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The independent-reporter., 1918-10-10
tharles II. Goodrich

Charles II Goodrich passed away
at his home in Cornville last Monday
with heart trouble He had been
failing in health for some time Fer
the past thirty years his home had
been in Cornvlle. his previous resi-
dence being in Westbrook, where he
was born about rs years ago. He
was the son of George and Mary
CLakemanl Goodrich The funeral
services were held yesterday at one
O'Clock at the East Ridge Church with
Rev. Charles II. Mckinney ofticiat-
ing lnterment was in the East
Ridge cemetery.
The independent-reporter., 1918-10-10
CHAPTER XVI.
All Quiet t7) on the Western Front.

All Quiet (7) on the Western Front
At brigade headquarters happened
to oVerhear Il conversation between our
G. O. c. general officer commanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation | learned that we
eight days. and on the first of July the
"big push was to commence.
In ii few days orders were issued to
that effect. and it was common prop
erty all along the line.
ON the afternoon of the eighth day of
our "Strafeing," Atwell and l were sit
ting in the front-line trench smoking
fagS and making out our reports Of the
previous nights tour of the trenches.
which we had to turn in to headquar-
ters the following day. when an order
was passed down the trench that old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
90 over on a trench raid that night To
try and get few German Prisoners for
information purposes. | immediately
volunteered for this job and shook
'''''''' "i''' "a "''i' anu ~, w.
rear To give my name 10 the officers Ii
charge Of the raiding party
was accepted, worse luck
Al ia 'iai hlEh' we reported 10 'ile
brigade headquarters dugout 10 receive
INSTRUCTIONS from oId Pepper
After reaehing this dueout we lined
up ia II seinlelr'le around nm ana ne
unforeseen US aS l"iIo"S'
AII ! want you boys To do Is to 90
over to the German lines tonight sur
prise theln, secure couple of prison
erS' ana return lmmediateIy. cur ar
tlII'ry has homharded that section of
the line fer two days and personally
p''l'Ie tilat that part OF the German
'i'i'l 'S 'n''eulIeu' So just eel cou-
l'' VI IIINoii''s ana return aS quickly
~ p'N>''''e
Inc sergeant on my right, In an un-
u'rtohe whispered to me:
Say, Aank, how are we going to get
couple of prisoners If the old fool
thinks personally that that part Of the
trench Is unoecupied sounds kind of
hShy doesn't 1t mateF
had funny sinking sensation In
my stomach and my tin hat felt as II
II weighed about a ton and my enthusi-
assn was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned In his direction and
In laundering voice asked
The independent-reporter., 1918-10-10
DESERVES 4 GOLD
MEDAL FOR THIS
Cincinnati authority tells how to dry
up any c0Sl or Gallons 50 il
lifts right off

You corn pestered men and women
need suffer no longer Wear the shoes
that nearly killed YOU before. says
this Cincinnati authority. because a
few drops of freezone applied direct
~ on tender aching corn stops
soreness at once and soon the corn
loosens so it can be lifted out, root
and all. without a hit of pain
\ quarter of an ounce Of freezone
costs very little at any drug store,
hal is sufficient 10 take off every hard
or soft corn or eallous. This should
he tried, as it is inexpensive and is
said not to inhame or even irritate
me surrounding tissue or skin
II your wife wears high heels She
Will be glad To know OF this
The independent-reporter., 1918-10-10
Card OF Thanks

Wishing To thank the kind friends
for their help in our SORROW; the
bearers; and for the beautiful flowers
Mrs Laura b. Noble
Mrs Matte A. Foster
1t Howard r. Noble
Mrs Marion Vallierc
Skowhegan. Maine, October 10. 1918
The independent-reporter., 1918-10-10
BANK BOOKS LOST

$otiCe is hereby given that me
SkoWheEan Savings Bank has been
notified that Books OF Deposit
Nos. l2053
20452
24959
25261
have been lost and that the owners
thereof wish a duplicate OF same.
SKOWHEGAN SAVINGS BANK
BY Carleton j. Merrill, Treasurer
SkoWhegan. Me, october ], l9is.
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To whom II May Concern;
This is to show that on Sept. 10, 1918
Joseph Boudette and Helen b. Cloutier
renewed their marriage vows in CON
formity with the laws of the Catholic
church in presence of Rev. j. Louis A.
Renaud (Pastor.
Witnesses
Edmond Halle
Marie Halle
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Seboomook population In 1910 was
not given.
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Notify is BEFORE yon change your
address Don't miss i copy
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TO be continued1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
EJACULATION OF
SAVING PLEDGES
IN BRIDGEPORT
Total Pledges 62,s4s, and
Amount Pledged is $702,-
634- Committee Pleased.

The War Savings Committee has
compiled and tabulated| of the
pledges received in the National En-
listment Day campaign ending on
June %. It has been impossible to
make earlier announcement of the
exact results obtained because the
work of distributing and compiling
such a vast number of pledges is very
great.
New pledges are being received
every day, but the results given below
are those pledges which were actually
received UP to and including June 2S.
The amounts will be substantially in
creased by subsequent pledges.
The total number of subscribers
was 62,S48, and the total subscriptions
s702,6S4, making an average SUBJ
scription of $11.16, which compares
very favorahly with the average SUBJ
scription in the other cities of the
state. For the purpose of the War
Savings movement, Bridgeport's pop
ulation was figured at $4,000, so
that the percentage Of subscribers of
the city entire population is 41.3 per
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
INVESTIGATE
BALIC'S STORY
OF DISCHARGE

George Balig of 294 Osborne street
arrested yesterday after chase by
Patrolmen Hennessey and Sheriden,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05

Balig was in the United States regu-
lar army for about 10 months, but
was discharged last April because, It
is alleged, his wife claimed he was
her sole support as well as that of
his two children.
Balig has been married but two
months, and the police are investi-
eating the statement that he had
been living with some woman IN
South Norwalk for several years, and
that it was this woman who signed
the papers which got him his dis
charge from the army.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05

EnEs WANT ADS. 1 CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
|, roll OF HONOR
|. Sent FROM The
FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, July 5.---The army
,lcasualty list today contained % names,
divided as follows:
Killed in action, 5; died of wounds,
u; died of accident and other causes,
IL; died of disease, 2; wounded Sc
verely, 8; missing in action, 5.
Killed in action---Rosweu F. Sleeves,
derby, Conn.
Previously reported missing. now
reported discharged to depot division
for duty Private Robert S. Niver
Hartford, Conn.
In the list issued yesterday ap-
.peared the names of Charles T. Sier-
man of Hartford, severely wounded
and Of Edward M. Green of Bristol,
previously reported missing, now re-
ported to have been gassed, but re-
turned to duty with his company.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05

when he tried to batter down hiI
home because his wife had locked
him out for drinking too much, was
fined $25 and costs in the city court
today.
According to the testimony, the
man w., crazed with drink and after
he had been repulsed the first time
from his doorstep he secured an axe
and demolished the front door be-
fore the police seized and brought
him a prisoner to the Third pre-
cinct.
The sequel may be rather serious
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
AMERICANS DOWN
2 FOE MACHINES

With the American Forces on the
aMrne July 5.---By The Associated
Press.) aviators on this
front are reported this morning to
have brought down two German aero
planes aflame.
IN a small patrol encounter last
night two Germans were captured
and another was killed by Americans.
This sl1irmish developed the fact
that q new German division is now
/ opposing the Americans in this sector.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
ENLISTS IN NAVY

Joseph Kennel, a graduate of this
years class at the high school has
answered the call of his country and
has enlisted in the navy this MORN
ing. Joe was one of the most pop
ular young fellows of the class Of
1918. He was president of the A. A.
last year, the captain of the 1918
basketball team, anad was a mem
Der of the baseball team for two
years. The whole school wishes him
the best luck in his new position.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
ALLEN IS PRISONER

Private Leslie Allen. reported killed
at the front, has notified his mother
that he is q German prisoner. His
mothers husband was a Civil War
veteran. She lives in Saugatuck. He
reports that he is enjoying the best
of health.
Allen was member Of Company
D 1920 regiment. His regiment has
made successful attacks upon the
German forces at seicheprey. He was
likely captured in one Of the battles
at that place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
FORCE IN FRANCE
HAS QUIET 4TH

With the American Army in
France, July 4-CBy the Associated
Press) THE Fourth of July was an
unusually quiet day in the normally
inactive sectors occupied by Ameri-
can troops from the Woevre to the
Swiss border. Even the artillery and
air services were less busy than
usual, cloudy weather and poor visi-
bility hampering them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
8 NEGRO SOLDIERS HUNG.

Camp Dodge, Iowa. July 5-Three
negro soldiers. convicted by court
martial of "assaulting and outrrag-
ing" a. II year old white girl on the
cantonment grounds on the night OF
May "a, were hanged here today with
virtually the entire division witness
ing the execution.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
Marine CORPS
men AWARDED
D. S. 0. CROSSES
American Aviators Also
Decorated in Italy. for
Many Bombing Raids.

With the American Army in France,
Thursday, July Ably The Associ-
ated Press.)---Acts of gallantry in the
lighting at Beureches and in the wood
of the Americans (Belleau wood on
the Chateau Thierry sector have been
recompensed by Gen. Pershing with
the award of the distinguished service
cross to 80 officers and enlisted men of
the marine corps.
Three of the crosses were awarded
posthumously while the others went
to eight officers and Il non-commls-
stoned officers and men. The men
| honored today are;
Capt. Randolph Game, Lieutenants
James Mob. Sellers, P. H. Harley,
James F. Robertson, Charles Murray.
William Moore, Frederick G. Wheeler,
and William "A. Edd; Eergt. Major
John H Quick, Corps. Raymond w
Boone, Harry B. Fletcher. David L.
Spaulding, Harold J. Randles, Roland
R. Sheaff, John H. ingalls,, Ray w.
Chase, Frank A. Vikal, Fred w. Hill,
Joseph A. Garages, Benjamin Tilgham
and Howard Chf1ds; Privates Albert
e. Brooks, John c. Flicker, Eric
ETeffsteder, Earl Belfry, James w.
Carter, Herman L. Mcleod, William
A. Sair and Earl G. Rockwell.
The posthumous awards were to
Dental Surgeon Weldon c. Osborne,
Sergt. Groves C. O'Kel1y and Private
Herbert D. Dunlavy.
italian Army Headquarters, Thurs
day. July Ably The Associated
Press )---FfYe American aviators at
tached to the italian army were dec
Grated with the italian war cross to-
day by King Victor Emmanuel. The
decorations were bestowed during a
review and in the presence of Gen.
Eben Swift head of the American
military mission.
The aviators decorated were Lteuts.
Archibald Frost, John Park, Raymond
Baldwin, Kenneth Collins and John
Galchoux. The crosses were given
for carrying out the greatest number
of bombing raids during the recent
Austrian offensive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
SERIOUS UNREST
IN SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria, July 5 - Premier Botha
of the Union of South Africa has is
sued a statement showing serious I'M
rest existing in South Africa. Strong
police and military measures are be-
ing taken to cope with the situation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-07-05
II ~ THIRD
ANNIVERSARY SALE

,nowagping tower the top" in
q tremendous rush and bus
tie. There isIno reason why
J itxshoIldn't, with the re-
I'm arikaatb Q unprecedented
AvaAuesafn: real good, correct
$andsperfect fitting footwear
we4 aregeffering during this
sale.f !
B1acksGlazed Kid, Black
DulI4C Calf boots, two numbers
which, Uncle Sam insists
thereSshall be larger guam
titles used than anything
else we are going to offer at
kthe tunheard of prices of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
Furlough Sought To Solve
Problem Back Home.
Plan for Soldiers To Help Plant
Crops Finds Favor.
QUOTE KANSAS GOVERNOR
Congressman of MiddIewest
Urge Prompt Action on Bill.
Plan Conforms With HOover's
Appeal for Greater Crops.

Washington. Feb. 2.-Appsals to re-
lease the farmer boys now in the
national army long enough to help
plant the nations food crops are pour
ing in to congress from all sections
of the country.
Fearing the whole program of
stimulating food production to meet
the demands of the allied nations, as
outlined by Herbert Hoover, may fail
unless the farmers are released, many
senators and Representatives are de-
amending the draft law to grant fur
loughs for farm work. Draft officials
here favop the furlough plan, but
urged that it be used with care and
only where it is the only way to fill
the need.
Representatives of the great food
producing sections-the middle west
after pointing out that they are un-
alterab1y opposed to- exempting farm
ers as a class, state they believe the
furloughs are the only way to keep the
food production even up to normal.
The majority of them agree that six
weeks furlough the latter part of
March and the first of April would be
sufficient After that the farm work
is spread out sufficiently so that the
soldiers help will not be essential.
Can't Get Farm Laborers.
1.-The crops must all be planted
within a few weeks or might as well
not be planted at ALL said Represen-
tative Green of Iowa today, land
farm experts out west confess they
are unable to see where the extra
labor needed for this intensive work
can be obtained unless the furloughs
are granted.
There was a shortage of farm
labor before the war, and, of course,
it has become much more acute since.
Plans are being made in many places
to close the high schools earlier to re-
lease farm boys and many retired
farmers are planning to follow the
pillow for the first time in several years,
but with a big increase in production
demanded, they can do comparatively
little toward relieving the labor short
age
The majority of the population in
the middle west, Representative
Reavis, Nebraska, points out, is en-
gagged in agriculture. and consequently
the draft made heavier inroads in this
work there than the national avera ge
indicates.
Governor Capper Urges Burroughs.
"A majority of the men accepted for
service in Nebraska are from the
farm" Reavis said, according to
draft board officials. The situation
there will soon be critical. judging
from the appeals L have received"
The governor of Kansas has fore
seen how serious the situation will be
in his state,''- said Representative
Campbell, Kansas. land is urging that
the boys be sent back to the farms
this spring. 1t looks like the only way
to get the necessary labor"
THE situation in Illinois will be
very serious, for with such a large
corn producing area to plant within a
short time, an enormous influx of
labor will be necessary" said Repre-
sentative Madden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
Govt Says Strike Insignificant.
PROPAGANDA

Continued from Page One)
the strike movement The censorship
is permitting only semi official state
ments on the situation to leave Ger
many and even these make no claim
that the strike has ended These
statements report little gain in the
strike movement except in the Berlin
ana Altoona districts where much war
material is manufactured. The poIice
and military have dissolved the work
ers organizations and dispersed meet
ings of strikers but the semi-officia
statement declare there has been no
disorder.
Sore Over Peace Conference.
Pessin1ism is said to exist in Berlin
over the outcome of the Brest- Litovsk
negotiations. The Berlin press says
that the Russians have been encour-
aged by the strike movement to resist
Germany's demands In Petrograd the
Bolsheviki authorities have broken up
counter revolutionary plot in favor
of General Kalendines, the Cossack
leader. One of the leaders of the plot
was killed but the other escaped. Sixty
officers and soldiers implicated in the
movement were Imprisoned
There has been little activity on the
fighting fronts. The Americans in
France are having their share of artil-
1ery bombardment and rifle fire ex-
changes. On the Italian northern
front the Italians have repulsed an
Austrian effort to retrieve lost posi-
tons west of the Brenta-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
Wilson Asks Congress To Do
More and Talk Less.
EsCase Like Gent Who Com
manded Tide To Recede."
WILL PUSH WAR COUNCIL BILL
Have New Evidence To Show
Lack of War Dept Efficiency.
Committee on Railroad Bill
Clears Way by Agreement.

Washington, Feb. president Will
sons appeal for a "tall<less congress-
met with sharp opposition today. 1t
appeared possible that instead of
quoting the drumfire in some quar-
tiers for the ''war cabinet bill the
president may have stirred up the ar
tiliery.
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat. Ne
braska, and Senator Wadsworth, Re-
publican, New York, members of the
military committee, were prepared to
loose their bombardment Monday
and Tuesday, respectively, in spite of
the presidents attitude. Senator
Weeks, Republican, Massachusetts,
also may speak later.
ITS a case like that of the ancient
gentleman who commanded the tide
TO recede," declared Senator Hitch
cock. I'VE have been getting in
creasing evidences even during the
past few days of the lack of co-ordi-
nation and central responsibility in the
war department and we propose to
present these as well as the mass of
others to the senate"
Chamberlain to Continue Probe.
Senator Chamberlain, director gen
eral of attack, declined to discuss the
presidents order to administration
senators.
He declared that the military affairs
committee would continue it's investi-
CATION. however.
The war cabinet measure will not be
voted upon in committee for some
days yet, it was indicated.
After hearing the evidence of the
last few days. one could hardly say
that the bill was losing any ground, -
declared Chamberlain.
The committee today resumed its
hearings with Howard Coffin, head of
the aircraft production board, before
it, Coffin was to be questioned as to
the shortage of spruce which, it was
declared, was materially interfering
with the aviation program.
Investigate Cantonments Next.
Next week the committee will take
up the subject of army environments.
This will complete the investig cation, it
was declared. The railroad control
bill, radically changed in two particu-
lars from that submitted by the ad-
Ininistration. will be reported to the
senate early next week by the inter-
state commerce committee. Its pre-
sentation to the house probably will
be delayed another week.
Early agreement Oh the measure
was forecast by the compromise on
the two vital points-the period of
control and the rate-making power
which was reached only after a. sub
committee had been called upon.
This compromise, which received
two-thirds vote in committee, limits
the period of control to eighteen
months after the war and vests the
rate-fixing power in the president with
the interstate commerce commission,
which after hearing may set aside any
rate orders from the chief executive.
settlement of these two points,
said Chairman Smith of the committee
today, clears the way for an early
agreement on other features of the
bill We expect to have our report
ready by Monday or Tuesday,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
ToDAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Feb 2.-CoRN-Corn prices
hardened slightly today as a result of
lessened bearish confidence as to the out
look for peace Some disappointment was
evident also over the continued smallness
of receipts Advances however were
checked by the fact that weather condi-
TOMS seemed the best in long while
Opening quotations which stood the same
as yesterdays finish, with March not post
ed and May 81 -245s to 81 .24% were followed
by little upturn all around.
ne ecsfagimiSpk1shtboy aoin aoin aoinaofn
Subsequently, weekend adjustment of
trades kept the market on the upgrade
The close was firm. 1&@Nc to A@3kc net
12j
OATS = Oats developed considerable
strength because of covering by local
shorts who found offerings unusually light
After opening unchanged to 1hc higher
with May zee to 79ssc. the market reacted
trifle and then rose higher than before
PROyISIONS-Upturn in hog values
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
HUNGER WEAPON
tcontinued from Page one.)

reichstag debate quoted Herr Haase
as saying that the condemned sailors
were accused of distributing pam
phlets given to them by Deputy Dit
man which had been passed by the
censor. Following the debate reports
quoting the Hamburg Fremdenblatt
stated that the government had de-
cided to prosecute Deputies Haase.
Dittnian and Vogtherr in the imperial
court at Leipsiz for their share in the
sailors mutiny.
London, Feb. "A national demon
stration is being organized in Ger
many as a protest against the arrest
of Herr Dittmann, an Exchange tele-
graph dispatch from Amsterdam re-
ports. Hugo Haas. a Social deputy,
appealed to Chancellor Won Hertling to
obtain the release of Herr Dittmann.
The chancellor said he was powerless.
as Berlin was entirely in the hands of
the military.
Seven Factories Under Martial>Law
London, Feb. 2.-Seven Berlin fac
tories have been placed under martial
law and the strikers ordered to re-
sumo their work by o'clock Monday
at the latest, according to a Central
News dispatch from Amsterdam today.
Their failure to return. it is an
nounced, will be punished according
to military, discipline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-02
DYNAMITE BAD MEX.
Police Blow Up His Barricade After
He Had Slain Four.

El Paso, Tex, Feb. AFTER with
standing a siege of more than 100 city
and military policemen, Felipe Alvar-
rez, who late last night shot and dan
gerously wounded Mrs. Trinidad Luz
cero, killed her two small children
and killed q policeman and civilian
who sought to capture him, was dis
lodged from his refuge in an clubhouse
in the densely populated Mexican
quarter at 8 O'Clock this morning by a
charge of dynamite. Four charges of
dynamite were exploded before the
building was wrecked and Alvarrez's
body hurled high into the air. Elk
animation of the body disclosed that
he had received six bullet wounds
from the policemen and soldiers who
exchanged hundreds of shots with the
fugitive