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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-27
ATHENS

Milton and Clyde Bush have re-
turned to Auburn after spending a
week at their home here.
Mrs. Mary Hight. Mrs Fred Corson.
Mrs. Harold Chamberlain and little
daughter Katherine, all of Worcester
Mass, are visiting at the Geo. Hight
home.
Rev. VIM. Fletcher will preach in
the Union Church Sunday. July 80, at
the usual hour, and at West Athens
at 230 p. m.
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EAST ST. ALBANS

Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand Brown and
children of Hartland Mrs. Frank
Heath and daughter Marjory of Wo-
burn. Mass Miss Grace Bowkei Of
Melrose, Mass, Fred Butler and Miss
Lima Farrar of Ripley were tie
guests of Mr., and Mrs. Walter Butler
on Rand Hill. July %.
Miss Eleanor Mower of Boston,
Miss Edwina Mower and friend Miss
Ridley of Lewiston are the guests of
Mrs Nettie r. Mower.
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We wish to thank the neighbors
and friends, also the various frater-
nal orders. for sympathy and aid in
our recent bereavement. also for the
beautiful floral tributes.
Willis r. Malbon and family.
Skowhegan. Maine, July p, 191G.*
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Somerset Premium Schedule

The 1916 Premium Schedule of the
Somerset Central Agricultural Socle-
ty is now ready for distribution and
will be mailed to any address, on APP
plication, by postal or otherwise, to
this office
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Died at Augusta

John T. Rogers, age Il. formerly
of Madison. died Tuesday afternoon
at Augusta The remains will be
taken 10 Madison for burial
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-27
Highland Has Woman School Super
intPndent

HIGHLAND, July 25-Mrs. Lettuce
Bradbury has been appointed Super
ntendent of the school at Highland.
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Umpire, McGauley.

ley >: Brignolia. Umpire, McGauley.
Time 1.35,
SECOND GAME
Seven innings by agreement
Belfast o o . u %
Skowhegan 0 o -
Two base hits. Mcdonald, White.
Three base hit, Lee. Stolen bases,
Twombly, Keegan. Sacrifice hit, Cram
Cannon Double plays. Lee to Can
non, Houser. Bases on balls off
White l, Cram Hits and earned
runs off White, hits runs in
innings; Cram, 6 hits runs in !
innings. Struck out, by White 3,
Cram 8. Passed balls Cannon. Tn
pire McGauley. Time 1.20.
sKOWHEGAN WON AT BELFAST
one step nearer the silver cup was
Skow hogan at the close of the game
Monday at Belfast. when the local
boys administered defeat to their
hosts. The score was To and
was reported as being rather Old
fashioned with plenty of hitting BEL
fast had something of an off day III
fielding although . assists figured IN
the scoring. A double play was
pulled off in which the ball was
started by Neptune then to Alberts,
to Neptune to Mcdonald and to VII
liams. Alberts saved trouble by
circus catch and Brignolia made the
score look better by a homer with
two men on bases The score:
Skowhegan / -
Belfast l -
Two base hits, Fishburn, Wescott 2,
Lee. Mckenty Neptune. Three base
hit Houser Home run. Brignolia
stolen bases, Lee. Keegan and Ash
worth. Bases on balls by Cram 2.
Struck out by MeKenty s, by Cram 3.
Sacrifice hits, Lee. Fishburn, Nep-
tune. Double plays, Cram to Alberts;
Lannon to Ashworth; Neptune, Al
berts. Neptune Mcdonald and VIII
liams. Umpire, McGauley. Time 2
hours.
The newly organized baseball team
of Madison played against their old
time rivals, the Skowhegan team
here last Thursday and were defaet-
ed by a score of l to Is. Skowhe-
cams start in the first inning, gath
ering in eight nice ripe runs, gave
the Madison bunch an idea OF what
they were up against, and from that
time to the eighth, when SkoWheSah
slackened Bit allowing Madison one
score. things were pretty easy, scor-
ing Is runs to Madison's single run.
The visitors were said to be some
what mystifed, although at times
they displayed evidence that they
were tipped off as to what they were
to expect.
Madison 0 0 o u u 1
Skowhegan l X-1o
Three-base hit-Houser- Two
base hit-Wescott Stolen bases
Saunders. LaF'leur, Lee 2, Cannon,
Wescott. Twombly. Struck out
McKenty 8, Grey 6, Twombly .. Hits
off McKenty 4, Twombly 3, Grey
II. Base on balls-Mckenty l, Grey
Is. Sacrifice hit-Fishburn. I'm
pire, McGauley. Time 2.15.
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NORTH CORNYILLE
NORTH MADISON

Dance in Hjort's Hall, Wednesday
August End.
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Company f Fund
Card of Thanks

PO-D.ND
CARLETON P. MERRILL. Treas.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
STRIKE ENTENTE
LINE IN GREECE
BOMBARDMENT NEAR DORIAN
BELIEVED TO BE PRELUDE OF
ADVANCE BY TEUTONS.
On Franco-Belgian Front the French
Artillery Continues Its Activity
German Airship Attack
on Dvinsk.

London-The long looked for often
sive of the Teutonic allies against Sa
loniki may now be on or near at hand
An agency dispatch from Saloniki re
ports that an artillery duel has been
in progress for two days near Dorian
where strong forces of the central
powers for some time have been fac
ing the positions of the entente allies
Such bombardment might well be
the prelude to an advance movement
by the Teutons and their allies, which,
according to recent reports from the
Balkans, was set for about the middle
of the present month, but which may
even now be in progress.
According to the message through
entente sources, reporting the open
ing of the bombardment, the British
heavy guns were dominating those OF
the Germans and Bulgarians opposed
to them
Elsewhere along the many fighting
lines of the widespread war field few
operations of Importance have been
recorded. On the Franco-Belgian front,
the French artillery continues it's &C.
tivity, the bombardment being intense
in the Champaign and the Argonne.
Berlin reports cases of sporadic act1v-
ity by infantry, one instance being re,
ported south of La Basse canal, where
the British are declared to have been
repulsed when one of their detach-
ments attempted an advance, while
south of the Somme, where the Ger
mans made gains only recently, the
French were beaten off in a hand gre
made attack In the Vosges the Ger
man guns have been bombarding
French positions.
Few reports of pronounced activity
come from Russia of Galicia Ger
man airship attack on Dvinsk being
the only incident in this war theatre
mentioned in the German communica-
ton
Along the lines where the Austrians
and Italians are engaged the deadlock
shows no signs of being broken Ger
man reports declare the Italians are
worn out and discouraged by their
failure to advance and have recog
nized the impossibility of breaking the
Austrian lines. No indications of lag
ging Italian activity, however, are re-
tected in the official reports.
From Mesopotamia the Turks report
driving back the British to their for
mer positions by counterattack when
General Aylmer's relief forces at.
tempted nearer approach to Kut-el-
Amara, where another British force is
beleaguered.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
JURY AcoUlTs MRS. MoHR.
Two Negroes Whom She was Accused
of Hiring to Xiii Her Husband
are Convicted

Providence. R. Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Mohr was acquitted Saturday by a
jury in the superior court of a charge
of having instigated the murder of her
husband, DR.. c. Franklin Mohr. G..
Victor Brown and Henry H. Spellman,
negroes, who were accused of the ac-
tual killing, were found guilty.
Mrs. Mohr swooned while the fore
man was announcing the verdicts.
The other charge against Mrs Mohr
and the two negroes is that they com
mitted an assault on Miss Emily Bur-
ger with intent to kill. Miss Burger
was shot while riding with DR.. Mohr
on the night he was attacked. Brown
and Spellman are accused of actually
firing the shots at Miss Burger, while
Mrs. Mohr is charged with being an
accessory before the fact of the crime.
1t is not known when, if ever, Mrs
Mohr will be tried on the other
charges
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
SENATE APPROVES
PHILIPPINES BILL
PARTY LINES BROKEN WHEN
FINAL VOTE COMES ON SELF.
GOVERNMENT MEASURES.
II 10 Understood the Bill viii Go to
the House With the Backing of
President Wilson and Will be
Pressed for Early Passage.

Washington.-The Philippine bill
which would extend to the islands a
greater degree of self-government and
would authorize the president to grant
them absolute independence within
four years, passed the senate on Feb
ruary 4, by a vote of fifty-two to
twenty-four. Various Democratic sen
ators, led by Chairman Stone of the
foreign relations committee, tried un-
successfully to secure amendment of
certain feature of the independence
clause, but In the end the Democrats,
joined by six Observation-Disclosures,
voted solidly for the measure.
1t is understood the bill will go to
the house with the bac,'ing of Presi-
dent Wilson and will be pressed for
early passage There has been little
indication of what action the house
will take, but administration leaders
seem confident that the bill, including
the independence feature, which Dem
ocratic senators declare squares 1t
with the Baltimore platform, would
have the approval OF the house Dem
ocratic majority.
The Republican senator's who voted
for the bill were Eorah. Clapp, Ken
yon, La Toilette, Norris and Works.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
.LUS|TAN|A CASE IS
NEAR SETTLEMENT
UNITED STATES AND GERMANY
AGREE IN PRiNciPLE.-BREA
Is NO LONGER FEARED.
High Officials at Washington Consider
This Government has Achieved
Recognition of Contentious Re-
garditg Submarine Warfare.

Washington.-In substance the ten
tative communication from Germany
designed to settle the Lusitania case
is acceptable to the United States.
High administration officials consider
that this government, In prevailing
upon Germany to make the conces-
sions and agreements as set forth In
the document, has achieved recogni-
ton of all the high principles for
which 1t has contended in connection
with submarine warfare.
While the substance of the proposed
communication admittedly is satisfac-
tory, minor changes to clarity the
wording and in connection with the
form which the formal document shall
take were suggested to Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
by Secretary. Lansing, on Tuesday.
The desires OF the United States in
this connection were made known to
the ambassador after President Will
son had discussed the subject with
his cabinet.
Count Won Bernstorff Immediately
informed the secretary that he saw no
reason why the changes could not be
made, but explained in effect that, as
precaution, he thought he was jus
tilted in submitting the entire matter
to his government for final approval
He did 81 i'm diSnatch sent IN Bar,
lin Tuesday night, and within about
six days the resulting formal commu.
nfcation Is expected.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
GERMAN CONSUL
INDICTED BY JURY
FACES PROSECUTION UNDER THE
CHARGE OF COMPLETELY IN
MUNITIONS PLOT.
Accused Of Heading Conspiracy to
Prevent Transportation Of NUM-
tons by Blowing up Rail
road Tunnels.

Washington.-Wee of investiga
ton by agents of the department oil
justice resulted in the voting of in
dictments on Tuesday by federal
grand jury in San Francisco against
prominent figures in what are consid
plots involving questions of American
neutrality that have been uncovered
since the European war began.
Among those against whom indict-
ments were voted, according to a mes
sage received here, are Franz Bopp,
German consul general; Baron E. H.
Won Setback vice consul of Germany,
and Maurice Hall, the Turkish consul
general
Consular officers do not enjoy the
diplomatic immunities which ambas-
sadors, ministers and attaches are
given by international law, but are
subject to the jurisdiction of the coun-
try In which they are resident. The
indictments voted, however, are the
first which the American government
has attempted TO secure against any
foreign representatives. This fact was
taken to mean that hereafter the ad-
ministration means to prosecute any
offender against American neutrality
Bopp and Won Setback are charged
with completely In the plot which was
first uncovered several weeks ago with
the arrest of c. c. Crowley, alleged to
be a pro-German agent who had under
taken to cripple the American output
OF munitions OF war and in other ways
to help the cause of the Teutonic al
lies. Bopp is accused of being the
head of conspiracy which hoped to
accomplish this end by interfering
with trade in munitions and prevent
ing railway shipments by blowing up
two tunnels on Canadian roads.
The German officials are being pro-
ceeded against under the Sherman an
thrust act in connection with their al.
legged activities against American
plants and under section of the
penal code aimed at the setting on
foot of military expeditions against a
friendly nation in connection with
plans to blow up Canadian railway
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
PROGRESS OF PREPAREDNESS.
Senate and House Both Get Busy on
War Measures.

Washington. made prog
ress on Tuesday on national prepared
ness measures. The senate military
committee closed its hearings on the
army bills. The senate naval commit
tee reported favorably bill for gov
eminent armor plate factory, and rec
commended immediate passage of two
emergency navy measures which had
passed the house.
On the house side of the capital, the
naval committee virtually concluded
its examination of Rear Admiral Blue,
chief of the bureau of navigation,
while the military committee received
the proposals of the American Red
Cross for greater government aid In
Red Cross preparedness plans.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Popularity of Husbands.

Whoever said all men may not be
alike but all husband are. knew good
deal about husbands. Horatio is a
husband. Mine. One of his peculiari.
ties is to ask me, II do anything q
little unusual, what on earth did II
for, in tone l have noticed in other
husbands; and when he uses that tone
i never tell him. A woman doesn't
always know why she does things,
does not always have time to think in
advance. She only knows she must
do them, and thinks afterward, From
"Horatio" by Kate Langley Bosher IN
Harper's Magazine.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
OPPOSE WAR PREPARATIONS.
Reasons for War Scare Demanded BY
Pacificlsts.

Washington. -Pacifcist who said
they represented the farmers, work
ing people and voting women of the
country, on Tuesday warned senate
and house military committees against
being stampeded into what they
termed unwarranted appropriations
for military preparedness.
An anti-preparedness committee, OF
which Lillian d. Wald of New York
is chairman, introduced itself to the
committees as an organization of
American citizens formed to protest
against "a dangerous program of mill
tary and naval expansion, to divert
the public mind from those prepare
tions for that work for which 1t might
be our country's privilege to initiate
at the close Of the war"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
FEAR GOD, TAKE
YOUR OWN PART
COLONEL ROOSEVELT DECLARES
THIS Is JUST AS APPLICABLE
TO NATIONS AS TO MEN.
Appeals to America to Show Germany
What a Democracy Can Accom-
plish, But Praises Germany's
National Efficiency.

Philadelphia. = The necessity o
training Americans born in this coun
try, as we'll as aliens who have CONE
here, or will come In the future, II
theThighest ideals Of American citi
Eenship, was dwelt upon by speaker:
at an all.day conference here or
Thursday under the auspices Of the
national American committee.
Under the theme OF Fear God and
Take Your Own Part" Colonel Roose
welt touched wide range OF discus
sions Colonel Roosevelt declared
that:
Fear God and take your own part
Ia just as applicable TO nations as to
men
When we sit idly by while Bel
GUM is being overwhelmed and pratt
tie about the duty of neutrality, we
show that we do not really fear God.
A country that cannot defend itself
Is as fertile a source of evil as one
which does wrong to another.
The man who loves other nations
as much as he does his own country
stands on a par with man who
loves other women as much as he
does his own wife.
The professors of every form of hy-
phenated Americanism are as thof-
oughly the foes of this country as IL
they made active war against 1t.
America cannot endure half American
and nalf foreign.
An efficient national government
system Is the best instrument of in
dustrial and military preparedness,
and all the forces to such an end must
be under the regulation Of the ma
tional government
The demaGoguo is as great an en-
envy of social advancement as the
crooked champion OF business and p0-
litical privilege.
Laws which make II impossible for
n corporation to do business at profit
create situation far worse than the
one they seek to remedy.
While it is an abhorrent thing to
show weakness in dealing with Ger
many where Germany Is wrong 1t Is
an unspeakably foolish thing not to
pay heed to the German example of
national efficiency.
Germanys success In peace has
been due to the very qualities that
have made her successful in war
Regulation of business so as to pro
mote prosperity and insure the Just
distribution of its benefits among en-
ployer and employed is a vital factor
in Americanizing immigrants.
For adequate defense we need a
big efficient navy and small efficient
army Zone OF 250,0O0 mem and sys-
tenn OF universal military training.
The larger Americanism demands
that We insist that every immigrant |
shall become an American citizen; |
that we native-born be whole-hearted |
in our allegiance to our country.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
FLOODS CREATING HAVOC.
People Of Arkansas Driven From
Homes by High Water.

Little Rock, Ark.-Arkansas City is
facing destruction as a result of the
precarious condition of the Chicot
levee. Two-thirds of Lincoln, Desha
and Chicot counties are covered by
water which is flowing through a
dozen breaks in Arkansas river levees.
About 1000 residents have fed from
Arkansas City, which is now cut off
from ell communication. The water
10 six to eight feet deep in the main
streets of the town and is expected to
go higher. There are 500 homeless
and hungry persons there.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
HRlToNs WOULD AVOID TROUBLE
Newspaper Urges Adjusting of Block
ade Differences With America.

London. Manchester Guardian,
in an editorial. suggests that Viscount
Bryce, formerly British ambassador to
the United States, or Arthur ]. Bal
four, first lord of the admiralty, be
sent to the United States with full
powers to adjust the blockade contro-
versy with the government in Wash
inston. 1t publishes statement from
its London correspondent to the effect
that people close in touch with Anglo
American affairs express the opinion
that some such step should be taken.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Western Railroad Man Called.

San Francisco. Edward Lloyd Lo-
max, passenger manager OF the West
ern Pacific railway, died here Friday
from an affection of the heart, which
became acute during his GONZALES
cence from a stroke of paralysis which
he suffered a month ago.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Injured Woman Dies.

Salt Lake City.-Mrs. Cornelia @.
Crenshaw, 3S years of age, who, on
the night of December 8, was shot by
F. B. Ahrold, who Immediately after
committed suicide, died Sunday morn
ing at the county hospital, to which
place she was removed soon after the
shooting. Death was. the result OF
hemorrhage.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Bank Held Up.

st. Paul, Minn.-Auto bandits emit
sred the Western State bank, held up
three bank employees and escaped
with about $4,000 In currency. Pur.
sued by police in motor car, they
escaped.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Four Killed in Collision.

Chicago-Four stockmen riding in
the rear car OF an. extra freight on
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
we're killed Monday in rear-end col.
lision about two miles from Dunlap,
Iowa. One of the men was identified
as George Beachler of Boone, Iowa.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Sherman Endorsed for President

Chicago. The candidacy of United
States Senator L. Y Sherman of hin.
OILS for Republican nominee for presi.
dent was Endorsed by the Illinois Re.
publican state central committee on
Saturday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
TERRIBLE TOLL OF TRENCHES.
British Expert Estimates German
Losses at 100000 Men.

London. The Times military expert
devotes nearly three columns to an es.
innate of the German losses during
the war. With due allowances for
many considerations which tend to
make such estimates to large extent
guesswork. the correspondent believes
that during the eighteen months of tbs
war Germany has lost about 100000
men.
1t is estimated by the writer that
Germany now has 100000 men in the
field and THAT she had about 100000
men available at the beginning of the
war This, he says, would leave her a
reserve of 100000 men, many OF
whom are needed for internal duty.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Three Men Blown to Pieces.

Tacoma Wash,-An explosion OF
1000 pounds of dynamite at the CELIA
tine dynamite mixer house of the Du
Point powder plant at Du Pont, near
Tacoma, blew three rnen to pieces and
destroyed property valued at more
than 10000
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Mexican Troops Mutiny.

Laredo, Texas.-A mutiny In Nuevo
Laredo among the troops OF the de
facto government caused the closing
Tuesday night of the international
bridge between this place and the
Mexican town.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Murder In Nevada.

East Ely Nev.--Louis Marinis,
Greek, was murdered by one of his
countrymen, George Daskos, in a
Greek eating house at the mines near
here Thursday. The party had been
drinking when the quarrel started.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
A Christmas Hint.

To those who may have become
tired of the old-fashioned games usual
at Christmas the following may be
found suitable
Hunt up a lot of poor people that
have not got any Christmas dinner
and 60 and give them one
N. B.-fhis game may be played
by any number of persons.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Strike Ties 10 SUGAR Plant.

New Yor1.--A strike which tied up
the Brooklyn plant of the American
Sugar Refining company was called
Wednesday by the Metal Workers
union. The entire staff of 500 ma.
chinsts walked out.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
After American SUGAR.

Berne.-After establishing mo.
nopoly of the sugar trade, Switzeriant
will again attempt to import large
quantities from the United States. The
annual sugar imports amount to 49,.
100000 francs.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Levees Still HoIdino.

Little Rock, Ark.-With the Missis.
sppi river levees still holding against
the slowly rising stream reports from
the flooded districts of Arkansas were
much more optimistic than for many
DAVIS
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
Prisoners Maxine Guns.

Petrograd.- Germans have es.
tablished a branch of the Krupp gun
works at Shawl, in Kovno, at which a
large part of the male population as
we'll as number of French prisoners
are forced to work