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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-03-28
Step Lively! Corns
Quit with "Gets-It"
The Great COrn-L00sener Of the Age
Never Fails. Painless

Watch my step? What's the use!
/ go along right side up without
care" even with corns. because l use
"Gets-It" the painless, off-like-a- ba-
mana pee corn remover. l tried other
ways galore, until l was blue In the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-03-28
NOW RAISES
600 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of c.
ganic Trouble by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetab.o
Compound.

Oregon. Ill.-"I took Lydia f. Pink
ham 5 Vegetable Compound for an or
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-03-28
STATE OF nrAINE

Somerset, Mn.
Western Somerset Municipal Court
January Term at Skowhegan
A. D. 1913.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

 ID DAMAGE

With American Army in Picardy, Friday.-The bombardment ot the German positions by American ar tillery has demolished the church at Cantigny, and several other large buildings in the vicinity of the church which have been used for machine gun emplacementa have been blown up. These positions commanded g zone at FontainesouS and Montdidier and Courtmanche. When the work of destruction had beeu made complete at these places. the American guns began to fro at Mesnil and St. Georges. The church es at Cantiguy vera being used for observation posts by the enemy. :
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
NAVAL AvIATORS ARE RESCUED
 AT SEX

New Orleans, May 1O.-Two naval avisotrs were rescued by a coast steamship and brought here today.
 The two men were picked up off the coast of Miami, Florida, in state Of exhaustion after remaining aaoat with their damaged hydro plane for more than twenty-four hours. The men made a fight in the machine, and something went wrong with the engine, and they were compelled to settle in the ocean, and when picked up were SC nearly dead that it required con siderable work on the part Of the Bhio's physician to resuscitate them.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
AIRCRAFT NOW VAGING VAR'
Ideal Weather Brings Out Airmen Who Engage Enemy In Fierce Combats
 ~Duels Fought High Over Heads Of Infantry

chimes is increasing, and new battle tactlcs are being employed by the enemy who are putting up an ex- ceedingly stiff fight.
 The artillery keeps pounding in spots, and 1t is reported at headquarters that a terrific can nonade iu the Arras sector on one single corps of that front has been in progress for hours and that there has been unusually harassing and bitter artillery fire around Lens and Bethune and Hazenbrouck.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
HEAVY SHELLS
 LITTLE EFFECT

Paris, Thursday. - An official communication received from the French field headquarters today states that heavy artillery fighting has been indulged in on both sides of the Avrie river on the front below Amiens by the Germans, but that they had gained nothing Of any worth. il
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

With British Armies in France, Friday - Most amazing air fight ing along the entire battle region has been going on for the past three days, the weather being ideal for air craft movements.
 The skies are literally alive with fighting sQuadrons of all nations.
 Thirty enemy machines are trying tc dock the allied scout planes from flying over the sections back of the enemy lines along the Somme'
 The number of the German ma
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

London, Friday.-British forces rccaptured' a portion of the front trenches northwest of Albert which the enemy gained yesterday.
 It is now believed, from the ac- tivity shown during the past few days by the Germans, that the of fensive between Albert and Amiens is now aimed at St. Pol with the design in view of reducing the Arr ras salient. {
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

London, Friday. - Advice as givcn out by the British admiralty today says that British naval forces las. night made a dash down upon the Belgium coast and succeeded Tn barring the seaway to an importaHv German submarine base ct Ostend.
 The cruiser Vindictive was sunk aclass the entrance to the Ostena harbor in operations similar to
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
COMMANDS
 BOYS ID NR|IE 1O MOTHERS

Paris, Friday.-General Pershing, in command of the American forces in France, today issued an order commanding all. American soldiers to write letters home to their on Mother's Day, May IF. The day will be celebrated through out France in most fitting man. ner. aI i'a .;.t !EKyi
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

Columbia, S. C., May lO.-FH- teen soldiers were killed outright and many others probably fatally in- jureG when three passenger coaches loaded with members of the 32lst and 2l7th Machine Gun companies
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

Albany, May 1O.-The code sys- tenn employed by the German for eign office in communicating with Won Bernstorff, and to keep in touch with his movements, while he vas directing the sabotage move ments and other German propaganda in the United States which was dis persed when he was deported has been reconstructed in its entirey and turned over to the United States
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
Soldiers Are Killed And Wounded
 When Cars Fall From Trestle

of the U. s. Army fell from trestle near Camp Jackson this morning.
 Information as to tthe details of the wreck are not given, but an in vestigation is being made as to the probable cause of the accident
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
HUNS TRY OUT
 FLANK BRITISH

London, Friday. - unable to taka a position held by the British at a point north of Kemmel hill by a rr5utal operation, enemy forces made a movement against our lines there and pressed it back at one point. The Germans are attempting to outflank our positions at Locre- srrerneroerg and Montrouge.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

London, Frtday,-LNyd George s government was upheld by the Brit .sh House of Commons yesterday when vote was taken on eX-Prem- fer Asouith's resolution designed to obtain a censure, the vote being 29S to lO6.
 Preceding the vote, the former Premier, in speaking on the mo
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

London, Friday.-At close range fighting in the Lachyel-Voormezeele sector, says Field Marshal Haig in his daily report, the French anf British positions on this front were completely reestablished yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
APPOINTS NEW HEAD TO FOREIGN RELATIONS COM

Washington, May 10. - Senator Hitchcock was today made chair man of the Senate foreign relations committee to succeed Sentaor Stonet deceased. ;,,:; +,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
BRITISH NAVAL FORCES BLOCK OSTENO SUB BASE
 ENTRANCE WITH CEMENT

those employed at the time the har- bor at Zeebrugge was blocked.
 The cruiser Vindictive, which haG' been the leader in the Zeebrugge aid where it was badly damaged by shots from the German shore bat teries, was filled with cement and sunk across the piers at the out let of the harbor.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
REPORTED CASUALTY LIST
 FOR TODAY Is SMALL

Washington, Friday. - 21 cas- ualties, including four killed is re- ported in today's casualties from the American headquarters in France
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
BRITISH PARLIAMENT UPHOLOS
 LLOYD GEORGE GOVERNMENT

ton for the appointment of se-
 feet committee to investigate the charges made by General Maurice, said he thought it was not thesbusi- ness of Parliament to constantly in uuire into the conduct of the govern meut in each successive phase Of the war. .
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
ALLIES REIAKE
 LOSI POSITION

London, FriLay.-By counter at lacking yesterday afternoon, Brit isb troops drove the Germans from portions of the Allied front which tLey occupied between Laclytte and Voornezeele. The advice comes from Field Marshal Haig to the British war office.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

Albert, Reinert was a passenger for Juneau on the Humboldt gester- day from where he will make visits to several of the small villages tn that vicinity on matters of business.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
GERMAN SPY SYSTEM CODE |s
 RECONSTRUCTED IN ITS ENTIRETY

government by Attorney General Lewis. 1,
 This is a copy of the same code which Hugo Schmidt, who was pay master in this country for the Ger man foreign office, at tempted to destroy in a furnace In a club in New York city shortly af- ter the discovery of the German in- trigue in the United States,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

". I, Myrick and Geo. B. Wright left yesterday on the Humboldt TOT Juneau where they have been called on .he jury.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
CUBA VOTES SUM
 FOR RELIEF IF ALLIES

Havana, May 10. - The Cuban House of Representatives today ap- proved a resolution appropriating $500, ,000 for the allevation of the suffering among the peoples of the Allied nations. :,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
BRITISH MAKE BIG ADVANCE

London, Friday. - British troops advancing northward from Bagdad have captured Kerkuk, which is situated one hundred and fifty miles north of Bagdad and eighty miles southeast of Mosul, which city is in Mesopotamia and iss the ob- iective of the British drive.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
ALLIES INFL|CT FR|GHTFUL |.
 SLAUGHTER WHEN HUNS ATTACK

mass formation, enduring frightfui slaughter as they came on to the attack only to be hurled back.
 This report is part of Hatg's report to the War Office yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

James Wallace and Howard Ash ley were passengers for Juneau on The Humboldt yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

London, Friday. - Fighting of the grestest severity continued thru out yesterday afternoon along the front north of Kemmel hill The en- emy made attack after attack in
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

With French Army in France Fri6ay.-Newspaper correspondents visited .Amiens yesterday afternoon and in their description of the city say that they found that the German bombardment had turned parts of the town into ruins
 The records show that fifty two men civilians, thirty women and five children had been killed and sixty
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
Many Amiens Citizens Killed
 Or Wounded By Hun Shells

two men and forty eight women and nineteen children had been wound ed before the population had an opportunity of evacuating the place to points of safety beyond the reach ot the enemy's guns.
 Since the Germans have been within cannon range of the city they have hurled $500 shells into 1t. ]
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

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NINE AMERICAN GUNNERS ARE
 KILLED

Fort Worth, May 10. - Nine gun' ners were instantly killed at the military training camp near this city when shell accidentally explod ea while being loaded into the gun.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
Americans Outgamed
Continued from PAGE Onel

Sunday, Feb. 3.--(Ry The Associated
PresS) ).-American officers are elated
over the results Of the first artillery
Guel between American and German
sunnerS, which followed a preliminary
shelling by the Germans Saturday eve
ming. In official reports to the head
STARTERS OF their organizations the in
fantry commanders today paid tribute
to the promptness with which the ar
tillery responded to the call for a bar
rage and 20 the effectiveness of the ar
tillery fira.
Aerial reconnaissances today showed
that the American gunfire had had
very destructive effect. 1t will require
several nights OF hard work under ar
tillery fire for the Germans to repair
the first line trenches caved in by the
American los and to patch the gaps in
the harbed wire.
1t is known that at least three enc
my dugouts were demolished, probably
with some casualties. On the other
Iand the damage done to the Ameri
can trenches will be repaired before to-
morrow morning.
shellcd by the enemy many buildings
We're wrecked completely or in part,
the debris being piled in the streets.
There were no casualties among the
officers The whstling of two big
shells gave warning of the coming
honlbardment and officers and men
sought shelter in the dugOuts. The
bombardment Of the headquarters vii
IGge came at the end of period OF
shelling which had extended gradual
" along several kilometers OF the
front.
The German artillery "Dcred the en-
gagement with a desultory honbardmeht
Of the American trenches At 4 certain
point. firing many shrapnel shells. LII
the midst Of this red rc,..ut, calling
for a harrage, ascended t-5.I the German
first lines.
Before the German artillery could re-
spond. the American 15s summoned INTO
action by signal from tie first line lala
curtain of fire along the enemy first
lines Then began The battle ot the gun
ners The increased intensity OF the Ger
man fire was met Immediately by the
Americans. who not only showered Shell
on the original sector but quickly extend
ed their activity to a wide front.
Within - minutes the 75s and large
pieces We're booming all along the val
ley, the shelling finally spreading to
town in which regimental headquarters
was located When darkness settle
down the guns grew quiet.
Heavy mists again overhung the Amer
ican sector today Consequently there
was little artillery work and no aerial
activity
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
ICE famine THREATENS
Hylan Pledges N e W
York Aid for Maine
Harvest

New York, Feb. 4.-To. encourage the
harvesting and storage Of natural ice to
meet what Mayor Hyian terms an almost
certain famine next summer, every ia
cility and resource of the city was today
pledged by the mayor to assure profit
able return upon the money and time OF
persons who would undertake now the
storage OF ice formed by recent cold
weather in the rivers ana lakes Of this
state and Maine.
The assurance was given in state-
ment issued from the mayors Office In
which he said that nearly all the ice used
in the city in summer months is manu-
factured through the agency ot ammo
MIA. II have been warned" the state
ment adds, that every drop OF that
chemical will be commandeered by the
federal government for the manufacture
OF munitions. This means that the arti-
fetal ice business in New York will be a
negligible one next summer"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
Chicago Cattle Market
COMING EVENTS

Feb. 4-9-Registration Of enemy aliens
at police headquarters.
Feb 4-9-Cnited Commercial Travellers
fair, Bangor
Feb. 5-Supreme .ourt and term, Carl
bou.
Feb. 5-Supreme Court, civil ana crin,;-
nal term, Pennington.
Feb. 1-Supreme Court, criminal term
Bangor. '''
Feb. J-Superior Court, civil term. Port
land.
Feb. 5-Oxford Pomona Grange, Brv-
ants Pond
Feb. Lewiston-Auburn exposit;on os
products.
Feb Especial meeting Of Governor
ard Council at 70, Augusta
,p. t[SpecIai communication Of Grand
Lodge OF Masons at go, Limestone.
Feb. 6-ConI erence of school commit
tees and superintendent, at $50, SkoWhe-
gan.
Feb C-Androscoggin Pomona Grange
Fcn. 6-7-Mane Sheep Show. Exposition
building. Portland.
Feb. 7-Conference of school committees
and supcrntendents at $50. Pittstield
Feb lo-lf-l.abors Loyalty Week
Feb. 1l-Conference of school commit
tees and superintendents at 10. Aupisto
Feb 12-22-Special campaign to com.
rlete Junior Red Cross membership in
Feb 1@-Conference Of school comn,,-
tees and superintendents at l. Farmine-
ton.
l'eb. 13-Iiearing on proposed Ossinea
Trail by state Highway Commissions at
\. NJ, lafayette Hotel. Portland.
Feb. l3-li-State Board OF Pharmacv Of
L. Of NJ. Orono at
Feb. l0--o-Meeting of local assessors or
Maine at Augusta. -
Feb. l3--Ash Wednesday. Lent begins
Feb. l3-H-First annual meeting Of rem.
resentatives of local health boards IN
Maine, Augusta. "' All
Feb. 15-l1-13th annual Older Bows Com
ference of Y. NJ. c. A. ana chl-rcb III,
clubs - Maine. Portland
FEB. la--e-Meeting of local assessors of
Maine al Augusta -
Feb. 22-Western Maine Pythian Juh;-
lee, Portland. '-'h JUDI
Union. biennial convention. WiIi;ston
church. Portland "''"'oii
March 21-Semi-annual meetipg c+o+o
Board Of Trade, Lewiston Chamber of
Commerce. ~
March 2S-Meetins Of Republican State
convention, Bangor. o'ate
April lo.-Annual Spring Conferanca q,
New England of the Methodist Enisconai
church. Augusta. 11piSoopai
May 22-NeW ENGLAND Eclectic Medical
June '-s,New England United CONNER
cldl ll"NeiSrs Association. Portland
encampment. South Portland
August-National Associatio, of ore,o,-
lists. Portland. oA w sun
sept d;;-%-Ma!ne i; State fair at Lewiston.
oct. "-Nov l-Maine Teachers Asso-
Dec. ls-l9-Maine State Grange. PORT
land. a'ee'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
POLLUTION PROBLEM
Is Being Discussed by
international Water
Commission

New York, Feb. 4-Discussion OF means
of eradicating pollution Of those streams
which touch both Canada and the United
States was begun here today by inter
national mt water commission select
ed by the two governments to consider
the problem. The meeting. an executive
one. will continue through Thursday aft
er which the commission will submit p
Ottawa and Washington officials report
setting forth the extent OF pollution AMI
suggesting remedies.
The members OF the joint body are For
nler United States Senate Obadiah Gard
ner of Maine. Former Representative
James A. Tawney Of Minnesota and For
mer Governor f. S. Glenn of North Car
olina. Canada's representatives are
Charles 4. Magrath of Quebec. II. \.
Powell of New Brunswick and B. 6.
Mignault OF Montreal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
AUGUSTA LOCALS
Lorenzo Whitten

Lorenzo Whitten. an aged resident Of
this city and for many years well
known as a carpenter. died Monday
evening at his home, q Jackson street.
He had been in poor health for a long
period but his last illness resulting
from q complication Of diseases, cx-
tended over but three days. He was 80
years of age.
He is survived by a wife. two sons,
Clarence NJ. of Fort Williams. Portland,
and l.. Arthur Whiten of Bangor and
three daughters, Mrs, George F. Whit
ten Of North Hampton, y. H.; Bertha
A. Whitten Of Augusta and Mrs. Fred
Fl. Loring of Guilford; also two sisters,
Mrs. Lucy A. Kimball and Mrs. Ann
Hanks of Augusta.
Funeral services will be held from
her late home at ? L. NJ. Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
1T PAYS TO READ
Advertisements

Prices" always an item Of i'm
porte nee In connection with adver-
tised goods, have In these times
greater interest than usual. For
they change over highland every
change ic Of Interest to
readers of ads.
Not many homes fall" il the
financial management is success
full. Not many homes are well
managed, as to the buying prob
lens, unless the housewife is a
student-and an INTERESTED
ONE Of the store ads.
The position Of buyer" for the
home comes to the wife by inheri-
tance." 1t is hers through pre-
cedent and through necessity. She
will fail in the work IF 1T DOES
NOT INTEREST HER. She will
make IA success Of it-and Of her
home management--if her INTER
EST in the task never lapses. or
course she studies the ads.
So much OF the income of each
home is spent in the stores that
they play biz part In home maxi
ing. Some stores serve 50 we'll
that nll stores must try to keep
pace. Some stores advertise SO
informingly and helpfully that all
stores aim to reach the same mark.
The woman who studies the ads
would find nothing but amusement
in a palpably exaggerated state
ment-it would not influence her to
buy-and if an advertiser should
fall into the HABIT of cxagger-
alton she would lose all interest in
that store.
To know the stores" PAYS. To
study the ads is essential II a
woman would properly appraise
the service offered to her by the
competing stores.
Even small shopping errard
may justify little preliminary
study Of the ads. 70 secure the
right thing instead OF the wrong
one-even in small matters---is
worth while.
The most attractive VALUES
offered in the stores today are AD-
VERTISED in this newspaper
That is why these ads are IMPOR-
TANT TO YOU.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05

Do not send your money afar-if
the thing you want is to be had In
your home city.
II the automobile thought" y
making any place for itself IN your
mind. read the ads! They will in
short time, educate you as to
characteristics and prices Of cars.
You'll "know one from another
and that's the beginning Of auto
mobile wisdom.
Stcre-news Is home.news Some
thing advertised today finds itself
In your home tomorrow--and the
'ad" brings about the transaction.
Ono Of today's ads may change
some one Of your buying plans-to
your profit
In your buying for tho home It
is quite as profitable to KNOW
VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
as it Is, in other things. to KNOW
instead of "blundering through"
Tho bargain hunter has
evolved into the intelligent buyer
for the home-the woman who ex-
erc!ses as much ability in expend-
ing money as It required in earn.
ing IL.
The woman who studies the ads
KNOWS that she is paying the
smallest possible price for her pur-
chase. She doesn't just HOPE so!
The merchant who can protect
you on both quality and price in a
time when both are apt to fluctuate
unactountably is rendering you
real service.
Bay at your home city stores As
a matter Of self -protection--and OF
those home city merchants WHO
ADVERTISE!
The dollar you spend in your
home city store stays in your
horne city and SERVES. Tie dol
lar you send away ceases to serve
anybody in the city where you
make your home.
The merchant who is using
larger apace in which to give to
YOU the news of his store deserves
Z your interested attention. He has
"a roason"--and YOUR INTER-
T:STS are invested in that reason.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
New YORK Money Marke.

New YORK, FEB I.
Sterling 60-day bills Ar
Commercial 6o-day bills on banks 4.71a.
Commercial 6n-day bills AL IA, demand
- 5-lG. cables $40 7-16.
Grilders. demand 43l, cables A.
Lire, demand s %. cables 81
l;ubles, demand 49, cables 49,
Bar silver So 5-S
Mexican dollars CO.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05

There is no section of the country
which can produce cattle more cheap
ly than the South. for the lands are
still cheap, the grazing is good, the
pasture season is long. feed can be
produced at a minimum cost, and in
expensive shelter only is required for
the animals during the sY;.ases -! !seenfhs.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05

Un'mpeachable-If you were to see
the unequalled volume of unimpeach-
aoie testimony in favor of Hoods Sar
saPaiiiia' YOU would upbraid yourself
lot so long delaying to take this eff
1ecuve medicine for that blood disease
irem which YOU are suffering.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
Building Enduring Friendships

In time of uncertain riees for commodities-such
time the present-he live merchant sees his opportun
ity for service.
He makes VALUE-GIVING the big aim and pur-
pose in his service to his arons If another merchant
in pursuit of usual profits boosts prices he holds them to
a mark permitting but the narrowest margin of per.sae
profits. He sells greater volume of goods His aggre.
gate profits satsfacory-and in every sale made he
has rendered service the customer and has won friend
ship which will not quickly vanish
The farseeing merchant finds, in an era of uncertain
prices his greatest prestigewinning opportunity To make
the most of this he must make his advertising more force
full than before-mus "get his story over to all the
people every day!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-02-05
FARM FoR SALE SITUATED IN

Montvile. one mile from Liberty village
Contains 20 acres. cuts about l. tons Of
nay. can me made to cut more. two wood
lots right near a good market for wood
four GOOD wells OF water. water in sink.
buildings in good repair. house and shut
ters painted few years ago, T-rooEl
house good cellar. barn 36X40. woodshed.
henhouse. about 100 apple trees. plums,
pears and grapes. On main road from
Belfast. IL. Ii. Twitchel, Liberty. Maine.
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