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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
WILL AMERICANS MAKE SAFE INVEST.
MENTS To HELP THEIR SONS At WAR
DR.. Geo. Otis Smith Gives Powerful Address Be-
fore Liberty Loan League at Washington

, America TO preserve American ideals
and to protect American homes One
step toward the invasion OF Ameri-
ca was the invasion Of Belbium The
fact Of the destruction and the burn
ing of Belgian homes and the killing
OF Belgian women and children makes
us realize that this war has become
one OF defense for us a. much as for
those nations who are lighting on the
other side Of the Atlantic Il Is as
true today as Il was in June when
Secretary Lane said We still hear
the piteous cries Of children coming
up out Of the sea where the Lusitania
went down"
1t is true that in all wars women
have made the largest sacrifices. and
50 II il happens that some Of u are
not called upon al the present time
To give our sons or our brothers il ia
small thing for Us TO give OF our
less valued treasure money and 10
give until il hurts
This war axis for sacrifices; not
simply Of men and munitions but Of
money. We are sending our soldiers
and sailors, % from the Depart
ment Of the Interior roll are to-day
wearing uniforms, and as We nave
given that large number Of the most
precious thing that America has
American manhood should We not be
willing TO follow our soldiers and our
sailors with our savings
Secretary Baker said On Monday.
In subscribing 10 The Liberty Bonds
you pour your moeeE.uot al the feet
OF the God of War bur into the lap
of tho CoTdpse 4f ff.rf.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
Patriotic Mass Meeting Next Saturday
Evening

There is to be a Patriotic Mass
Meeting, at Skowhegan Opera House,
next Saturday evening The local
band will play, on Water street, at
about o'clock and then march to the
Opera House. 1t Is desired that the
audience assemble to listen to the
band and form In line behind them
and march to the City Building.
At the auditorium meeting it Is ex-
pected that George w. Cover, Esq.
will preside. There will be four
minute speeches chiefly on the Liber-
ty Loan Campaign by two or three
local speakers, and by Mr.. H. T. Har-
mon of Portland Following this, a
patriotic reel, which has been espec-
tally engaged for this evening, will
be shown. This reel is one of the
most expensive film productions of
the time 1t has created sensation
al interest in the leading Moving
Picture Houses of the East, especial
~ Oii lut hcllu 1llCult. II 10 oDtdlli-
ed for Skowhegan thru the assistance
of the National Liberty Loan Com
mittee. This reel, under ordinary
conditions, would only be shown upon
the basis of special admission prices,
but for this patriotic meeting the
usual sc and 10c admission will be
charged
The band will play several selec-
tions in the Hall during the evening.
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BOYS AND GIRLS OF SOMERSET COUNTY
PROVE THEMSELVES FARMERS
Exhibits Here During Convention Show Posi-
bilities for Young People in Agriculture

Last Thursday evening and during
the early hours of Friday morning,
boys and girls began to arrive in
Skowhegan from all parts of the
County. The occasion which brought
these many youthful farmers to this
town, was the first annual convention
of the Boys and Girls Agricultural
Club of Somerset. Each young stu
dent of agriculture, who had been
working hard during the summer
months to have their proper exhibits
ready were eager for the Convention
program to begin and at o'clock
Friday morning the headquarters at
the Municipal building was crowded
with those who represent the future
men and women of the county
The Board of Trade acted in the
capacity of host to these visitors and
many homes in Skowhegan were
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
Liberty Loan Committee Confers


The first formal meeting of the
Skowhegan Liberty Loan Committee
was held at the Municipal Court
Room, Tuesday evening The fol
lowing special committees were APP
pointed:
Advertising Carleton P Merrill, r
e. Atwood, Harry e. Smith; County
Meeting, f r. Madden, e. c. Butler
S. V. Bisson; for Skowhegan Public
Meetings, G. W Cover, F L. Cross
j. A. Chabot, j. H. Jenkins, E e. Nc
Neelie.
The committee on County Meetings
will cooperate with the local com
mittees in the various towns Of som
erset County, in holding meetings, alG
otherwise to promote the Liberty
Loan Campaign.
The committee on SkoWhegan PUB
lie Meetings will have the care OF iuo
gathering at tie Opera House next
Saturday evening. and all Of the pub
lie meetings in The interest of ,ha
Libcry Loan
For the purra % of securing SUBJ
scriptions to ihe Liberty Loan. the
town Was diUdrI into ten districts
and commit. OF five members To-
each, The captains Of these yarioG+
teams are as follows: 4 c Bu lcr
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DEATH ENDS ILLNESS OF
REV. ETA c. TRACY
Beloved Pastor of First Baptist
Church Passed Away Wednesday

Rev Eta G. Tracy died at her home
on Main street. early yesterday morn
ing She had been ill since March.
The deceased was born October Sth,
1865 at Rome, Maine, the daughter of
Emma Cobb Ellis and Charles Nes-
bit Goodwin Her girlhood days
were passed in Oakland. At the age
of 16, she entered Bates College be
ing a member of the class of 1887.
The degree of A. b. was conferred
upon her by that institution in 1904.
Cobb Divinity school, then located AT
Lewiston, and from this institution
she was graduated in 1908. She was
ordained minister of the Gospel in
1910, at Pittsfield, Conn. She was
active pastor at Pittsfield, Maine. So.
Berwick, Pittsfeld, n. H and Mere
dith Center, N. II. She also supplied
as pastor in Concord. \. H during
the summer season for several years.
her education, she taught in various
schools, among them, EPSON, n. II.
and the Shayler Grammar School at
Portland. Her studies in Art should
also be mentioned. She was a pupil
of Harry Brown of Portland Later
she had a studio of her own in Port
land also at Concord. y II.
She was married, in 1886, at Oak
land to Rev Olin Hobbs Tracy, d. ID.
by whom she is survived OF this
marriage were born twin sons, Olin
b. and Leighton G. both living. DR..
Tracy's first pastorate, after this mar
riage, was at Boston. Subsequent
pastorates were at Pittsfeld, Maine
and Pittsfield, n. II. DIR. and Mrs
Tracy came to this town in August
1916 While her health permitted
Mrs Tracy assisted her husband in
the work of the First Baptist Parish
preaching nearly every Sunday. either
morning or evening Even after be
ing confined to her room she was able
to aid materially in the work of the
church.
Funeral services will occur, to-
morrow Gfriday) in the First Baptist
Church and there will be a Committal
service at Auburn, where the burial
will take place.
1t is expected that DIR. Alfred w
Anthony of Lewiston will come here
to preach the funeral discourse.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
HARVEST FESTIVAL
All North AnSon and Many From
Nearby Towns Celebrate Holiday

After many days OF clouds and rain,
the sun shone out ON Columbus Day
and the harvest festival WAS sue
cess The mounted marshals who led
the parade were Mr. Murray and
James Mullen, a returned soldier boy
the latter bearing a large flag. Al
the sound Of the drum corps the pro
cession formed, and Miss Helen Fen
timan made a charming Goddess OF
Liberty as she rode a spirited Steed.
Handsome ponies and pony teams
made fine showing The BOY
Scouts were in attendance and organ
izations had representatives in the
line. A hayrack loaded with laugh
irg children was followed by teams
and autos filled with the overflow.
-Four autos of Red Cross nurses from
the Academy attracted much atten-
lion. Singing of patriotic songs as
the parade passed along the princi-
pal streets was one of the pleasing
features. bClWttN lNtiNt anu NlIN
o'clock the Academy grounds present
cd an animated appearance as dinner
was served out of doors to large
company. while the trees in their
autumnal glory formed a gorgeous
canopy a fascinating game of has-
ket ball was played by the Solon and
North Anson girls with a score of "a
to 3 in favor of the latter. The little
folks in the school hall were enter
tanned by Miss Elizabeth Moore Of
Philadelphia, who gave them instruc-
lion on birds and exhibited many fine
specimens. After the outdoor games
were over the company gathered In
the Mark Emery building where
pleasing program was given, open
ing with America the Beautiful by the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades
Then followed prayer by Rev. e. w.
Kennison; an original part written
for the occasion by Mrs. Lettice Brad
bury; reading. Sail On, by Marion
smith; Columbia, an original poem
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opened for their entertainment. Dur
ing Friday morning Boy Scouts of the
town acted as escorts and conducted
the boys to their places of entertain
ment Those directly in charge were
President Frank Briggs of the Show
hogan Board of Trade, Leslie H. Gold
smith and A A Porter.
State leader, r. P. Mitchell of the
Boys and Girls Clubs, Miss Alfredo
Ellis, assistant leader and County
Agent, r. l.. Stiles were present thru
out the session and gave the affair
their personal attention.
OF course the principal matter of
interest was the exhibits. These
were held in the Municipal building
and attracted much attention and
favorable comment Neatly arrang-
cd on long tables were the traits Of
Continued on Page Three
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is now centered in the boys who rep
resent the towns on the fields Of honor
and it is the purpose of the Reporter
to provide such information for its
readers as can be automatically re-
ceived and chreuicled without yiolat-
ing the rules Of censorship If our
readers receive items of interest from
sons or relatives at the front bring
them in. that all those who have the
welfare of the boys at heart may
know how they are faring in that dis
tant land
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
SKOWHEGAN BOYS SEND
CABLEGRAMS
Relatives OF Four Local Members of
20. +. Get Word From France

Company f is now in France That
is fact and not rumor Friday four
cablegrams were received by Skowhe-
gan citizens from local boys who are
doing their bit for Uncle Sam on
foreign soil
Yes the boys are in France Dur
ing the past two weeks various ru-
mors have been afloat to the effect
that the boys had landed and stories
were even started that the trans ports
carrying the Maine men had been
sunk off the English coast The per
petrators of these rumors are moi
known and undoubtedly tell the many
Yarns in good faith
The Reporter has many times been
questioned within the past teU DAYS
by anxious mothers and father re-
eardina the muy rmars Nefhnz
definite had bcea heard hence na.hHa
sa- given ont Trim crows Ie##
Watergllo. il j. understood. braasa.
qasd that the Transports had naaa
sur They hear3 il in Portland al
Portland parties beard il in Boston
And so the stories have heen elre8-
iati9s and by rtair telling m#m
leff- l.>c teen maar more anxious
zas with the word Thai the boy. 49,
uheJ aleIH. Dire sratnu j. .saea
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and sweeping stand. that il has great
ly lessened The individual work Of
small organizations our Nation
plunged in war as it u.s. has called for
activities along practical lines and
our ladies have turned their energies
to work with their hands. We have
made comfort bags to send to our
woodsmen and to sailors who defend
our coasts We have knitted afghans
for our soldier boys and contributed
other articles of comfort II looks
now as if our hearts and hands would
be full in doing our bit towards al
leviating the suflerings Of our fellow
beings in this great National conflict
FLORENCE WAUGH DANFORTH,
Secretary
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
WHY NEWSPAPERS MAKE MIS-
TAKES
4 Tableau in One Act Illustrating
Why Reporters Get the Blame

Scene.-A newspaper office. News
editor get tip that two new teachers
have been elected for the High school;
considers it of vital importance and
to prevent mistakes calls headqnart-
ers.
Hello Mr. Hawes"
Yes"
Reporter-"I understand two new
teachers have been elected for service
at the high school This is Of vital
interest to the public and would you
please tell us who they are
Mr.. Hawes-"Can't do it. Go to the
high school Monday morning and
they'll tell you The committeeman
seemed willing to tell the reporter
how the newspaper business should
be conducted but said nothing about
the new teachers.
But the public has a right to know
something about it and so the re-
porter can only say that it has been
unodicially reported that Miss Gail
Taggart and Miss Agnes Mantor have
been elected to take the places Of
Miss Rowena Flynt and Miss Marian
Steward, resigned. 1t might be add
ed that while the report is unoffcia;
it is much more than could be gar
nered from those who really know
about the matter
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teacher. The committee met on
September 25th on a Tuesday. Now
let me ask you this. If the teach
ers gave their notice at this meeting
how could they work fear weeks weeks and
still get thru on October 10Th. Why
on the face of it, 1t can be seen that
they had been working two days no.
tice even before the committee knew
anything about 1t.
After the notice was given an Of
fetal went to the teachers and tried
to get them to withdraw but his re-
quest was not granted 1t is too bad,
bad for the school system and bad all
around but all that could be done has
been done to retain these two very ex
cellent teachers.
Somebody gave these teachers
some pretty poor advice according to
my way of thinking and it must be
understood that when anything is de-
sired by a teacher it is poor policy
to resign before the teacher finds out
whether or not she can get her de-
mands. If this matter were allowed
to pass unnoticed the trouble it
would cause in the future would be
greater than that resulting from the
loss of these two teachers. 1t is
too bad but it cant be helped.
Only expressions of the deepest re-
gret are heard from all sides that
these two teachers should leave the
school Both have worked an in
fiuence for good at the local institu-
ton and have been most faithful in
- tbair dutinS
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
REPORT OF CLEMENT|NE
WESTON ". c. 7. i.
In Past Thirty-seven Years Local
Organization Has Accomplished Much


Thirty-seveE years ago the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
was formed in Skowhegan by a small
band of sincere temperance women
and in accordance with an establish
ed custom the Secretary herewith pre-
sents brief annual report. At the
beginning of the year, the Calendar
Committee voted to have a connected
program, based as far as possible on
the live topics of the day: What
Prohibition has brought forth
Home versus the Saloon, Dangers
of Beer Drinking, Poverty and
Drink" have formed the subjects of
four out of the nine regular meetings.
All of the working staff have been
faithful to the cause. Mrs. Nye as
chairman of the music committee has
done much to make the meetings a
success, and this seems a most fitting
occasion to extend thanks to the
young people of our town who have
freely given of their talent for the
pleasure of others. Our President,
Mrs. Marble, has fulfilled her duties
in the same gracious way as in past
years and needs no praise from me.
The meetings of the past year have
been held once instead of twice a
month as was previously the case,
This has greatly decreased the work,
but it has not tended to increase the
numbers in attendance. The two
meetings best attended were "Moth-
ers Day and what Prohibition has
brought forth" The latter meeting
was conducted by the four pastors of
the town Poster Day was observ-
ed in unique and practical way The
old Dyer store was dressed up for a
window exhibition The practical
side was Illustrated by showing the
number Of useful groceries that could
be bought from two drinks of beer
a day for one year The Posters
were attractive and varied and added
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
KNIGHTS OF PYTH|AS
IN CONVENTION

The first annual knights of Pythias
County Convention ever held in Som
erset WAS "A great success. This gala
event was carried out last Thursday
evening. Skowhegan was the meet
ing place for more than 100 knights
from all parts of the county. From
PittsGeld Norridgewock, Madison,
Harmony and North Anson they came,
imbuded with the spirit to make the
first annual something to remember
and copy after in the future
A public session was held in the
Opera House during the first pa.r OF
the evening, the opening number he
ing a selection by the First Military
Band After prayer, by Rev IL t
l.. Sheaff of Norridgewock, who Of
ficiated as = chaplain, the audience
arose and sang America There
were no Carusos in that crowd but
everyone sang with will. Old fell
lows who had not tried to strike a
note for years and young men filled
with exuberance of song, joined to-
gether and made the rafters ring.
Clyde II Smith first selectman,
gave the visitors royal welcome
telling them that the town was theirs
during their stay here. He was warm
ly received Leroy II. Folsom of
Norridgewock responded and in
words of telling thanked the citizens
and Mr.. Smith for the cordial well
come Remarks were then in order,
pertaining to conditions of the
knights of Pythas order, by various
dignitaries including. Grand Chancel-
lor, Roy Haines of Ellsworth; Grand
Inside Guard, Brooks of Saco, and
others. At the close of the speaking
the audience sang The Star Spangled
Banner.
Al the conclusion of the program
all the knights adjourned to Grange
Hall for the feed They brought
their appetites with them and King
Arthur's clan had nothing on them in
their attack against the eats Cigars
wore pa scd around. belts were loos-
cned and al settled back for "a smoke.
After this enjoyable feature of the
session adjournment 10 the local
lodge rooms was i'm order Here the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18
Correction

We are advised of a slight inaccur-
acy in oar life history OF A. f Doni-
gan. published last week. 1t seems
that the Nag mentioned was not pur-
chased by him, hat WAS presented by
the townspeople of Bingham We re
gret the error. though unimportant
and very willingly publish this cor
rection
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18

Mrs r. E Atwood
so Coburn Ave,
Skowhegan Maine
My dear Mrs. Atwood -
We received such a magnificent con
signment from your group of workers
on October 5th that | want to write a
line to beg you to tell the many mem
bers who must have contributed to-
wards it of our gratitude and appre-
citation. 1t was delightful to receive
the generous number of day socks for
seldom do so many come to us from
one group and the sweaters and hos
pital socks and knitted afghan and
mufllers were equally welcome for
we are anxious to send over just as
many warm things as possible so that
they may be on hand for distribution
when the cold weather comes We
were delighted too with the towels
and handkerchiefs, indeed with all
that you sent, and everything was i'm
mediately packed SO that it went for
ward by our shipment the next morn
ing, Saturday, the 9Th
Very sincerely yours,
EDITH BANGS, Chairman
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Supplies Safely Arrived

The committee of the local branch
of the American Fund for French
Wounded wish to draw the attention
of contributors to the following let
ter. The promptness with which
these supplies reached their destina-
ton is especially gratifying.
NEW ENGLAND BRANCH
American Fund for French Wounded
304-306 Boylston Street, Boston
October II, 1911
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18

The marri9ea intentions of orviIle
Butler and Miss Ann HaseiHs have
recently been filed az the office ot
Town Clerk Simpson
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-10
JOE HAHN lNDIC1[D
ON PERJURY CHARGE

The grand jury this afternoon re
turned an Indictment against Joe
Hahn, who lives on the Allinder ,.lace
south of the Conway Compress Com
pany's plant, charging him with per
jury in testimony given Icy him be
fore the grand jury yesterday. He
was arrested at once by Sheriff W.
". Bishop and released on bond of
$500, signed by julius Favre, his
father-in-law. The Indictment charges
that Hahn testified that certain
parties had never gambed at his
house and that no gambling had oc-
CURED at his house, and that this
testimony was false. Four witnesses
who are supposed to have testified as
to gambling at Hams house are listed
on the Indictment
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-10
IMMEDIATE
TICK ERADICATION

BY unanimous vote the Faulkner
County Livestock Growers Associa-
tion yesterday afternoon went upon
record as favoring the immediate en-
forcement of the tick eradication
law in this county The association
voted for compulsory dipping to be
put into effect this spring and to be
continued throughout the year, with
a view to lifting the county from the
federal cattle quarantine by the be-
ginning of 1918.
The association discussed the stock
law question, but decided, inasmuch as
it is local rather than a county
question, to adopt no resolutions con-
cerning it. Sentiment of those pres
ent, however, was apparently very
strongly opposed to the repeal of the
law giving townships the right to
organize no-fence districts.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-10
LOG CABIN DEMOCRATS
WEEKLY LIST BOOMING

Without any special campaign, So
licitation or inducements and despite
an increase of 25 per cent in its sub
scription rate, 1870 separate subscrip-
ton payments to the weekly edition
of the Log Cabin Democrat have
been made during the first eight
business days of the new year, an
average of over 16 day. Fully
half of these have been new sub
scribers, thus making a nice increase
in the list. None of the subscrip-
tions are for less than six months,
and the majority are for one year,
including one or more of the several
papers offered in clubbing PROPOSE
tions made by the Log Cabin Demo
crat.
Most of the subscriptions have been
paid personally in the Office, although
many have come in by mail, and the
Log Cabin Democrat desires to eX-
press its sincere appreciation of the
numerous words of commendatiOn 1T
has been receiving from these sub
scribers.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-10

Miss Gene Duncan is spending thu
day in the City of Roses.