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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05

Friends in Skowhegan will be much
interested to learn that Miss Mary
Emery a former pupil of Mrs Flor
ence Dunningtons class in piano
forte and the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Emery has been admitted
to one of the foremost musical clubs
in Chicago. This is considered a
high honor, Miss Emery being one of
the youngest members. AT present
this well known pianist is studying
at the Conservatory of Music in Chi
cago and would graduate next June
If she were not studying in special
course which includes musical his
tory and normal work.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05
SECOND MUSICAL EVENING
Monday Nov. 8. S p. M, congregational
Church

One hundred and seventy-fye color
ed pictures of Life Savers at work
shown and explained by Arthur h.
Peck famous world tourist and speak
er at large Universities. Cello selec-
tions by Ruth Ross, "the second Sue
Winchell". accompanied by Faith Har-
ris. Tickets: Admission. 10 cents
Reserved % cents. Season, 81 and
$3.50
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05
Funeral of Late George York Today

The death of George York. ST. oc-
Cured during the night of Sunday al
ter a long illness. The funeral SER
vices are being held today at ll30
from the family residence on JeWett
St. Rev. II. c. McGlaufiin OF the Cen
tenary NJ. f. Church officiating Mr..
York had attained the age of Il years.
The deceased had always resided
in Skowhegan and was much esteemed
by many people in the community. He
had been for a long period of years
a member of the Centenary Church,
but was not affiliated with secret or
ders. His wife who was twice mar
ried was formerly PAMELA Quimby
and she survives her husband as do
three children, Mrs Harry Chase,
George York, Jr., both of Skowhegan.
and Moses York of Augusta. There
are also brother and sister Charles
York of The Forks and Mrs. Susan
Foss of Skowhegan and four step-chil-
dren, Bert Nichols o f Skowhegan.
Charles Nichols of Gardiner, Daniel
Nichols of Madison and Mrs A. C.
Green of Gardeners
During the years of his activity. Mr.
York was by occupation a painter.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05
SM|THF|ELD CHANGERS
TO BUILD HALL
Lumber Will be Ready for Building
In Early Spring

SMITHFIELD, Nov, AT the meet
ing of Fairview Grange held Oct 3lst.
it was voted to purchase the lot of
Frank Champlin to build hall The
location is fine and lumber will be
ready for building in early spring.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05
PHILIP LACHANCE IS IN
STANTLY KILLED
Yard of Logs Rolled Over Him Badly
Crushing His Head

JACKMAN, Nov. Philip Lachance
of ST George was instantly killed
last Thursday, by yard of logs roll
ing over him, badly crushing his head.
He was employed by Alfred Gigueire,
who has logging camp in on Wood
Stream '''
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05
Former Solon Man Dead

Word has been received here of the
death of W. F. JeWct formerly of
Solon. which occurred oct -, in
Gardiner. Oregon. Moro details of
his life will be published in next
Thursdays issue
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-05

Miss Dolly Homestead OF Palmyra
is a guest at the home of A. H. Lang
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Lane and Governors to Confer.

Denver.-A new policy of the fed
eral government toward both govern.
ment and private reclamation develop
ment in the West is expected to be
announced by Secretary OF the Int.
rior Lane in Denver on April 8. Sec
retary Lane notified Governor Am.
mons that he will call national con.
ference in Denver April 8 for the ad-
vancement of the irrigation interests
of the country. He suggested that
April 6 be set for the conference Of
Western governors here because Of
the advantages which the presence Of
the executives of the states concerned
in irrigation will rive to the main sub
ieet before the national conference.
lam convinced that this will be the
most important conference ever held
in Colorado said Governor Ammons
when he announced at the Chamber OF
Commerce luncheon the information
he had received from the secretary of
the interior
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
RANG HER SLAIN BY Ak.
Bunch of Keys and Tiny Shred Of
Underwear Lead to Identification.

Trinidad.-A bunch OF keys and one
tiny shred of underwear were the only
clews officers had to go on when
the charred bones OF Morris Williams,
a ranehman near Watervale. were
found In canon two miles from his
home hy searching party.
Following the finding OF the remains
Miguel Martinez and Don, his son,
were brought to the county jail here,
where they are held on murder
charge. Williams and the Martinez
family are said to have had trouble
over the sale OF some hay.
Williams had been missing several
days, Ii is the theory of Sheriff Sipe
that Williams was murdered in his
home with an ak and that his body
was then taken to Pinon caiion, where
the remains were found, and burned.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
FOREIGN.

Mexicans celebrated the ninetieth
anniversary Of the declaration of in
dependence Of Spain.
A detachment Of $50 gendarmes is
cornered in its barracks at Kazrun by
large boy Of Persian tribesmen.
At Calcutta, British India, DR.. Fred
erick Fox, an Australian scientist.
who devoted his life to the treatment
of snake bites. died as the result OF a
bite from snake which he was using
for experimental purposes.
Clemente vargara. the American
ranchman reported to have been kid
naped by Mexican Federals and
hanged at Hidslgo, Mex. is alive, ac-
cording to General Guarjardo. Federal
commander at Piedras Negras. Gen
eral Guarjardo said that Vergara es-
capped from his captors and joined a
party of Constitutionalists.
The state department at Washing
ton took up with General Carranza the
difficulty Of Spanish subject named
Ruiz in territory controlled by the
rebels. While the constitutionalist
commander.in-chief has not answered
the communication, it was understood
his reply would be similar to that
made about the Benton case. in which
the Washington government was re-
fused information on the ground that
representation should have been made
BY English officials.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
CONDENSED RECORD or THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME ANnsAsRoAo.
/ rom ALL SOURCES
eAYiNGs. D o IN q .. ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Services.
WESTERN.

An earthquake was recorded by the
seismograph at Marquette university,
Milwaukee.
San Francisco is the first large city
In the United States to have a union
labor hospital.
Mrs. Harriet ]. Cobbey of Denver is
one OF eight heirs to the 100000 es-
tate, of her uncle. James Webb. q
farmer near Farmingdale, ILL.,
William X. Doolittle, lawyer and
member of Congress from the First
Washington district from 1892 to
1896. died at Tacoma, aged siyty-four.
Jack London announced at San
Francisco that he will accept the Pro-
hibition nomination for President OF
the United States II it be rendered
him.
Los Angeles has appointed eight
women deputies as tax collectors, the
city assessor believing that the WON.
en- will -rove better collectors than
men.
Driven from their homes in the
woods by heavy rains. a family Of
coyotes invaded the basement of the
residence Of Ed. Vadney at Chico. Cal,
in the heart of the city. .a.
n At Spokane. Wash. Mrs Stella
Maries. widow. lost her life in fire
when she attempted unsuccessfully to
save the lives of her two daughters
X, Helen, four, and Gale, seven years
old.
According to Capt. Henry George,
L. S. n. retired. who arrived at San
Francisco from Panama, the canal Is
now narigable from end to end and 1t
would he possible to send through it
some of the smaller battleships.
Clemente Vergara. the American,
was shot and not hanged by Mexican
federal soldiers. according to de-
tailed report received by Governor
Cclquitt of Texas from Captain ]. J.
Sanders of Company B OF the Texas
Rangers.
After a trial at Omaha lasting four
weeks the jury in the suit OF Mrs.
Nellie Paul, for $250.OOO damages
against Arthur D. Brandies, whom she
charged with contributing to the de-
linquency of her son, Clarence Risley,
returned verdict for the defendant.
The governor Of Iowa will become
the actual head of every department
of the executive branch of the state
government, while every Judge in the
state will be appointed by the chief
justice Of the Supreme Court, if the
plans of the efficiency engineers of
the last Legislature are carried out.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Strike Leader Killed.

Denver.-Mistaken for the intended
victim of a murder plot as he stood
silhouetted against the side of the
headquarters tent of the strikers
colony at Leyden, Benjamin Hoffe-
meier, an electrician and strike organ
izer, was shot through the head by
Walter Reynolds, a striker, and died
an hour later. Reynolds escaped.
Posses of three counties joined by a
score of extra deputies started on a
search for the assassin Hoffemeier
was thirty-one years old His wife is
known as Little Mother Jones'" a
title given her because of her actiyi-
ties since the coal strike was called
last October. Strikers absolutely de.
MED that there was any trouble be-
tween Hoffcmeier and Reynolds over
her
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
FIRES GAME EMPLOYEES
FRASER DISCHARGES THIRTEEN
OF sHlNN's ASSISTANTS.
Action Renews Clash With James A.
Shinn. Who Claims Right to Hold
State commissionership.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-Thirteen employees in the
office of the state game and fish COM
missioner were served with notices Of
their discharge. The letters of noti-
fication were signed by Walter B.
Fraser, appointed game and fish ccm-
missioner to supplant James A. Shinn
by Governor Ammons.
The controversy over the office Is
now pending before the Supreme
Court on a writ OF prohibition grant.
ed Shinn recently. The latter refuses
to yacate the office and allow Fraser
to assume charge because. he claims
Governor Ammons had no rightful
cause for dischargng him.
Shinn claims he is under civil ser
vice, having been an incumbent OF the
office when the law went into effect
and declares he will continue to act
as the head Of the department until
the Supreme Court decides that he is
not entitled to do so.
All OF the employees discharged have
bene instructed by Shinn to remain al
their posts.
The civil service commission noti
fled Shinn that 1t would certify his
pay roll frcm Jan. / to Jan. rs, the
dates of his discharge. and pay the
employees of his office, but Shinn de
clares that the pay roll will be certi
fled for the full length of time or moi
at all.
Those discharged are w. E. Patrick
superintendent Of the fish hatcheries
S. S. Poe, Weld county; George w
Mccoy, Gmnison; George B. Weir
Holyoke; Thomas F. Burke. Denver
Eugene Cummins, Arapahoe: Charles
Gustafsoh, Eagle county; ]. viii Mil
Ter, Dolores; FL. Lee Pierce, Denver
Daniel Lambert. Denver; Rudolph Bor
cherdt, deputy commissioner; j. W
Havland and H. Cloyse.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
WASHINGTON.

Attorney General McReynolds held
that Cuban sugar was entitled to a
twenty per cent reduction under all
other tariff rates.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomination of Edward A. Glenn Of
Missouri to be member of the Missis-
sippi river commission.
Administration bills to regulate de.
velopment of the vast resources Of
government owned lands in the West
were introduced in the Senate and
House by Senator Meyers of Montana.
and Representative Ferris OF Oklaho-
ma. chairman of the congressional
public lands committees.
According to information which
Washington officials regard as trust.
worthy. William S. Benton. the British
subject killed at Juarez, was unarmed
and was shot to death In Villas of.
flee, pistol bullets through the stom.
ach ending his life The statement
adds that Benton spent two hours
waiting for the interview that ended
in his death walking back and forth
in front Of the office building in
which Villa had quarters.
Gen. James s. Coxey will have an
army Of unemployed surrounding the
capitol building on May l6 too big for
the grass to hold, If he succeeds in
carrying out the plan he outlined in a
flying visit. mo one here seems to
believe there are 100000 more men
out OF employment now than there
were one year ago at this time. So
though am from Ohio and not from
Missouri. | am going to show them"
Incidentally the march will mark the
sixtieth birthday Of the general. who
in the spring OF 1893. led a similar
hike to the United States capitol
steps.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Midwest.Franeo in $50, 1000 900 Co.

Denver. - Announcement OF the or.
ganizaticn of the Midwest Refining
Company, s20,0o0,nOo corporation,
and the completion Of plans whereby
the new concern takes over the refin.
ing business of the Midwest Company
and the Franco Petroleum Company
both operating in the Salt Creek field
of Wyoming. was made in Denver Al
though the Midwest Oil Company re-
tains its lands and contracts for the
oil Of other producers In the Salt
Creek field, the organization and oper
alton of the Midwest Refining Com
pany virtually means the consolidation
of the Midwest Oil Company and the
Franco Petroleum Company
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
DEATH ANO RUIN
/. IN STORMS WAKE
THIRD RECENT BLIZZARD IN THE
EAST REPORTED WORST
SINCE 1888.
.2S PERSONS PERISH
CREWS OF WRECKED SHIPS MISS
ING AND HUNDREDS ON
BLOCKED TRAINS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver. March 3.-New York and
other eastern cities are iee-bound, 2S
persons nave lost their lives in the
gales and SHOWS that have covered
the eastern coast and the fate of 5000
persons on the storm-swept sea are
uncertain.
The damage to property, including
railroads, telegraphs. ships and private
property is estimated at several mil.
lion dollars. 1t will cost one tele-
graph company alone 100000 to re-
pair its system in New York and vi
cinity Telegraph service all through
the East was almost entirely dis
rupted Monday.
Colorado enjoyed the benefits of a
light snow which gave way to clear
sunshine.
Trains are stalled in the East; tele-
graphic communication is interrupted
and many vessels are long overdue.
The heaviest snowfall since 1883, ac-
companied by a gale exceeding u
miles an hour. has changed city
streets to country scenes. In New
York City hundreds climbed over huge
snowbanks in front OF the customs
building to pay their income taxes.
There was one lane for traffic. along
Broadway. between white hills thrown
up by an army of workmen.
The light storm which came upon
Denver Monday was merely local, add
ing valued moisture to Colorado farm
lands. 1t extended into southern Wy
oming. Last night it was rapidly
moving toward Texas.
Several tragedies already are
known to have accompanied the
eastern gale. Near Hazelton, Pa.
James Bartnoldi left Miss Ella Swee
ney, % years old, in a sleigh, to seek
help for her When rescuers found
her she was frozen to death.
II is believed the schooner Unity
has sunk off the coast of Nova SEQ
tia. The tug which set out Saturday
in search of the Unity, yesterday was
forced TO put in at Shelbourne with
out sight OF the ship.
On board vessels overdue in New
York harbor there are 5000 persons,
according to estimates. The first
steamer to arrive was more than 2f
hours late.
Schools We're closed in northern
New York. New Jersey, Maryland
and Pennsylvania. The necessary
closing of factories threw thousands
of men and women out of work. Dam
ages to the telegraphic fire alarm sys
tens placed New York, Newark and
other cities in grave danger of con
flagrations.
The number of known dead as the
result OF the storm is twenty eight
ten in the New York district and
eighteen in Pennsylvania. Because oi
the loss OF tugs on the coast ii is
certain that the number will be in
creased when full reports are re-
ceived.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
COIN M0LDER SEIZED
AS HE WORKS AT OVEN AT HOME
IN GREELEY.
W, S. Upton Confronted Simultane.
ousIy from Two Doors by Sher-
iff and Secret Service Men.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Greeley, Colo.-As w. s. Upton,
fifty-six years old, reached into the
oven of a stove to draw forth a plas.
ter of paris mold containing coun-
terfeit half-dollar at his home. 104
Cross street, Secret Service Agent
Rowland Goddard Of Denver stepped
In and greeted him from one door and
Sheriff M. G. McAfee covered him
with revolver from another door.
Il see you are counterfeiting again" "
said Goddard, who knew Haynes, hav-
ing arrested him in 1908 in Greeley
for similar offense.
mo, am not" Upton replied.
Goddard stepped to the stove and
from the oven took out the mold which
was still hot.
Upton is in jail as also is James
Haynes. his son-in-law, who is accused
Of participating in the. counterfeiting
Upton has professed to be devout-
ly religious. On a table where molds
were made were two Bibles ard sew
eral religious books.
Goddard says the counterfeit coins
are the best he has ever seen. Four
moids were seized. Two were for half.
dollars of 1898, two for dollars. dated
1879.
According to Goddard, Upton is one
of the most efficient counterfeiters in
the United States. In 1903 he was ar
rested in Georgia, but subsequently es
capped from the penitentiary and fled
to Colorado.
In 1908. assisted by the postmaster
Goddard arrested Upton in house
not 100 feet from that in which he
was captured.
A. J. Klocks. advertising man and
window trimmer for a dry goods com
pany for seven years, later was arrest
ed and confessed to Sheriff McAfet
that he and Haynes had systematical
ly robbed the store of merchandise
that will total thousands of dollars.
Klocks' wife, who was holding theil
two-year.old baby in her arms, be
came hysterical when Klocks was ar
rested at his home.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
GEN ERAL.

| Bridge Webber, one of the wit
nesses in the trial of Charles Becker
is mysteriously missing from. New
York.
Articles of incorporation of the
Midwest Refining Company, capital
! $20,0o0,000, were filed at Cheyenne
Wyo.
The four gunmen who murdered
Herman Rosenthal must die on Mon
day, April 10, the Court of Appeals de
cided in New York.
George Griffin, Brooklyn eyeglass
manufacturer, missing ten days, reap
peared and explained that he was
lust giving his brain a vacation
The original seal OF Madison coun
ty, missing fifty years. was found in
the county Jail at Edwardsville, ILL.,.
where prisoners were using it as a
rut cracker
Our first real honeymoon said
Alexander Moore. husband OF Lillian
Russell, who sailed with the fair Lii
liam from New York for a cruise to
the West Indies and Panama.
Emanuel Horn. formerly of Wind
ham, Iowa, near Iowa City. shot and
killed his nineteen-year-old bride and
then committed suicide at lie Grande
Ore, where they located recently.
One Of the chief reasons for the
army Of unemployed" in Chicago Ia
the refusal Of the men to 60 to work,
according to Charles |. Smith, super.
intendent of the Municipal Employ.
ment bureau.
On her charge that she was sub.
jected to examinations by the ships
doctor of the Campania, Catherine
O'Rourke of New York, was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Cunard
Steamship Company.
Thomas f. Fielder, attorney general
Of Georgia. announced his candidacy
for the unexpired term OF the late
Senator A. o. Bacon. Governor Sla.
ton has appointed w. s. West to serve
until an election can be held.
John A. MacMaster, a pioneer OF
Montana, died at Anaconda, on the
seventeen anniversary OF his birth.
day. He was close friend of the
late Marcus DAILY. the copper king,
and for years they prospected together
throughout California, Utah and Colo.
rado.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
SPORT.

Kid Kenneth and Young AL Kauf
man fought twenty rounds to draw
at Vernon arena in Los Angeles.
The attitude of the Wright Company
in demanding a twenty per cent roy.
atty from all manufacturers Of flying
machines has created storm of crti
cism.
Fethy Bey and Sadia Bey, young Of
ficers OF the Turkish military aviation
corps, were killed while attempting
to fly from Constantinople to Alexan
dria. Egypt.
Featherweight Champion Johnny
Kilbane played the role of lawyer in
court at Cleveland, Ohio. in his own
defense against $25,000 alienation
suit filed by his stepmother, Mrs
Bridget Kilbane.
The Federal league has assigned its
21O ball PLAYERS; made preliminary
plans for its pennant race. and organ
lied a finai raid on its rivals, the
raid planned to land in its ranks seven
of the players now finishing their TRIP
around the world with the Giants and
White Sox.
Three hundred and fifty athletes
with straining muscles and features
tense, kept 5000 people on the edge oil
their seats at the Auditorium in Den
yer while the final event of the win
ter athletic season-the second an
nual indoor meet OF the Rocky Noun
tain Athletic conference-was sue
cessfully staged.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
johnson Named immigration Head.

Denver-Fred p. Johnson, secretary
of the State Live Stock Association
and close personal friend OF Governor
Ammons, was appointed by the gcver.
nor to the place OF state immigration
commissioner. No funds were appro
priated by the last Legislature for the
immigration office, thus II was indi-
rectly abolished. Johnson will, by rea.
son of his appointment, be given
charge of Colorados exhibit at the
Panama Pacific exposition. for which
business men of the state have
pledged $1,000.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Pueblo Business Men Suing Railroads.

Pueblo.-A suit to recover more
than $1,000 in overcharges will be in
stituted by the transportation bureau
of the Pueblo Commerce Club, the di-
rectors having decided to take action
at once. The railroads entering Pu.
eblo will be the defendants in the suit
and will be asked to refund over
charges on shipments of merchandise
to this city from eastern points.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Moose to Build s2,ooo,ooo Hospital.

Denver.-In all probability this city
will be selected as the location for the
$4,000, 900 sanatorium which the Loyal
Order of Moose will establish for the
treatment OF its members who are suf.
ferers OF tubercular diseases.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Crusade Against TubereuIar Cows.

Denver-A crusade against tubercu
lar cattle and cholera-infected hogs
that will be statewide in its effects
has been started by State Veterina.
risn w. w. Yard after an investiga.
ton of conditions in the vicinity OF
Trinidad. 1t was found, according to
the official, that many milch cows
which had been tested and found to be
infected with tubercular germs were
permitted to run with the herds OF
healty cattle and that in some in
stances the milk from these cows was
sold.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Ranchmen Held for Attacking Woman

Akron, Colo - August Wahlder-
strom, giant homesteader living
southwest of Akron. and Michael
Heckert, neighbor. have been bound
over to the District Court in the sum
Of 81 900 each on the charge OF assault
wit hintent to murder Mrs. William
Bruner. wife of rancher living in
that section.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Denver Man Named as Confederate.

Chicago-A Denver confederate is
said to have co-operated with John
Worthington, proprietor of the de-
funct American Banking Association,
in unloading stock which Worthington
sold after his Denver agent is said to
have created demand for it.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Bids for Denver Postcffice.

Denyer-A telegram to Governor
Ammons from B. r. Newton. assistant
secretary OF the postal department. de.
clares that supplemental bids Tor the
completion of Denver's new postoffice
Will be asked for at once and con
tracts let Immediately thereafter.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-05
Democrats Name Osborn as Chairman,

New York, March 2.-William
Church Osborn was elected chairman
his afternoon to succeed George NJ.
Palmer.