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GIRL MAY GET $4,000.
Judge Protects Interests OF Hermits
Adopted Daughter.

SOUTH NoRwALK. Conn. Jan. 2s.-
Probate Judge John f. Heating OF pa
rieu in passing upon the estate OF Mrs
Josephine Mackey, the hermit. who died
leaving $4,000, will take every step
to protect the interests OF the woman's
adopted daughter Elsie. who has filed a
claim as first heir.
Mrs. Mackey lived with the girl in a
shack on the Boston Post road. She had
often complained to the girl OF poverty,
but when she died $685. 900 was found
hidden in beds closets and other places,
and In addition she had bonds valued AZ
$4,000. The woman left no will and no
heirs except tho adopted daughter were
known. Several persons, however, now
claim TO be distant relatives OF Mrs.
Mackey.
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HER MIND BACK AFTER ETHER.
woman who Forgot Her Name IL
English Actress.

Hospital for a week suffering from loss
Of memory was given ether yesterday by
DIR. A. Il. McMichael when she rccol
cred her memory had apparently been
restored. Anyway. she gave her name
and told something of her past life.
She is Mrs Molly Baker, she said, and
was born I'm England. Six months ago
she came TO New York and since that
tnle had been trying TO get work as an
actress. Her son. she said, is travelling
n this country with dog act. After her
recovery a man who said he was the
atrcal manager named Dobhn called at
the hospital and said he would take Mrs.
Baker away to-day.
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ROCKEFELLER
TALKSTOTHREE
UNION LEADERS
Pleasant, but Entirely In
formal and Unofficial,
Says John d., Jr.
MOTHER JONES DOUBTS:
NEW GIFTS DISCLOSED

Three 81 the men who engineered the
great strike in the Colorado coal mines
last year went TO the office of John d..
Rockefeller. Jr.. yesterday at his invita-
ton and for nearly two hours discussed
with him tho grievances OF the employees
Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
These men were Frank J. Hayes, Vice
president Of tho United Mine Workers
Edward l.. Doyle, secretary-treasurer OF
District No. 10. tho Colorado division Of
the United Mine Workers. and James
Lord Of the mining department OF the
American Federation Of Labor.
While the strike WAS brewing and when
It had reached the climax Of disorder. fire
and murder these men sent kilograms
and letters to Mr. Rockefeller asking him
for an opportunity to disclose the tactics
being pursued by the president Of the
company and his immediate assistants in
The field.
Mr.. Rockefeller explained in state
ment at that time, and in his testimony
before the House Committee on Mines and
Mining, that as a director OF the com
rany he could do no more than support
Ito executive officers In whatever they
believed to be right under tho circum-
stances
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Refuses a Direct Repty.

You say YOU did not refer in your
pamphlet and I'm your letter 20 Mrs
Mitchell To the women well known In So
cial affairs. Did YOU expect Mrs. Mitchell
to know that Lawrence was asked. lie
refused to reply directly
Lawrence Was asked to produce the
letters from Governors OF States and
other prominent individuals whose names
he had printed on letterheads of the
White Cross committee OF the American
Club as members of the national com.
mittee" There are twenty-siN names on
the lctterhead. not including the names OF
Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia and
Col. William dalton Mann. who he had
admitted previously had withdrawn their
names. He produced only two letters and
they were from former Governor Il,er.
hardt OF Minnesota and Gov Pointer oi
Rhode Island, accepting membership on
the committee.
There were the names OF g. y. Bazar
and George r. Brokaw on the list. When
asked about them he said they were per.
sonal friends addlns, "let us coniine our.
selves n the big names"
Lawrence was told that Mrs. Elmer T.
Black OF sig Fifth avenue had said tina,
she never had written to him accepting
any place as patroness Of his club Mrs
BLACK said that In reply 20 a letter from
Lawrence she had written before Christ.
mas that she hoped to be able. in accord.
ance with his request, To- give an enter.
tainment for the benefit Of the Whit,
Cross She said that she had written
another letter saying that she had SC
many obligations that sho would not be
able to help him.
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The same list OF patronesses Is printed
in a booklet of the American Club. which
Lawrence handed II TO a reporter for THE
SUN on Wednesday evening. Last night
he was querled about that list and said -;
'why, that Is list that was printed
two years ago.
The printed list. however, included the
name OF Mrs. Mitchell and later on Law
renee said that the booklet was printed
last April. lie was asked in regard TO
the list OF patronesses II he had received
written acceptances. lie replied:
WAT Mrs Oelrichs do you refer TO?
What Mrs. Reid. what Mrs. Fish, what
Mrs. Alexander and what Mrs. Hunting
ton do you refer tor
We'll" he was asked, what women
do you refer to-"
II refuse to give their full names" he
replied. II refuse TO let you see the
letters because l do not care to embar-
rass the ladies by giving them undue and
distinctly understood that l do not refer
to the women you have In mind. / do
not refer TO Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs OF
Mrs Whitelaw Reid or Mrs. Ogden Reid
Neither do ! refer to Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish or to Mrs. Alexander. who Is well
known in New York society Likewise,
do not refer to Mrs. Huntington. whose
name has been mentioned.
1.-THE Mrs. Alexander in question lives
in Chicago. As for Mrs Fish, she is a
friend OF Mrs Charlotte b. Breitung
wife of Edward H. Breitung of the st
Regis. ] have letter here from heI
In which she assures ME of her support
and asks for copies of tho statement OF
the purposes of the club TO send tc
friends Here is the letter.
Furthermore, the Mrs. Fish referred
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TO is a friend OF Mrs. Breitung, who OBJ
tsiued from Mrs. Fish and another
woman whose name do not care to men,
ton their verbal acceptances to become
honorary patronesses of the club. As for
the list. I do not think I should go into
details, for two OF the women men
toned are now dead"
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pass law providing a penalty for such
sales
Next week the convention Of the Cham
her OF Commerce Of the United States
will be held in Washington. To this the
made in the L. $ n committee will send
representatives, who will seek the CO.
operation ~ tho 1000 chamhsrs of COM
merce throughout the country. The work
Of the committee, II IL expected will be
financed largely through the efforts OF
these chambers
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All OF HIS Clubs Included.

Tho letter which Mr.. Cr7Iger, at the re-
quest OF Mrs. Mitchell, wrote to Lawrence
follows:
DEAR SIR: Mrs. Mitchell has requested
me to wrtc you to say that her accept
anco OF your invitation to become an
honorary patroness of the American club
was due TO a mistake In this office and
without her knowledge aud consent. She
therefore wishes me 10 request you to
Withdraw her name from the list of pa
tronesses and would like TO have her
Withdrawal include also such associa-
tions. societies or clubs as may be con
sidered In any way affiliated with the
American Club. Very truly yours,
"B DEN. CRUGER,
Executive Secretary"
The original letter written by Lawrence
to Mrs. Mitchell has peculiar interest at
this time. and attention may he justly
called to the writer's grouping of the
names Of patronesscs. II was written from
6o3 Fifth avenue on April 90, 1914, and
was addressed to Mrs. Mitchell at City
Hall. II read:
DEAR MADAM: We believe that you will
BE- interested In the efforts OF the Ameri-
can club Ga patriotic and sltrulstic or
ganization, having no sectarian. political
or commercial affiliations. the principal
cndeavors OF which are tho developing of
fraternal unity between American citizens
who have achieved distinction in profess
sional, financial and industrial activities.
and the promotion OF closer social and po-
litlcal relations between the United States
and other civilized nationsD and We would
greatly appreciate your cooperation IN the
entertainment of Governors, Ambassadors.
Ministers and other visitors OF distinction
az luncheons. dinners and receptions to be
given in their honor.
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Lawrence exhibited the following letter
which he said he had written TO Mrs.
Black under date OF January 10:
we were very much distressed this
morning by the receipt of your favor Of
the 18Th inst Last October when our
| committee was cndeavorinR to relieve the
distress OF women and children In war
stricken Europe YOU definitely agreed TO
arrange for a benefit for the White Cross
committee after the holidays. and your
generous offer was given wide publicity
not only In our magazine. as per cliuping
attached Lawrence referred evidently To-
the American society in which he issued
the bulletin OF the White Cross commit
tee Of tho American club but in many
daily papers.
Now that We have opened at 10 West
Fifty-trst street. the former residence OF
the Pembroke Joneses, a temporary home
for professional womcu-artists, mu-
sicians, &c.--Who have lost their means
/ Of support by reason of war rctrench-
/ mcnt, We feel that We are justified I'm
asking you to carry out your agreement
or to contribute substantial sum for tho
J maintenance OF our practical philan-
thropy. Mr. Charles n. Sticknoy, OF 5l2
/ Fifth avenue, will receive your contrbu-
| tIon and see that II is expended to the
! best possible advantage
Mrs Belmont is sending up special
] cases from the Vacation War Relief Com.
I HlNlee At MISS morgan request.
Lawrence In the course OF the inter-
view insisted that tho American Club was
! practically dead and that its heahduar-
ters was not at 10 West Flfty-irst street
All "GirIs' at rs.
! II have spoken OF girls. That is an
/ unfortunate use of the word on my part
| mean girl when I refer to a woman OF
80 years Why, to-day girl mean a
woman who is easily 35-who WAS start.
| ing with us. A man called and took hei
! away, saying he had a place for hel
with his mother up In the country. No
| do not remember his name or where she
was going. l know that she is beina
we'll provided for
1T is untrue that we are taking ir
only girls. Why. | have fed forty per.
sons here to-day. We have taken In
several women and are caring for them
Many aged women have called here ant
, We helped them with money and in Other
| ways.
1T really has been pathetic TO see III,
cases coming in here. Last night a younr
woman came in here with only 20 cent,
in her pocket. She told me she had beer
turned away from the home OF a noted
clergyman. ! took her IN and gave hel
food and shelter and will continue 4
do so"
A, w. Callisen OF Princeton, who ha,
been mentioned as vice-president of In,
American club, was stanch yesterday in
his defence OF Lawrence
81 have known him for a long time
he said land I know that I can trus
Vim. lie is a splendid man"
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President and 10 Governors.

Numbered amons the members Of the
American Club are the President. the Gov
ernors OF forty states. the Mayors of our
largest cities. the diplomatic representa-
tives OF nearly every nation and men Of
conspicuous position In all sections OF
America and abroad. Its patronesses in
ciuQe Mrs. Alexander. Me. Betting. "T5.
Fish, Mrs. Glynn. wife of Gov. Glynn
Mrs. Huntington. the Princess Lwoff Par
laghy, Mrs. Oelrichs. Mrs Osborn, Mrs.
Reid and many other distinguished host
esses in our city.
Under separate cover am sending
you brief synopsis OF the aims OF our
organization. with abstracts Of letters re-
Gently received from eminent members.
and trust that it will be agreeable to
you 10 become an honorary patroness OF
our club without dues or fees Of any
description) and contribute to its sue
cess by participating in some OF the func-
tons to be arranged for distinguished
visitors OF our city.
our executive officers occupy the sec
ond floor at 500 Fifth avenue, and We
would highly appreciate the privilege OF
explaining more fully the plans of our
organization II you would honor the club
By personal visit. Very truly yours.
"FRANcKLYN LAWRENCE, President"
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drcn in the State We would oppose the
widows pension bills"
The Rev. DR. John Haynes Holmes of
the Church of the Messiah was a witness
yesterday morning lie expressed the
opinion that no man had an ethical right
to own Sl00,0O0,O00 and that II he him
self did he would turn IL over to the
state Immediately. Ho talked much of
the industrial situation and OF State own
ership and Of what he thought other people
should do with their money.
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There was read into the record in the
morning letter written by Ebert Hub
bard OF East Aurora, n. v, In which he
suggested to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
that he CMr. Hubbard) had written some
thing about the strike In Colorado and
that II Mr.. Rockefeller was Interested he
might send him "A copy. because ANY sug-
geslion from you In the line OF popular
education would he greatly apprecia ted"
In subsequent letter Mr.. Hubbard ex-
planned that the price would be 5000 for
1000 extra copies.
The hearings OF the commission will
go on to-day. Those subp9naed as wit
nesses are Or. Charles w. Eliot, John
Hays Hammond and George r. Baker.
The commission will probably complete its
examinations here by the end OF next week
and viii so then 20 Chicago for an in
vestlgation OF transportation companies.
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Plan Nnt Vet Tried ont.

Since then tho strike has been settled.
The company has proposed plan TO
settle future differences with its men.
That plan has not been tried out yet II
may involve difficulties as yet not seen.
The whole situation is still very much
in the course of adjustment and II Is be-
cause of that fact that Mr.. Rockefeller.
realizing, as he says, more fully his duties
rs a director. is just now seeking all the
information he can get on the subject.
when they came from the Office the
three union officials said they would leave
Il to Mr.. Rockefeller to aay what had
taken place They gave evidence of their
satisfaction and intimated that there will
he other conferences, at which the matter
will be more deeply gone into.
1--WE had pleasant little talk about the
general situation said Mr.. Rockefeller
lust en- informal. unofficial talk. You
can understand how much depends upon
what is being done and how much more
harm than good might como II this dis
cussion were represented as anything
more than II was"
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WHITE CROSS MUST NOT
USE MRS. MITCHEL'S NAME
Letter From Mayors Office Sent
to Francklyn Lawrence,
of "Girls' Charity"

Mrs John Purroy Mitchell. wife OF the
Mayor. caused letter to be sent yester-
day TO Francklyn Lawrence, chairman or
tho American Club and acting chairman
OF the White Cross Committee, request
ing tho withdrawal OF her name as an
honorary patroness OF the American Club.
an organization designed to foster com
merclal relations with foreign countries
ard to entertain visiting foreign dig
nitarics.
The letter was written by Bertram
den. Cruger. executive secretary to
Mayor Mitchell. who on April so. 1914.
wrote a letter accepting In behalf OF
Mrs Mitchell. Lawrence's invitation to
become a patroness OF the American Club.
Mr.. Crugcr was impressed by the list OF
na mes OF tho patronesscs OF the club,
mentioned by Lawrence as Mrs. Fish,
Mrs. oelrichs. Mrs. Alexander. Mira Reid"
and others.
Lawrence asserted last night that he
did not refer to Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs. white
law Reid. who are generally assumed to
be referred to In such a grouping of
names.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-05-20
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915
Another Business Opportu-
nifty

Not long since we commented upon
the need of barrel factory for Show
hogan, and arrangements have since
been made to open one here the
middle of August, just in time for the
fall trade. The same opportunity
for barrel making at profit exists
in several other Somerset County
towns, and there is another somewhat
related field of business activity
which remains unoccupied: Custom
Spraying. Somerset County grow
ers have heretofore sent to other
counties for their barrels and what
little spraying is done is with in
dividually owned outfits. They are
wasteful of material and cannot pos
sibly be more than half effective. A
spray that lands on the leaf in drops
Is apt to leave 70 per cent of the sur
face untreated. The fine mist that
covers the entire leaf Is very diff
cult to obtain except with power
outfit These power machines though
much cheaper than formerly are yet
quite out of the question for many
orchardists. Even where a grower
has abundant capital and trees
enough to warrant owning power
outfit, the fact that 1t must be idle
for about so weeks. out of 81 makes
the cost of each days operation ex-
cessve. Probably any orchardist
with less than 500 trees would get out
of the matter cheaper by employing
a custom spraying outfit, even If the
charge were $1,000 day.
A man with custom spraying
outfit planning. to 60 from farm to
farm could keep busy from April to
November. The equipment with
needful accessories would cost about
$4,000. Custom spraying would be
good business for some one and
would fill a need that Is growing
more and more urgent each year. We
have valuable information on the sub
ject which we would be pleased to
place at the disposal of anyone who
might go into the custom spraying
enterprise.
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MAINE SPIRITUALISTS MEET
Continued from First Page)

Continued from First Page)
message was recognized Sunday, the
forenoon was given over to a confer
ence, with S. M. Gile of Sangerville as
leader. Over thirty participated in
this, the general subject being why
l am here" In the afternoon and
evening Mrs. Vanderbilt was again
the lecturer and psychic and with an
ability such as has seldom been
heard In Skowhegan gave brilliant
discourses. AS on the evening pre-
vious she spoke upon subjects given
by persons from the audience and her
listeners were spellbound, not only
with the wealth of her vocabulary,
but with the reasonableness by which
she expressed her views of Spiritu-
alism and its truths. The messages
which she voiced were exceedingly
convincing and were. plainly under
stood by those for whom they were in
tended. Mrs. Vanderbilt, who is
native of Providence, r. l., has for
twenty years been a medium. She
is the wife of E. W. Vanderbilt and a
cousin by marriage to William X.
Vanderbilt.
Contributing largely to the success
of the affair was Mark A. Barwise. a
prominent attorney of Bangor who
presided over the sessions and added
much on these occasions by his re-
marks from time to time He has
for eight years been the president OF
the State Association. He Is ma
tive Of Chester. Me-. but has passed
almost his entire life in the city
where he now resides. Mrs, Barwise.
who 10 also a lecturer of ability ac-
companied her husband TO town and
attended the Association meetings A
feature Of the closing session OF the
Convention was the rising vote Of
thanks rendered the Madison Camp
and especially Miss Olive Hayden. the
president OF the Spiritualist Ladies'
Aid for the attention and pleasures
they had received during the conven-
ton. The music for the meetings
was furnished by Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
Watson. local musicians OF ability.
Among those from out OF town in
attendance were Warren H. Fales.
Providence. X. l.. Mrs W. L. Gordon.
Dexter, W j, Philbrick. Piitsneid:
Mr.. and Mrs Warren J. Fuss. Etna:
Mrs bradford. Augusta: Mr. aud Mrs
Mark A. Barwise. Hanger Mary
Drake JENNIE. Etna: 3. NJ Gle. San
Esrville. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bls-
hop. Herman: W w. CLARK. Mrs
Della Brown. Mira Imogene Merrill.
Caratunk Mrs J A Nontehorv, Wa
tefvtlls. Mrs Nellie Neshit, Dexter:
Mira Nellie BARTLETT. waterproof: Mrs
q A Wheeler. rhillips. Judge q. r,
stevens Augusta, Martin 1. Rev.
solds. slaasy. W 4 wsldFss. HAL
l0wsii
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DECIDED TO LODGE IN
HEN HOUSE
James McIntire of Jackman Pays
Fine and Goes His Way After Be-
ing Arraigned Before Trial Justice

James McIntire of Jackman was
found the other night back of Lewis
Haskell's place on Hathaway ST. and
it is understood had planned to spend
the night with hens in nearby hem
house. The officers were notified of
the peculiar actions of the man, who
appeared to be intoxicated and he was
taken into custody. Next morning he
was arraigned before Trial Justice
Lancaster, pleaded guilty, paid his
fine and costs and departed.
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PASSES away IN NEIGH:
BORIS HOUSE
Mrs. Anna c. Reed of East Madison
Suddenly Succumbs TO Heart Fall
ure. Burial Today

Mrs. Anna c. Reed of East Madison,
widow of Turner Reed. who passed
away about seventeen years ago, died
suddenly Monday night while calling
at the home of a neighbor, Charles
Thompson. She had been in her US
ual health, although in the past she
had suffered more or less from an af-
lection of the heart. The funeral
will be held at l o'clock this after
noon at the home of her son Henry
Reed, who with one other son, Homer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-05-20
REbEKAHS ENTERTAIN
MANY GUESTS
And Serve a Tempting Banquet In
Lately Acquired Dining Room. 4
Pleasant AFFAIR

For some time the Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs have been DESTROYS of ac-
curing headquarters adequate for
their needs and this was finally
brought about by leasing the rooms
formerly occupied by the Aneien. os-
der of United Workmen. Tuesday
evening these quarters were dedicat-
ed, the Rebekah Lodge entertaining
the lodges from Norridgewock and
Athens. The affair Was attended by
probably two hundred and fifty per
sons and was one of the happiest and
most genial events which ever oc-
CURED in Skowhegan.
The reception committee was COM
posed of the noble grand, Mrs. Leslie
E. Jacobs and Mr.. Jacobs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Hurley, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Tarbox, DIR. and Mrs H. c. Tag
CART, Mr. and Mrs. c. r. Oliver, Mrs,
c. b. Hight, Miss Louise Hurley and
Miss Alice Danforth. The degree
work of the evening was performed
by the Priscilla Lodge degree staff,
A. B. Lamb, captain, in an excellent
manner and later charming pro-
gram was presented arranged under
the direction of Mrs c. NJ. Lambert
and others Among those who ap-
peared in the various numbers were
Mrs. Rose Coombs Burrill and ,Chas
Turner, soloists, and Mrs. A. II.
Jewett and Mrs. A. R. Watson in
readings. A duet was sung by Mrs
Eta S. Bradley and Mrs. A. r. Wat
son. while the accompanist OF the
evening was Mrs. Lambert. The ban
auet was admirably planned and
daintily served The menu was a
tempting one and the decorations of
pink and green, the Rebekah colors
were everywhere in evidence. In
diyidual places at the tables were
roped off with these two colors and
the entire arrangement was a charm
Ing one. Inc affair ldStcu uhtii a
late hour
Fortunately the two lodge rooms
were In adjoining blocks, so when the
new quarters were taken over by the
Odd Fellows all that was necessary
was to connect the two with an en-
trance. This has been most salts
factorily accomplished and the furn-
ishings of the Ancient Orders Lodge.
room have been moved to the former
/. o. o. F. dining room, which has
been converted into smoking and
lounging room. New, dishes and sill
yer have been purchased; and range
has been installed. In what was the
former dressing room of the Ancient
Order and now Carrabassett Lodge
and the Rebekahs have thoroughly
up-to-date and modern headquarters.