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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-13
Mrs. W. H. Kent left here July 8

Mrs. W. H. Kent left here July 81
to join her husband in Jackman
During the terrific shower that pass
ed over this place August 2, lightn-
ing struck at J. S. Aliens. throwing
few bricks from the chimney out
side the roof, splintering a timber on
the inside near the chimney. passing
through the kitchen floor and splitting
post several inches through in the
cellar. The splinters in the chamber
were thrown several feet through two
storm windows breaking out half the
glass The post in the cellar re-
mains firmly in position though the
creyice is an inch wide near the mid
die. All were slightly shocked. the
lights went out and the fumes of sui
phur were almost suffocating.
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East Madison Grange

East Madison Grange met in regp-
lar session, Saturday, August Sth. 1t
was observed as School Day with pa
pers and discussion relating to the
same. There was singing by In
choir and piano duet by Ria and
Florence Burrill. The next meeting
is in charge of the brothers and the
committee of arrangements are NJ g..
Baker, H. G. Hoyt and l.. +. Board
man. 1t is requested that Patrons
having at home any of the Grange
rituals will please return them to the
Hall
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SllI0N


Mrs. Clara Record of North Arson
was the guest of Miss Martha Young
Friday night.
Harold Spaulding was in Lewiston
on business Saturday.
Turner Davis and daughter Laura
went to Athens Sunday. Miss Laura
will remain a few days to visit her
grandmother and aunt.
Miss Violet French of Winthrop is
the guest of her friends Misses Berle
Cram and Esther French, accompani-
ed by Miss Marion Stairbird they visit
ed Miss Claire McIntire at the Me
Intire cottage at Lake Embden Sun
day.
Fred Powers is acting as r. F. D.
carrier on route No. 2. while the regu-
lar carrier Walter Cross enjoys his
annual vacation. d.
An entertainment will be given at
Caratunk Hall, Saturday evening, Aug.
10, by Gladys Beulah Powers of Bos-
ton under the auspices of Northern
Light Rebekah Lodge This enter
tainment will consist of Folk lore
songs and dances.
Mr.. and Mrs Aston Rowell were in
Skowhegan Sunday on an auto ride.
Mr. and Mrs. r. l.. French and Miss
Hazel Redmond went to Harmony
Sunday after Miss Mildred French
who has been visiting her grandmoth-
er for the past week.
Harold Randlett was in Skowhegan
Sunday and took dinner with his
mother Mrs George Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. l.. Patterson, Mr..
and Mrs Ernest Whipple and daugh-
ter Marion left Friday morning for
Southport for a few days visit with
the Pattersons and Whipples. who are
spending their vacation there.
Miss Martha Young went to Tops
ham, Tuesday morning, where she will
be the guest of her friend Miss Mil
dred Edwards for the next ten days.
John Mahoney has sold his farm to
John Miller of Bingham. Mr.. Ma
honey has moved his family into the
Hunnewell rent on North Main St
Mrs. Sarah Chesley of Portland is
in town the guest of her nieces Miss
Sadie Irvine and Mrs. Nellie Rowland.
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FAST MADISON

Dephne Hewett is suffering with an
abscpss on her eye.
Julia Holmes of Skowhegan spent
Saturday and Sunday with L. e.
Tufts.
Kendall Decker of North Belgrade
is spending few days with John Not
tage.
BY the looks of the men on our
streets. Somerset Worsted Mill is do
ing quite business, there is a night
and day crew, and Mr.. and Mrs. Rod
erick returned Monday to take charge
of the boarding house
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CORNYILLF

Miss Vivian Matthew'S of Manches-
ter. N H. is the guest of her aunt
Mrs. B. l.. Bowman
Mrs. Morten York of Lynn, Mass,
who has been visiting the family of
L. H. York has returned to her home.
Earl Smith and lady friend of South
Braintree, Mass. are visiting rela-
tiyes and friends in town making the
trip in Mr. Smiths auto.
Mrs Laura Whittier of Athens
spent one day last week with Mrs.
Lena York.
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CONCORD AND VICINITY

The Sunday School picnic which
was held in the Pine grove at the
river was greatly enjoyed. a short
program was appreciated and games
swings ETC. were enjoyed by the chill
dren.
Frank Healey is helping James Ca
hill finish haying.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thales Spaulding and
son Nal visited their daughter Belle,
Sunday
Clifton Higgins has been sick for
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Moulton and Mr..
and Mrs. John Bicknell were callers
at p. A. Williams Friday.
Selden Kincaid of South Scion was
in town Tuesday.
Oliver Moulton was in Madison the
last of the week
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prGH CORNER ANn VICINITY

Miss Gladys Beuguard is visiting
Miss Louise COrson
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen kincaid and two
children went to Embden Tuesday.
Mrs. Albert Rowell returned home
from Lewiston. Tuesday. where she
has been visiting her sister.
Mrs. H. G. Hoyt was given sur
prise party Tuesday night by friends
and neighbors it being her birthday
Jacob Lichtenfels has twelve horses
and big crew of men blowing and DO
ing other farm work for him.
Herbert Rowel has been quite sick
for a few days.
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also leaves two grandchildren, Mar
garet and Justin Graves Mr. and
! Mrs Parlin began their married life
in this village and spent their lives
here. Mr.. Parlin dying in 1896 With
the exception of a few years. Mrs. Par
lin has passed her life with the people
of this place. and has been a faithful
member of the Congregational church.
and VAS a charter member of Ruth
Hoald Cragin Chapter She was
ready 10 assist in all good works.
The funeral VAS held at the Congrega-
tunaI church in this village Sunday
afternoon. at Two o'clock. Rev 7. Il.
HIATT her former pastor. officiating.
and the burial was in sunset Gene
terry.
John Walker who died in Skowhe-
.au and was buried in sunset Gene
terry IN his village. Monday was born
Dee. .. 1888. The son of Elisha and
sophia (Walkerl Walker. He lived
N this town for many years and leaves
widow. son Cyrus Walker of this
village and several daughters
Horace Bickford, one of the clerks
in Porter & Marston's store is hay
ing his vacation and he and Mrs. Bick-
ford will spend a part of it at Show
hogan.
W. c. Simmons went to Portland
Monday on business.
Work is progressing finely on An
son Academy and it is planned to put
in new hard pine floors throughout,
remodel the stairway, put in a new
front porch install large furnace,
enlarge the coat room. set up slate
blackboards repair and replaster
where necessary. The unsightly old
wood shed which has stood so long
in the yard is to be removed. Sub
scriptions are still coming in from
former students, and it is hoped that
many more will respond soon and
help in renovating Arson Academy.
Perley Hooper has moved to Madt-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". c. Emery, George
Savage and H. b. Ellis went to Canaan
to Pomona Grange Tuesday.
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SOUTH BINGHAM AND VICINITY

Miss Oracle Chase is working for
Mrs. l.. p Albee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Clark and chill
dren have returned to their home in
Garrison. y. Y. Mrs. Clark's brother
Herbert Taylor went with them.
Mrs. Gerald is at work for John
Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leamon Pierce of The
Forks are visiting relatives in East
Scion this week
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HARMONY

Alice Buchston of Boston, who has
been stopping with Mrs. Ivan Hight
at the cottage, returned home Monday
Frank Stetson of Pennington is in
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ATHENS

Members of William Morgan Post
No. l29, will meet at the home of Com
rade Nelson Towle Cass's Corner,
Thursday August Goth.
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Several typewriters for sale or rent
Very reasonable terms. Independent
Reporter Company
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OIINNERASSETT

Miss Elsie Walker is visiting her
classmate Miss Hazel Bailey.
J. F. Woodsum returned Saturday
from Hayerhill, Mass, whore he was
called by the death of his half-brother
Arthur Bean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Tibbetts and
Miss Florence were in Vienna blue
berrying several days last week. They
got six bushels and report them very
plentiful.
Fred Longley of North Jay is visit
ing relatives in town.
Mrs Queenie Wood is visiting her
parents Mr.. and Mrs Albert Parsons.
Mrs. Fred Stevens who is in very
poor health, is spending few weeks
in the Tracy cottage at North Pond.
Her sister Mrs Haskell is with her
Harry Reynolds has very sick
horse.
Marjorie and Vernon Keene are Wis
iting their grandmother at West Minot
Rev. E. +. Longley and family OF
China, who came to town last We'd
nesday to attend the Eaton reunion
were calling on relatives in this Vi
cinity
MISS Ilduidu dSp anu IlltuuS lIOul
SkoWhegan were calling on Mrs Han
nah Page Sunday.
Miss Nora Withee is visiting at c
b. Colbys.
p f. Withee. wife and daughter
{. b. Colby and Mrs. Mary Thompson
visited relatives at Hancock Point
several days last week They went
10 Bar Harbor where they saw the
German liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Mrs. Emma Totman Saturday, Aug
LIST, entertained at her cottage al
North Pond the following: Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Hilton. Mr.. and Mrs. j. F
Woodsum, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Lancas.
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Woodsum anC
Mrs. Albert Longley After a bounti.
full dinner the afternoon was pleasant.
~ passed in playing "63" and taking
ride in Mr.. Hiltons boat
Clyde Rogers is visiting his aunt
Mrs. Arthur Frederic.
The G. c. Club after a vacation OF
several weeks. will meet this Wednes
day with Mrs. Edith Clark.
A. B. Allen and friends from Rock
land were week end visitors at J. F
Woodsums Mrs. Woodsum accom-
panied him on his return trip.
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WEST NEW PORTLAND

Fernwood Grange met Saturday
night with a fair attendance. Lee
turer presented the following pro-
gram: Reading. Esther Luce; joke,
Harold Dunlap; readings. John
Mitchell, Lillian Weeks, Perley Luce,
Aurie Dunlap, F.. H. Weeks and N. c.
Burbank; joke, Mabel Written; topic,
Which is the better equipped, the
house or the farm? Decided in favor
of the farm as it seemed more neces-
sary. Voted to invite Leon S. Merrill
to be with us in the near future to
deliver an address Topic for next
meeting will be Which is the more
eXtravagant, man or woman"
A directors meeting of New Port
land Manufacturing Company was
held Saturday night.
Claude Jordan, New York City. was
in town recently visiting friends.
Henry Mckinney. Kingfield and
Mrs. Joshua Jackson were recent
guests of Chas McKenney.
Mrs. Mae Pratt and two children.
Skowhegan, visited friends in town
the past week.
Miss Hazel True has been entertain
ing friends from Lewiston the past
week.
Farmers have practically finished
haying in this vicinity.
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
PUEBLO LABOR TO HOLD BAZAAR

Pueblo live wires are making steady
connection on their program to give
delegates to the State Federation of La.
hor convention in August the time @,
their lives. All next week bazaar and
fair. with dancing at night. will be held
in the Pueblo Athletic Club. to raise
additional funds. The committee of ar
rangements consists of Marve Cameron.
chairman; Franz. Greenwood, Tyre. ia
cobs and Anderson. A committee from
the Woman's Auxiliary will have charge
of the upstairs, where dancing will be
indulged in every evening.
Try Principe dc Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union madc.-Ady
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
ldoYER TRIAL MAY COME IN JUNE
wrstern Federation of Miners President
Is Not Worried Over Outcome.

According to dispatches from Lansing,
Mich. tht trial OF Charles II. Moyer.
president. and thirty-seven other officers
and members of the Western Federation
OF Miners who are under joint indiet-
ment in Houghton county on the charge
OF conspiring to interfere with non-union
copper mine workers. probably will not
begin before the latter part of June or
the first OF July.
Judge o'Brien has set the case foi
trial at the May term, beginning at
Houghton next Monday. but owing to a
heavy docket it probably will not be
reached until late in the term.
President Meyer is at headquarters
in Denver and asserts that he is not in
the least worried over the outcome OF
the trial. He was indicted by a grand
jury OF which Jim McNaughton's chauf-
ieur was chairman.
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
OPERATORS AND MINERS AGREE
All Future Disputes to Be Settled by
Arbiirstors from Each Side.

Delegates to the Illinois district con
yenticn of United Mine Workers at
Peoria last Saturday accepted contract
with the operators after receding from
their demand for 4-cent increase in
the southern field.
The old wage scale was adopted. Min
ers in the southern part of the state arr
to receive 50 cents an hour. while work
cr- in other sections will get 81 cents.
The miners have gained better work
ing conditions in the new contract and
arr. well satisfied. according to their
Officers.
The miners and operators agreed upon
clause calling for the voluntary arbi-
tration of disputes aud grievances among
the locals and operators. The subd
triet Joint conference clause also was
adopted. 1t called for the appointment
of n commission of three from the min
or, and three from the operators to take
mp disputes.
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16

soldier lighted broom soaked in oil and
set fire to the tent in which she huddled
with her five children.
Fifty of these hunted women, we beg
to state, were about to become mothers,
and one unfortunate actually gave birth
TO her baby while trying to escape the
hail of bullets from Hamrock's machine
guns. Many ran eight or ten miles in
their mad terror, and others huddled in
wells and holes for eighteen hours, with
out food"
of blame by the women, who say they
are glad to be able to report that the
brutalities complained of were inflicted
almost entirely by mine guards and
hired thugs. who were rushed into the
militia by the coal companies, many of
them still remaining on the company
payrolis.r and not by the regularly en-
listed militiamen.
The military commission appointed to
investigate is scored in the report for
the brutal and contemptuous language
in which Messrs. Boughton. Danks and
Van Cise dismiss the strikers as ig-
ncrant, lawless and savage South Euro.
pean peasants"
This says the report, "is the judg-
inent of men who have never known
what it is to work. whose activities are
entirely parasitic, and who have no other
standard OF comparison than the rich
and the idle.
Was Community of Decent People.
I'VE declare to you that the Ludlow
tent colony. from what We learned, was
a community OF decent people. passion
ately proud of their little tents, domes-
tic to the last degree, generous and low
ing in their dealings with one another
and altogether evincing in every relation
OF life a brotherhood that shames many
a Christian American
The coal companies are accused OF hav.
ing violated every law on the statute
books for the protection of their en-
ployes, Of having cheated them on the
weight of coal they mined, OF failing to
give them proper protection with safety
appliances in the mines and with driving
them TO the polls during elections TO vote
as ordered by their superintendents.
TRY a. we could. we failed to find
that the coal companies had the slightest
conception OF their duty to these aliens
for whose preesnce in the state they are
solely responsible" says the report.
Out OF their vicious insistence upon
profits alone they disregarded the fac,
that these people and their children con.
stituted problem in citizenship that
must be solved IL our structure Is to en-.
dure.
They have taught hate and violence
prevented understanding and education
all to the result that the people of Cole
rado are now confronting a danger tina
can only he averted by our utmost jus
ticc and wisest statesmanship-'
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
SUPREME COURT
FREES COMPERS
Contempt Sentences Imposed
by Wright Set Aside
Seven Years Of Bitter Legal Warfare
on Officers Of American Fedora
tion Of Labor Comes to End

Ending seven years of bitter legal war
fare, the United States Supreme Court
Monday set aside the sentences imposed
by the District of Columbia Supreme
Court upon Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison for con-
tempt Of court in alleged violation of in
jnuctions issued in 1907 and 1905 against
boycotting the Bucks Stove and Range
company.
The question of whether the acts of
the labor leaders constituted contempt
was not passed upon, the court disposing
of the cases by holding prosecution was
barred by the statute OF limitations, the
proceedings having been started more
than three years after the alleged Of
fenses.
In 1911 the Supreme Court set aside
sentences against Gompers, Mitchell and
morrison, because they had been prose-
clited under criminal instead OF civil
statute
The next day proceedings were insti-
tuted, but that was more than three
years after the injunction trouble, and
the sentences then imposed were upset
Monday finally closing the cases
Justice Holmes, announcing the deci-
sion, said that even if the statute did
not cover contempt, the necessity for the
speedy disposition OF such cases was so
great it would establish the rule that by
analogy contempt proceedings must be
begun within three years after the COM
mitting OF the offense- Justices Van De-
vanter and Pitney dissented-
Justice Holmes said the controversy
turned upon the question of whether
contempt of court is crime barred by
the statute of limitations, which pro-
vides that no person shall be prosecuted
for an offense unless by indictment or
information brought within three years
He reviewed the argument that the
statute applied only to cases that could
be proceeded against by Indictment OF
information" and explained that the
court had decided these words were con
trolled by the substantial portion OF the
statute that no person shall be prose
cuted for an offense" not committed
within three years.
The court rejected the argument that
the otirnse continued until the end OF
the labor boycott against the company
in 1910. The offense charged, Justice
Holmes said, was not continuing con-
spiraey tC boycott, but specific acts.
The Official conduct of Justice Daniel
TheN= Wright, who imposed the sen
tences in the lower court, is now being
investigated by the house judiciary com
iNittee in connection with impeachment
charges filed by Washington lawyer
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
BIDS FOR posTorFIcE WORK.

Bids for the interior finish of the new
pos,officc were opened in Washington
and il is said they come within the
funds available to complete Uncle Sans
marble palace. The Norman-Kerr COM
pany of New York will secure the con-
tract for interior finishing. at a bid of
-is2.5oo. The Otis Elevator company
will install the elevators for $50. 6.SS3. The
contract for plumbing and heating, rests
between the Chris Irving company of
Denver and concern in indianapolis,
the latter being the lowest bidder. but
30 far unable TO give the required. bond.
United labor bulletin., 1914-05-16
LUDLOW HORROR LAIDTO STATEMILITIA
BY THE WOMAN'S PEACE COMMITTEE
Most Revolving Crime in History of Nation Shown to Have
Been Premeditated by Hired ASSaSSins of the
Coal Mine Owners in Colorado

The most scathing denunciation hand
ed Governor Ammons and his farmed- out
state melish was that of committee
appointed by the Denver Woman's Peace
Association, which compelled the vacil-
lating state executive to appeal to Presi-
dent Wilson for federal troops This
committee. headed by Mrs. Alma V. Laf-
ferty. former member of the legislature
and Mrs. Evangeline Hearth. made visi.
to Trinidad and Ludlow, following the
massacre. interrogated many witnesses,
including Ludlow residents who escaped.
citizens, militiamen and strikers.
Their report was submitted to Gov
ernor Ammons. and places the "entire
blame for this horror on the import, II
assassins who masqueraded as sons of
Colorado in the uniform of the National
Guard
There l. no question in our minds
hut that the attack ON the tent colony
was planned with care and executed in
cold blood" states the report.
No sooner was the main body of the
militia withdrawn from the strike dis
trict than new company was hastily
formed out of the mme guards mine
employees. itinerant gunmen and slum
sweepings. known a Troop a" this
officerless. un-uniformed detachment. to-
getber with the desperadoes under the
command of Linderfelt in Company .-B,"
formed the attacking force.
Hamrcck's Bombs Start Slaughter.
The three machine guns were planted
in position prior to Monday morning.
We were unable to discover that n sim
gle gun was fired prior to the explosion
Of the three bombs that Major Hamrock
admitted to be his own signal for the
battle to begin.
The utter unpreparedness of the
strikers for fighting il demonstrated by
the fact that many OF the women and
children were still in bed. and were com
PEELED 10 flee for their lives half dressed.
We also found that Major Hnmrock
tested the range Of his machine gums by
firing into the first line Of tents. and
that later in the engagement. soldiers
soaked paper ia oil, and used these
torches TO spread the eonflagration
Wholesale looting followed the mas
sacre. and one OF the pictures painted for
us BY homeless women was that Of the
soldiers carrying trunks TO the station,
dancing with stolen blankets about their
heads to the music OF stolen accordion
and grabbing here and there in the tents
for valuables
"In support Of these assertions. we di-
reci your attention specifically to the af-
fidavits OF Mrs. Pedregon, Mrs. Bertoloti
and Mrs. Chavez, whose savings and
household goods We're taken. and to that
of Mrs I'd Tonner. which tells how a