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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-06

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Money making is one of the indus
tries in which quantity is first con-
idered before quality.
Every man is by nature, friendly lo
every body.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-06
$50,45S.63

LIABILITIES
Due Somerset Bar and Law
Library ..................S 10000
Court House 3 1-2 per cent
coupon bonds ......... 100000
Accrued interest on same 54100
Bills payable, all other in
terest bearing obligations 23,30000
Bills of Costs c. c. Court
due and unpaid ......... 34S.69
Bills approved and unpaid 1894
Bills for investigating
crimes, due and unpaid 225.O0
Due J. A. Mooers, salary for
quarter ending Dec. 81 -. $4,000
$50.45S .63
Net Liabilities, Dec 81, 1911 e$27. .574.S9
Net Liabilities, Dec 81, 1912 17,31736
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-06
SOMERSET COUNTY
DEBT REDUCED
Over $4,000, Accord
ing to CONS Report
The State Road Law Has Been Taken
Advantage of From Which the Sum
of $S06.50 Has Been Received.

During the year of 1912 the debt
of Somerset County has been reduced
over $4,000 according to the report
issued by the county commissioners of
the past season who were Henry
Crowell, G. ID. Perkins and o. E. Lib
by. The State Road Law was taken
advantage of and the sum of $S0650
was received from the state This
amount has been expended in perma-
nent Improvements on the roads i'll
the plantations and unorganized town
ships in addition to the regular appro-
priation for repairs of said roads.
Petitions have been granted for alter
ations of a highway in Madison; to
define the limits of highway or town
road in Moscow and to define limits of
highways in Starks.
The financial condition of the County
is as follows:
RESOURCES.
Due from towns and planta
tions, county tax of 1912 $ 9,602 40
Due from plantations road
tax of 1905, 1906, 1907,
1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911, 15067
Due from State of Maine,
county tax on incorpora-
ted places, 1912 .. 9,525 96
Due from land owners,
county road taxes in un-
organized townships for
1911 ................... 2,1922O
Cash in bank ............. 1850 .SS
Due from other sources =. 5S9.1
Balance, Net liabilities ...... 1875
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
BROAD POWER HAS
BEEN GIVEN LIND

Broad discretionary power has been
given to former Governor John Lind of
Minnesota, now on his way to Mexico
as the personal representative of Presi-
dent Wilson, in the steps which the
latter is taking toward bringing about
a restoration of peace in the Latin
American republic.
He has been given elastic instructions
which will allow him a wide latitude in
dealing with the situation as he finds 1t
after his arrival in Mexico City, and,
after he had heard the views of those
business interests which have been en-
deavOring to bring about mediation of
the difficulties
The emissary carries with him all the
prestige of a special representative Of
the President. He will, not, however,
serve as acting ambassador in the place
of Henry Lane Wilson, whose resigna-
ton has been accepted by the President.
He was selected for the mission on the
recommendation of Secretary Bryan, and
was sent for by the latter last week,
when the plans of the Administration
for handling the Mexican situation first
began TO take shape.
He will proceed to Mexico by way of
New Orleans, provided Secretary Bryan
IS successful in efforts he has been
making to arrange transportation for
him from that city. Otherwise he will
go from Galveston, probably using the
battleship New Hampshire, now at that
port.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
SAUL LSBURY LAUDS
TARIFF MEASURE
Delaware Senator ASsaiIs Pro-
lection and Socialism as
political VuItureS."

Senator Salisbury of Delaware, in a
speech which was chiefly political, up
held the tariff bill in the Senate today.
The Delaware Senator paid tribute to
President Wilson and attacked the
policies of the Republican party. He
assailed protection and socialism as
twin evils, 'fll-Omened birds, Matched in
the nest of business, and political vul-
tures preying upon our political life
and destroying its wholesOmeness.
He insisted industries would not be
ruined, and said such tales were ''bOgie'
stories. He attacked the policy of
meddling with the distribution and en-
ployment of capital He said:
'1f you attempt the regulation. the
encouragement and the distribution of
capital in general business, wages, the
other element of production, must be
regulated, and We must have not only
the minimum but maximum wages. and
Individuals in business must be elm
mated.
Beet sugar we will continue to pro-
duce under any tariff law. We do not
believe that fewer sheep win bear wool
in this country, or that because We put
honest wooden blankets or real wOOlen
garments over or on our people to pro-
tect them from the cold, we will put
them at the mercy of other nations"
Senator Salisbury denied that any
section of the country was discrIminaj-
ed against, and commended the income
tax feature of the bill.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
HOUSE |NQU|S|TORS
AT TER THE LOBBY
Louis Seibold, Newspaper Man,
on Stand-James A. Emery
Also Appears.

The House investigating committee
took the trail of the lobby today, follow
ing a month of inactivity and delay oc-
casioned by Its rival, the overman COM
mittee,. on the Senate side.
with the testimony Of Martin NJ. Null
hall, the House probe is expected to
begin in earnest tomorrow. The pro-
ceedings today were somewhat of a
routine character. Louis Seibold, Oh
the New York World, was on the stand
during most of the morning session
and was followed by James A. Emery,
counsel for the National Association Oh
Manufacturers, who introduced the nrst
batch of documents which the associa-
ton will supply the House investigators
Mr.. Seibold testified that the Mulhall
confession cost his paper $4,000, ana
that from June to June % he and
a corps of assistants were busy pre-
pairing the story of Mulhall's lobby
activities. During this time he said
MulhalI was on the salary roll Of the
New York World.
Seibold On Stand.
Scant public attention was given the
inauguration of the House inquiry.
Only a sprinkling Of spectators was
present. Seibold told of the purchase
by his newspaper Of the Mulhall papers
on June 6. He said a Baltimore news
paperman named Barry brought
Condensed scenario of the papers
June i and MulhalI participated in
the NEGOTIATIONS for their sale.
A preliminary investigation OF the
truth of Mulhalis charges was made
before their publication, Seioold de-
clared.
paring his story" the witness said.
Seibold said his paper did not intend
to impute turpitude or improperly 70
Congressman named In the list VINO, IL
was charged, could be reached by tne
n. A. NJ. He said the World had a con-
tract to pay $4,000 for the use of the
MulhaIl papers for sixty days.
Emery Halts Seibold-
James s. Emery, attorney for the n.
4. NJ, interrupted Seibolds examina-
ton to challenge the published state
ment that the association Is composed
of $50 Organizations" Emery said the
association has 1000 members, indivi-
duals, firms and corporations, and not
OF constituent associations.
The committee excused Seioold untli
the afternoon session at o'clock Be
Emery requested that representatives
of the ". A. N. be allowed to cross
examine witnesses. A similar request
was made on the part of Congressman
McDermott by counsel. oBth requests
were taken under advisement by Chair
man Garrett Emery then took the
stand and identified a copy of the char
ter of the New York State incorpora-
ton Of the n. A. NJ. and the files OF
correspondence of the association which
have been turned over to the commit
tee. Emery Identified a number OF COM
munications dealing with legislative and
campaign matters and written BY MEM
bers of the n. A. N.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
EXPECT PLANS TO BRING ABOUT EARLY PEACE.

as he is against intervention, and so
named Lind without consulting Moore,
who heretofore has acted as his final
adviser in all matters of State Depart
ment policy.
Counselor Moore refused today to dis
cuss the report.
In connection with the report that
Francisco de la Barra, former Mexican
ambassador to the United States, might
see the President on Saturday, 1t was
stated today that us reception at the
White House depended entirely on his
mission. If he comes here to urge the
claims of Huerta or in any official po-
sition, he will not be granted an audi
ence. If he comes as a former am
bassador, calling to pay his respects.
even though he intends, unofficially, to
talk Mexican affairs with the President,
he will be received.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
CONFEDERATE ROSES
AROUSED DR.. WALKER
Famous Army Nurse Showed
Disapproval Of Display in
Southern Church.

Another wartime story concerning DIR.
Mary Walker, illustrating the invincible
spirit which has made her a world-fa-
nous character, has just come to light
In a letter written to friends here by
T. NJ. Sexton, a Union veteran of Ia
coma, Wash, who formerly lived In this
city.
The incident occurred In Clarksville,
Tenn, when Mr.. Sexton was a patient
at the Union hospital, where DIR. walker
was nurse. Practically all of the men
residents Of the town were away in the
Confederate army. and the sentiment
was strongly secessionaI
There was church near the hospftai
which some Of the convalescent soldiers
ana hospital attaches frequently attend
ed, and before the rector's pulpit there
was always large vase full Of red and
wnlte Movers, the colors of the Confed-
eracy: Mr.. Sexton says that ushers
usually contrived to give the Union men
a seat near the door, but that DR.
WaIker always walked past them as
tnougn they did not exist and took a
seat where 1t pleased her.
One Sunday when Mr.. Sexton hapnen-
go 70 be present. she walked imperfously
up the aisle to the front seat. and pass
ing the vase Of flowers, contrfyed TO
arop large blue ribbon over the
Tne rector. as, soon as he noticed n.
leaned over from the platform and flick,
eo the riDbon TO the floor Hardly had
ne done so when DR.. Walker sprang TO
her feet, snatched the bouquet from the
vase and, hurting II to the floor, stamp
ed the blossoms with both feet. Then
sne resumed her seat and folded her
The rector's sermon that Morning
was one OF the most disjointed dis
courses 1 ever heard from a pulpit !"
concludes Mr.. Sexton, but everybody
was SO excited that none of US remem-
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Diplomatic Mysteries
Criticised by Senator

Sharp criticism OF the policy that at
tempts to throw constantly a cloak of
mystery about this countrys foreign re-
lations was voiced today by Senator
Norris of Nebraska. He said the truth
as to Mexico was being kept from the
people.
Senator Norris said: Take the ques-
tions that come before the Foreign Re
lations Committee OF the Senate. Eff
forts are always made to veil and secrete
what happens there. There is nothing
in our foreign relations, with occasional
exceptions, that cannot much better be
treated in the open than behind closed
doors.
I'm the Mexican situation, around
which secrecy is thrown, the people are
not getting the facts. Official versions
Of what is happening in Mexico are not
the true versions. II the country knew
the truth, different situation would
prevail. But the truth Is being con-
ceaIed or the facts shaded"
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
ODD FAMILY RECORD
REVEALED IN LETTER
Missouri Man, Himself One Of
TripIets, Had 22 Brothers
and Sisters, All Twins.

BY unanimous consent the most un-
usual family record ever discovered by
the Pension office is divulged in a let
ter from a man who Is one of triplets,
who had twenty-five brothers and sis
ters who were twins. whose mother was
one of twins and whose fathers FIRST
two wives were twin sisters
The owner Of this unusual family
record is DIR. william Warren. 1Ois I.o-
Gust street, st. Joseph, Mo-, the onlv
survivor of family of twenty-five.
and one OK thirteen sons who served
In the Union army during the civil war.
The provisions Of the new pension law
requiring certified information as to
date Of birth. in order to fix the
amount OF the age pension. caused the
Pension Office to write DR.. Warren
for his family history. In stating mis-
inability to find exact information In
the family Bible as to the date OF his
birth, DR.. Warren made this reply 70
the Pension Commissioners office:
81 do not know whether there was
family record OF the births Of all
my fathers children. of whom there
were twenty-five In all. by three wives
who were sisters, and of whom the first
two wives were twins, and the third
wife also was one OF twins. My mother
had triplets. three boys, Of whom was
one. She had no other children. Al
the other wives children were twins.
In all, OF the three wives. there were
thirteen boys, all Of whom were SOL
diers. All Of the twenty-five children
are dead but myself"
DR.. Warren was given his pension
increase. After such a family record
as this the department evidently felt
that there was some excuse IL the
names of all the children and the dates /,
family Bible.
DIR. Warren Is still on the pension
rolls and still living in st. Joseph He
Is past seventy-six years Of age
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Sterilizing Degenrates
Is Wisconsin's Method

MADISON, Wis, Aug 5.-The State
board Of control Of Wisconsin, which
mas the management OF the State chart
table. penal and reformatory institu-
lions, Is receiving a large number of
inquiries from relatives and friends of
crimlnal Insane, feeble-minded and
epflepuc persons confined in State and
county institutions regarding the pro-
visions OF the new law providing for the
STERILIZATION of such degenerates
The board of control Is the Judge as to
the advisability Of sterilizing any de-
generate in the public charge, and there
Is no appeal from its decision.
The board intends to begin with the
female degenerates and later take up
tne males. Several hundred female de-
generates will be sterilized this year.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05

danger of laceratlon or other accident,
and the period will be one f supreme
comfort and joyful anticipation.
Mothers Friend is one or the great
est OF all helpful influences. for ii
rObs childbirth Of all its agUnieS and
dangers. dispels all the doubt and
dread. all sense Of fear, and thus en-
ables the mind and body to await
with untrammeled gladness.
You will find It on sale at all drug
stores at S1.O0 a bottle. or the drug
gist will gladly get II for you. Moth
er's Friend is prepared only By the
Bradheld Regulator Co. 2&7 Lamar
Bldg, Atlanta. Ga. who will mail an
instructive book to expectant mothers.
Write for It today.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Fight Is Predicted on
Presidents Nominee

One of the biggest rows of the session
over confirmation Of an appointment is
promised over the selection of Tom Fox.
Democratic political boss of Sacramento,
Cal, to be postmaster at that place.
Fox Is known throughout California as
machine leader and as affiliated with
the elements friendly to the Southern
Pacific.
After holding up the nomination Cor
two weeks, the President released IL to-
day. 1t will be vigorously fought by
Senator Works and by other progressive
Republicans. Nor does il go with
relish in the mouths of progressive DEM
ocrats.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
To Keep Skin in Fine
Condition in Summer
lErom Zhe kamily HhysteLanl

II ONf HC 1H"fp n ~
II would be much better for the skin If
little cream. powder, or rouge were used
during the heated term. Mixed with
perspiration, dust. and CRIME. these
things are anything but beautifylng.
Ordinary mercOiized wax will do more
for the complexion, and without giving
an oily. shiny, streaked. spotted, or
pasty appearance. 1t is the ideal appli-
cation for the season, as II not only
keeps the pores clean. but daily removes
PARTICLES of scarf skin which have been
sOiled by dirt or weather. BY constant
ly keeping the complexion clear. white,
and satiny, II does more toward perpet-
uatifg a youthful countenance than any
OF the arts or !artifices commonly em-
plOyed. One ounce OF mercolized wax,
obtainable at any drug store, will COM
Dletely renOvate the worst complexion.
1t is applied at night like cold cream,
and washed off in the morning.
To keep the skin from sagging or
wrinkling, or to overcome such condi-
ton, there's nothing better than a face
bath made by dissolving ] ounce pow
dered saxolite in n pint witch hazel
AdVL
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
HOUSE LOBBY BOARD
BEGINS ITS INQUIRY
Committee to Take Hold of
MuIhaII Tomorrow to Get
Own Facts.

After a month of inactivity the House
lobby investigating committee began
work today and probably will continue
its probe until the end of the season.
Marvin NJ MulhalI. star witness before
the Senate committee, will take the
stand tomorrow and the committee to-
day Land the foundation for the Muihah
testimony by calling Louis. Seibold; rep
resenting the newspaper first pubhsh-
ing the Mulhall confession
Mr.. Seibold is put on the witness
stand first to identify the published MuI-
hall charges and to explain how the
documents came into the possession OF
his paper. The Senate committee in
formed Chairman Garrett of the Hous"
beard. that Colonel Mulhall would be
foot loose tomorrow and the colonei VIII
be asked to step over to the House WINS
of the Capitol. Ii is probable tnat the
salf-confessed lobbyist for the National
Association of Manufacturers Will be
or The stand before the House lnNesu-
gators for at least two weeks. A pof-
ton of his testimony, of course, VIII De
a repetition of that before the Overman
committee.
Watson To Be Heard.
Former Congressman James E. Wat
son will be heard during the early
stages of the House inquiry. Mr.. wat
son, whose name was frequently men
Il friend of The manufacturers assocla-
ton, wrote the Senate committee yes
terday, declining to appear before II IN
his own defense. Mr.. watson thought
the Senate committee had preJudiced
the case, and preferred to appear pc
fore the House today. Referring to In
terviews published in a New York paper
with Senators Reed, Walsh, and Over
man, Mr.. Watson says:
These interviews require no interpre-
tation. They plainly state that a ma
ioritv of yoUr committee, without wait
rushed into print to render a decision
rushed int print to render decision
and to pronounce Judgment before
single witness for the defense was heard
and before one syllable of rebuttal tes-
timony was offered.
Charges Prejudice.
81 submit that you have prejudiced
ny evidence. You have passed on It's
character and sufficiency without haV-
ing heard it, for, while you do not
specifcally mention my name, yet you
have privately determined and pubhcly
announced that Mulhall has made his
case, and, as one OF your members
states it. even if the association can
show that MuIhan perjured himself:
the organization is then left In bad
way l have no connection with the
organization, but these statements
make ii clear that, even IL were "
prove MuIhalI 10 be a perjurer, yet my
case would not be helped, for you
yourselves have said so, and in saying
SO have already rendered the verdict
and have already pronounced the juds-
ment
al much prefer to take my case to
another tribunal where I hope and be-
Ueve the law will be impartially
weighed, and where the Jury will re
frain from coming to any conclusion
until all the evidence shall have been
heard"
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
BIC BUSINESS TO
AID GOV. LIND IN .
MEXICAN AFFAIRS
Embassy Adviser Will Be Helped in Bringing About Peace by
Interests Who Have Plans for Election of Compromise
President in So uthern Republic.

With the departure of former Gov. John Lind of Min
nesota for Mexico CtX the official representative of this
country in the capacity of adviser to the American
basy it became known here today that business interests
of Mexico who have been seeking to bring the revolution
to an end will meet him his arrival and outline to him
their plans for peace.
Before appointing Governor Lind to the mission, it is
believed that both President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
had been advised by these interests that they ready to
put their ideas in practical fom and were willing to submit
them first to the approval of this Government
EXPECT PLANS TO BRING ABOUT EARLY PEACE
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Two Wills Filed Leave
Property to Widows

The will was filed for probate today
of Frederick W. Kahlert. who died July
q. The estate was devised to his Wild
ow, Mrs. Elizabeth Kahlert, and his
two sons, Edward @. Kahlert and Fred
erick W. Kahlert, jr., are named exec
utors.
Frank Scheer, by a will also filed
TODAY left his estate to his wife, Mary
Elizabeth Scheer. Mr.. Scheer died July
IS, 1913. The widow is named execu-
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Insane Patients VacCinated.

NORRISTOWN. Pa. Aug. One
hundred and ffty patients at the Nor
ristOwn Hospital for the Insane have
been vaccinated following the outbreak
OF a case of smallpox in the family Jf
c. Z. Green. They had been indirectly
exposed through a visit to the institu-
ton Of Mr.. Green few days ago.
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
Roosevelt in 1916.

DETROIT, Aug. 5.-Ormsby McHarg,
one Of the Roosevelt leaders last year
in the Republican national convention,
predicted here that RuoscVS. would be
the Republican nOminc" for President
in 1916. leading a reunited pnrty
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
GoIdfieId in the Congo.

ANTWERP, Belgium, Aug. 5-A gold
field of exceptional richness has been
discovered in the southern part Of the
province Of Katanga, In the Belgian
Congo, according to dispatches received
here privately from Elisabethville. the
capital Of the district
The Washington times., 1913-08-05


VOlNed. It is 4
penetrating eX-
tcrnal application
after TIE formula
Of n noted family
doctor. and IuDri-
Gates every muCclc,
nerve. tissue. or
tendon involved.
BY its daily use
there Will be no
pain. no distress, q
no n1V;Geu M
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District Of Co
lUmbla-Fair tonight and Wednesday:
not much change in temperature.
For Maryland-Fair tonight and We'd
nesday; light TO moderate north winds.
For Eirginia-Fair tonight, slightly
cooler in southeast portion tonight:
Wednesday fair. Light TO moderate
variable winds.
For Pennsylvania-Fair tonight. We'd
nesday fair with little change in tenn
peratUre: light TO moderate north to
west winds.
For Delaware and New Jersey-Fair
tonight ana Wednesday, light 10 mod
crate north winds.
hTe temperature today az registered
IL. CanAna NIrn..tIL...
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
The Joy of
Coming Motherhood
A Wonderful Remedy That Is a Nat
uraI Aid and Relieves the Tension.

Mothers Friend is the only remedy
known that Is able to reach all the
liffnrenI narIs in
The Washington times., 1913-08-05
TIDE TABLE.

TIDE TABLE.
High tide....-..1o:l5 a. m. and 1910 p. m.
Low tide. 4:1S a. IN. and 4:46 p. m.
SUN TABLE.
Sun rises. 5:02 / Sun SETS. 100
Free Music, Dancing, Moving Pictures
at Randle Highlands tonight-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-08-05

hTe temperature today az registered |
at the United States Weather Bureau |