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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY RELIC
Sword of Major John Moore New in
Possession OF One of His Descend
ants at North Arson

The sword carried by Major John
Moore of Revolutionary fame, has
been preserved by his descendants,
and has probably never left the con-
fines of Somerset County since the
death of its distinguished wearer. 1T
is now in the home Of Charles S.
Moore Of North Arson. The indie
pendent Reporter, interested that a
relic of such historic interest should
remain permanently in this county, or
at least in the State of Maine, recent
" wrote Mr.. Moore with regard to the
matter. Mr. Moores reply indicates
that he regards himself in measure
at least, as trustee of this sword IN
which he well knows the public has
a great interest. Mr.. Moore's letter
is as follows:
North Arson, Aug. 10th, 1913.
Mr. r. T. Patten.
Dear Sir
You esteemed favor of yes
terday at hand.
have not decided yet what l ought
to do with the sword of Major Moore
that has now fallen to my trust. In the
meantime it will be safely guarded
here near the spot where he died and
where it has been cared for by this
branch OF his family of descendants
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
Hartland school at East Athens, Aug.

Hartland school at East Athens, Aug.
25th.
The Athens schools began August
rs. The high school opened with an
attendance of 35 in charge OF Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Greene of North Bridgeton
who arrived in their auto. August "a.
They are boarding with Mrs. Annie
ToZier..
Mrs. Catharine Pollard returned
August % to her home in New York
after a few weeks at Robert Hayden s.
Mr.. and Mrs. II y. Flanders passed
the week end With relatives in ST
Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. y. Sanders and
Florence returned August %, from a
vacation passed in Ossipee, y H., and
Dover, Me
The Pine Tree Club held an ice
cream social at the Mckinley school
house Friday evening, August %.
Rena Buzzell gave a recitation. Vera
and Alice Leighton Eugenia Staples
and Mildred Wright gave readings
Though the notice was short there was
good attendance and very pleas
ant evening is reported. This CluD
has organized for the purpose of first
raising an ice cream fund, after which
the surplus will be used for church
work.
A new bridge is being built at West
Athens.
Miss Clara Furbush who has been
passing some time here with her uncle
James Chapman and other relatives
left Tuesday to return to Boston
The machinery for the new mill is
being erected on bore Hill by Thomp
son and Fox.
Albert Fellows arrived from Boston
August % to visit few days in his
native town. He is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. j. T. Hight
Charles BeckWith of Pressure Isl,
is the guest of Lepha Henderson a
Amos Chapman's.
Real Leternean of the Boston de
tective force has been passing severa
days here with his wife at Amos
Chapman's, where she has been fol
several months past.
Eugenia Staples has returned from
Washington, D. c., and has re-entered
Somerset Academy
f. +. Wescott has moved into the
B. c. Taylor rent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Judkins anC
Mabelle returned August 90 from theil
visit in Skowhegan, Worcester
Springfield and Lynn.
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Hitchngs o
Saugus, Mass, are guests of Mrs
Hitching's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. G
Hight
j. E. Chapman who submitted to
surgical operation at Somerset Hos
pital, August p, is reported as on tn,
road to recovery which many will b,
glad to know A few days before h,
went he made a visit with Mr.. anC
Mrs. George Allen. Although ad
vanced in years and poor health pre-
vents their attendance at the meet
ings. they still retain their interes
in the Grange and are ready to re
spond as they have always done t
any call in its interest.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
Pays Subscription Until 1928

A Montana gentleman RENTED to
this office recently check in pay
ment of his subscription to August
1928. Payments fer Two or three
years ahead are not so very rare. but
We believe this is the only instance
where a patron has assured himself
receiving the Observation-Disclosures
past the first quarter mark of the 20th
century. The gentleman whose good
taste leads him 10 make sure of his
fayorite paper for such a series OF
years was born in Athens. He is
now in the sheep business and it is
said the tlocks upon a thousand hills
are his.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
A Novelty in Music

We are in receipt of a copy of the
latest musical composition of Walter
r. Gage of Los Angeles, Cal. formerly
of Skowhegan. When a resident Of
this town Mr.. Gage was known as a
composer and pianist while his COM
position which we have just received
is written for the left hand alone. Its
subject is "lmpromptu'. and is unusu-
al in that when properly played it
appears to the listener as if both
hands were employed as the melody
is carried along with the accompani-
ment
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
Gard OF Thanks

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks TO all those who SO kindly as
sisted us in any way during the sick
ness aud death OF our loved one; also
the Rcbekahs. the Grange and 10 all
the friends who sent floral offerings.
Chas. Johnson
Mabelle Johnson
Mary B Pooler
and Family
Bingham, Me. Aug. IS. 1918.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

YOU who require the best and purest
medicine see that you get Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound in preference to
any other for all coughs. colds Group
asthma, hoarsness, tickling throat and
other throat and lung troubles. 1t Is
a strictly high grade family medicine
and only approved drugs of first quail
ty are used in its manufacture. 1t
gives the best results. and contains no
opiates. For sale by Sampson & Avore
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
EAST MADISON

Twins arrived at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Hoyt on Monday, Aug.
25th. The boy weighs nearly lbs.
and the girl nearly lbs.
East Madison Grange observed
August %, as School Day. A good
meeting is reported although the at
tendance was small because of the
rain. 1t was voted to accept the in
vitation to meet with Wesserrunsett
Grange and furnish the program,
Thursday evening, September rs.
Laban Lincoln aged about SO years
is reported as being very i'll.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

Sometimes the symutoms of kidney
and bladder trouble are so plain no ore
can mistake them. Backache, weak
and lame back with soreness over the
Kidneys, sharp pains. rheumatism, dull
headache, and disturbed sleep. are All
Indications of trouble that Foley Kid
ney Pills will relieve quickly and per-
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sampson & Avore.
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scratch! The more you scratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

er and wife took an auto trip to West
Forks the oath.
Marguerite willard, Lester Walker,
Ruby Tufts, Ethel Green and Howard
Rowell returned to Athens Academy
Monday.
l.. II. Leighton and w B. Wilson
went 70 West Ripley Tuesday on bust
ness.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

Some persons have such great faith
IN what the morrow will bring them
that they are perfectly satisfied to let
their debtors wait until that happy
time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

for more than hundred years. Wis
itors interested are always welcome.
Thanking you, | am
Very truly yours,
CHARLES S. MOORE.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

Big Bunch Old Papers, This once SC
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
The Wearied-Looking Signature Of E. H. Hartman
written expressly for The Washington Herald)
BY e. J. EDWARDS.

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The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
Utilize Hetch Hetchy Valley.

On or before December 6 the Senate
pursuant TO a unanimous consent
agreement, must vote upon the ques-
ton of permitting San Francisco to
use the floor of the Hetch Hetchy Val
ley in the Yosemite National Park,
California, as a reservoir for a city
water supply
The Hetcb Hetchy Valley is a beau
tiful but inaccessible two and a half
square miles of a I5,ooo-square-mile
park. In the last two years, two tour
lists have been there. They wore
gloves and head nets to keep away
mosquitoes. 1t costs each visitor sew
eral hundred dollars to see it.
San Francisco bought the property
before it was converted into a national
park. She proposes to turn this
mosquito-infested swamp. part of the
year dry, part the source of a roar
ing, property-destroying food, which
plaques the farmers in the lower levels,
into a beautiful, transparent lake, from
which San Francisco and the other
bay cities may draw their water supply,
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
ANTITRUST MEASURES
TOPIC At CONFERENCE
Regulation Of Interstate Corporations
viii Be Discussed at White
House Next Week.
EARLY ACTION ON BILLS LIKELY

4 conference on the subject OF legisla-
tion to be considered at the December
session OF Congress further regulating
the operations OF interstate corporations
will be held at the White House next
week President Wilson will take up the
question with Representative Clayton, OF
Alabama, chairman OF the House Conn.,
mittee on the judiciary. and Senator
Newlands, Of Nevada, chairman Of the
Committee on Interstate Commerce, the
committees that will have charge Of any
antitrust legislation that may be reeom-
mended by the President
The Democratic party in Congress is
committed to the integrity OF the Sher-
man antitrust law. and IT is the under
standing that at the conference course
OF action will be mapped out looking to
the passage OF bills supplementing the
existing antitrust act
Announcement was made yesterday by
Chairman Clayton that the House COM
mittee will begin hearings early in the
new Congress on the various bills that
have been introduced proposing supple
mental legislation regulating the opera
tions of corporations.
1t is the general impression that anu
trust legislation will be given first place
on the legislative program Of the De-
cember session.
The plan followed by the New Jersey
legislature in enacting the Seven Sis
ters," the trust bill fathered by Mr.. VIII
son when he was governor, will be
adopted by Congress.
The Pujo money trust committee has
condemned the system Of interlocking
directorates, and this particular recon-
mendation of Mr.. Pujo and his asso-
ciates was indorsed by the Democratic
caucus. Another proposition that will
doubtless be acted upon early in the ses-
sion is that relating to the affiliation pf
industrial corporations with railroad and
water lines. The Democrats are favorable
to separating industrial from transpor-
tation corporations. Governmental su-
pervision over the issuance Of rail-
road securities is another question that
will have consideration by the commit
tees that have jurisdiction over legisla-
ton bearing on corporations. Overcapi-
talization also will be discussed and pos
sibly acted upon.
Following Chairman Clayton's confer
ence at the White House a meeting Of
the Judiciary Committee will be called
to map out the work.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
John Manuer's Case.

Whether those sociologiStS so fe.
licitously remote from penury as to be
able to make dispassionate analysis OF
poverty classify it as a crime or q
disease, their unanimous judgment
with such a case as that of John Man.
uel, defendant in the Police Court yes
terday, as an example, must be that il
is a very monstrous evil affecting So
ciety as intimately as it does its i'm
mediate victim.
John Manuel asked to be arrested SO
that he could be sent down. Thus
Manuel came before a Police Court
judge on a charge of vagrancy. When
the judge had heard Manuers state
ment that he wished to go to the work
house at Occoquan, he allowed the de-
fendant to name his own term of i'm
prisonment, and Manuel sentenced him.
self, so to speak, to the workhouse for
ninety days.
Through this arrangement Manuel is
assured of food, clothing, and shelter
through the winter. The point for
wonderment in his case is that he
would have himself immured in a place
whose conditions and atmosphere make
rather for the peace and dignity of
the State than of the individual thus
secluded from his brothers in liberty.
We have it upon the authority of wit
nesses whose testimony is based upon
rigorous personal experience that Oc-
coquan is not a rest cure. 1t is not a
congenial home for the constitution
ally lazy. Incidence has no place in
Occoquan's tremendous harmony of in
dustry. 1t can hardly be believed,
therefore, that John Manuel would
enter these correctional cloisters 10
shun work.
In such circumstances it may rea-
sonably be speculated that this unfor-
tunate man sought the meager COM
forts of a correctional institution be-
cause he could not get them elsewhere.
John Manuels case alone does not
indicate what is the remedy for the
ills his vagrancy puts upon himself
and society. 1t does little more than
remind US that the problems of the dis
tribution of currency, of farm prod
ucts, of manufactures, of intelligence,
are no greater problems than the prob
lem of the distribution of labor. What
will happen to John Manuel when he
emerges from his Occoquanic hiberna-
ton at the end of ninety days will
form the climax of his life story. Per-
haps out of his future history the ex-
perts in sociology, who direct and OBJ
serve places like Occoquan, will get
some glimmer of the wisdom that none
of us has yet found-how, truly and
well, to be our brothers keeper.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
QUORUM IS LACKING
At CURRENCY CAUCUS
But Senators Present Tentatively AP-
prove Important Features Of
the Owen Bill.
MAY NOT FINISH THIS WEEK

Democratic Senators were unable TO
maintain a quorum In caucus yesterday
against the impulses to run away to
THANKSGIVING dinners. Only twenty Sen
ators out OF fifty were present and the
action taken was only tentative. Prac-
tical approval was given to the features
OF the owen bill with respect to owner
shin and control Of the stock OF the re-
rional reserve associations by the men,
her banks rather than by the public, as
the Hitchcock bill provides. Minor
changes were made in the phraseology
of the owen bill in several places, but
no change in the meaning or effect OF IL
The question of the number OF regional
banks was again a subject Of discussion
Yesterday, but no conclusion was reached.
The indications were that the number or
banks to be established will be left to
the discretion OF the Federal Reserve
Board, with eight as the minimum and
twelve as the maximum. 1t also seemed
evident yesterday that the words lawful
money" used in the redemption provisions
OF the bill will be eliminated.
About one-third Of the bill had been
gone over when the caucus adjourned
yesterday afternoon. It was thought to
be doubtful II the bill could be completed
this week by the caucus. There Is a
growing sentiment in opposition TO a bind
ing caucus, and several Democratic Sem
ators have served notice on their party
leaders that they will not remain in the
caucus IL they are to be bound hand and
foot. 1t was said yesterday that the
caucus was in a fair way to agree with
out making the caucus binding. 1t was
conceded that some OF the features Of
Senator Hnchcocks bill would be ap-
proved. Chairman owen comedies this.
The caucus will be resumed this morn
ing and continue until the bill has been
considered in every detail.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

and which will furnish the farmers
between with power and water under
control TO be drawn upon whenever
needed, at cost.
San Francisco now pays to private
water monopoly 81 cents thousand
cubic feet for water. Here in Wash
ington we pay 8 cents. Aside from
the high cost of this water, the sup
ply is utterly inadequate, and has been
condemned as impure. But stop to
think what this private monopoly
stands to lose.
The campaign against the Hetch
Hetchy bill has been fierce, general,
and shrewd. Mr.. Walter Underwood
Johnson has been the moving spirit.
Mr.. Johnson parades as nature lover,
and holds up his hands in holy horror
over the threatened desecration of one
of Gods Fairgrounds" With shame,
perhaps, we should admit that we
never heard of Mr.. Walter Underwood
Johnson as a great conservationist or
otherwise before the Hetch Hetchy
project came to head this last time.
Without trying to be mean, we might
say that as far as we are drawn to
conclude Mr.. johnson occupies about
the same relative position toward con-
servation and nature lovers as the
David Lamar-Henry B. Martin Her
man Schulteis Antitrust League does
toward honest trust legislation.
+ Now let us see who is for what in
the alignment of forces. In behalf
of the Hetch Hetchy project, in addi-
ton to the board of army engineers
who reported strongly in its favor, we
have seen full Endorsements from Gif-
ford Pinchot, Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane, Secretary of State
William J. Bryan, Chief Forester
Graves, former Secretary of the In
terror Garfield, Jane Addams, and a
score of others who are known for
their thoughtful patriotism.
OF course, opposing the bill we have
Mr.. johnson. But let us delve a bit
deeper into the support of the bill
Under Mr.. Johnson's name, the coun-
try has been circularized against the
bill for months and months. These
CIRCULARS have beep sent out in the
envelopes of a certain nation-known
club of San Francisco. But here is
the milk in the cocoanut:
The circulars are being mailed out
from the office of the chief engineer
of the private water monopoly which
the Hetch Hetchy bill is aimed against.
'Nuff said.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH THINGS?

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The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
HOUSING OF POOR STUDIED.
DIR. Nemenyi. of Hungary, Loolins
Into Conditions I'm This Country.

DIR. Bartholomew Nemenyi, Of Buda-
pest, Hungary, who holds a commission
from the Hungarian government TO make
investigations Of housing conditions IN
the United States, for the purpose of aid
ing legislative settlement of similar con-
ditions in Hungary, arrived in Washing
ton several days ago and has been study
ing the housing problem Of this city.
DR.. Nemenyi. before coming to TINS
city. visited Cleveland. Chicago, PITTS
burgh. New York. and Philadelphia
where he studied the living conditions OF
the poor. His opinion is that the legis-
lative provisions for promoting the sani-
tary housing of working people In this
country are ideal, and that when they
are fully enforced the result VIII De
sanitary conditions unequaled IN any
country
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
SCHOOLS BAR CLOSE" DANCES.
Chicago Woman Superintendent
Issues Order Against Tango.

Chicago. Nov. T.-"Close" or tango
dances are barred from the public schools
through written order issued to the prin-
cipals by Ella Flagg Young, superin-
tendent. The order Is aimed at the social
centers and especially at the Saturday
night dances. The order follows:
what are known as close or tango.
dances are neither permitted nor toler-
ated in the public school buildings Of
Chicago. This refers to all kinds Of
social centers and recreation periods thai
are held in those buildings"
In explaining the order Mrs. Young
said she had advised the principals YER
bally that there were to be no such
dances allowed in the school buildings
and considered the matter settled. How
ever, with the Inauguration of the Sat
urday night dances, in which the schools
are competing with dance halls, she had
heard that there were persons VINO In
fringed upon the verbal order.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

China's railway history began in 1s!.
when the woosung Line, built by foreign
enterprise, was opened. In 1s7 the road
was redeemed by the Chinese, and the
rails torn up and tn eqipment shipped
to Formosa. In 1857, however, a railway
was in operation between Tientsin and
Tongshan.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
Original Poem Written for The Herald
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
THE PARADOX.

Copyright, lsi1)
II YOU have a thought of glee,
Just some little note of cheer,
Wander forth right speedily,
Pour IL in some comrades ear.
II you have a thought of dread,
OF some evil you must read,
Keen IL close within your head,
In your spirit buried deep.
OF your joys spend lavishly.
Be a miser with your fear.
What you spend will multiply;
What you hoard Will disappear!
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

They want Col. Goethals to undertake
the job of Strengthening out the crooks
on the New York police force.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

We have suspicion that some people
were put into the world just to keep
us from worrying about our own short
comings,
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

What is worse than drunken chauf-
feur?" asks an exchange. oh, two
drunken chauffeurs.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

The man who has something to say
literary style.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-28

vox populi is vox diable in Mexico.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-10
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How the
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chickens stupid 10 learn how they were being fooled
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-10

London meaning the worlds me-
tropols not London. ont. ohio or
TEXAS now has new lord mayor
lie IS Sir Thomas Vansittart
Bowater, and is 81 years old.
Sir Thomas was born on oct. 20, 1SGe.
in Manchester and is is the FIRST nat
tive Of Lancashire to attain the Righ
office 10 which he has Just been elect
ed. lie is lin trade" as the head Of
an important firm of Paper dealers
and is described as one of the mos,
popular business men in the city"
The rev lord mayor has had some
distinguished ancestors. one of them
was Edward Bowater, who fought az
Trafalgar and later became admiral
OF the fleet, ana another was Gen. Sir
Edward Bowater, who was wounded
at Waterloo. Sir Thomas-he was
knght"d i'm l90G-wcnt to London as Il
young man and his business acumen
has made him immensely wealthy.
w ''i'''N NUN III iiF~9f 'lNdllllllfS ana
the willingness To- spent il lac could
never have been elected lord mayor.
for tho chief duty Of that official rs To
preside IN gorgeous robes at banducts
paid for by himself. Sir Thomas VIII
receive salary of $3O.00O FOR his year
as lord mayor, but that trining sum
will not begin to cover expenses. His
rule wills extend only over the one
square mile of the corporation of Lon
don, the business center known as
the city, which has residence pop
ulation of only about $4,000 although
100000 or more people spend the
working day within its limits. Theore-
tically the lord mayor Is supreme over
this limited territory and even tho
King must ask permission 10 enter
the city gates. of course there arc
no gates. but london was once a wall.