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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-13
NO. 239 -
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
OF SKOWHEGAN
At Skowhegan, In the State of Maine at the
close OF business, February 4, 1913

OF SKOWHlsGA\

RESOURC
Loans and discounts, s6}6, l59 u
nVerdrafts, secured and unsecured, 2,2it43
T.. =. Bonds to secure circulation, l50000.00
other Bonds to secure Postal savings 1000 90
Bonds, Securities, etc, 3,237 80
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures, S,O10u
Due from State and Private Banks
and Bankers. Trust Companies
and savings Banks, 3,i6l3s
Due from approved Reserve Agents, GO.l72ut
Checks and other Cash Items. 5,Sl692
Notes of other National Banks, i,l500a
Fractional Pape Currency, Nickels
and Cents, 2h{ .
Lawful money reserve in Banh, VIZ;
Specie, Is, 3JJ9l
Legal-tender notes, 4,66300 43,0-S g
Redemption fund with L. = Treas
urer 3 per cent of circulation 10000
Total, Sl0ls,O6L92
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In Sl50,OO0.O0
surplus fund 50,000.O
Undivided profits, less expenses and
Taxes paid 7s,673.q5
National Bank Notes outstanding t4S, 2O00t
Due to Trust Companies and Say
ings Banks. i5,i6l,47
Dividends unpaid 244.60
Individual deposits 81 bject to check jSl, 1926
Certified Checks 67.2S
Postal savings Deposits 2,07536
Bonds borrowed l2,OOO.W
Total Sl,OlS,06492
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-13
T. D. EMERY

Has removed from Water street to ~
Madison avenue, former residence of {
II. Chute. Ready for business next
Monday. lw7*
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-13
STATE OF MAINE

STATE OF MAINE
County of Somerset, ss:-
Bin W. Page, Cashier of the above
named bank, do soemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
BLIN ". PAGE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of February, 1913
IL 81 FRANK W. BUcKNAM,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
j. W FoGLER,
\. IL. WYMAN, Directors
cHAs f.. YOUNG,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
STAMPS FOR PARCELS POST.
viii be Larger Than for Ordinary and
Bear Various Designs.

Full descriptions of the new parcel
post stamps, which must be used on
all parcels post packages, were issued
by the de partment last week.
There are to be twelve denomina-
tions, ranging from one cent to one
dollar. Shape, size, color and gen.
eral deign are identical for all denom-
nations, but each denomination will
illustrate some phase of the service.
1.-THE parcels post stamps, " saws
the regulation, measure one by one
and half inches between perforation
lines. The color is red for all denom-
inations. In curved panel across the
tops supported by paneled perpen-
dicular column at each end. appear
the words u. S. Parcel Post, in Ro-
man capital letters.
Triangular ornaments occunv
both upper corners. The denomina-
tion, in large numerals, is in each
lower corner, with the title of the
subject and the word cents (or dol
lar) be tween.
The department announces that a
full supply Of all denominations of
the stamps will be sent to Offices
throughout the country.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
PRAISES NAVY MEMS HEROISM
Rear Admiral SOutherland COmmends
Efficiency 10 Nicaragua.

The highest commentator for the
blueiackets and marines who partici-
pated in the expedition to Nicaragua
during the revolution in that country
last summer is contained in reports
submitted to the Navy Department
bv Rear Admiral W. III. H. Souther-
and. who was comman der-in-chief OF
the American forces operating in the
Central American republic and made
public on Saturday.
Admiral Southerland also names
a number of officers as having distin-
guished themselves for heroism and
efficiency. Admiral Switzerland de-
clares that the report forwarded by
him on the operation of the railroad
from Corinto to Granada by American
bluejackes and marines gives a splen
did demonstration of the resourceful
ness of the officers aid enlisted men
of the naval service.
He singles out for special COM
mendation Lieut. Commander Major,
who had charge of the railroad, and
First Lieutenant N. H. Conger, of
the Marine Corps, whose practical
knowledge of locomotive engineering
proved invaluable. Lieut.. -Commar
der G. w. Steel also is commended
especially for his conduct in COM
mand of the bluejackets of the Cali
fornia, and Passed Assistant Paymas-
ter r. w. Schumann, who kept the
California battalion supplied with
food under difficult circumstances.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
COLD WAVE APPROACHING.
Weather for the Week as Forecasted
by Federal Bureau.

Following is the official weather
forecast for the present week:
The cold wave now prevailing over
the northwestern and western por-
tions of the country will extend east
ward and southwark during the next
two days, reaching the Atlantic
States tonight or tomorrow.
Owing to the upbuilding of an ex-
tensive high pressure over the Middle
Atlantic Ocean, the cold wave over
the South Atlantic States will net. be
severe, but in the Gulf States the cold
wave will be general.
The cold weather will be followed
by some moderation about Tuesday
over the Northwest and extreme Cen
trail West, and after the middle of the
week to the eastward and southwark,
although temperatures will probably
remain below the normal for the sea.
son.
The week will open cloudy east of
the Rocky Mountains, except in the
northwest with snow over the north
ern and central and rain over the
southern districts, but by Wednesday
ga generally fair weather should pre-
vail.
A disturbance will probably appear
over the northwest toward the close
of the week, bringing with it increas-
ing cloudiness and rising tempera-
lures.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
An Enterprising Sunday School.

The following was received too
late for publication Saturday. but as
there are other Sundays to encourage
this progressive Sunday-school, it is
imely:
"Don't forget the first Sunday of
the new year al College Avenue Bap-
tist Sunday-school We are all inter-
ested in the children. the young peo-
pie and the parents. If you do not
go to SunJay-schcol at all; come to
ours. If you already attend our
school, bring someone else to share
our good will. If you go to some
other school in the city, take friend
with you. Did you ever try doing
something for someone else when
you were to get no pay? Try it.
1t will pay you bountiful interest.
yours for a happy, prosperous
new year. College Avenue Baptist
Sunday-school from 12 noon, to /
p. m"
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
More Than Two Intermediates.

A series of three middlemen may
include first the local buyer of the
shipper; second, the commission deal
er or the wholesale merchant, and
third, the retail merchant. In the
sale of fruit by auction, which is
common in large cities east of the
Mississippi river, the auetioneer is an
additional middleman. He may sell
for a commisson dealer, to whom the
consignment may have been made by
a country buyer, and the purchaser at
such an auction may be jobber, who
in turn sells to a retail merchant.
Five middlemen are thus concerned in
such transaction.
Onions raised ia Kentucky are
sometimes bought by a local mer-
chant and shipped to Louisville. Here
they nay be put into sacks and con-
signed to New York wholesaler or
a commission man, who in turn sells
to a New York retailer. Eggs and
poultry frequently pass through the
hands of at least four middlemen.
The marketing Of clover seed is an
example of transfer from one farm
er to another through a number of
middlemen. The first middleman may
be an Indiana jobber, who consigns
to a commission dealer in Toledo,
Ohio. Here the seed may be pur-
chased by a merchant and shipped to
a wholesale dealer in distant city.
The last middleman in this course of
distribution is country storekeeper
or city dealer in agricultural sup
plies.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
PRESIDENT WILL ENTERTAIN.
First Annual Meeting Of the National
Chamber Of Commerce.

President and Mrs. Taft will en-
tertaia at the White House on Janu-
ary % the delegates and ladies at
tending the First Annual Convention
Of the Chamber of Commerce OF the
United States of America. The en-
tertainment will take the form OF q
reception and afternoon tea.
+ The annual meeting will last three
DAYS, January 2I-23, and will come IN
the midst of the Tariff hearings be-
fore the Ways AM Means Committee.
Therefore in addition to the delegates
expected, there will be a large num-
Der of business. men in Washington
interested in this movement to bring
the Judgment of the organized bust
ness forces of the country to bear
upon the business problems OF the ma
tion.
One of the great subjects taken ur
at the annual meeting, at the instance
OF the Merchants Association OF New
York, the Manufacturers Association
Of Beaver county, Pa, aud the Ma
tional Association of Tanners, is that
of a permanent Tariff Commission.
Great interest attaches to this first
annual convention; for the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States Is
lust eight months old, having growr
out of the national commercial con
ference, called TO meet in Washington
last April.
The officers and directors theI
chosen have within less than yea
made the Chamber a power in th'
business affairs of the nation. Th'
need of a Chamber OF Commerce O
the United States was seen befor,
ever the Constitution of the Unite'
States was written In 1883 Pelatial
Webster outlined the place of sucl
an organization. yet only in 1912 dit
it become a fact. The rapid growtl
of the recent past indicates how de
cided a need this Organization will fill
Two hundred and thirty-fve busines
organizations are now united in one.
The first annual banquet will b
held January %. President Taft vii
be the principal speaker. The guest
Of the Convention will be heads o
departmer Is and Congressional ead
ers. The Chamber of CONNIE rec
non-partisan. 1t is an organized eu
deavor to render available or Con
gress and the government the opinio
of the business interests of the nation
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
GOOD SINGER.
With Pilgrims Progress" at Colonial
Theatre.

Again the patrons will have a sur
prise and a treat. Manager Irons has
arranged with Mr.. g. Z. Meade, a
celebrated Baritone singer of New
York to sing four sacred songs during
the four reels of the wonderful picture
pilgrims Progress, this will be
quite an innovation and will even make
the pictures more interesting. Mr..
Meade has wonderful full, rich voice
and has won much fame in and around
New York City. He has been engaged
to play one of the stellar roles in one
of the big New York productions which
will begin rehearsing next Tuesday,
and is scheduled to open the last week
in January.
Special music has been arranged
for the stupendous Pilgrims Prog
ress" and will be a treat in itself.
This beautiful picture is universally
indorsed by Americia's most prominent
ministers and leading newspapers. It
is reverent, profound, inspiring and
powerful. The greatest religious story
ever written. A Biblical spectacle act-
ed by the best and most prominent Ac-
tors. This picture triumph is four
parts of over fifty sublime scenes.
In addition to this great feature
there will be either two or three of the
regular Colonial feature Photo plays.
THE Padres Gift, El Captain and
The Land Grabbersx" and ''To Err is
Human" Remember there is two per-
formances nightly 7.15 and $50, doors
open at 6.45 Come early and get
seats. Special matinee Wednesday for
the school children at o'clock.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
NAVY POST GRADUATE.
PIans . DeveIop InsLILaLioa Her

Plans to Develop Institution Here.
The change in the administration
naturally brings up the question as
to the development of the new post
graduate school for line and staff Off
GERS of the navy at the Naval Acad-
emy.
The plan has been to develop that
institution into something which shall
correspond to the schools of the army,
which have separate buildings. some
of them, notably the Army War Col
lege, of considerable architectural
pre- tensions. It is safe to predict
that the next administration will be
of the prudent type and will not in
crease appreciably any OF the appro-
priations for the military-naval estab-
lishment
For this reason it will probably
be necessary for the Navy post-grad-
uate school to make out with the
facilities which now exist on the Ma
val Academy reservation without de-
pending on cCngre ssional generosity
for new bulldogs and this regardless
of the Importance of the institution
1t will be exceedingly difficult to OBJ
tain anything more than the appro-
priation for maintenance.
Such increases as are allotted by
Congress are destined to have some
political advantage to the admins
TRITON. 1t will be in that direction,
rather than in any other, that the
Democratic House and Senate of the
Sixty-third Congress- will manifest
its liberaIity.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. C. Nelson Dugan and
beautiful children. who have been
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Dugan's father. DR.. William q.
Ridout, left today for Baltimore where
they are spending the winter at Beau
mont Ave. .Catonsville.
Lieut.. E. Berkeley Iglehart. U. S.
A., retired, who has been spending
some months in the mountains Of Vlr'
ginia, is visiting his sister, Mrs. l.,
Dorsey Gassaway.
Lieut.. j. r. Cygon. U. S. A., wife
and infant son have returned to their
home in Boston, Mass, having spent
the Christmas holidays most delight
fully, with Mrs. Cygon's parents Mr..
and Mrs j. M Armstrong, Murray
Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Norris Talbot, o.
West River. spent the weekend Will
Mr.. Talbot's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
F. Talbot, at Germantown.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Julian Hathcer. 0,
Fort BaraDcas, Fla, have as thei
guests Mrs. Hatcher's mother Mrs
Robert Dashiell, of this city and Mr.
Hatcher S sister Miss Mary Hatcher
of Front Royal, Virginia.
MIR. A. Arnold GLADDEN., son of Prof
and Mrs. II. l.. GLADDEN., of COlleg,
Green has returned from a pleassn
visit to Mr.. Marshal Hawkins, of II
Plata, Md. Mr.. GLADDEN. has returnel
in time to resume his studies at st
| Johns College.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
FIVE MORE ARE RESCUED.
Indrakuala's ROats Rescued Them After
Luckenbach Sank.

1t is not often the Chesapeake Bay
claims such a heavy toll of lite as on
Friday last in the collision of Julia
Luckenbach and the steamer Indra
kuala. as briefly mentioned in Satur-
days Capital.
When the revenue sutter Apache
reached the disabled steamer Indra-
kuala on Diamond Marsh in Chesa-
peake Bay, it was learned that five
more of the crew of the Julia Lucken-
bach had been saved. These had been
picked up by the beats of the Indra-
kuala after the collision. This leaves
the number of lost at fourteen.
According to the log of the Indra-
kuala, the lifeboats picked up all the
men of the Luckenbach that could be
found. The lndrakuala was then
beached.
According to the men picked up, the
wife of Capt Gilbert died in his arms
in the pilot house of the ship as it went
down.
The Gilbert children, Phyllis, Is
years old, and John, IL years, are
awaiting advices from relatives in
England. Friends are caring for them.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
Mon,hIy Health Report.

The following is the monthly rep,
port of DR.. VIM. S. Welch, City
Health Officer, for the month ending
December 81, 1919:
Estimated population, 10, 600; total
deaths, 10; monthly death rate pei
1000, 1.9.
Mortality classified by diseases)-
Apoplexy, /; Asthma. /; Bronchitis,
/; Heart Disease, L; Indigestion, i;
Marasmus. q; Nephritis, 8; Nervous
Prostration, L; Pneumonia, 6; Prema-
ture Birth. 1; tuberculosis, 1.
Race and Sex-Whites, s.; Colored,
13; Males, 10; Females 9.
Births---Whites, 10; ColoTed, 10;
Males, IL; Females, 9.
Infectious Observation-Disclosures, 1
Measles. l; Scarlet Fever, /; Ty-
phoid Fever, I.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
January VIII Find the League at Work
Again.

The Anne Arundel League is pre-
pairing to resume activities with re-
newed energy just as soon as the
Christmas holidays are over. Prepa-
rations for the Yuletide entail much
time and energy. and then comes the
season itself when one enjoys family
reunions and various festivities,
and so Christmas makes its own de-
mand upon Us all.
And we suffragists would be poor
types of womanhood if we failed to
need this demand. Indeed, it would
be very strong argument against
suffrage if those of US who believe in
it thought any the less of the observ-
ance of this blessed season. ! am
gl ad to be able to say that the women
Of our league are the church-goiug
and the home-living kind. and so there
is very little danger of their forget
ting their first obligation
Beginning with January, it is
proposed to have an evening as well
as a morning meeting at the home of
the president in Annapolis. This is
| in addition TO the weekly meeting on
Tuesday evenings at the home of one
of the members, Mrs. Minnie Scott
Beavin, at Eastport We have found
| that many of our members who could
not come to the day meetings can
arrange to come in the evening.
At a recent meeting Mrs. VIM. j
King was elected treasurer to succeed
Mrs. Gilbert p. Coleman, who has
moved away from town. We have
everal men who have signed mem.
berhip cards, and we are hoping that
Mr.. Mythen will soon find time t.
come to us and organize q Mems
League.
Anne Arundel county was very
sorry not to land the $25 prize, but we
extend our heartiest congratulations
to good old Montgomery county anC
after ourselves she would certainly b;
our first choice. MIN MarylanC
Suffrage News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
IN MEMORIAM.

ADDISON N--ln loving but sad re-
membrance of my dear sister, ELIZ-
ABETH ADDISON, who departed
bis life, January 6, 1912, one year
ago today.
Think not, dear sister, that thou art
forgotten,
For by me thou shalt never be.
As long as life and memory lasts
Ny thoughts shall always be OF thee,
Oftimes l seem to be cheerful.
/ smile and seem to be gay;
But oh, how my heart is aching.
For my dear sister, who passed
away.
She has passed her suffering, passed
her pain
Cease to weep. for tears are vain
Calm the tumult Of thy breast
For she who suffered is at rest.
By Her Sister,
ELSIE MORRIS.
And Grandmother,
MARIA TRAVERSE.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
NEW PLAN OF BENEFITS.
To the Employees Of the Western UniOn
Telegraph Co. Western Electric Co.
ard the Bell Telephone System.

The new plan of benefits for disa-
hility due to accidents or sickness,
of insurance and of pensions went
into effect with the new year.
Nearly goo, 600 men and women who
are now giving their best years to the
telephone and telegraph service Of
the country, will heuceforth be as
sured of assistance in the exigencies
of life. for which all are not able to
provide. anC will also be assured of a
provision for their declining years.
It is but natural that every en-
ployee should desire to assume the
normal responsibilities of life and to
surround himself and those dependent
upon him with the things that make
life complete and enjoyable. Unfor-
seen happenings may make these
responsibilities heavy burden, and
| whatever may be put aside Tor the
l iay OF misfortune, must in the begin
| ming be small and accumulated slow
Ily. A realization that obligations
must be met in times of misfortune,
as we'll as ii times of prosperity, has
| made the need of something beside
p,erely an old age pension appear abso-
lutely vital.
Employers buy and employees sell
/ service. Perfect service is only to
be found when fidelity and loyalty are
reciprocal in employer and employee.
1t is this relationship that brings
satisfaction and success to both.
The intent and purpose of the en-
ployer in establishing plan of bene-
| fits, is to give tangible expression to
the reciprocity which means faithful
and loyal service on the part of the
employee, with protection from all
the ordinary misfortunes to which
he is liable; reciprocity which means
mutual regard for one another's in
terest and welfare. This is justice,
and without justice and sympathetic
interest we cannot hope to do thor
oughly good piece of work.
| The American Telephone and Tel
| egraph Company, which centralizes
the Associate Companies into one sys'
tenn, with one policy for universal
service, has considered the interest:
of all workers aud has made a compre
hensive plan possible. 1t is the ad
ministrative clearing house and the
underwater of the necessary reserve
fund, upon which q general plar
must depend.
One illustrative instance of the eX
ercise of these functions has beer the
unifying of the various interests Sc
that any employee may aspire to worl
anywdere in the country with unin
terrrupted benefits, and any company
can obtain any man it needs without
prejudice to his welfare. In behalf
Of the management of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
the Westera Union Telegraph aud the
Western Electric companies, lee me
say that we have a personal interest
in our public service, a personal in.
terest in our employees and personal
interest in our common country.
1t is our hope that what we have
already accomplished has helped the
men and women of the Bellsystem ia
become happier and better American
citizens, and it is our New Year 8
wish that what has been planned foI
the future will contribute to their
constantly increasing happiness and
btterment.
THEO. N. VAIL.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
CHARACTER REPRESENTATIONS
Miss Williams Of Georgia to Entertain
at Carvel Hall.

Annapolis is looking forward with
pleasurable anticipation to the coming
of Miss Louise A. Williams, of
Georgia, in her characteristic imper-
sonations of the old southern negro,
his humorous stories and songs, on
Wednesday night, January 10, at Car
vel Hall. The proceeds are to Igo to
the ST. Anne's Parish House.
Miss Williams is well remembered
in Annapolis from her appearance
here last winter for the benefit of the
Emergency Hospital at st. Johns s
College.
Miss Williams will change her
repertoire in selection of her songs
ahd stories, with exception of one or
two, to be rendered by special re-
quest.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
Arrests at EasipOrt.

Officer Garner, Of Easport, Saturday
night arrested Edward DAVIS, for dis
orderly conduct. The accused had a
hearing before Justice w. H. Meade.
who imposes fine of 81. and costs.
amounting to $40.
The same officer also arrested Har-
rison Hall, whom Justice Meade lined
200 and costs amounting to S6.40.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
AT the Lyric.

A good program may be expected at
the Lyric tonight. A great Vitogra pm
an exceptional picture, and is well
Gentleman JOY" and an international
romance ''The GraswelI Girls" is a
great picture and well worth seeing.
Don't miss the Lyric movies tonight.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
Death Of Mrs. Griffith.

Mrs. Annie Webb Griffith, former
ly OF Anne Arundel county, wife of
Or. R. Sumter Griffith, died on Fri
day at Basic City. Va. The remains
were brought here Saturday and were
inferred at Friendship, this county,
yesterday.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
Chldren's

Mrt Gibbons, wife Of the e.
tendent of the Naval Aea9s,o- Perm.
a children's party on Satp-3. s'V,
delightful afternoon was .F1.5 .5 A
children of the officers II ~ -,,l (, et
Academy. Mrs Gibbons sf7a Na7a
charming hostess, proved he,s, g
be even more to the little fot 10
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
Lyman Howe Coming.

Lyman II. Howe's great moving
picture show, famous throughout the
country. VIII come here to the Colo
nial Theatre on Wednesday, Janu-
airy 10.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06

st. Johns Collge, DR. Thomas Fell,
president. will reopen tomorrow after
the Chris tmas holidays. Many of the
Students are arriving today.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-06
d. Cabaniss Renorls for Dulr-

Lieut.. Robert w. Cabaniss. Of the
Navy. today reported for duty at the
Naval Academy. The department to
which be will be assigned has not been
announced.