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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-29

The first regular meeting of Soross
will occur Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Mrs Raymond Lewis of Auburn is
the guest of her sister Mrs. H. N.
Pratt.
Thomas e. Lancey and son Donald
] Of Pittsheld were in town during the
day Friday.
! Miss Lillian White arrived home
last night from visit to New York
and Beverly, Mass.
| Invitations are out for a Halloween
party to be given by Miss Edith Nut
ting tomorrow night
J. NJ. Dysart of Pittsheld was among
the out-of-town business men who Wis
! tied Skowhegan yesterday.
Miss Annie B. Cover of Augusta
arrived Tuesday night to visit at the
home of her brother DR.. Cover.
Miss Bessie Warren of Pittsfeld
who has been the house guest of Mrs.
Franklin Smith, departed yesterday.
W. L. Pushor of Pittsfeld has been
appointed special administrator in
the estate of the late Laforest d.
Matthews of Hartland.
The contract for building the w. NJ.
! Stnchfeld coal shed has been let to
] Irving Gates. He expects to COM
mence work next week
Miss Hannah r. Page is absent on
visit to Boston, Providence, and
j Philadelphia. She will probably be
away until the middle of November.
Mrs. E. L. Nudd of Fitchburg. Mass.
who has been visiting her sister Mrs.
! c. E. Norton on West Front ST for
a little over a week, started for home
this morning.
Irving Lawley of Somerville, Mass,
Joseph Lawley of Mattapan, Mass.
and Fred Lawley of Melrose, Mass,
arrived in Skowhegan last evening to
attend the funeral of their aunt, Miss
Fannie Lawley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w Rice of New
York, who have been guests at the
home of Mrs. Rice's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Abel Patten departed for their
home Monday. They made the trip
in their touring car.
Mrs. S. d. Coffin of New York who
has been spending some time at the
home of her nieces, Mrs. Philo Stew
ard and Mrs. Florence Huntington,
who has been quite i'll, is now report
ed as somewhat improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E. McNeelie
left Monday for Boston accompanying
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. McNeelie thus far
on their journey homeward to Taco
ma, Wash. The two gentlemen are
brothers. both having been natives of
Somerset County.
Mrs. Sowerby, wife of Rev. J. H.
Sowerby at one time pastor of the
High Street Christian Chdrch in this
town, now located in Pittsburg. Penn
was a guest the first cf The week
Mrs A. H. Lang. Mrs. Sowerby
came to this section to visit with re.a
tive in Norridgewock
Mrs Sarah Palmer has gone to
Massachusetts to visit two of her
daughters, Mrs. Clara Sheperdson in
Wellesley and Miss Bertha Palmer, a
teacher in the Roslindale schools.
Later she will continue her journey
to Waukegan. Ill. to visit with still
another daughter, Mrs. Mary p. Hath
orn for the winter.
Al the Kennebec Basket meeting
held in the First Baptist Church at
Wateryille, Friday. Mrs. Margaret X.
/ Goodrich aid Mrs. Lizzie A. Marble
of SkoWhegan were both made direc-
tors of The organization. Among
those who attended from here were
Mrs. Marble Mrs. J. q. Osborne. Mrs.
George Thomson, Mrs. Frank Emery,
Mrs. Fannie w. Fletcher and Mrs.
Philo Steward
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CAUTION NOTICE

Whereas my wife. Hazel NJ Taylor,
has left my bed and board without
just cause This is to warn all per-
sons against harboring or trusting her
on my account as l shall pay no bills
of her contracting after this date.
Smithfeld, Maine, October Is. 1914.
3w42 WALLACE w TAYLOR.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

Special Cablegram to The Star and New York
Times.
ROME, October 1.-THE. Italian ma
ton is calm, but is holding its breath
in the expectation of some great event.
and few doubt that that event Will De
war with Austria.
Confidence in the government now
ever, received shock owing 10 the
revelations about the army follow
ing the resignation of the undersec-
retary for war. When the present
ministry was formed the portfolio OF
war was offered to Gen. porro. VINO
refused il. Gen. Grandi accepted the
portfolio. but left the army just where
he found it.
Grandi has now resigned and his
successor will have a free hand.
Meanwhile supplies are pouring IN
and there is plenty of the most neces-
sary element for successful cam
paign enthusiasm. A friend from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
ITALY EXPECTS WAR WITH AUSTRIA.
BUT FEARS APPROACH OF CHOLERA

Italian provinces still under Austria
tells me that the other day he went
to see Gen. Cadorna, chief of the gen.
eral staff, and said:
General, you will not misunderstood
my saying that people think that you
are lukewarm about fighting Austria -
The general looked at him moment
and then. drawing his old-fashioned
gold watch from his pocket, said:
DO you see this watch? 1t was
on the body of my grandfather when
he was hanged by the Austrians It
was taken from the body of my father
when he lay dead fighting against the
Austrians. 1t never leaves me. Is
that sufficient answer"
One great cause of anxiety Is the
cholera among the Austrian, Seryian
and Russian troops. which is getting
nearer and nearer to Italy, and is nov
officially acknowledged to be in Greece
Italy is free of the scourge SO far
although last month there were a few
cases of plague In Sicily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

Special Cablegram to The Star and New York
Times.
ROME, October II. via London.-An-
other cause of anxiety is making itself
felt. Asiatic cholera, SO diffuse among
Austrian, Servian and Russian troops,
is getting nearer and nearer to Italy.
1t is now officially acknowledged to
he in Greece. Sea traffic between Italy
and the various countries affected con-
stitutes a severe menace to the penin-
sula.
Every precaution has been taken All
lazarettes have been put in order and
ready for inmates. All ships must
show clean bills of health. This rule is
rfgidly enforced, while there Is daily
inspection of foodstuffs. fruit and vege-
The Inhabitants are admonished not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
FOUR GERMAN ANDESTROYERS SUNK
BY BRITISH OFF DUTCH COAST
English Cruiser and Four Torpedo Boats
Send Teutonic Ships to Bottom
Only Thirty-one Men Rescued.

and one Russian cruisers. while Aus
tralia has lost submarine by accident.
The Russians also claim to have sunk
two German submarines, but this the
Germans deny.
Up to this afternoon Berlin had not
heard officially of the sinking of the
British cruiser Hawke, which indicates
that the submarine which accomplished
it has not yet returned to port.
A Small Cruiser.
The British cruiser Undaunted, ves-
sci of $500 tons. carries two six-inch
and six four-inch guns
The destroyers that accompanied the
cruiser have each an armament Of
three four-inch guns and an equipment
of four twenty-one-inch torpedo tubes
in pairs. The destroyers are 250 reet
in length and have a speed Of twenty
nine knots an hour. They each carry
100 men.
The cruiser Undaunted was command
ed by Capt. Cecil H. Fox, who COM
manded the cruiser Amphion, which,
after sinking the German armed crui-
ser koenigin Luise, was itself de-
stroyed by German mine August 6.
Hawke Survivors Reach Port.
The survivors of the British cruiser
AAe~ W me- "AiiSu SeaHh III i've minutes art
er being torpedoed by German sub
marine in the North sea Thursday. es-
capped in a single boat which they man.
aged to launch and, being later picked
up by a Norwegian steamer, were
brought to Aberdeen by a steam traw-
Ter this morning.
Their small boat was so overcrowded
that nothing could be done to save the
men who were floating in the water
The periscope of the attacking sub
marine. they said, disappeared imme-
diately after the explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Saws Won Kluck Relieved.

LONDON, October IT 90 p.m-).-Each
day brings the war nearer home TO
England. Today there was naval bat
tie off the Dutch coast, in which a
British cruiser and four destroyers
sank four German destroyers, while on
land the German troops reached the
coast of Belgium. less than seventy miles
from Dover. They are about to at
tempt a march southwark to Dunkirk
and Calais, which are even closer to
the English coast.
It is here in West Flanders and across
the French frontier. in Pas de Calais.
that the heaviest and most important
fighting Is now going on.
According to the French official COM
munication issued this afternoon the
Germans have not advanced beyond the
line running from Ostend to Thourout,
Roulers and Menin.. The last-mention-
ed place Is just on the border north of
Lille which the Germans occupied some
DAYS ago, but which. according to an
unconfirmed report, they have been
compelled to abandon.
The allied line in this region runs from
a noint on the coast, which has not been
scene of the most persistent fighting.
Germans Objective.
The Germans are trying to break
through to the Calais railway, while the
French are attempting to push the Ger
man front to the northeast In this
fighting the French appear to have met
with some success. as they announce
that they have occupied Fleurbaix and
also have taken the immediate approaches
to Armentieres. At Arras, they claim,
they are continuing to gain ground.
The fighting has only commenced in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
GERMAN WIRELESS
FOUND IN LONDON
Owner Arrested, Admits He
Could Work With Berlin
. and Paris.
DISCOVERED IN HOME OF
PROF. ARTHUR SCHUSTER
England and France Put Teutons
Under Arrest and Seize Their
Business Houses.

LONDON, October 1.-THE authori-
ties are taking more stringent meas
ures against alien enemies who remain
undetained in England. This after
noon the police raided a large restau-
rant owned and managed by Germans
and Austrians. These were taken to a
detention camp.
Even those who were recently natur-
allied are being detained for an ex-
animation. The agitation against per-
continue their vocations here is grow
operations of German spies in Ant
werp before that city fell.
Capture German Wireless.
The police today seized wireless
receiving apparatus and a quantity of
wire at the residence of Prof. Arthur
Schuster, near Nottingham, in Berk-
shire.
Prof. Schuster. who is brother of
Sir Felix Schuster. governor of the
Union of London and Smiths Bank, ad-
r,itted to the police that he could re-
ceive messages from Berlin or the
Eiffel tower in Paris with his ap-
paratus.
prof Schuster is fellow of the Royal
coc;etv and is also secretary OF the or
eanization. He is a son of Francis
1osenh Schuster and was born at Frank
fort-on-M Main.
Seize Teutons in France.
PARIS, October 17-Sixty-four Ger
man men, from eighteen to twenty-five
,e,rs old. were arrested in Paris today.
Though being of military age, they had
been allowed to remain here under per-
n,its issued to such aliens.
TWO more groups of Germans, Aus
tr;ans and Hungarians were sent to the
,rov;nces this afternoon. One group con-
sisted Of $50 old men. women and chill
dren, and the other of $50 men varying
in age from seventeen to sixty years.
BORDEAUX, France, October 1.-THE
I,rench government. pursuing the cam
naipn against German-owned. businesses,
today seized six concerns. One was a
denartment store and the others wine
est a bliShments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
GERMANS STRUGGLING HARD
TO REACH THE FRENCH COAST

district, however, for the Germans who
would consider it great victory to reach
the coast Of France and Hold the pistol
at England's head" have brought up
strong reinforcements and will strive with
all their might to achieve this object.
Their official report, issued this afternoon
says that no events of Importance have
happened, but as they await important
victories before making any announce
ment this does not mean there has been
no fighting.
The allies also can bring up REIN
forcements both by sea and land and
certain that great battle must be
fought before either side gives ground.
me allies will be assisted by the
British ships when the fighting reach
es points near the coast.
Only Artillery Busy.
Along the center. which now stretch
es from Roye to the Meuse. there ap-
pears to have been a Iull in the fight
ing, which means. of course, that al
though the artillery has been busy as
ever, neither side has attempted any
attacks
Around st. Mfhiel, south of verdun.
where the Germans are hanging on to
the little strip of the River Meusa
which they succeeded in crossing and
from which the French have been try.
ing for weeks to drive them, the battle
has been almost continuous and the
French claim to have gained more
ground.
Away down In Alsace. which is sell
dom mentioned in the official reports,
there has been fighting which, how
ever, both French and German state
ments ignore. Twice during the week
have come from Basel that the
Germans have been defeated there, and
now an unofficial account from Berlin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
HEAVY FIGHTING IN AFRICA
REPORTED BY TRAVELLERS

PARIS, october II. 2:4O pm.-rhe
u,vas Agency has received a dispatch
from Barcelona saying that travellers ar
riv;ne at Las Palmas. in the Canary Is
lands. from Africa, report that there
has been heavy fighting between German
troons and English and Fr rch. troops
in Kamerun, the German colony of West
equatorial Africa.
The travellers referred to in the above
dispatch must have reached Las Palmas
hv steamer. No date of this reported
fighting is given.
Dispatches from Bordeaux last month
said that a French gunboat had taken
nossession Of Coco Beach, in Kamerun
September 21.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

LONDON. October II. ESQ p.m.-The
British navy has accounted for four
more German destroyers which were
engaged and sunk off the Dutch coast
this afternoon by a British cruiser
and four torpedo boat cestroyers
According to an announcement made
by the secretary of the British ad-
miralty, the British vessels in the ac-
ton were the light cruiser Undaunted
and the torpedo boat destroyers Lance,
Lennon, Legion and Loyal
Thus the British sailors have taken
speedy revenge for the sinking of the
British cruiser Hawke by German
Thursday.
Thirty-One German Survivors.
The British loss in .he engagement
was one officer and four men wounded.
The damage to the British destroyers
was slight. There are thirty-one Ger
man survivors, prisoners of war.
&C ofFW ahm ahm ahm ahmahm
man survivors, prisoners of war. This
means that nearly 400 members of the
German crews were killed or drowned.
p The sinking of the four warships to-
day makes six torpedo boat destroyers
sent to the bottom by British gunf1re
since the beginning of the war, and
seven counting the torpedo boat de-
stroyer sunk by the submarine E-9
How Count Stands.
The score in naval operations, with
out counting converted merchantmen.
such as the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
and the Cap Trafalgar. now favors the
allies, which have sunk six German and
one Austrian cruisers and seven Ger
man torpedo boat destroyers. while
there have been unconfirmed reports of
the sinking of several Austrian de-
stroyers in the Adriatic sea.
The Germans have sunk eight British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
BOAT LINE REOPENED,
ROTTERDAM TO ANTWERP

LONDON, October IT, 7:25 p.m.-The
Amsterdam correspondent of Reuters
Telegram Company reports that pas
senger traffic between Rotterdam and
Antwerp has been reopened for the re-
patriation of Belgian fugitiyes. The
first steamer left Rotterdam today with
only eighty-five passengers, most of
whom were women. Other steamers
will leave tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
GERMANS IN BELGIUM
CAPTURE 200 LOCOMOTIVES

LONDON. October II, Midnight.-An
official message from Berlin received
in Amsterdam and forwarded by the
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
Company declares that considerable
war material was seized by the Ger
included a great number OF rifles ana
ammunition and 200 locomotives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Vardaman' Motion to Postpone In
definitely Proves Crucial Test
for the Measure.
COTTON BILL. KNELL SOUNDS
Senator Stone Heaps Criticism on
Heads of Members Who Would
Hold Up Passage of
Legislation.

The war tax bill. designed to raise
S105, 100000 of additional revenue to
Offset the loss of customs revenue due
to the European war. was passed by
the Senate last night by vote of "a to
%. One democrat, Senator Lane, voted
against the bill.
The vote was taken after a day of bit
ter debate, in which the ranks of the
democrats threatened to split wide
open and action on. the bill to be in
definitely postponed. The crucial test
came on a motion made by Senator
Vardaman of Mississippi to postpone
the bill indefinitely. The motion was
made after the Hoke Smith amend
ment to issue government bonds in the
sum of s250.000.000 to buy cotton in or
der to help out the cotton farmers in
the crisis they are facing. was defeat
ed by vote of 40 to 21.
Three republicans, Senators Borah,
Clapp and Jones, and the sole progress
i've in the Senate, Senator Poindexter
of Washington, voted with the south
ern democrats for the Hoke Smith cot
ton amendment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

Paris Official Statement.
PARIS. October II. 1859 pm.-The
official communication issued tonight
by the French war office says:
"On the front there has been only
cannonading.
"On our left wing progress continues.
The British troops have captured Fro
mel1es, to the southwest Of Lille.
"On the Ypres canal to the sea our
soldiers and marines have repulsed a
German attack.
Prince Oscar in Bad Condition.
BERLIN, October II, PM, via The
Hague and London, October 1S, am
1t is officially reported that there is no
marked change in the French theater
of the war.
Prince Oscar, son of the emperor, who
was obliged some weeks ago to with
draw from his regiment on account of
heart affection, Is not showing salts
factory progress. An examination has
disclosed a rather serious condition of
the heart muscle, and the prince must
remain under medical treatment for
Hamburg, where the empress has vis-
tied him.
Says Won Kluck Relieved.
LONDON, October II, 3 80 p.m-Ac-
cording to wounded German officers. who
are prisoners in a hospital in England,
it is said, Gen. Sixt Won Arnim has sue
ceeded Gen. Won Kuck in command of
the right wing Of the German army in
France. It is asserted that this change
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
RIVER SCHELDT is MINED
BY GERMANS, REPORT SAYS

AMSTERDAM. october II. via London,
s:o7 p.m.-The Germans. according to
the Handelsblad, have laid mines in the
River Scheldt near Antwerp.
Shippers bound for Antwerp have
been requested to ask Instructions how
to proceed at Hanswoert, a port in the
estuary of the Scheldt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
ASIATLc CHOLERA NOW IN GREECE:
ITALIAN PRECAUTIONS EFFECTIVE

to eat bad food of any kind. Boiling
of drinking water is advised and disin-
lection of houses. Above all, cleanli-
ness Is insisted upon, with the result,
SO far, that Italy is free Of the scourge,
although last month there were a few
cases in Sicily.
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was made two days after the battle Of
Marne.
One Of the German officers who is
credited with vouching for this story is
Lieut. Won Arnim. described as a nephew
OF the general and who is in a hospital
at Netley.
Turks Turn on Germansp
PETRoGRAD. October IA semi.
Official Russian news agency is send
ing out the following:
turkish delusions tend to diminish
Certain liberal Turks are manifestinR
discontent with German domination
IN Constantinople there have been
hostile manifestations before the Ger
man embassy"
German Rule in Antwerp.
LONDON. October II, 9:o5 DIM
Freiherr Won Huehne, the new German
military commander of Antwerp today
published a proclamation, says a dis
patch to the Reuter- Telegram Company
from Amsterdam. stating that he ex-
poets the population to remain calm
and to refrain from all excesses. 9th
erwise. he said. the severest military
measures would be taken.
The municipality of Antwerp also ia.
sued a proclamation urging Belgian
citizens to return to the city and ex.
planning in detail the many regulations
adopted by the authorities for the
of order.
Freiherr Won Huehne yesterday re-
ceived the foreign consuls and assured
them that all necessary military meas
ures had been taken to prevent ex.
cesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
ALLIES ADVANCING RAPIDLY.
BRITISH CAPTURING FROMELLES
Berlin Declares There Is No Marked Change --Rumor
Says Won Kluck Is Removed Prince Oscars
Condition Bad.

FROM THE BATTLE FRONT, Paris, October II, ar
allied armies have the Germans from advancing
defeated their object of sezng the French
channel ports
Dunkk surrounded by territory which easily nun
dated and country where cavalry and infantry with
facility while there opportunity bring big guns effective
play.
of French sailors whose services required with
the feet acting as infantry repulsed German attack
Ypres.
The sailors distinguished themselves wing
where after trying night march, they gained position the
woods and dabeak surprised large body Germans whom
they inflicted serious losses capturing detachmens cavalry
infantry with quantities of supplies and ammunition.
The allies today advanced rapidly and the British carried
important position Of Fromes Lille after
hard fighting.
Military movements progressing rapdy
the north of France than when allies forced to advance
foot by foot with the aid Of pick and shovel push
Germans back from their strongly ntrenhed positions along the
Rivers Scarpe, Somme, Disc and Asne.
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy today: Monday fair. with
gentle west to south winds.
Temperature past twenty-four hours:
High, II. at 4:30 pm. yesterday; low,
So, at 10 pm. yesterday.
For full report see page three.
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CONTINUED IN Seventeenth Page.)
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IF you attempt to hold up the hos.
interests OF the entire nation in order
to get assistance in an effort for aid
that already has been denied by an
overwhelming majority of the Senate.
l prophesy that you will be tired of
your position after it has been before
the country for few weeks. 1t Ia M
Continued on Seventeenth paRe1