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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-21
CLUB CONVEN.
TION
Continued from Page One)

At the opening of the convention,
last Friday morning, the exhibit in
the road commissioner room at the
Municipal building showed 80 jars of
canned products put up by 81 differ
ent girls There were 30 exhibits of
sweet corn, 10 of flint corn. and sew
eral garden exhibits.
While the club leaders, already re-
ferred to, and the boys and girls club
members were in Skowhegan, they
were the guests of the town. Local
arrangements were largely made by
l.. II Goldsmith. aided by several sub
committees. Carl Curtis was on hand
to assign each guest for entertain
ment in some Skowhegan home Fri
day afternoon Skowhegan citizens
came to the Municipal Building with
autos at $50. to take the young peo-
pie about town On these rides they
visited the Fox Farms, the E. l.. Saw
|
tory. Fire Department Building, etc.
! Saturday morning. this sightseeing
program was continued by visiting the
different mills of the American Wool
en- Co
Friday evening the club leaders and
the boy and girl club members form
ed at the Opera House. jenkins drum
corps in the lead, and marched to the
| Grange Hall where o'clock ban
quet was served An orchestra led
by Rev. Mr.. Mckinney furnished the
music. Carleton p. Merrill was toast
master Mr. Stiles and Mr. Cross
land were among the speakers fol
lowed by l.. L. Sandford, representing
the Grange; {. w Day speaking or
behalf of the Somerset Central Agri
cultural society and Allan Wentworth
who spoke as a representative of the
Board of Trade Prof. Monohon OF
Orono and Mrs. Young club leader
from Hancock county were alsC
among the speakers After the ban
quet and exercises the entire com
pany headed by the drum corps
marched to the Opera House to attend
the pictures
1t should be noted in connection
wit the above, that SkowhegaT
Grange aided the project by a contri-
button of $50 and by furnishing their
hall free of charge There was also
an interesting feature in connection
with the prizes awarded. Each win
ner received his prize in the form OF
a pass book. issued by one of the three
Skowhegan Banks, with the prize
won standing to his credit. Each de-
post thus created can be withdrawn
at any time but previous experience
of the same sort demonstrates the fact
that in most instances, it is he be-
ginning of an account that increases
rather than otherwise 1t thus be-
comes, as is doubtless intended, a
splendid lesson in thrift
The following is a list Of the prize
winners with The amount won by each.
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PROBATE NOTICES
To All Persons Interested In Either of
the EhInIea HereInafIer Nnned.

the Estates Hereinafter Named:
At a Probate Court he'd al Skowhe-
gan. in and for the County Of somer-
set on the nineteeath day o. %oYem-
Der in the year Of or Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteen and by
adjournment from day 10 day from the
second Tuesday 81 said November. The
following matters having been pre-
sented for the action thereupon here
matter indicated. il is hereby Ordered:
That notice thereof be given to all
persons interested. by causing a copy
OF this order TO be published three
weeks successfully in the Independent
Reporter newspaper published at
Skowhegan in said County. that they
to be held at SkoW hogan on the second
Tuesday Of December. \. I ltis. at
nine of the COCK in the forenoon.
and be heard thereon If they see
cause.
Ellis I. Hutch. late Of Mercer. de-
ceased. VII and petition for probate
thereof. presented b. Fred Hatch
of Mercer. the executor named therein
without bond
Bessie w. kIIgore. late Of Horridge-
wock. deceased VIII and petition for
probate thereof presented ~ Frank j.
kileore OF %orrIdzea#a=s. th- exeeu-
tor named therein "sfaoa. bond.
Matter {. Pratt. la,e Of Palmyra. de-
ceased. VII and petition for probate
thereof. presented = Emfaa l.. fratt Of
,, - - -
Aaron W. Drnke. late Of Athens de-
ceased. VII AID petition LOT probate
thereof presented - Ihitzb y. Drake
IF Athens. aH3 49, II ae appointed
adninlstrats WITH the fRHl annexed,
tn cNee4f8s named NsIaE NV IA
FRANCE ann a.s-.it=s - 7t#Nt.
CIarn Z. Nutter. late q Arson, de-
ceased. " ~ AID petition Tor pr92-
bate thereof. aEsssstsd - Eugene Is.
- & 4
therein without saaH
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bans. deceased Petition hy Myrtle f..
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deceased. frf167a ~ AHE4esiha y rn-
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tlttsheld. administrator
Ida VI. Wood Of SKowheean. adult
ward Guardian presents a petition
for license to sell real estate Of sad
ward situate in SAID SEoWhee4n. md
invest the proceeds.
samantha, I.rr.rd 1T. NJ fsi,,s.
a. I,'.','''...d tiI..'1'',ars ,,,.gart
petition for license - sell RAJ estate
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Prnahsrot comfy. Maine for m ~
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isfrafinf5
Annn VI brooks. late of LYNN. Mass
derea'..d admiTfsfrator presents a
netitio1 for 5ierpse to ssII rea5 4sfate
~ - ds.,'s..d ina. ~ p,I,,,,.r, /,
said Gn,ln,y f5r ~ pavmant of dis
and rXnea@e. - admin nj ,'rf.f ~ 's''9
deceased ;" Executor presents a neti-
80 - rr,e,i5.
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Fair Prices and
Reasonable profits

ONCE each month 10000 customers pay the
~ Central Maine Power Company reason
able bills for excellent service
And because we have 10000 satisfied custo-
mers engaged in a variety o industries n d
spread over large and prosperous territory
and because these people use power and lights
year in and year out, in good times or better;
and because we have company that is wisely
administered and economically o n du tie d
here in our own territory by our own Maine
folks Central Maine Preferred Stock us, we
feel very sure safe investment.
Through any normal or abnormal conditions
the company can confidently be expected to
pay dividends four times a year on its pre-
ferred stock, as it has since its first share of
preferred stock was issued. ii
Customers of the Company who Luy Central
Maine Power Company Preferred Stock
become profit sharing partners of the Com
pany that serves them.
The Stock pays 6122d net
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pIIIO STEW ARD.
Ister.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-21

Don't waste time hunting for what
you want to buy An ad in Every
body's Column will bring what you
want to you.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-21
WITHEE OVERWHELMINGLY

Mrs. Gorham Bailey OF Wateryille
while visiting old friends in Norridge-
wock last week called on Mrs. ~ W.
Parsons one day
Congratulations are heartily extend
ed from people in this neighborhood
to Tildon Davis the r. F D. man on
his recent marriage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
BAKERS HAND KISSED
AS CITYS DELIVERER
Impressive Scene as Secretary
of War Enters St. Mihiel.

AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, Sept.
1.-THE civilian population. almost
wholly feminine because OF the forcible
removal OF practically every male OF
military age, welcomed Newton ID.
Baker, the American Secretary of War,
and Gems. Pershing and Petain when
they visited st. Mihiel a few hours after
1t was occupied The village in effect
was. their official host, but in reality
they were the guests Of women and chill
dren.
Aged women and girls crowded about
Secretary Baker and the two Generals
accompanying him to express their
thanks and pay homage to their de-
liverers 1t was not merely curiosity I;
II was an emotional outburst following
almost three years of the conquerors
suppression. The word was passed about
that the small civilian was the American
Secretary of War whose armies had ac-
complished their relief, and from half
destroyed houses and from points far re-
moved from the centre Of the village
they poured forth to get a glimpse OF the
visitors.
A military band was brought up from
the rear. the "Marseillaise' was played
and the civilian restraint in the presence
OF the visitors broke down completely.
Women crowded forward ostensibly to
shake the Secretarys hand. but instead
they kissed his hands and wept and then
they Joined in chorus of wives"
There were no speeches, but innumer-
able times Secretary Baker responded
briefly to expressions of gratitude often
times half Historically uttered by the
women and children
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UNUSUAL CENSORSHIP
SURPRISE TO FRENCH
Omission of Villages Taken
Ascribed to Modesty.


CopUri0ht. 1918; al rights reserred.
LONDON. Sept IA. - Practically no
news from the American front has been
received in London tonight. 1t is
understood that the American line Is
well ahead of the points mentioned IN
Friday nights official report and that
the German salient in this area Is be-
coming rapidly an American salient.
Dispatches from the American front,
both to Paris and to London. are
handled by American censors In a way
that has not been experienced since
1914, Gen. Pershings request on Thurs.
day night to eliminate all names of vii.
lagos. thus preventing information OF
the progress OF the advance which the
enemy knows only too well. was too late
for the London newspapers to observe
on Friday morning. but probably 1t was
early enough to be applied to despa tches
to America.
Paris kilograms say this innovation
has been received with GOODNESS there.
1t certainly is causing Impotence where
the public Is only too eager to applaud
the good news. Especially coming from
Americans does this rigid censorship
cause surprise, but 1t generally is at
tributed to modesty carried somewhat to
an extreme.
According to the last information the
line ran through Tresauvaux. Saulx
Hadonville. Thillot, Holtonvlle, ST. Be-
mott. the northern edge of DampvoitouX
Wood. Jaulny and Norroy. 1t is under
stood that the Americans have not yet
taken Pagny. North of the salient the
enemy evidently ) prepsring for a
further retirement.
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perfect web Of railways which has been
OF priceless Importance to Ger. Laden
uoriI FOR manpuvring. Here IL anywhere
Is the enemy Achilles heel. The Ameri-
cans nave not yet reached this heel, but
py threatening II they have forced the
iernans to concentrate for its defence.
Wnlie the stroke menaces the enemy's
communications II opens the way for
o'ner American attacks on a still larger
scale. The enemy also has lost the
equivalent of two divisions in prisoners.
killed and wounded"
The Daily Chronicle says:
Gen. Pershing's brave troops deserve
congratulations on their very skilful and
ericient piece of work. The United
states may we'll sc proud Of the man
ner in which Its young akmy comported
itself In the irtt Independent offensive. +"
Inc Times records the belief that the
maj return or prisoners will consider
ably exceed the number given in the Of
ncial annount ement, and says
For all the allied nations the deep
interest In the American victory lies not
SO much in its results. which are SUBJ
stantial and valuable. but in the fact
that great American force has gone
into battle acting separately. The Ger
man nation will now begin to realize as
II never yet has done the overwhelming
and decisive character of the new factor
which Is emerging In the war.
More was destroyed at St Mihiel
than German salient. Gen. Pershing
shattered at blow the monstrous web
OF lies which sustained the pretence that
the immense weight and almost illimi-
table resources of the United States
would be of little or no account on the
European field of war He has shown
that the Americans are as quick and
apt to learn the art OF war as they have
been to develop the pursuits Of peace"
The Westminster Gasette says: "rhe
bravery of the American soldier Is
backed by a skill and neatness of exec,,-
tion which argues the staff work of a
highly professional character under a
supreme command of real Intelligence.
The Evening Netcs says: Gen. Per-
shing and his brave soldiers must nc
doubt be in the highest spirits. They
have the right to be in the higkes,
spirits. They had the job of battering in
the st. Mihiel salient assigned to them,
and they have done their job cleanly
and completely in couple OF daysR
The Evening Standard. under the cap
Non of Hail Columbia !" says: Great
Britain in common with all the allies
salutes the victorious flag of the great
republic. We may be permitted to ex-
press special pride in the achievement
of men of our own race and language,
and also to welcome this evidence that
the American Army is not only COM
posed of the bravest or the brave. but is
most skilfully handled
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village OF Havrincourt but the ground In
front, OF the whole Havrincourt Wood.
southwest of the village. The wood had
been prepared carefully for defence with
machine gun posts. rifle pits and wired
trenches on the western edge, SO that
direct attack from that direction might
be costly.
But the brilliant dash OF our troops
attacking on the north gave US foot
ing in the northwest corner OF the wood.
6efences on the western edge and in
successive stages all the wood except
the immediate eastern edge fell into
our possession. The Yorkshiremen who
delivered the attack against the village
ninth and Fifty-second Reserve divisions
Neither OF these divisions was fresh :
both are still less fresh now.
About $50 prisoners were taken in the
attack on the village yesterday and 300
more were rounded up later. The Ger
man troops had orders to hold the posi-
tons at all costs and tried to carry out
the orders. but the Yorkshire men sim
ply were too good for them.
After the village and all our objec-
tives were In our hands the Germans
were seen to be massing In considerable
numbers east and northeast of the vii
lage and coming toward .us along the
sunken roads from the Hindenburg sup
port line. At 6 o'clock a heavy bonn
bardment was put down on our new po-
sitions. Then under cover of squadron
of low flying airplanes the German coun-
ter attack was made.
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Hold Every Inch Of Ground.

II gained nothing our troops who had
made the attack and fought most OF the
day held every inch Of the ground. The
airplanes could do little, for 1t was
stormy. and II was rather creditable to
the German flying men that they at
tackled at all.
Below here other English troops at
tackled Trescault, while the New Zea-
landers attacked to the south. There
also the Germans. chiefly the 18th
Division of troops and the Alpine Corps.
had orders to hold all the ground. but
the resistance In the earlier part OF the
advance was weak: 1t stiffened as the
advance progressed and there was espe-
cally hard fighting in the awkward
angle Of the trench northwest of Tres
cault When the angle was taken 1t
yielded $40 prisoners and eighteen ma
chine guns.
Here also the Germans attempted a
counter attack at o'clock last evening,
but without success. The prisoners
taken in all this section numbered about
1900. with large numbers of machine
guns. many trench mortars and two field
guns.
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of the Weavers. A. Onions of the Miners
Federation, j. Seton of the Dock Labor
ers. II. Skinner of the Typographical As
ISOLATION, @. II. stuart Burning of the
Postmen, J. d. Thomas, NJ. p, OF the
Railway Men, w. Thorn, NJ. p, of the
General Workers.
The Labor party representatives are
W. F. Purdy. shipwrights; J. McGurk.
miners ]. Ramsay Macdonald NJ. r.,
Independent Labor party; w. C. Ander-
son. NJ. p. Independent Labor party {;
A. G. Cameron. carpenters. w. Carter
miners J. r. Clynes. Food Comptroller,
representing general workers; Tom Fox.
British Labor Amalgamation w. II.
Hutchinson. Amalsamated Engineers ;
+. w. Jowett. NJ p, Independent Labor
party; w. c. Robinson. textile workers :
Fen Turner. textile WORKERS; +. i.
Wake. representing trades councils OF
the local labor parties OF the Women's
Labor League; G.. J. Wardle, NJ. r..
railway men; Sidney Webb. Fabian So
ciety; James Wignall, dock and general
workers; Arthur Henderson. NJ. F.
Russian representatives who received
passports but whose arrival in time is
doubtful are Paul Arelrod, Dmitri Cav
rousky and Nicholas Rourianos Vassile.
q Delegates OF Belgium are ID. Brouckere
and Vaudeville.
The French Socialists nominated
Tongue. MstraI and Bourderon. repre-
senting the minority. and Albert Thomas
and Renaudel. representing the majority.
1t is doubtful whether Italy takes part.
as Italian Socialists are not disposed TO
| attend on the ground that the confer
l-ence has been called at the request OF
Samuel Gompers, who is not an ad-
herent of International Socialist princi-
4
the position to be adopted on the ques-
ton of war.
The French Socialist executives are
| urging their Italian comrades to attend
although at the same time many French
Socialists agree that the presence OF
Italians in the conference Is undesirable
from the purely Socialistic standpoint.
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RENAUDEL RESIGNS POST.
Socialist Quits Political Director
shin of "Humanitc,"

PARIS. Sept 14.-Pierre Renaudel.
leader of the majority Socialists and
Socialist member Of the Chamber Of
Deputies. has written a letter to the
secretary of the majority Socialists in
which he says that he has resigned
as the political director Of the news
paper Humdnitc.
NJ Renaudel declares he has taken
this action SO that his presence may
not curtail the discussions at the ses-
sons of the inter-alked labor confer
ence to be held later this month.
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Cost Enemy Dearly.

One Of the writer's, Henri Bidou, has
something to say of strategic matters.
however in discussing the attack. The
st. Mihiel salient, he points out. was
- great Importance as a base for an
enemy drive and he thinks 1t possible
that when the Germans attacked toward
Chalons on July Is they contemplated
also throwing column from St Mihiel.
II the Germans have decided to
abandon such position, NJ. Bidou
argues, it is sign that the general
military situation forced them to take
the step after their withdrawal from
tNe Somme line and then from that of
The Lys. This third retreat he con-
siders serious symptom. and he points
out that whether or not the withdrawal
10 shorter line was voluntary the
operation cost the Germans dearly.
The editorial writer's are generous In
their praise of the American effort.
This operation" says the Echo de
Parts, does honor to the enterprising
'nr!t Of the American leaders and the
Incompatible ardor of their troops"
The Petit Pa,isien says: 1T is the
first time the American army alone has
launched an offensive on a great scale.
hut it will not be the last. From the
lowing it has made the Germans have
been able to see that they have to
reckon with ardent enthusiastic and
audacious troops"
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YORKSHIRE TROOPS
WIN NEW LAURELS
HavrincOurt Captured by Same
Division Which Broke Hin
denburg Line.
$50 PRISONERS. TAKEN
German Forces Had Orders to
Hold Positions at All
Costs.
76O PRISONERS. TAKEN
by rEItUN ROBINSON.


Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sun from the
London Times Serrice.
Copyright. 1918: all rights reserred
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE.
Sept. 10 tdelayed) The British ad-
vance in the Havrncourt area and the
capture of the villages of Trescault and
Havrincourt. with the front line trenches
which run in front OF the latter village.
was a brilliantly executed and most sue
cessful operation.
The troops which took Havrincourt
village and broke through the linden
burg front line here were the Yorkshire
Division. which also took Havrincourt
in November last year. The extraordi-
nary performances of these troops in the
battle of Cambria was one of the most
remarkable feats achieved by any divi-
sion in this WA
Perhaps the memory of last November
may have added something OF confidence
to yesterdays attack. although the con-
ditions are vastly different. chiefly be-
cause in the Cambria attack our men
went over behind an army OF, tanks
against an enemy who had been sur
prised. Yesterday no tanks were used
and the Germans were expecting the at
tack.
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Russian Patriarch Murdered.

WASHINGTON. Sept 14.-According to
a despatch from France to-day word has
reached Berlin that the Roman Catholic
Patriarch of Georgia. Russian Trans
caucasia. has been murdered In a cloistcr
near Tifis.
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WAsHINGToN, Sept. 14.--Ensign Harry
T. Catchpole of 1874 Amherst street,
BuffIlo, was killed yesterday in sea-
plane accident off Cape May, y. J.. the
Navy Department was informed to-day.
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"The American Army has gained a
genuine victory at high speed" says Col.
De Thomasson. military critic, who
nays tribute to the American stan and
troops for their having in such brief
time attained the high standard of eff
Aciency they have displayed.
To say that last nights American Of
fetal report revealed an achievement
far in excess of what mad been ex-
rected is no Displacement of the Amer
lean Army. but the moral effect In
France seems In consequence of this to
measure we'll up with the military re-
suits attained
The American soldiers now IN Paris
are being lionized by the people Of the
city. who stop the men on the streets
and grip their hands in congratulation
over the great stroke.
In general the military commentators
prefer to reserve Judgment Of the full
effects Of the offensive until more ample
details are available and they are able
to see the trend the operations are likely
to take
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

1t was evident after the Drocourt-
Queant line mad been broken that the
Germans intended to hold not only the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
LONDON PRESS GIVES
HIGH PRAISE TO FEAT
Thoroughness of St. Mihiei
Operation Brings Enthusiasm.

LONDON, Sept 14.-Chef place is
given again in to-day's newspapers to
the American achievement in the ST.
Mihel sector. Both in the news and the
editorial columns hearty tributes are
given to the tnoroughness with which
the operation was completed, a thorough
ness which is regarded as showing that
Gen, Pcrshing and his staff made
Preparations beforehand and used great
care at the same time.
No surprise is implied that the Ameri-
cans should have succeeded so well. On
the contrary the newspapers concur that
what happened was only what might
have been expected from the fighting
qualities the Americans displayed when
they fought as units under French and
British commands.
Nothing like a first hand technical ac-
count Of the fiattening OF the salient had
reached London up to this morning and
such inadequate detailed stories as are to
hand do not carry the operations fur
uaer than Thursday evening
Called n Real Triumph.
lating the Americans on their feat OF
arms-a real triumph accomplished in
mastery style" says:
The full story will be awaited with
the deepest interest. II seems tolerably
clear that the great majority OF German
troops holding the salient were cut Off
by the rapidity OF the American advance
md that the opposition on the other
side Of the wedge collapsed on the sec
ord morning. 1t will be great tale
Rhen it is told. The explanations of
The reverse offered in the German COM
nunlque are childish"
The Daily MaI, under the headline
America Has Made Good" discussed
nc value of the rem6val OF, the salient
tho newspaper says:
Gen. Pershing is breaking into a