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claim to-day to be Carranzistas, to-
morrow Villistas. later ~Zapatistas, or
any other 'ista In whose section of
the country they may find themselves.
With the exception of the main ar
mics composing the nucleus Of one
faction or the other. there is practi-
cally no control over these so-called
soldiers. INSTRUMENTATION Is so preva-
lent in the larger bodies of soldiers as
to make their presence n menace to
peaceful citizens.
Gen. Venustiano CarranZa fled from
Mexico city upon the approach OF
Francisco Villa and his army last
November, after the so-called cor
vention, which had been held in
Aguascalientes, broke up in n row
Gen. Villa entered Mexico city at that
time with about 10000 men, mostly
border rangers and northern men, to-
gether with some 10000 Zapatistas
who Joined him.
Gen Gutierrez was president OF the
convention In A~guascalientes previous
to its suspension in that city, and upon
the entry of the Villistas and Zapa-
| tistas into Mexico city the convention
was reconvened In the halls of Con-
gress OF the nation, Gen. Gutierrez
remaining as president. Carranza
moved his capital to Vera Cruz, where
up to the latest reports he personally
resides.
Early in January the president OF
the convention In Mexico city, Gen
Gutierrez separated himself and about
5000 men from the Viilista n Zapa'
tista faction, whom he at that time
presided over and went north. taking
with him an we'll some 10. 900 900 pesos
OF Villa money. thus splitting up thai
fsction. Gen. Rogue Gonzalez Carr
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was Immediately named by the con-
vention to assume the presidency or
this faction, and only praise should be
extended him for his earnest Efforts
toward establishing peace ind order;
he gained the entire approval OF Tor
eigners and the better thinking Mex
leans by MIS- actions.
His administration, however, could
endure but a short time, as ~unfortu-
nately this well intentioned man was
surrounded by an element with which
he could not cope single handed. At one
time a effort was made by
Gen. Barona and his following, who
were quartered in the Hotel lturbide,
to assasslnate President Gonzalez
Cara. After a drunken carousal in
a dance hall Gen. Barona with his
men rode at 4 A. NJ. to the Hotel las
carain, where the President was sleep
ing, and attacked ii with vigor. A
lively fight Followed, in which Presi-
dent Gonzalez Cara valiantly took
part, rifle In hand. Only three or four
OF the defenders were killed, whereas
some forty OF the attackers met this
fate. Their defeat was so decisive
that they made n hasty exit from the
city. retiring to the hills.
Not long after the convention con-
trollcd by unworthy men replaced
President Gonzalez Cara by Gen.
Lagos Chazaro, who continued to act
as president OF the convention In Mex
leo city until the most recent depart
ure OF his faction to the hills,
The financial situation In Mexico
could not be worse. All money, either
coin or bank bills, which formerly Or
culated. has been withdrawn and
boarded. The only money which Is In
circulation Is the printed issues Of one
faction or the other. There are scores
OF different kinds of currency issued
In various parts OF the country by one
chief or the other, without reserve
back of It. and forced into circula-
ton by the presence Of the military
desiring It's circulation.
! Upon Q change Of government. that
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importation applies equally well to
expectation. 1t is known that some
shipments werc made to the United
States from Mexico city via Vera
Cruz. These shipments consisted of
hides which had been purchased at a
ridiculously low figure in Mexican
money and were permitted to pass
into the United States through Vera
Cruz by the Carranzistas. in order
that the enormous export duty pay
able in Mexican gold coin might he
realized, as well as the very high
freight rates charged, mot TO men
ton graft on tie part of officials for
permitting them to pass over the rail-
road at all. The way bills for such
freight shipments are sometimes
shown by one military faction or the
other in order to demonstrate to in
v~estigators that their railroads are
doing business. The real situation Is
easily ascertaincd.
From the port of Vera Cruz the
CarranZista faction has shipped enor-
20 quantities of foodstuffs, such as
beans, corn, cattle, SC, to the United
States in order to obtain a much
greater proht and thus establish a
credit in this country for purchasing
arms and ammunition. Could a more
deplorable situation be met with any
where?
Mail service INTO Mexico city has
been almost entirely ~non-existent
since the 29th day OF January last
Upon an urgent appeal made by all
foreigners In that city to Gen. Car
rama In Vera Cruz to permit mail
to come through during February
while his forces were in control. he
replied by ordering the general post
office OF the nation closed, The writer
failed to receive n reply to any letter
written from Mexico city to the
United States dated after January 4
Owing TO great effort on the par
OF the diplomatists II has been pos
sible to get mail in and out through
the use of their private mail pouches
these bags beins carried from Mexico
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in the city besides the German with
any influence whatever over the
Turkish ofticia.s-that is, over Enver
and Talaat. This influence. too. was
due more to Ambassador Morgen-
thau's own personal friendship and
understanding with these men than
to any possible fear OF American au-
thority.
Long before any war had been
dreamed of he mad already inspired
the Turkish officials with respect and
confidence. He had also very loon
learned hat his only hold upon them
a by the Turkish disposition to live
up literally 10 a promise. To their
credit he declares that have
they failed him when he has con
fronted them with a definite promise.
His diplomacy, then, has consisted very
largely in f~Oresecing what promises
might be needed and in eXacting them
in time to establish a rule of conduct.
Never was he seen to better advan-
tage than at the very time Of which
I have Just been speaking, when the
break with the Entente Powers had
been completed, and when the emhas-
sizes and colonies were In precipitate
flight. He himself had procured from
Talaat Bey. Minister Of the Interior.
promise of a train to convey the en-
bassies and many French. English and
Belgian refugees to the outer world.
He was at the station about an hour
before the appointed time of depar-
ture attending to all the details in
person. For several weeks this was
his practice at every train leaving the
! capital with any of his charges aboard.
This wa she first special evening train
he had arranged for.
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onto the streets without mogpg NJ
livelihood.
About this time tho International
committee was formed r.r. com
posed OF rc"prcscntat.y from each
foreign colony. This committee is str'
in existence to-day. vnrkln. very hard
not only for the interests of r,r,iprer.
but also for tho Interests If Mexico
and McXicans.
Foodstuffs q n gnrd TO Mexico civ
by the American Rcd Cross were not
permitted Ia reach there, fnulS'ufrs
available In the country surrounding
the capital rarely reached tho Nov
starving people in the city unless
bribes were paid the officials for per-
hitting II to come in, and finally ven
this means of obtaining q . supplies
was not only w.thd17lwn from IN" few
merchants who Still cndcavored to buy
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city to Puebla by automobile. This
automobile service finally became the
regular th.aE, although very eXpen-
sive and dangerous; in fact, the man
making these trips was finally shot
through the leg. Mail has been de-
tanned in Vera Cruz arbitrarily for
the past six or eight months. Many
letters have been opened. The great
majority Of letters which have been
mailed from this country to Mexico
city will probably never be found.
Owing to the conditions already ex-
planned. m and industry are at
a standstill.
Civil courts and civil government
have long ceased TO be; conditions are
altered from day to day by arbitrary
military DEGREES. The finest residences
belonging to wealthy MeXiCans have
been confscated and used for bar
racks. Automobiles are taken every
where, as they form a very convenient
means of transportation for officers
who form a large proportion Of the
military.
General looting goes on unchecked
where IL concerns the interests OF
those temporarily in power, The Mex
leo City Light and Power Company
which also controls the tramway SER
vice, long ago ceased to he run under
It's " management. Labor unions
have been encouraged with the idea
of obtaining recruits by this means
for the army.
Police protection is a myth. The
police are there. but are the last APP
pealed to in case of trouble. For many
months 1t has been very unsafe 10 bt
on the street after dark. Holdups By
military men and common thieves are
so numerous as to cause all careful
people 20 stay at home.
The writer witnessed from his owl
window a holdup carried out by thre,
uniformed policemen, who took from
a well dressed Mexican civilian all h,
possessed In money and jewels AZ th'
point OF their pistols, This occurre,
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is to say the retiring Of one faction
and the entrance of another into "A
section. the money left behind in the
hands OF the public by the retiring
faction becomes useless. New paper
is distributed for circulation by the
temporarily victorious force. Mexico
city has changed hands six times dur
ing the past year, each time with in
creasing difficulties in this particular,
as the amoun OF money printed has
reached hundreds and hundreds Of
millions.
Transportation does not exist eX-
cept where military authorities choose
to use the rolling stock still unde-
stroyed for that purpose. Trains are
run for weeks at "A time in some sec
tons of the country; others run only
at rare intervals, owing to the i'm
possibility of obtaining fuel or to the
destruction Of the right of way.
For six months Mexico city has
been practically isolated from the
world. The Carranzistas carried of
all available rolling stock IN hand be-
longing to several railroads. Upon the
retirement OF the Villistas early in the
spring they took with them all they
had brought down, plus all which they
could confiscate from the Zapatista fac
ton, which had brought 1t from the
State of Morelos and other States to
the south of the capital.
There has been no opportunity to
import anything into Mexico city
since before the occupation of Vera
| Cruz by the American troops. A few
cars Of merchandise did reach Mexico
city last February, when 1t was in the
control of Gen. Obregon. in command
of the army of the Carranzista fac
ton. This merchandise was not,
however. Of any special use 10 the
public at that time. As all trans.
p~ortation in and out of the city had
ceased TO exist IN every other direc-
ton the situation rapidly became
serious.
] What has been said in reference Il
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he had a box OF Turkish candies ready
for every woman and child In the
English. French and Belgian COM
munities. Is 1t hardly a wonder that
he-an American-should be openly
praised In the British Parliament? Fol
once American!sm was understood
and appreciated In Europe.
War was now afoot. Still the Ger
man octopus showed no s~lackenins Of
his folds. The most humorously typi-
cal act was to follow-the declaration
Of Djihad-the holy war! In the
grand. but absurd German plan. all the
Mussulman world was 10 rise and join
with fury this splendid crusade for
the spread of his pan-Islamic Maj
esty the German Emperor's military
power. They had counted without the
oriental's subtlety.
Holy war" "A distinguished Turk
said TO me in disgust. how can II he
holy war when We are fighting for one
/ set o. Christians against another, with
the certainty of losing ourselves what
! ever h%appens?"
one violent effort was made to APP
peal to the Islamic Imagination. A
monstrous parade of the faithful was
announced. Although It dwindled to a
disordered march of ON thousand
Ottomans. II was still a memorable
spectacle.
The march was typically Oriental
n wild, disorderly, huddled rush, with
vast massingsNf blood bright banners.
covered with crescents and holy calls
to war against the infidel. Side by
side with these - could anything be
more grotesque?--were groupings OF
the colors and emblems OF the leu
tonic empires.
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ny c. w. ROBINSON.
.HERE is liberty in Mexico to-
day for a possible 10000 so
| called revolutionists. Robbery,

day for a possible 100000 So
called reyolutionists. Robbery,
assassination and destruction
are everywhere. Kindness in Mexico
IS rewarded by unfaithfulness; appre-
citation Is unknown; politeness q
veneer; force alone controls.
Mexican history is a record OF am
bilious leaders. An iron dictator main
tl!ned peace for thirty years and sus-
tanned an era Of artificial prosperity
for one-ffth and of total ignorance,
slavery and dcpravity for four-hfths
Of his c%ountrymen. The civilized
worlds contribution at h a time
toward the material welfare OF that
unhappy country is now being rapidly
destroyed.
Five years ago November marked
the beginning of the process. The en-
hlem Of democracy. fraternity and
liberty carried by all revolutionists ~
II hollow mockery. Several
Of powerful control. forced educar1oh
and greater opportunity might pre-
pare the lowly peon constituting gu
per cent. OF tho race) for selr-soV-
ornment.
4 year ago marked the beginning
Of serious times for Mexico city, the
beautiful capital OF the nation. To-
day 1t IL starving, unable 10 ASSIST
itself or receive assistance from WIN
out TO any material extent.
The following is only a brief sketch
81 some Of the more important events
that have occurred and are occurrins
there to-day:
Tho country In overrun by bandf
masqueradins a. re~volutionists whe
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Like Life Between Two Octopuses,
With Tentacles Drawing Closer,
Says American Resident

The following account of Constantinople in war time is given bv
an menca VINO IN M city during the period of which he writes
but who has since come back to this country.
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The writer of the following article is an American who has been
in business in Mexico city for some years and who has just returned
to this country. In it he describes conditions as they exist to-day in
the Mexican capital, and as he personally observed them.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-05-20

The Bookman has made very in
terestIng study OF the notable fiction
published In the English language
during the last twenty years. giving
the outstanding one for each year.
The list includes the following: 1915,
Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush; 1896,
The Damnation OF Theron Ware 1897
Quo vadis. 1898. The Days Work /;
1899. David Harum: 1900. To Have
and to Hold; 1901. Alice of Old VIM
cennes: 1909. Mira Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch: 1908. Lady Roses Daush-
ter; 1904. The Little shepherd OF
Kingdom Come: 1905. Thr Masauerad.
or; The Lady NJ the Decoration: 1900,
Tho Hoase Ut Mirth: 1907. 1908. The
shuttle; 1909. Tn. Trail Of the Lone.
some Pine; 1910, The Rosary: 1911.
The ProdiEai Judge. 1919. The Har-
vestsr. 1918. The Insid~ NJ the Cup.
1914. inside OF the Cup.
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Judge DightOn CorsOn Born In Canaan

A clipping from a Pierre, South Da-
kota paper of May 7, tells of the
death of Judge Dighton Corson. The
body was inferred at Leavenworth,
Kansas. The article said in part:
Judge Dighton Corson was born
in Canaan, Somerset county. Maine,
October 81, 1927, was educated at
Waterville, and admitted to practice
in the supreme court of that state
Soon after admission to the bar he
came west and settled in Milwau-
kee, Wis. In 1857. he was elected
to the legislature of that state and
was appointed one of the members of
the judiciary committee. In the fall
of 1858 he was elected district attor-
ney for Milwaukee county, receiving
the entire vote Of the county, both
Republican and Democratic. In
1851 he went to the Pacific coast and
settled in Virginia City, Nevada. Upon
the organization of that territory he
was appointed by the governor dis
trict attorney for the first judicial
district, then embracing Virginia City
and the famous Comstock mines. This
position he held for three years and
upon admission of the territory as a
state he was elected to the same po-
sition, which he held for two years.
In 1877 he came to the Black Hills.
and was married May %. 1882, to Mrs.
Elizabeth Hoffman, of Deadwood,
who survives him as does a son Ralph
Corson of San Francisco.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-05-20
Skowhegan Jersey Creamery

Manager Harris of the Skowhegan
Jersey Creamery has made his report
for the past month which shows an
over the corresponding month of a
year ago. The total for the past
month was 26.689.6 pounds The
price paid the past month was 34h
cents per pound where a year ago II
was 33h cents. l.. G. Trafton leads
the list as the biggest producer Geo
f. Foster Is a close second. Follow
ing is a list Of producers having 15C
pounds of butter fat and over;
Joseph Boiler. 1863 pounds; b. G
Fletcher. 1856; Good VIII Farm. LEA
Roscoe Dunbar. 1873: George II. Wes-
ton. 26s: George N. Weston. 254; w
+. CLANCY. 1862; A. II. Hodges. 465
Leon Webster. 1854: Or. +. II. Stevens
1913; J. w. Packard 4 Son. l7s: l.. q
Traitor. $50: Scott Bigelow, 100; san
ford witham. 303: d. v. Baker. 1873:
Eta Frederic. 2is: d. Lambert. ga;
y. p. Rogers, 30i; L. y. Butler. ga
Elmer T. Towne. 2Ss: T. d. saliey 4
Sou. 2sA; Periey Adams. lss: Charles
Leighton. $50: J. Parker. 1873; y. L.
Towns. sis: n. Robbins. 2as: perle,
withee. a2t: Thaxtsr Reed. sss: u
D, Luniope. III: ". Hall. ia; Fraal
Parker. SIS; G. H. white. $40; n u
Heal. 1856: Ray Moody. sss: 0eorEe y
vustsv, $50; Charles rostsr. ISL, VI
mss Y. aslsbury. lss; Clifton Jewell
is0: Eaton ~, Sarm. lsf. ". Y. Mer
rsll.. as: w. " Pratt, iss; Turne'
uususll. SIS; Harley wyman. 1856
Euesns watsoa. as: .. W, coanes
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The following names Of voters have
been chosen to be placed in the jury
box to be drawn for the juries of the
supreme court for the next three
years: John B. Avore, Ray E. Allen,
r. E. Atwood, M. E. Beale, F. X.
Brown, H. r. Bearce, W. H. Boynton,
Charles F. Beatham, F. w. Buchanan,
s. v. Bison, w. F. Bailey. Cecil E.
Bailey, F. A. Benner, Frank Boston,
Eldon Boyd. w. D. Bradbury, James
A. Brown, George Canon, E. B. Car
ter. B. F. Gaylord. E. B. Chase, E. l..
Clough, F. E. Cross, Clifton E. Crow
ell. Eugene A. Currier, Carl Curtis,
Mahlon A. Dane, J. Thomas Dionne,
II. A. Dinsmore, Roy A. Dunbar. Fred
c. Dunlap Albert F. Dyer, John w.
Delano, C. D. Eaton, Harry Ellis, B.
L. Flanders, r. w. French, Fred t.
French, H. B. Friend, F. o. Furber,
Charles w. Carnage, Charles II. Gard
ner Alden r. Giles, Cyrus W. Good
rich, Carroll c. Goodwin, Elmer E.
Gordon, Joseph G. Cover, Forrest M
Green, H. w. Griffin. Edward E. Gro
der, r. w. Haines, Walter Harvie, j
L. Herrin, M. B. Heselton, w. II
Hight, Fred r. Hill, Alfred s. Hilton
Albert Holt, R. F. Homsted, David
Jewett, Guy E. Kimball, A. H. Lang
w. Albert Lewis, Charles F. Long
fellow, Fred w. Loomis, Robert w
Lord, ]. H. Mathews, P. w. Merry
Abner E. Mitchell, John F. Moody, F
s. Morrill,, Harry Murray, George l.
Nay, Ansel C. Newton, Seth M. Nut
ting, James B. Nutting. NJ S. Osborne
Frank E. Oulton, E. D. Packard, E. F.
Parker, c. E. Patten, w. Guy Pennell
Fred R. Philbrick, Carl Plummer
Fred L. Pooler, w. E. Porter, H. N
Pratt, Joseph r. Provencal, S. c.
Reynolds, E. B. Richardson, Raymond
A. Kicker, Charles A. Ross, Milton 8
Rowe, A. X. Rowell, Parker Sanborn
M. W. Savage, B. A. Sawyer Myron
]. Smith, w. D. Snow, w M. Stinch-
field, Eugene C. Tarbox, H. E. Thomp-
son, L. G. Traitor, Charles L. Walker
H. J. Whittemore, Charles R. White
more, P c. White, George H. Webb
Gilmore Withee. Herbert Wentworth
ROhart Wanfworth CharIaa r.
Young.
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Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers
have lately been recorded at the Of
fee of the Somerset Register of Deeds
Ripley-Daniel C. Wakefield ct al
to Frank G. Wakefield.
Fairfield-Fred E. Tallouse to Della
Tallouse, Qand in Fairfield bounded
by the County road. one cow and two
black horses); Kate E. LaPlante to
Arthur Dostie ct al Gland near Cot
tage ST.; Jane NJ Rackliff to Mabel
, l.. Rackliff.
st. Albans-Jane l.. Page to Chel-
lis NJ. Page (house lot out of Jane
l.. Pages FARM; Jane l.. Page to
John o. Page (Farm homestead place
of Jane L. Page); David D. Stewart
to Edward Southland (saw mill lot
shngle mill lot and Tannery lot on
both sides of Indian Stream former
ly owned by Sullivan Lothrop); Ell
len L. Getchell ct al to Edward ]
Southland Gland on Indian Stream) E;
Thomas C. Hartwell to Edward ]
Southland ct al twelve acre heater
piece in road to Lothrop's tannery
from Palmyra).
Highland lantation-Amanda M
Adams to Stella M Harvard Gland
and buildings near Michael Stream)
Mercer-Sarah A. Philbrick to
Earle l.. Nye Gland and buildings
near land of Chas. Corson).
Palmyra-William Henry Mosher
to Eddie ToZier Gland on west side
of highway leading from Palmyra
meeting house to Pittsfeld).
Norrdgewock-R E. Kelley to
Mrs. Georgia Richardson Gland be-
ginning on southerly side of Welch
ST. George A. Hussey to Belinda C.
Grover Gland near Burgess Corner).
Bingham ct al-Thomas Mahoney tC
Alvah w. Foss (home farm of sixty
acres and barn lot. twenty acres
more or less in Bingham and ten
acres more or less in Scion.
Solon-George w. Cross to John L
Foss Gland in Scion village bounded
westerly by Mill ST.
Skowhegan-Joseph F. Roderick tc
William J. Lessor Qand on contem-
plated Chandler ST.
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ISLAND AVENUE CONGREGATION.
AL CHURCH
Uaton1 Avnuua


Rev. Theodore Halbert Wilson, pastor
Residence, Al Turner Avenue
Office, Suite IL. the f. N. Merrill
Block, Water St.. Tel. 174-2
Sunday 1915 a. m. preaching by the
pastor Topic: The Teaching of
Jesus. S. Church Life. 1900
Sunday School; 600 p. m. Y. p. s. c..
e. Topic: Religious Reading: What
and Why. Leader: Ruth Green
wood. 100 p. m. Evening service in
vestry. Topic: Words of Comfort
for the One Who Is Lonely.
Thursday, 1880 p. m. Prayer meet
ing. Topic: Freedom from Dis
couragement.
Working League meets Monday in
Church parlors.
1915 Watchword: Reverence.