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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-12-11

the past few months The season is
closed so far as his labors are con
cerned for the snow and ice now
attach the d. bris to the surface so Sc
curely as to defeat his skillful fingers
During the past season it is said
that Mr. Nuttng was one day ap-
preached by committee of three who
made formal complaint that he was
neglecting his duty. He was quite
surprised, but on expressing his will
ingness to be told what was the trouble
he was notified with due solemnity that
they had discovered half of a burnt
match on Water Street opposite the
Blunt Hardware Company. This
only illustrates how carefully he had
taken care of the work lntrusted to
him. With all due regard to Others
who have preceded him in street
cleaning work it is proper to say that
none have quite equalled his thor
oughness.
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COMMA

Miss Lila Wood is recovering from
a threatened attack of pneumonia
C. A Gray had narrow escape
from serious injury last week when
his team was struck by the train at
the Main street crossing. The wagon
was broken up considerably.
X. W Burton has moved onto the
farm at North Newport recently pur-
chased by him. His mother will keep
house for him this winter.
The potato market is quite active.
Many are being shipped The prevail
ing price is soc.
Quite a number of new houses have
been built in town the past summer
and fall. Mrs. John Knapp, W. p.
Folsom. Clayton Fitzherbert and Mr..
Williken, the station agent have each
built a residence. The two double
tenements built by Mrs. A. NJ. Clark
and r. w. Burton are completed and
occupied. Walter Blanchard of North
Newport is building on his lot in Cor
rinna. Mrs. Abbie Burton and Bert
Mique have each purchased a cottage
at Brooks Grove and had them moved
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SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
Reception and Supper Given in Honor
OF Mrs. Maria Henderson OF East
Madison

Mrs. Maria Henderson celebrated her
SEVENTEEN birthday Saturday, Deem
Der 6. 1t was somewhat of surprise
TO her, being arranged by her daughter
Mrs Jennie Armstrong and son George
Cleveland of Skowhegan.
Mr. Cleveland presented the toast
ITO the Good Old Fashioned Mothers
of Maine, read by Mrs. Armstrong
and listened to by all present with a
great deal of interest. The after
noon was spent socially while the host
served homemade candy. AT five
O'Clock delicious banquet was served
At the table with Mrs. Henderson were
Mrs. Ann Reed, Mrs. Amanda Wood
man, Mrs. Emma Lincoln, Miss Ann
Morrison, Mrs. Minnie Thompson, Mrs
Carrie Rowell, Mrs. Belle Nottage and
Mrs. Hattie Clement. One of the
most pleasing features was the birth
day cake lighted by twelve candles.
Mrs Henderson had many good and
useful presents besides quite a sun
( of money and fiftysiX post cards. II
will be a day long remembered by her
and her friends who went home wish
ing her many happy birthdays.
Mrs. Henderson has resided in this
place for many years.
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BURNED To DEATH IN
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Eugene Hatch Meets a Tragic
Death. She formerly lived In
Ripley, Maine

Somerset county friends were
shocked to learn of the tragic death
of Mrs. Eugene Hatch of Mt Vernon,
Washington, which was due to burns
received from an exploding lamp.
Medical aid was summoned and reach
ed her in about half hour following
the accident but she passed away after
seven hours of suffering.
The deceased was formerly Miss
Bell Thompson of Ripley Maine, and
besides the husband and two small
children in Washington state, there
are surviving, her parents, three sis
tiers and two brothers who reside in
Maine.
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PITTSFIEID

Pittsfield Grange No. 102 met Sat
urday evening, December 6, it being
the election of officers for the year
1914. VIM. Osborn, Villa Tarbell, Moses
Burns and V. c. Bowman, p j. Whit
ten and Perditta Moulton were ap-
pointed as tellers, and the officers were
elected as follows: Master, V. C.
Bowman; overseer Ellery Jones; lee
turer, Perditta Moulton; steward, j. N
Tarbell assistant steward, Elmer
Frost; chaplain, Villa Tarbell; treas
urer, H. H. Jacobs; secretary, Eva Al
len; G. r.. Moses Burns; Ceres, Leila
Bowman; Pomona, Ida Jones; Flora,
Edith Shaw L. A. Steward, Jane
Frost. One application was received
One hundred dollars more has been
paid on the hall debt Pittsfield
Grange is in a fourishing condition
and will soon be out of debt
Xmas week, we shall go to press
Wednesday (Dec. 24). All matter for
publication must be sent one day
ahead of the usual time.
Those that attended the Pomona
from here at Corinna, Dec 3, were
F. c. Gee and wife; E. l.. Jones and
wife, Villa Tarbell, Eva Allen, Eva
Conner and Cora Estes, Samuel Her
rick and wife from Harmony also took
the train from here. There was a
good attendance considering the trav-
ling and the bad day The next union
will meet at Hartland Dec. II.
Mrs. E. G. Grover is i'll at her home
in Hartland Avenue. Eva Allen is
helping her.
Sarah Hill has returned to her home
in Dexter after spending two weeks
here with her cousin d. D. Winslow
and wife and j. ~ Martin and wife.
E. c. Grover shipped car load of
ice to the Sebasticook Ice Co. in Wa
terville last week
Mrs Elizabeth Woodman has return
ed to her sons John Woodlands in
Bangor after spending a few days with
her daughter Mrs. J. M Lindsey in
Hartland Avenue.
Hiram Brown has returned to the
Beals and Walker lumber Camp, after
spending a few days in the home of
D. S. Tozier and wife.
Miss Alice Hunter acted as pianist
at the Park Street Theatre Friday
night in the absence of George Moul-
ton.
Miss Jessie Turnbull visited at her
friends Miss AKA Beans at Detroit
Friday night where she sang at a
church entertainment there.
Mrs. E. l.. Jones has returned home
from the hospital at Bangor where she
underwent an operation.
Ed Webendorfer is moving into the
E. V. Weymouth house on South st.
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County News
QUINNERASSET

|. Several of Mrs. Elmira Trench's
nelghbors spent a short time with her
on the afternoon of Dec. q the occasion
being the observance of her seventy
| fifth birthday. Her daughter Mrs.
FANNIE Edwards came down from
Madison to spend the afternoon with
them.
Xmas week. we shall go to press
Wednesday (Dec. 24). All matter for
publication must be sent one day
ahead of the usual time.
The body of Mrs Stella Nye whose
death occurred at the Augusta Insane
Hospital, where she has been a patient
for about three and one-half years. was
taken to North Arson for burial last
week, Wednesday,
DR.. Sawyer was called from Madi-
son Thursday to see John Burns who
is quite i'll at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. B. F. Trask.
Mrs. Emma Withee was visiting a
day or two last week in the village.
She came to attend the Ladies of the
q. A. X. Circle meeting, returning to
Madison, Thursday, to attend the meet
ing OF the Somerset Veterans and
Ladies Auxiliary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Jakins made
business trip to Smithfield Satur-
day
Walter Simonds is hauling logs from
his lot at the foot of Ward Hill to the
Blackwell & Walker mill.
Mrs. Eta Woodsum who was con-
fined to her bed several days last week
with lumbago is able to be about the
house.
Chester Kenney who went to Bald
Mountain several weeks ago to work
with his team came home Saturday
night, He will go to Madrid to work
in few days.
Mrs. Albert Parsons is caring for
her daughter, Mrs. Helen Beckim, who
has fine baby boy.
Mrs. Smell of West Minot who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs Frank
keene, returned to her home Monday
Percy Withee has been laid up for
several days from the effects of kick
which he got from one of their horses
while he was caring for her in the
stall
The many friends of Mrs. Myra
Withee will be glad to know that her
condition was not as serious as was
feared and that she is resting very
comfortably after an operation which
was performed Saturday, by Dr. Web
Der of Lewiston assisted by Dr. Stinch-
! field of Skowhegan. Miss Dudley, a
trained nurse who has had several
patients in town is caring for her.
Mrs. Withee has birthday Sunday,
Dec IA, and her friends are planning
to give her post card shower.
Lester Woodsum has gone to Rock
land to work in his brother-in-law S
store during the Christmas holidays.
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Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: 500 and
500 a. M, for all points west: also to Dover,
Foxcroft Bangor and way stations. l.5O a. m.
for Waterville Oakland, Bingham, Lewiston,
Augusta, Gardiner, Brunswick, Portland and
Boston, Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft, Green
Vile, Bangor, Aroostook and washing ton
Co., st. John and Halifax. 225 p. m. for
W,atervil' e, enabling passengers to take after
noon trains ior 6angor tne new fork TX,
Boston-8.l5 a. m. and 2. 10 p IN. Sundays only,
to Watervile, connecting for Portland, Bos-
ton and New York.
Arrivals :-7.52a. m, from Waterville daily
except Sundays-l0.4L a.. IN. Passenger from
Portland, Oakland, Waterville, Augusta and
Bangor-4.52 and 6.2o p. m, from all points,
and at ll.0G a. m. and APO D. M. Sundays only
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John Has Done a Good Job

John B. Nutting, who has had the
care of the business streets the past
season, has set standard for efiicien-
cy in municipal affairs. What our
town could become no one could
prophesy, if every official and every
citizen would discharge his duties as
faithfully as has Mr.. Nutting during
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OFFICERS ELECTED
BY the Members Of the Splritualist
Ladies' Aid Society at Annual Meet
Ing

The Spiritualist Ladies Aid at their
recent annual meeting held at the
home of Miss Olive Hayden at Madi-
son Center. elected the following of
ficers: President, Miss Olive Hayden;
vice president, Mrs. Emma Lincoln,
Madison; treasurer. Mrs. Annie Nor
rill, Skowhegan; secretary, Mrs, Agnes
Goodrich. Skowhegan; finance commit
tee, Mrs. Della c. Brown, Caratunk,
Mrs. Vonnie Taylor, Skowhegan, Mrs.
Abbie Hilton, Skowhegan; flower COM
mittee, Mrs. Annie Morrill,, Skowhegan.
The day was pleasantly spent a
bountiful dinner being temptingly
served. Many plans were laid for the
good of the order and the June meet
ing was discussed. although the speak
er has not as yet been definitely de-
cided upon.
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Maine. by their mortgage deed dated
the twentieth day Of May. a i. 1913
and recorded in Somerset Registry OF
Deeds, Book 313. Page 80. conveyed
to us, the undersigned three certain
lots or parcels OF land situate in said
Jackman on the west side of the Coun-
.ty road and being lots number forty
four, forty-tive and forty-six accord
ing to plan of house lots in said Jack
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man as made by Henry Crowell, Sur.
veyor. said plan being recorded IN
Book Of Plans No. T. Page II In the
Somerset Registry Of Deeds. together
with all buildings on said lots
NOW THEREFORE,. by reason OF the
breach Of the condition thereof. We
claim a foreclosure Of said mort gage.
Dated at Jackman Plantation, Maine,
Novemher Is 1913
sT4S MCINTYRE & FOREST.
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Bank presidents are protesting
against laundering money" on the
ground that the washed bills are hard
to tell from counterfeit. Evidently
filthy lucre has its advantages.
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WEST ATHENS

j. C. Kincaid has lately returned
home after ten days visit in Boston,
where he accompanied his daughter.
Miss Amy, who will make much
longer stay. Mr. Kincaid while away
visited his uncles. Seth, Will and
Frank Kincaid of Lawrence, Mass, and
Derry, NJ H., whom he had not seen
before for many years.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas Harold BARLEY and Milford
BARLEY otherwise known as Milfred
Barley, formerly of Bangor, in the
County of Penobscot and State of
Maine, but now of Jackman Planta-
ton County of Somerset and State of
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Money for your Sunday School,
Lodge, Grange or any other society.
We have a plan for raising funds in
which we will join you. Much easier
than suppers or entertainments. Write
for particulars. observation-disclosures
er Co.
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CAUTION NOTICE

Whereas, my wife, Edith Vaughn. has
left my bed and board without just
cause, this Is to warn all persons
against trusting or harboring her on
my account. as l shall pay no bills of
her contracting after this date
]. ID. VAUGHN.
Skowhegan, Me. Nov. rs. 1913. 3w4S
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We want an agent in every locality
to receive subscriptions for the indie
pendent-Reporter. Liberal terms. Can
aid you in such a way that you cannot
fail to be successful. Write for
particulars.
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KlNEO TO OAKLAND

f-Stop on signal or on notice to conductor
II. u. WALDRON, Gen. Passenger A ct,
d. G. DOUGLASS, General Manager.
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to the village. There is a scarcity
of rents and more will be built in
the spring.
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the selection asked solve this
situation Which the standard for its neverang
baking which the figuring its
basis of being built service economical and
simple in its operation. The open record
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JOHN E. WADsWORTH, M.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
once at Hospital on Elm St., opposite hotel
Goburn. Residence l42 n ADDISON Ave, oppo-
site Leavitt street.
once Hours, 2 to and to $50 D. m. Sun
ky IL to p. m.
Telephone Connect ions with house and of
flee with both New England and Farmers
Line.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
MAN Of 30 LAUGHS;
s WHY HE $50
W. Howard Smith Sends Out
Cards for Birthday Party.
Hours, From 7 to 9.

When the friends of w Howard
Smith gather at his home No. 484
Spring street, Friday, to celebrate his
eightieth birthday, they will be help
ing him tc enjoy good joke on them
selves
MI Smith can afford to laugh at
them, and at the world, and at every
thing. Two or three times since early
last summer he has been i'll, so i'll
that his friends have counted him as
one of the dear departed. But each
time lie was up again and brighter
than ever.
Just Ike a rubber ball" said one
OF his friends yesterday.
Mr.. Smith enjoys a good laugh. Il
is Just because he has laughed so
much, he thinks, that he has lived to
give an eightieth birthday party And
1t Is because he so enjoys a joke that
he is giving the party next Friday
w Howard Smith is one of the
oldest residents of Atlanta, both in
point of age and term of residence
He has been associated for many
years with the American Can Com
pany, and is in active service even
now. There will be many present at
his party, because he has many
friends.
The cards that he sent out for the
party show that 1t will be no wildly
gay function Of the wee sma' hours.
From : TO 3 o'clock are the hours
specified, befitting an eightieth birth.
day.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
FRIENDS MAY KEEP
SULZER OFFSTAND
Accused Governor Undecided Now
Whether He viii Attack
Tammany in Court. .

ALBANY, y. Y. oct 4.-Governor
William Sulzer is tonight suspended
between two powerful opposing
forces.
One is his desire to appear before
the high court of impeachment, which
is now trying him for high crimes
and misdemeanOrs." and make a
statement attacking Charles f. Muir
ply and the Tammany forces who
SulZer alleges Conspired to bring
about the impeachment.
The other is the irrevOCable order
OF D.-Cady Herrick and Harvey D..
Hinman, counsel for the Governor be-
fore the Impeachment court, that
their client must not appear in per-
son at the trial. combined with the
growing demand of many of the Gov
ernor's former political associates
that he refrain from appearing at the
trial because they fear he would drag
them down in his attempt to attack
the Tammany forces. 1t is said Sui
zer is inclined to listen to the lat
ter force.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Smiths Fight Fails
On Commerce Court
President Wilson Reported to Have
Changed Sentiment of Senate
and Saved Judges Jobs.

WASHINGTON. Oct. At was re-
ported about the Capital to-day that
a few words were poured in the ears
of certain Democratic Senators by
President Wilson at the White House
last night which brought about a
change of sentiment in the Senate
and saved the judges of the Com
merCe Court from being legislated out
of office.
When the Senate met to-day the
opposition of Senator HOke Smith
and others had melted away over
night and the Walsh amendment was
agreed to without a roll call and the
urgent deficiency bill was adopted
and sent to conference.
The House provisions not only
abolished the Commerce Court, but
legislated out of office the additional
circuit judges created by the same
act.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Loses Model Spent
Life in Perfecting
Thief Gets Away With Machine Of
Aged Montgomery
inventor.

MONTGOMERY. Oct. 4.-W. r. Co
rec, of the suburb of Chisholm. pre-
sents the unique figure of a man
who at the age of 6S years has real
lied the dream OF his life only to have
the fruits of his labor taken away
from him by a thief
The aged man has been working
for the past 25 years on a waterwheel
power invention which will use again
and again the same water with the
exception Of that which evaporates.
\ few days ago the inventor found the
solution to his problem.
He constructed models for patent
ing purposes and took them to a pho
togra pher so that pictures could be
made. The photographer has left
town with the invention. Mr.. Goree
worked as a book agent to provide
funds to buy laboratory material.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Sunday Schools to
Teach Sociology
Ignorance Is Declared To Be the
Greatest Enemy to Human
Purity.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 4-SeXotogy
viii be taught in the Sunday schools
of all the Protestant Churches in this
city If the present plans OF the County
Superintendents' Association are full
filled.
E. X. Mohr of Chicago said to-day
that to avoid the subject was a libel
against the Almighty.
Ignorance is the greatest enemy Of
purity in the world" he said. why
60 we hesitate to take steps toward
dispelling that ignoraIcet We must
not only give enlightenment, but en-
listment. 1t is not enough to teach
girls and boys to love purity, but we
must enlist them in some definite
work that viii afforld an outlet for
their pent-up energy
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Revolt in Philippines
For Liberty Foreseen
Army Man Predicts Uprising Ru-
NOR, Will Become Reality if In
dependence Is Not Given.

WASHINGTON. oct. 4-Revolt in
islands are given independence. ac-
cording to Major H. H. Bandholtz,
director of the Philippines constabu-
larry. In his annual report to the War
Department, made public to-day. Ma
jor Bandholtz says:
There have been constant rumols
of an uprising, and if it becomes evil
dent to Filipinos that there viii be no
action of any kind soon. some meas
ure to bring about independence for
the islands in the near future, revo-
luton may be looked for. This is a
condition which the Government
should frankly recognize and admit"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
INDEFINITE RESPITE |S
GIVEN FRANK AS JUROR
CHARGES FLOOD IN
Hearing of Motion for New Trial Is
Postponed on Motion of Solicitor
Dorsey---Henslee Indignantly De
MES Allegation That He Was Biased

Confronted by l73 pages of alleged
errors made by the trial judge, nine
volumes Of evidence and a mass Of
afidavits charging prejudice on the
part Of the jury, Solicitor General
Hugh NJ Dorsey and his assistant,
A. II. stephens, Monday morning will
begin in earnest their work of COM
batting the legal issue raised by the
defense in it's motion for new trial
for Leo NJ. Frank, superintendent of
the National pencil factory, convicted
IF the murder of Mary Phagan on
April 26.
The papers IN the motion of the
defense form one of the most Volum-
inous assertions of error in a Grim
inal trial that has ever been filed
in Georgia, comprising 17S pages of
court errors" and more than a dozen
atfidavits attacking the members of
the jury, particularly Jurors A. H.
Henslee and Marcellus Johenning.
Both Of these jurors are charged with
e'''S NNpi S6SSu lilGlI tOuNltllOu oI
Franks guilt before being chosen on
the jury, and to have profanely de-
oIared themselves in favor of the
factory superintendent execution.
It is not thought probable that So
Acltor Dorsey will be ready to reply
to the motion of the defense by next
saturday, when Judge L. S. Roam
mas set the hearing. Doubt of his
ability to investigate the assertions
and aitidavits of the defense and pre-
pare his reply was expressed by the
solicitor yesterday, when he asked
Judge Roam to grant more time if he
vas not ready by October II.
Solicitor Dorsey and his assistant,
IN preparing their answer by which
iAey hope to prevent Frank getting
a new trial, plan to probe thoroughly
'HIo every affidavit and other legal
paper presented by the defense. The
'adraCter of the men and women
VINO made the affidaVits attacking the
Jurors will be thoroughly investigat-
"a as Will the legality of the affidaV-
US themselves, and the findings will
o4 contained in the Solicitors reply.
'ueh HaWs as he may be able to find
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

eether and arrange for some events
here.
carl Fisher, Of Detroit and Miami.
will enter his record breaking motor
boat, the Shadow. in the Miami
races. and some of the leading motor
boat enthusiasts from New York,
Boston and other Northern cities are
expected To pass through Jacksonville
en- route to Miami There is no rea-
son why we should not induce them
TO send their boats here and have a
race meet either before or after the
Miami events
when we held our racing events
here in April of last year the Board
Of Trade contributed 500 to aid in
entertaining visitors. and the Jack
sonville hotels raised like amount.
If we start an agitation for races next
year in time l do not doubt that we
can arrange for one of the best race
meetings ever held in this city
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
MOTOR BOAT RACES
FOR JACKSONVILLE
Meet in Miami Revives Interest in
Aquatic Sport-PIan Many
Events for Winter.

JACKSONVILLE. Oct. al A.
Mitchell, Of this city. secretary and
treasurer OF the Jacksonville Power
Boat club. is seeking to revive in
terest in aquatic events here, and be-
lieves that if all lovers of the sport
get together, some interesting events
may be scheduled for the coming win
ter
There are TO be some great motor
boat races in Miami next January, in
which some of the fastest boats in
the country will be entered" said Mr..
Mitchell, "and think the Jacksonville
motor boat enthusiasts should get to-
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

never said would refuse to m the risk of shedding drop
of blood to protect American property did that all
American citizens should leave the country, abandoning
their property the good will of the contendng factions
My position was the direct reverse; my position
that if Americans had right to be in country
they could stay there and every resource of the
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Auto Runs Wild;
Worshipers Hurt
Open Air Meeting of Primitive 5ap-
lists Broken Up-Tombstones
Bowled over by Machine.

HEADLAND. Oct. 4.-While the
congregation of the Primitive Baptist
Association was holding an open air
meeting here an automobile ran
amuck, injuring several persons ana
doing Considera BILE damage in the viii
lage churchyard.
The owner reversed the lever and
a stranger cranked the machine, caus-
ing il TO run backward through the
crowd. The leader Of the choir was
hurled from his chair under the car.
Others were brushed aside and the
auto proceeded through the fence and
bowled over number of tOmbston9s
before it ran into a tree