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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-12
FUR COATS
All Marked Down.

SIS values selling at $11.OO
$40 values selling at $14.OO
$25 values selling at $1,000
$50 values selling at S21.OO
$35 values selling at $24.OO
$40 values selling at $500
$50 values selling at $4,000
$50 values selling at S44.OO
SIS values selling at $4,000
This is the time to buy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-12

The annual meeting Of the eighth Ma
sonic district was held here Tuesday after
noon and evening, with a large attend
ance.
Mrs. Eugene p. Bennett and Murray
Martin, two wel.known and longtime
residents of this village, died Monday af-
ternoon about o'clock.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17
ERIElM SENTENCE
FOR PAUL NIERSE

Eedeyal Jury Conyicts Writer for
ltarleston Paper. Pilot to Sink
Yessol. Given Two Years on Charge
sss Conspiracy. Captain Kiattinhoii
Also Convicted
AIKEN, Oct. 11.-Paul Wierse. .edi-
tOrial writer OH the staff of the Char
}sleStoN American, and Johann kuat-
lennon, formerly captain of the Ger
& 83ilianlssmcrchant vessel Lcbenfels, were
ssSolnd guilty in federal court here to-
i iSfnaysof conspiracy to sink the Licbcn-
8IelsSS1n Charleston harbor last Feb
Tuary.
jury returned the verdict at i :25
o'clock today after having been in the
iVprysroom since 1895 o'clock. At 1915
O'CLOCK they came out to ask the court
whether they could return a verdict of
guilty or not guilty as to all of the
three defendants, Picrsc, klattcnhoff
sandSDr w. Mueller, former German
consul at Atlanta, who is named with
them cojointly in the indictment Judge
1cOuld neither be acquitted nor con-
syictcd as he Is at present fugitive
ssSJudge Smith immediately sentenced
the men, Wiersc was sentenced to pay
sssasfinc OF $1,000 and to serve two years
An the federal pcnitcntiary at Atlanta.
.$sASlattenholf, who is already serving a
y lSspenitentiary term. was sentenced to
sepay a fine of 500 and to serve six
& months in edition to his present time
~. The first witness for the defense
y this morning, when tho court resumed
Ssthe hearing of the case, was the war
& den OF the Atlanta pcnitentiary. War
den Ierbst testified that Captain klat-
Z teDhoif had been in the hospital since
NheSwaS received at the Atlanta pcni-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17

sour and bowels constipatcd. But don't
take salivating calomel 1t makes you
sick, YOU may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomcl crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
YOU feel that awful nausea and cralup,
ing.
IF you want TO enjoy the incest,
contest liver ana bowel cleansing you
ever experience just take spoonful
of harmless Dodsons Liver Tone to-
night. Your druggist or dealer sells
you 30 cent bottle Of Dodsons Live9
Ionc under my personal money back
guarantee that each spoonful will
clean your sluggish liver better than
dose OF nasty calomel and that 1t
won't make you sick.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17

Mr.. Grace attempted to introduce tes-
timony to show the ownership of the
Charleston Evening Post and the
Charleston News and Courier, but this
was not permitted by the court
Judge Smith made an exhaustive
charge to the jury on the points of
law involved in the case. He made
it plain to the jury that Wicrse and
klattenhoff were not on trial for sink
ing the Licbcnfels. nor for conspiracy
to destroy that vessel. but for con
spiracy to sink the Licbcnfcls in
Charleston Harbor and he held that
I Wiersc had knowledge Of Klattcn-
hoirs purpose and intention to sink
the vessel and stood by and permitted
the Liebenfals to be sunk, his fail
ure to perform his duty in the prem
ises might determine his part in the
conspiracy.
The jury retired at 1885 o'clock, the
court room being we'll crowded.
Wicrsc's son was in the court room
The stolid expression of Klattcn-
hoifs face did not change when the
verdict of guilty was rendered. but
Wicrsc was visibly disappointed He
had shown nervousness during the
time the jury was out, which lie at
tempted to overcome by reading q
newspaper
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17

tentiary. Klattenhoff did not take the
stand as was expected The defense
had no further witnesses and the
United States nothing in reply.
Upon the completion of the testi-
mony John p. Grace asked the court to
direct a verdict in favor OF the two
defendants, which was promptly re-
fused
L Waitcs Waring, assistant district
attorney, made the opening argument
for the government. Mr. Warnings
argument was clinching. He wovc
from the evidence which had been pre-
sentcd a strong case against Wierse
and Klattenhof and laid particular
stress upon the congratulatory telc-
gram which was sent by Wierse to
Dr. Mueller on the evening of Janu-
ary 81. the day before the sinking OF
the Liebenfcls.
Mr. Waring was followed by John
+. Grace. At the close Of his argu-
ment Mr.. Grace made the statement
that the government had brought the
charge of conspiracy against Pau
Wicrsc because of Wiersc's connection
with the Charleston American; thai
the government officials had overlook
ed the German consul and the son OF
the American consul at Charleston tc
strike at the Charleston American
through Wiersc.
You have no right 10 make sucl
statements, sir" said Judge Smith, in
disnantly interrupting Mr. Grace
This court will not permit them"
Mr.. Grace then asked for more time
Not another word, sir; sit down"
District Attorney Francis II. Weston
in tho closing argument for the gov
crnmcnt, assumed all rcsponsibilit,
for the prosecution Of Wiersc, Klattcn
hoff and DR.. Mueller
Again this morning, as yesterday
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17
Til!man Is "Smokcd OUT.

senator Tillman has been Smoked
on, at last. The Columbia State turn
cd Tie IricK. The Sun tried some time
ago TO get him to state whether he
would run for reelection, but cvadcd
the question in his answer to us.
But The State in q long editorial q
few days ago said among other things
that it had found no general demand
Tor Iillman to run--and that got
the Senator. He now comes out i'm a
statement to tho effect that if he is
'conscripted' by the people he will
run. Which means that he will put
The States expressed opinion to the
test, and see il there is really no de-
mand for him to run.
The Sun thinks Mr. Tilman will
find that The State is correct.
1t is our opinion that If Tillman
runs he will suffer defeat just as the
old war horse, Wade Hampton, sur
fered defeat in his old age at The
hands of lrby by Tillmans help.
There are plenty Of able men who
are ready to enter the race. One has
already announced Col. \. B. Dial
| oi i.aurcns. And others arc ready to
come out in the open, they being A.
F. Lever, John Gary Evans, r. I. Man
hih&' T. G. lShctt and Jaspcr Talbcrt.
md everybody believes that Col.
i}jcaSc viii set into the fight.
II Itilman runs he will be forced
10 go oWt on the stump and face the
| music. And he can't do that. His
ace and his physical innrmitics will
| prevent.
The following is Tillmans latest
statements:
J have received many Itttcrs from
my old friends and from many who
nave never supported me before urg-
lns me to be candidate to succeed
myself, notwithstanding my dcclara-
tlon two years ago that | would retire.
when make up my mind it Is not Of
ten that | change it. do not wish
| TO DC a candidate; my family wishes
me to retire from public life. But on
account Of the fact that We arc at
war and that the president needs the
undivided support OF his party. I have
recently said that the only condition
on which | will be n candidate was for
NE people to 'conscripr me. In other
words must he convinced that they
want me to run or | shall retire as
previously announced
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17
Seven Killed when Train Stkies AUTO

Detroit, Mich. Oct .1I.-Sovcn per-
sons, one man two women and four
children, were killed instantly late to-
day when the automobile thev occu-
pied was struck by 4 Michigan Central
passenger train near Warrcnvillc vii
'age, near here. The dead all of this
city, are:
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Pohl and
their two children, aged three and
five years.
Mrs. George Harvey and two chill
dren, aged one and three years old.
The car was being driven by Pohl
and was accordng TO Witnesses, a
short dstance behind ono that had
crossed the tracks. Poh apparently
misunderstood the signal Of the oc-
cnpants OF the first car who saw the
lrain approaching. The bodies OF
three of the children wee taken
from the pilot Of the locomotive.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-17
plies Cured In 6 to IL Days

Your druggist will refund money II pAZo
0lNTMEGr fails to cure any case OF Itching,
siird, needing or protrudng Plies in Ste ID days.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Red Cross Notes

Mr.. Citizen and you who seek the
vote, have you yet joined the Red
Cross? If not, do so. for the cause
is a worthy one and needs your sup
port.
Headquarters for the SkoWhegan
Red Cross Society have been establish
ed in the Dodge block, in the Offices
formerly occupied by F. w Briggs
Mrs. Clarence B. Hight. the secretary,
is on duty every day in the week,
ready to accept the membership of all
applicants During the first day of
the campaign 25 took out certificates
of membership and during the fol-
lowing days many more have per-
formed the same duty. With each
fee of $500 a years subscription to
the Red Cross magazine is given and
those who have read this periodical
say it is a great publication. Some
Of the best writer's in the country have
given their services free to make the
magazine a success.
If you haven't joined the Red Cross
do so now.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
A Peoples War

THE great fact that stands out
above all the rest is that this is a
Peoples War, a war for freedom and
justice and self-government amongst
all the nations of the world, war to
make the world safe for the peoples
who live upon it and have made it
their own. the German people them
selves included; and that with us rests
the choice to break through all these
hypocrisies and patent cheats and
masks of brute force and help set
the world free, or else stand aside and
let it be dominated long age through
by sheer weight of arms and the ar
bitrary choices of constituted mas
ters, by the nation which can MAIN
tain the biggest armies and the most
irresistible armaments-a power to
which the world has afforded no par
allel and in the face of which political
freedom must wither and perish -
Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Change In Water Street Barber Shop

E. w. Simpson has become the
proprietor of the barber shop in the
Goodwin Block. This was establish
ed very many years ago. 1t was
early operated by Joseph Hutchins.
This shop was on Madison
avenue at about the present To-
cation of F. Y. Poulin's cobbling es-
Enlistment David Vigue was in
partnership with Mr.. Reynolds for a
time but was succeeded by Al Thorn
dixie, this change being about 1908.
York about 1912 and Mr. Reynolds has
since been sole proprietor. He does not
purpose to abandon the barbering
business but will seek location else
where. Mr. Thorndike, above mention
ed, is still barbering with headquart-
ers in New York City. A part of his
work, however, is on the thru trains
between New York and Chicago, some
of these trains carrying a barber shop
complete.
Mr. Simpson the new proprietor, is
a barber of long experience, having
followed this vocation for more than
twenty years. He was born in Wis
casset and learned his trade in that
town and in Brookline, Mass. About
10 years ago he came to Skowhegan
and entered the Hutchins shop
a few weeks before it was pur-
chased by Mr.. Reynolds During the
many years that he has been here
Mr. Simpson has made a wide circle
of friends by his genial disposition
and desire to serve.
He resides at present on Turner
avenue but will remove soon to the
house vacated by Mr.. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs Reynolds plan to To-
cate in Newport News, Va, and will
leave in about two weeks.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Burglars mt Bingham

The ticket Office of the Maine Cen
trail station at Bingham was broken
into Monday night and about $500
in cash taken. Three out of four
parties concerned were arrested and
placed on trial before Justice X. Y.
Brown the following day They plead
guilty and were bound over To the
next term of the S. j. Court They
were all strangers to this locality.
Their names were George Watson,
julius Cassot, Abraham Linterman.
The fourth party has not been appre-
hended.
The same day, Fred Perry, was con-
victed of eyading his board bill in
Bingham and fined S25,00 and costs
with 80 days in default of payment.
On being given the opportunity to
work and pay the bill he decided that
he preferred the jail sentence.
All four of the above parties were
taken to Skowhegan by Deputy F. L.
Gipson.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Mercer Pomona Meets

The Pomona held a special meet
ing with Sandy River Grange Mercer.
Tuesday, August 2S a beautiful
summer day called out a good attend
ance with the Master, Lecturer, Asst.
Steward, Secretary, Gate Keeper, Po-
mona, Flora and Lady Assistant Stew
and present. The morning session
was occupied in comforting the fifth
degree, listening to the address of
welcome by j. H.. Frissell, Master of
Sandy River Grange; the response by
S. f. Emerson, secretary of the Po-
mona; a song by Frank Witham and
recitation by c. w. Green.
At the noon recess a full Pomona
Grange dinner was served by the
ladies of Sandy River Grange. A So
cial hour observed and the afternoon
session opened with the impressive
memorial services under the direction
of the Lecturer of the Pomona The
program was again taken up with
singing the Star Spangled Banner by
the audience followed with reading by
Edna Corson. a letter was read by
Rose Wade from Will True, a member
of Sandy River Grange, now in France,
describing the voyage across the At
lantic and other stirring incidents in
that country. Next a solo by Susan
nv i.
many Of the leading men of our ma
ton come from the farms" was con-
sidered by J w Fogler and S. F.
Emerson. Thu second topic with
nothing cooked or baked how would
you prepare meal for unexpected
company" Discussed by Rose Wade,
Emma Frizzell, Eva Hatch and others
followed with a humorous reading by
Lou B. Brown.
Some OF the mistakes | made on
my farm last year" was presented by
j. y. Frizzell, Eugene Danforth. c.
w Green. One of the mistakes made
was the production of more hay and
less corn and grain, Singing "Ameri-
ca closed a most interesting and live
ly program. The members of Sandy
River Grange own splendidly finish
ed hall, hold active and well attended
meetings, are united and prosperous
Next meeting OF the Pomona will be
at Scion Sept. II, designated as Pa
triotic meeting. The veteran soldiers
of the Civil War and their wives are
invited guests of the Pomona and re-
quested to take a part in the patriotic
exercises.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Blocked Tranc Causes Complaints

Two leading citizens Of Skowhegan
were holding a discussion recently
regarding the blocked condition of the
highway at the corner of Water and
North streets. At this point en-
ployees engaged in the construction of
the new postoffice have erected piles
OF brick and lumber far into the
street. and it is next to impossible
for two autos To pass each other On
North street the condition is the same.
The sidewalk has been torn up for a
distance equivalent to the length
Of the structure adjacent 10 Water
street and pedestrians are obliged to
either cross in front of the Opera
House or walk in the road
One Of the citizens mentioned lives
on the lower end Of Water street, on
the same side upon which the post
Office is being built When he comes
To his office in the morning he has to
go out of his way 70 get there The
other citizen residing in the Northern
section OF the town said, "Of course
the matter doesn't Inconvenience me
much but those in charge could have
provided place for their building
materials without blocking up two
streets
The Two gentlemen furthermore
agreed that instead OF constructing a
road from Water to Cross streets, in
front of the residence of DR. Young, It
would have been quite the more pro-
per thing 10 store the building ma
terials there and build the street af-
forwards They furthermore agreed
that those in charge probably knew
their business and far be it from them
lthe citizensl 10 advocate any plans
in connection with the building of the
postofliee but they have resolved that
arrangements could have been made
without partially destroying traffic
facilities on two Of the principal
streets.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Pomona Field Day at Anson

The annual field day of Somerset
Pomona was held, Thursday of last
week, at the Camp Ground OF the An
son Campmeeting Association. The
weather was unfavorable and the at
tendance, especially in the forenoon,
was, for this reason, somewhat limit
ed. There was some splendid sing.
ing in the morning, led by Rev. Mr.
Banghert, brother Granger, from
Monmouth Prayer was offered by
the Rev. E. w. Kennison of North
Arson and the address of welcome was
given by the Rev. D. b Holt. This
was responded to by Mrs. Lizzie Wat
son of Norridgewock, lecturer of
Somerset Pomona In the absence of
worthy master Danforth. the RESPONSE
bilities of the meeting devolved upon
Mrs Watson.
W. J. Thompson, master of the
Maine State Grange, delivered mag
nificent address.
At noon a basket picnic was served
and the afternoon program was open
ed with choir and chorus singing
f. + Chapman, worthy lecturer of the
National Grange, sang a vocal solo
abide With Me There was a talk
on the Church Going Habit by Broth
err c. 0. Berry, The address of the
day was given by National Lecturer
Chapman. who is also master of the
Massachusetts State Grange His sub
ject was Our Life and What We Make
It.. He spoke for one and one half
among the best addresses ever listen
ed to at a Somerset Grange meeting.
The day closed by singing america.
Somerset Pomona Annual Field
meetings have been held at Lakewood
for several years. The change to
Arson came about from the fact that
the Campmeeting Association offered
to set apart one day of their annual
Campmeeting week as Grange Day 1t
is felt that the same thing should be
done next year but the present feel
ing is that the Arson meeting, to be
held during Campmeeting week,
should not take the place of the an
nual Pomona Field Day 1t is prob
able that the Pomona Field Day meet
ing will be held at Lakewood next
year and that a special meeting will
be held at the Arson Camp ground.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
1900 TONS OF COAL FOR
SKOWHEGAN
Shipment Has Not Yet Arrived But Is
Expected In Few Days

Coal for the Municipal fuel yard has
selectman, Clyde II Smith, sent an
order for 1900 tons several days ago
but up to Thursday night ii had not
shown up Transportation facilities
are not of the best at present and it Is
thought that the cars may be side
tracked somewhere waiting for
chance to come thru. At any rate
this order OF coal gives food for
thought to many Skowhegan people
who are just a bit worried about their
winters supply of coal.
The price of this commodity is ex-
pected to be somewhat less at the
Municipal yard than that offered by
dealers. As it will be unloaded di-
rectly from the cars, for the most part,
it has been suggested that the town
vote to allow the sale of an unlimited
supply to each customer At recent
town meeting it was voted To allow
but one ton at time to any one
person.
Those who claim to know have said
that if coal were sold one ton at a
time it would take several days to
unload 1900 tons. Then again an
argument is presented in favor of the
first vote that some of those who use
a large amount of coal will buy all
thai can be brought into town and the
man who consumes but little will be
left in the cold. However the coal
has not yet arrived and it is expected
that a special town meeting will be
called in the near future, possibly be-
fore the coal gets here. and then the
matter will be settled.
Last Spring the town purchased a
wood lot on which men have been en-
gagged during the summer cutting
wood for the Municipal yard. Due to
the scarcity of labor it has been found
scarcitp of labor il has been found
necessary to pay a man excellent
wages in order to get him and this
fact will increase the cost of Munich
pal wood, TO the consumer. it is
thought. The wood is not to be de
liyered until winter
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Realty Transfers

The following realty transfers have
recently been recorded at the Regis
ter of Deeds Office
Skowhegan-Certifcate of organiza-
ton to Somerset Masonic Building AS
sociation; Nellie Belanger of Brad
ford, Mass. to Maurice G. Provencher
land on corner of Hathaway and Free
streets; Fred L. Moody to Willard B.
Moody, house lot situated in said
Skowhegan; Skowhegan cemetery AS
sosiation to Charles G. Moody, Gene
terry deed
Starks-William W Moore to J. W
Turner, acre of land situated in
Starks village adjacent to land OF J
" Turner
st. Albans-William Burlock to Ell
mer A Cooley ct al; the f " Will
kins farm situated in St Adams; Ell
mer a Cooley ct al to Grace T. Bry-
ant, land on road leading from St
Adams village to Nye's Corner
Pleasant Ridge lzada NJ Bick-
ford to Willie Martin, land with build
ings situated on Canada road. for
merly owned by Clarence VI. Andrews
New Thomas NJ Mantor
TO Morrie W Clark, land with build
ings situated on the westerly side of
road in North New Portland, leading
from Arson TO Lexington. formerly
owned by Frank B. Moody; r. D. Tose
ct al to Minnie Smith, parcel OF land
in New Portland.
Lexington-Robert B, Taylor. by
guardian to J Harry Lane. guardian
deed; Rose Dexter to J. Harry Lane,
two-thirds in common in lands for
merly owned by Forrest Goodwin, E.
p. Viles and o. Chase, consideration
$500.
Authoritarian W. Haynes TO the
American Wooden Co. land with build
ings on the Southerly Side of Head
street; Winnie NJ Sylvester TO Herbert
r. league. land with buildings situa-
ted on Easterly side Of Pine street;
Herbert r. league to Winnie Sylyes-
ter, land with buildings situated on
Westerly side OF Madison street,
Forest Hill Cemetery Co. to sanford
Reynolds, cemetery deed
Concord Henry b Merry of Arson
to Della b Webster. undivided third
interest in land situated in town OF
Concord
Ripley-Graeo f. Addition 10 Lidie
VI. Felker, undivided hall interest in
homestead place of the late John W.
Berry
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
Surprise for Mr.. BickfOrd

f. d. Bickford. proprietor of the
store at Lakewood was visited Sun
day by a delegation of Knights of
Pythias from Burnham, his former
home. He was completely taken by
surprise and when he finally regained
control Of himself he proceeded to
give the boys from home a good
time. Mr.. Bickford resided in Burn
ham many years and everyone in the
party, numbering ten, were we'll
known by him. Dinner was served
by the host and after the repast time
was spent in talks of a reminiscent
nature.
Included in the party were A c.
Miles, F. A. McAllister, Bert Rey-
nolds and son; selectman E. Goodrich,
F. A. Batchelder, George Dyer and
Oscar Harrington. The party came
by auto, returning to Burnham in the
evening.