resi-
dence, 27l6 Ontario Road. and will be al
home TO her pupils and friends after
September "A.
Miss Minnie Kropmans of Baltimore
who was the guest of her sister. Mrs
A f. FOlserat, of II Street. for several
days, returned to her home Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Back from Ocean City

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A. Newman, and
the members OF their family, Miss Ar
temesia Newman. Miss Helen Newman.
Miss Margaret Newman, Miss AzaIia
Newman. Mr.. Pierce Newman, and Mr..
and Mrs. L. Cloud Newman. have re-
turned to Washington from Ocean City.
Nd. where they spent the summer at
their cottage.
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson. wife Of
Lieut.. Burleson, of the Third Field Ar
tillery, at Fort Myer, Va. is in New
York at the Hotel Astor, having return
ed this week from a visit to her par
ents, Judge and Mrs. John c. Walker.
In Galveston, Tex. She will be Joined
in New York by her husband, and after
a visit of week in that city will re-
turn to their home at Fort Myer.
Mrs. Thomas Gilbert Riley announces
the enlargement of her daughter, Sue
Belle. 10 Mr.. William Samuel Creighton,
OF Charlotte, n. G. The wedding is 10
take place on Monday, October ..
Rabbi Louis Egelston stopped for few
days in the city. during the past week.
en- route to his home in Greensboro, n. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Brown. Of
" "ashlnBton, announce the engagement
Of their daughter. Miss Blanche Viola
Brown. to Mr.. Joseph n. MollOy. The
wedding will take place in the early
spring.
Master Worth Bagley Ellsworth, of l2iS
6irard Street, who is with his mother
In Asheville. n. c., entertained a few
friends at . Dortch Avenue on the even
ing Of September Il, the occasion being
his thirteenth birthday. Refreshments
were served on the porch. which has a
big open fireplace on il. All during the
evening a real Southern wood fire was
burning. around which stories were told
to the delight of the children. The deco
tiopS Uara wild mountain
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Behrend. of
Rhode Island Avenue
Mrs. George Richard Smith and her
daughters have closed their cottage at
jamestown. r. l., and have opened their
home in Twenty-first Street
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
THE WALTER MARSHALL con-
CERT
1t Skowhegan Opera House, Friday,
October II.

A grand sacred and classical con-
cert will be given in the Opera House
tomorrow evening, Friday by artists
of European fame. 1t will be the
greatest musical event probably Show
hogan will ever be privileged to hear.
The artists comprise such people as
Nine. Loriat and Mr.. E. Waldo Mar
shall prima donna soprano and solo
baritone of the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. They will be as
sisted by Mrs. F. W. Holmes, pianist,
Mrs. Elise Fellows White, violinist,
and Miss Sue Winchell, violincellist.
Mrs. White needs no Introduction to
the music loving people of Skowhe-
gan. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Fellows and as violin
soloist has charmed many a Skowhe-
gan audience by her wonderful play
ing. The fact that she is to appear
should be sufficient to attract an au-
dience that would fill every seat in
the house.
1t is only owing to the fact that the
season at the Metropolitan does not
open until November that such ar
lists as Nine Loriat and Mr.. Marshall
are available. Manager Clark is to
be congratulated upon giving to the
music loving people of Skowhegan
such an aggregation of stars. Nothing
finer was ever booked, as concert
attraction than this star aggregation. 1t
is bringing to Skowhegan at nominal
price artists which would cost in Bos-
ton or New York from 81 to $5 to hear
Seats now on sale at Bucknam's.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
DIR. Downs OF Fairfield Dead

DR.. Arthur A. Downs of Fairfield,
medical director of the Central Maine
Tuberculosis sanatorium and promi-
nent in anti-tuberculosis work in the
State of Maine, passed away at 1910
A. M, Monday at DR.. Kings private
hospital in Portland, after a week s
illness from cerebral meningitis, aged
80 years, five months.
DR.. Downs was numbered among the
most prominent of the younger mem
bers of the medical profession in the
State and in his efforts toward stem
ming the advance of tuberculosis in
this section of the State he has had
the backing of all public spirited cit
liens and the untimely close of his
career is mourned by all.
He was born in Levant and after
attending the public schools, took up
his professional training in the Bow
doin Medical school and followed this
with advanced work at Johns Hop
kins.
He practced in Burnham and about
eight years ago removed to Fairfield
where he built up a large practice.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
New Driving Camp

Last summer the driving camp GA
Section No. of the Kennebec Los
Driving Co. was burned. They haYe
just completed a new one. The best en-
the river. The old camp was situated
on Thalcs SpauIdings inteyale, near
ly mile from the main road over a
steep hill. The new lot purchased
from George Gordon is near the rive
as wei. as the road, and supplies ae-
Hyered by stage can be uuloaded Al
the door. y spring supplies the eamp
With running water. There is good
brick chimney and plenty of windows.
Two rows OF hunks run along one
side of the large main room and the
long dining tables are ou the other
side. The building is Wei shingled,
both roof and walls, making it yevy
comfortable. The work Was done by
Simon Gates and James Reynolds. Mr.
Reynolds has been the boss driver Of
this section for a number of yeas
and is highly pleased with the new
quarters for his men.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
ARRANGING FOR STATE
GRANGE MEETING
Which Is to Be Held In Bangor
Dec. 10, II and Is.

Plans for the annual meeting of
the Maine State grange in Bangor,
Dec. 16, II and IS, were discussed by
the executive committee the other day
at the Bangor House. There were
present State Master C. S. Stetson of
Greene, Edward Evans of Belfast,
Tuttle of Caribou and f. H. Libby of
Auburn.
State Master Stetson expects from
5000 to 1000 members present at the
meeting in Bangor next December, and
that this is a conservative estimate.
He says that not more than two
thirds of the delegates registered in
the book provided for the purpose at
the meeting held in Portland last
year, and there were 3,400 names in
that book.
Among the subjects that will be re-
ported upon by the committees at the
session will be community service,
that is, the improvement of rural res
idences in the sense of beautifying
their external surroundings. This is
matter of interest to all grange
members and will be thoroughly dis
cussed.
Another matter will be that of the
transportation committee, of which
the chairman is to come from the ap-
pie growers of the Pine Tree State.
This committee is prepared to pro-
test very vigorously against the ad-
vance in steamship freight rates be-
tween Portland, Boston and Liver
pool. The members state that within
the past FIVE years there has been
an advance of so per cent in the
rates for carrying apples out of the
State of Maine, which has been nat
urally detrimental to the apple grow
ing industry of the State.
Other committees are to report on
good of the order, home sanitation, ed
ucation, insurance and roads.
The Maine Patrons of Husbandry is
an organization that is enjoying a
healthy existence and growth just
now. There are 10000 members in
the State, and the order is growing
at the rate of about 1000 a year.
Among the oranges established in
recent months were two in Penobscot
county. one at Oldtown and the other
at Milford. one at Wells Depot and an
other at Lincoln's Mills.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
Evening Schoe1 Opens Tomorrow

Preparations have been completed
for an evening school. A meeting
with regard to the same was held yes
terday and it WAS decided to have the
first session tomorrow. (Friday) eve
ming. The class will meet Friday eve
ming of each week in the High school
building and will be in charge OF
Principal r. w. Leighton. 1t will be
open to anyone who may wish to al
tend and all the branches taught in
the Skowhegan public schools will be
available.
Superintendent L. W. Gerrish re
ports 903 pupils in the Skowhegan
public schools and 120 in the Parochi-
al school The freshman class in the
Skowheean High school numbers AZ.
This is the largest of recent years and
probably the largest class ever en-
tering the High school The senior
class numbers - members, the jun
iors. Is and the sophomores, IS. on"
hundred ana forty-scyen are taking
domestic science this year, and 40
manual training.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
SM|THF|ELD HAS A
BAD FIRE
Hotel, Grange Hall and
Other Buildings
A Loss of $4,000 at This Handsome
Summer Resort.

Fire which broke out early Tues
day morning in the Simonds hotel de-
stroyed that building the Grange hall
and the house and store owned by H.
L. Sawyer, while two other houses.
one the property of Frank Champlain
and the other of the Frank Young es-
tate, were badly damaged. The total
loss is little less than SIS, 900, and all
the buildings with the exception of
that owned by the Young estate were
insuder.
A high wind spread the flames rap
idly, the Grange hall and the Sawyer
stand igniting soon after the fire
broke through the roof of the hotel,
and when the Young and Champlain
houses caught fire it was feared that
the whole village would be destroyed.
Norridgewock, five miles distant, was
asked to send help and the fire de-
partment of that town made a record
run over the country roads, only to
find on arriving here that all it could
do was to wet down the ruins and
keep other building gs from being de-
stroyed.
The individual losses are as follows
Grange hall, $4,000, insured for $1,000;
Simonds hotel, $4,000, insured for
$1,000; Sawyer house, store and goods
$4,000, insured for $4,000; Frank Cham
plain, $1,000, partial insurance; Young
estate, $1,000, no insurance.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
Eiehty.ninth Birthday

A small company Of relatives were
bidden TO the home of Levi Weston,
Thursday evening OF last week. thu
occasion being lis eighty-ninth birth
day. Mr. Weston was born in tie
first house built on skowhegan IS
land. 1t occupied location whore
now stands the poWer-house Of tho
Central Maine Co. Practically all his
life has been passed in town, and he
has ever been one Of SkoWhegan' s
most useful, most esteemed and most
highly respected citizens None at
this time would wish him anything
but health and happiness and many
returns of the day.
Perhaps, unless the passing of few
more years should be awaited, il might
now be appropriate To bestow upon
Mr.. Weston the title of "Skowhegan s
Grand Old Man"
An odd thing is noticeable in the
passing of Mr. Weston's S9th birth
day. 1t consists of the fact that the
figure representing the day on which
it falls 90 taken together with the
figure next preceding it in the ealel-
dar exactly denotes his age, SO years.
Of course this same instance would
come to any of us whose birthday
falls upon, or previous to, the ninth
of any month. 1t is given to few.
however, born upon the ninth, to reach
the age when the figures will in this
way exactly tell the number of years
of their life.
In the gathering, including Mr.. Wes-
ton. there were four people who had
passed their eightieth year. The
three others were Col W. r. G. Estes
So; Mrs. Estes, 81; and Mrs. Mary
W. Varney, also 81.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
LEAVES
FOR CANADA
lockwood Gets Atten-
ton from Officers
Good Work by Sheriff Thompson and
his Deputies in North Somerset.

In the maturing of the plans out
lined by Sheriff Thompson during a
recent visit at lockwood. what seems
to have been very troublesome Ii
quor headquarters has been broken
up. James Marrow, against whom
Sheriff Thompson believes he has suf-
ticient evidence to convict of single
sale, and for whom a warrant for ar
rest has been issued, has departed
from lockwood and is believed to be
now in Canada.
Maude King of Orono, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Marrow, re-
ceived a sentence of $50 and costs
with an alternative of serving 80 days
in Jail. Her conviction came by the
testimony of a customer who got in
toxicated on the liquor she sold him,
and testified to the sale. She has paid
her fine and costs aggregating SOS,
Viede Gilbert of lockwood, who was
an inmate of the Jail here as a COM
mon seller last winter, was convicted
of single sale and sentenced to i'm
prisonment, but appealed and fur
nished bonds.
Following Sheriff Thompson's s
strictly business policy, trial justice
J. Frank Withee of Madison and dep
uty sheriff Rufus McKenney went to
/ lockwood and the trials were all held
during Thursday night of last week.
! This saved transportation of witness
es and parties from lockwood to
Skowhegan, and doubtless to the ad-
vantage of the county the sum of sew
eral hundred dollars. The hearing
lasted the greater part of the night
as the officers and trial justice thought
it advisable to complete it in time to
return the following day. Much sat
! isfaction is felt at the departure OF
Marrow. 1t is believed that such in
toxication as has been in evidence in
his section is attributable to him He
was formerly empioyeu dt haAco' W.
came to West Outlet last summer and
started what purported to be sport
ing ranch He owned a motor boat
and it is believed that his centraband
supplies were transported from va
rious points about the lake to West
Outlet, this procedure being a very
difficult thing to detect and punish
Most of the local work was done
by Deputy A. w. Maynard of Rock
wood and word was sent to heat
quarters here for assistance when he
found it was necessary.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
w. c. L. L. Reception

The Womans' Christian Temperance
Union gave a reception to the teachers
of the Skowhegan schools in the Con-
gregational vestry last Friday evening
In the receiving line were the presi-
dent, Mrs. Lizzie A. Marble; vice
president, Mrs. Mabel w. Philbrick
secretary, Mrs. Ethel NJ. Hight; treas
urer, Miss Gertrude S. Weston.
While the company were assemb-
ling, music was furnished by the
Skowhegan High school orchestra. in-
terspersed with piano playing by
some of the young ladies' of the High
school.
The program was opened by SONG
by twelve school girls. This was
a welcome song to the teachers and
the words, written for the occasion
by Mrs. Floyd Nye. were set to the
music of 1.-TWO Little Bees the FAM
GUS air from Spring Maid. This was
followed by a speech of welcome by
the president, Mrs. Marble, to which
Thomas G. Lord, of the superintend-
ing school committee responded. The
remainder of the program included So
los by the Skowhegan High school
mandolin club; vocal solo by Floyd
Nye; trio by Misses Dorothy Day, Ar
lene Burnor and Verna Abbie; read
ing, Mrs. Lois w. Patten; violin Sc
lection, Lindsey j. Nutting and vocal
solo by Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson. Re-
freshments were served at the close of
the program.
The yestries were elaborately dec
GRATED with autumn leaves and cut
and wild flowers. The evening was
a delightful success in every way and
served to show the union of interest
between the temperance work of the
W. C. T. U. and all educational in
stitutions. The president called at
tention to the small banquet which
will be the next event in the w. C. T.
U. program. 1t will occur at the
Methodist vestry on November II, not
the 18th as had been previously an
nounced
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
Awards of the Annual Cattle Show
and Fair at SOlOn

The following is a list of the pre-
miums awarded at the Solon Grange
Cattle Show and Fair held October
9th:
Best pair of oxen, Geo. Jewett 1st
Best pair of steers, 2year-old, ]. 7
Baker, 1st and End.
Thoroughbred Herefords, best COW
G. r. Brown, 1st; best heifer, 3-year-
old, G. r. Brown, 1st; best bull calf
G. r. Brown, 1st; best heifer calf, G
r. Brown, 1st,
Thoroughbred Guernseys, best bull
II months old, E. w Merrill 1st
Grade Durhams, best COW, Nellie NJ
Paul, 1st
Percheron, best colt, 2-year-old, J
T. Baker, 1st
Trotting bred, best colt. 2-year-old
Tilden Davis, 1st; John Mahoney. I'd
Best colt, 1-year-old, Charles French
LIST; Chester Grant, End; James York
3rd
Best foals for 1913 draft bred, Chas
French, 1st; John Mahoney, End; G
K. Brown, 3rd.
Brood Mares. J. T. Baker, 1st
Charles French, End; G. r. Brown, Sd
Draft Horses, $500 lbs. and under
J. II. Savage. 1st; d. c. Baker, End
A fine gentleman's driver was shov
by p. A. Withee of Madison.
Family drivers were shown by P. A
Withee and Eugene Danforth of Mad
ison, also John Hodgen, Geo. Cunning
ham and Josiah French of Solon.
We also had a horse race which al
tracted a great deal of attention ant
which was won by John Hodgdon, lst
Geo. Cunningham. 2nd.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
THIRD CONSECUTIVE
VICTORY
SkOMhegan Wins at Hallowell

Skowhegan people share in the ju-
bilation of the High school at the vic
tory gained by their football team
in Hallowell Saturday. This is the
third consecutive victory won by the
Skowhegan team. They lost the first
game to Pennington High, but have
since defeated the Abbott School OF
Pennington, Cony High of Augusta
and the Hallowell team above men
toned.
In Saturdays game no star player
developed above the general excell-
enee of the team. 1t may properly
be said that the three backs did good
work; the same was also true of an
other member of the club. The two
touchdowns made by Skowhegan were
both in the last quarter
Skowhegan's next game will be with
Oak Grove Seminary next Saturday