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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-01-10

THE WILL

4 Quimhv daughter of George and Alice
Thurston ny two-thirds interest In
my fathers farm in Corinna on which
she now lives. To have and to hold
the Same 10 her and her heirs and
assigns forever
II I give and devise 10 Closson {
Hanson and Florence NJ Hanson. n.
wife. my homestead property where
| have lived with my dear wife many
Years To have and 10 hold To them
and their heirs and assigns forever
And TO said Florence NJ Hanson and
her two daughters, Mary and Helen
Hanson. give and bequeath my dear
wife's dresses. and articles of person
al clothing, and apparel and orna-
ments. and rings. and watches OF
which she had three Zone in Blake's
Vault Bangor. and two al home =
and all of her personal property Of
/ every kind in my 'house, including
everything Inherited from her father
and mother. and everything given her
/ by relatives and friends and myself;
/ unless some particular article IS 9TH
erWise disposed Of in this VIII
! All of these things Of hers are
dear indeed 10 ne ard | desire said
/ Florence and her daughters to keep
/ and use them with care. in remem-
4 branee Of nv dear wife
- To said clossan { Hanson
give in trast for himself and wife and
children. as may sun tn needs and
wishes af each. the lihrs ries il M
house in rooms below ana above and
all books. magazines Naners etc and
all articles of personal property in
/ said house not herein otherwise dis-
1 posed of. and also all per-oaal prop
ertv af every kind in my stahle and
anlliHgs not heretofore mentioned
H.. give and devise 10 Closson
{ Hanson and hi> Wife Florence n
4 Hanson. or - the survivor Of them.
ithe house buildings. and lot where
! they now live. known as the Wilson
BigeloW property. in trust for Their
~an. GleuH Hanson. 10 he eouyeve9 L
/ him whenever they or the survivor -
them. shsn deem il advisable In
the meantime and until 50 cenyeTed.
they. and the survivor. % have thu
title and full control Of said property.
ard il uSe. and income Ard II
ease ef the decease Of said Glenn
Hanson before such CONVEYANCE give
and devise said property 70 said Clos
~an c Hanson and said Florence Han
son. IT 70 the survivor their heirs
and assigns forever
u give and heqYeath 10 Or E
\ Moulfan Tor his great care and
si01ue~~ ~ fav dear wife fer manv
years. one thousand dollars
II give and hequeath 70 Mrs
F :
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-01-10

All outstanding books are to be re
turned before Saturday The schools
are closed, and probably all public
gatherings will be cancelled for the
present
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-01-10
Bingham Man Candidate for County
Commissioner

S. j. Whitney, a prominent Bling
ham merchant, is to be a candidate
for County Commissioner in the cleo
tion OF the present year
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-01-10
WILL OF THE LATE DAVID D. STEWART
D|SPOSES OF VAST FORTUNE
Bequest of Millions Accumulated by | ate Lawyer
and Brother--Hon. E. N. Merrill, Executor

w print ia tins issue the la-'
VIII and Testament Of the late Dayd
y Stewart of 81 Abans lt g.
probably the most important doea-
ment We have been able to give oar
readers during the last thirty year
It dispose Of altogether the largest
fortune ever made the subject of q
Viii in Somerset County aside from
the Coburn estate Hon. Edward y
Merrill. senior member Of the hrm Of
Merrill & Merrill is the sole executor,
and by its terms assumes a larger re
possibility than has hitherto come
10 any Somerset County attorney Of
this generation The Will wa made
six years ago Mr. Merrill va ac-
quainted with the purpose of Mr
Stewart TO compile the document He
was asked by Mr. Stewart if he would
serve as executor and consented 70 do
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elected For Norridgewock, Fair
field and Smithheld, Horace Jones of
Norridgewock; for Skowhegan, L. E.
Jacobs; for Canaan, Pittsfield and
Hartland, George H. Foster of Ca
naan; for Starks, Anson and New
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c. Hobart; for Solon, Embden, Lex
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A lively special session was held
Monday forenoon at which time the
matter of connecting the lines of the
Farmers Company with those of the
New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co, and their allies, came up for dis
cussion. The company voted to
adopt a resolution disappearing any
offer of an alliance that might come
from the New England Company. The
matter relating to contracts for con-
nection of the company's lines with
the Franklin Farmers, the Peoples,
the Kennebec Farm & City and the
oxford Farmers Telephone Company
was left with the directors. 1t was
voted to pay the business manager
the sum of $1,000 per annum for all of
his time to allow SIS for the clerk
and $50 for the treasurer The re-
port of the treasurer showed a bal
ance of $876.35.
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Let espond hberaH.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

MUSKEGON. Mich. Dec. 1e-rwc
vital points remained to be establishee
today in the building OF a case agains,
Milo Piper. charged with murder OF
his gypsy bride"
The first. whether the girl met q
violent death. necessitated exhuma-
ton Of he remains. Physicians who
examined them today said death was
caused by a blow on the head.
The second was Identification Of Pr
per as the man who married Frieda
Weichman- Letters to the girl from
Piper gave new clews. Piper main
tanned his innocence.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
CHICAGO GRAIN FUruREt
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

HOGs-Receipts. $4,000;
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
ROCKEFELLER A
LARGE CONTRIBUTOR

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s-John D
Rockefeller and the Carnegie corpora
ton were the largest contributors to
the national security league whose
aim Is preparedness. Charles F. I.y-
decker, head Of the league. told the
house investigating committee today.
The session was largely taken UP With
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
Special Photograph Barg


miles nLakC
I've have III ebaa
h d honEa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

PIICAIRN. Pa. Dec. 1a-Wonen
raided the coroner's inquest into the
de ath on October 20 of Jas. Bird.
here today. and attempted to lynch
G. C Williams. a railroad detective,
charged with shooting Bird The wom-
en- clawed and scratched the detec-,
tive and were about to drag him into
the street when men went to his res
~ra
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-The Boil.
shevik power in Germany. apparently
Is lost according to state department
advices today. Breitschard. an indie
pendent socialist. declared his party Is
.hopelessly in the minority and he urg-
IS they join the anti Bolsheviks. ac
eording to one newspaper.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
PREARRANGED
ELECTRICAL STRIKE

CHICAGO. Dec 1s.-Reports receiv-
ed here today from ~>e various parts
of the United States show that a pre-
conceived general strike has been
called In the plants of the General
Electric Company
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

LONDON. Dec. 1s-Great Britain,
is practically cleared OF American
troops. All the American camps ex-
cept those at Winchester and Liver
pool have been evacuated The con
tngent still remaining here consists
principally 81 Major General Biddle's
staf and $500 wounded.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
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o V@CU 1T1dCt141kES ! EU
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
Latest
Bulletins


WASHINGTON. De. 19.-Red Cl>s
headquarters here report nation wide
success in the membership campaign.
The Great Lakes division now has
l29,Sl5 members. Many cities IN the
middle and far west are practicalI,
closed by the influenza epidemic but
the Red Cross is going ahead never
theless
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

S-so.U0
me in confirmation if wsh-A Manufacturer Of Hammond
bearer duplicate to my grand phonograph purchased last
ALMOND = = '''O"i O-NH
AMns OF MORE THAN FIrrr- oP-spcH CUSTOMERS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

The Hammond federation Of must
clans have debated the service OF a
band for the dedication OF the city 5
service flag at Liberty Han this eve
ming.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
LIBERTY BONDS.

VEAL $3.50 lbs. 15a1I4c: $3.50 lbs.
l7q 1Sc; 90-11o lbs. 1919 a 201zc: fancy.
Zee heavyweight kidneys. 13a15c;
coarse, 12c.
PoTAToEs-cars. 10; wis.-Minn..
sl.6O0170
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

Help the government to pay its
debts by buying War Saving
Stamps.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

organization Of The league and the
personnel q lis active officers am
executive committee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

drayman. making short turn
from the alley south II the Modei
Clothing Company's store onto Hoh-
man street, forgot about the long
ladder extending back from the load
and consequently shattered two 1late
glass windows today While work.
men are installing new glass the store
Christmas display is on the inside.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
SPAIN is VERY
SLOW ABOUT IT

MADRID. Dec. l9-Passports wera
TO oe handed to the members Of the
German embassy here today. The
breaking OF diplomatic relations re-
suited IN SPANS disapprovaI of Ger
many conduct Of the war and her ac-
tlVlty in Spain. il was announced
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22

to light. They were finished off at
once, of course.
The former burgomaster had been
shot and finished off with an ak,
though he had not resisted, because he
wanted to save the lives of his citi-
zens. They told me of one case, in Dix
nude, where q man came out of his
house, trying to carry his father, a
man of eighty, to the square, where
they were ordered to report. The old
man could not raise his hands, so they
dragged his son away from him,
knocked the old man in the head with
an ak, and left him there to die. Those
who were spared were made to dig the
graves for the others.
There was a doctor there in Dix
nude, who certainly deserves a mill
tary cross If any man ever did. He
was called from his house by the Ger
mans at s 80 one morning. He left his
wife, who had had a baby two days
before, in the house. He was taken to
the square, lined up against a wall
with three other big men Of the town.
Then he saw his wife and baby being
carried to the square on a mattress by
four Germans. He begged to be al
lowed to kiss his wife good-by, and
they granted him permission. AS he
stepped away, there was a rattle and
the other men went West. They shot
him, too, but though he was riddled
with bullets he lived, somehow, and
begged the German officer to let him
accompany his wife to the prison
where they were taking her. This was
granted too, but on the way, they
heard the sound of firing. The soldiers
yelled, "Die Franzosen and dropped
the mattress and ran. But Ii was only
some of their own butchers at work.
Doctor Laurent carried his wife and
baby to an old aqueduct that was being
rebuilt by the creek. There they lived
for three days and three nights, on the
few herbs and the water that Doctor
Laurent sneaked out and got at night.
Doctor Laurent says that when the
Germans killed and cruclfled the civil
ians at Dixmude, they first robbed
them of their watches, pocketbooks,
rings and other things. There was
Madame Tilmans there, who had had
three thousand francs stolen from her
and was misused besides.
These were just a very few Of the
things that happened at just one place
where the Germans got to work with
their "kultur." SO you can picture the
Belgians agreeing on SHERMAN peace,
while there is Belgian alive to argue
about II. They will remember the Ger
mans long time, I think. But they
need not worry: there, e lot Of US
who will not forget, either.
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22

the Zepp came, we had been sitting in
a room at the house of the local mill
tary commandant, right under a big
glass-dome skylight. This house was
now very pretty ruin, and it was just
as well that we left when we did. You
could not even find a splinter of the
big round table. The next time / sit
under a glass skylight in Dixmude,
want a lad with live eye for Zeppe.
Inns on guard outside.
Something about the branch head
quarters ruins made us think of break.
fast, which we had forgotten, so back
to the hotel. Then we started back to
our lines. We were ordered to keep
to the main road all the way back, or
we would be shot on sight, and to re-
port to headquarters Immediately on
our return. / thought if the sight of
me was so distasteful to anybody,
would not take the chance Of offend
ing, being anxious to be polite in such
cases. So we stuck to the main road.
Fritz did not give us any trouble and
we were back by five, with all hands
out to greet us when we hove in sight,
and regular prodigal son welcome on
tap, for we were later than they had
expected US, and they had made up
their minds that some accident had
happened.
While / was around Dixmude, saw
many living men and women and chill
dren who had been mutilated by the
Germans, but most of them were wom-
en- and children. Almost every one
of the mutilated men was too old for
military service. The others had been
killed, guess.
But the Belgians were not the only
ones who had suffered from German
kultur. Many French wounded were
tortured by the Huns, and we were
constantly finding the mutilated bodies
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22
RELICS FROM FLINT RIDGE
Collection Of Arrowpoints and Spear
heads Donated by ohio Man to
Gonzaga University.

More than 20 arrowpoints and spear
heads, gathered at Flint Ridge, o.,
have been donated TO Gonzaga univer-
sity museum of Spokane by Water A.
Mikesell Of Newark, o., says the Spo-
kone Chronicle. They come from the
most famous flint quarries worked by
prehistoric men In the United States.
1t was at Flint Ridge that the war
riors OF the stone age bought their am
munitlon tor the hunt and for war
fare.
9TH" great Quantities OF fiat imple-
ments dug. IN there even in our own
days permit us to form an estimate Of
the extensive Workshops that must
have b"rn in operation there during
tho stone age. in order to supply the
actual demand from near and far and
to store away such vast surplus"
suld A. NJ. Jung, curator of the mu-
scum ut Gonzaga. --.-...+-.-. .--
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22
CHAPTER Viii.
On Runner Service,

One night a man named Bartel and
were detailed for runner service and
were instructed to go to Dixmude and
deliver certain dispatches to a man
whom I will call the burgomaster and
report to the branch staff headquar-
tiers that had been secretly located in
another part of town. We were to
travel in an automobile and keep
sharp watch as we went, for Dixmude
was being contested holly at that time
and German patrols were in the neigh
borhood. No one knew exactly where
they would break out next.
So we started out from the third
line trenches, but very shortly one of
our outposts stopped US. Bartel car
ried the dispatches and drove the car
too, so it was up to me to explain
things to the sentries. They were
convinced after bit Of arguing. Just
as we were leaving a message came
over the phone from our commander,
telling them to hold us when we came
It was lucky they stopped US, for 9th
erwise we would have been out of
reach by the time his message came.
The commander told me, over the tele-
phone, that if a French flag flew over
the town the coast would be clear; if a
Belgian, that our forces were either
in control or were about to take over
the place but that Germans patrols
were near. After this we started
again.
When we had passed the last post
we kept sharp lookout for the flag
on the pole of the old fish market, for
by this we would get. our bearings
and perhaps, if it should be a German
flag, timely warning. But after we
were down the road a bit and had got
clear we saw a Belgian flag whipping
around in good, strong breeze. But
while that showed that our troops or
the British were about to take over
the place it also indicated that the
J Germans were somewhere near by.
Which was not SO cheerful.
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22

of our troops. 1t was thought that the
Germans often mutilated dead body
as an example to the living.
The Germans had absolutely no re-
spect whatever for the Red Cross. For
instance, they captured a wagon load
ed with forty FrenchHwounded, and
shot every one of them. saw the
dead bodies,
When the Germans came to Dix
nude they.,got all. the'men..snd women
and children apd ,made, tksm. march
before them with their hands. in~ the
air. : Those who9dta. net. wese knocked
down. After awhile, some Of them saw
what they 'wereAgoing to get, and being
% game spots as ever Herd of. tried
Connecticut western news., 1918-08-22

There were a couple Of well-known
savate men in the next company and
. saw one of them get under Fritz's
guard with his foot and, believe me,
here was some force in that kick.
He must have driven the Germans
chin clear through the back of his
neck.
We thought it was pretty tough luck
TO lose both the chaplain and the vii
fage wit in the same charge, along
with half of our officers, and then have
% give up the trench. Every man in
the bunch was sore as boil when we
got back.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-22
WILDER SCHOOL
HOLDS PRELIMS
FOR TRACK MEET
Northenders Show up Strong
in P~reliminaries; all Looks
Well for Friday Meet.

Regardless of the bad weather, the
Wilder boys held their preliminaries
last night, and made an excellent
showing.
Rcsults-C3ass A. "
SO yard dash-Bowers and Walsh.
100 yard dash S~chneeweis and
walsh. e
22O yard dash-Quinn and Heston.
440 yard dash-Heston and Quinn.
Broad jump-Brown and Warbur-
ton.
Running broad jump-Johnson and
Bowen. 4-t
Running high-Quinn and Bowen.
Relay-First, Walsh; second. uinn;
third, Bowen: fourth. Heston.
Class b.
SO yards-Sandlie Robinson.
100 fyards-Sandlie Robinson.
22O yards-Phelps and Hillegoss.
44O yards-Sandlie and Robinson.
Broad tump-Sandlie and Hillegoss.
Running jump-Hillegoss and Rob-
|inson.
Running high-Hillegoss and Rob-
inson.
Pole vaulting-sandlie and Hille-
goss.
Throwing >s-fb. shot-vallely and
kruger.
800 yard hurdle-Sandlie.
1-2 mile srace-Vallely and Kruger.
1-2 mile relay-First. Sandlie; sec-
ond. Robinson: third, Hillegoss;
fourth, rVallely.
The winship and Washington
schools will hold their preliminaries
on Wednesday.